I say no more.  I am coming to throw myself into your arms, and to entreat you to restore me my lost friend; and you will give him back to me, to your penitent, loving, and ever-grateful

Beethoven.

[Footnote 1:  Dr. Wegeler, in answer to my request that he would send me the entire letter, replied that “the passages omitted in the letter consisted chiefly in eulogiums of his father, and enthusiastic expressions of friendship, which did not seem to him to be of any value; but besides this, the same reasons that induced his father to give only a portion of the letter were imperative with him also.”  I do not wish to contest the point with the possessor of the letter; still I may remark that all the utterances and letters of a great man belong to the world at large, and that in a case like the present, the conscientious biographer, who strives faithfully to portray such a man, is alone entitled to decide what portion of these communications is fitted for publication, and what is not.  Any considerations of a personal character seem to me very trivial.]

8.

To Dr. Wegeler,—­Vienna.

Vienna, May 1797.

God speed you, my dear friend!  I owe you a letter which you shall shortly have, and my newest music besides, I am going on well; indeed, I may say every day better. Greet those to whom it will give pleasure from me.  Farewell, and do not forget your

Beethoven.

9.

Written in the album of Lenz von Breuning.

Vienna, Oct. 1, 1797.

  Truth for the wise,
  Beauty for a feeling heart,
  And both for each other.

My dear, good Breuning,—­

Never can I forget the time I passed with you, not only in Bonn, but here.  Continue your friendship towards me, for you shall always find me the same true friend,

L. V. Beethoven.

10.

To Baron Zmeskall von Domanowecz.

1800.[1]

[Music:  Alto, Tenor, Bass clefs, C Major, 4/4 time, Grave. 
Alto.  Ba-ron. 
Tenore.  Ba-ron. 
Basso.  Ba-ron.  Ba-ron.  Ba-ron.]

My cheapest (not dearest) Baron,—­

Desire the guitar-player to come to me to-day.  Amenda (instead of an amende [fine], which he sometimes deserves for not observing his rests properly) must persuade this popular guitarist to visit me, and if possible to come at five o’clock this evening; if not then, at five or six o’clock to-morrow morning; but he must not waken me if I chance to be still asleep. Adieu, mon ami a bon marche. Perhaps we may meet at the “Swan”?

[Footnote 1:  As it appears from the following letters that Amenda was again at home in 1800, the date of this note is thus ascertained.  It is undoubtedly addressed to Baron Zmeskall von Domanowecz, Royal Court Secretary, a good violoncello-player, and one of Beethoven’s earliest friends in Vienna.  The “guitarist” was probably the celebrated Giuliani, who lived in Vienna.]