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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 29, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 49, No. 13.

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QUEEN VICTORIA.

A PRETTY anecdote is told of Queen Victoria and Mendelssohn. A short time before his death, the great composer visited the Queen. He sat down to the piano, and played accompaniments while she sang some of his songs. When Mendelssohn arose to go, Victoria warmly thanked him for the pleasure he had given her, and said:— “Now, what can I do to give you some pleasure?” expecting him to mention some gift or honor she could confer upon him. Mendelssohn at first declined to mention anything, but when her Majesty insisted, he frankly told her that he was a lover of little children, and that he desired to see the royal children in their nurseries. The queen mother was much pleased, and kindly led him through the nurseries, and they spent a pleasant hour talking in a friendly way about their children.”—Sel.