[85] For the Letters, I have been kindly allowed by Messrs. J. M. Dent & Co., to use Mr. J. S. Shedlock's splendid translation in his monumental, "Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven" (2 volumes, 1909), which contain no less than 7,220 documents.

[86] The variations mentioned were those for Piano and Violin on the well-known theme, Se vuol ballar, from Mozart's Figaro. (See page 224, 1A).

[87] Quotation from a well-known song.

[88] This English Society had sent him a present of £100 and a magnificent edition of Handel which gave him the greatest pleasure during his last days.