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interested in him, and even Pringe Johann pays some attention to him.

He recited some of his poems for me which come close to being excellent. The question is whether he could succeed in writing a larger work. But a secdnd andmore important question is whether it would be possible to find a humanitarian (male or female) in Vienna, who would permit, or rather pro- mise, such an experiment to a near-sighted and gifted man. It goes without saying that any Obligation will s%op after the elapse of time mentioned above. An unfurnished room can be found anywhere, as can a place at the table of a civil servant; but that is not a thousandth part of what the nobl? daughter of the nohle Fanny Arnstein has done for humanity.

Again, the Suggestion is half-nonsense on rny part. If you say No, I.will find it quite natural without giving up even a iota of the high re- spect I feel for you. There is so much to be said against my Suggestion, a half-nonsense. But can I help^that with every word of the poor fellow I had to think of you, and you alone?

I beg of you to destrpy my Illusion by a No very