music. One of them, Prince Joseph, played the violin. Once, when he was listening to Prince Joseph playing, Woferl suddenly exclaimed: "Fie, that was out of tune!" But when the Prince played correctly, the little critic called: "Bravo! Bravo!" Many years later, when Prince Joseph himself was emperor, he used to remind Mozart laughingly of the days long ago when the six-year-old boy had dared to criticise the future emperor.

One of Prince Joseph's sisters, Marie Antoinette, was very kind to little Mozart. One day while she was leading him to the Empress, Woferl slipped on the highly polished floor and fell. Marie Antoinette helped him to his feet and comforted him.

"You are very good," said little Woferl, "and when I grow up, I will marry you.'

Alas for poor Marie Antoinette! When she grew up she married the King of France, and lived to see the terrible French Revolution. Her story is one of the

saddest in all history.

Herr Mozart was so well pleased with his children's success that the next year he took them on another tour. Woferl could now play on the violin and organ as well as on other instruments. The concerts were a great success. People of high culture received the little children with astonishment and delight.

The brother and sister played in most of the great cities of Europe, including Paris and London.

The

Paris concert must have been a brilliant affair, for Herr Mozart wrote to a friend: "We burned more than sixty candles." When the children crossed the English Channel, they had their first glimpse of the sea. "How the sea

runs away and grows again!" cried Nannerl.

At that time the music master of the Queen of England was Christian Bach, one of the many sons of the great Sebastian. Christian Bach tested Woferl carefully. Then he said: "Many a musical director has died without knowing what this boy knows."

After their visit to England the Mozart family traveled about for three years. This was the only way in which the best teachers could be obtained for the children. Wolfgang had a chance to study the music of many nations. In spite of journeys and concerts he found time to write music. Sometimes the programs of his concerts were made up entirely of his own compositions.

We have a pleasant description of the Mozart family after their return to Salzburg. They lived in a few rooms over a warehouse, for they were still poor. The father wore an old, threadbare coat and leaned on an oaken stick. Nannerl was now about fifteen years old. She was a sweet, serious, rosy-cheeked little maiden, "pretty as an angel." Her fine playing surprised the musicians who came to the house to see her father.

Wolfgang was a bright-faced boy of about eleven. He wore a little brown coat, velvet knee-breeches and buckled

shoes. His long, curly hair was tied in his neck, after the fashion of the day. The beloved mother completed the family group. But we must not forget dear Bimerl, the dog, who used to get so many kisses, and "the canary that sang in G sharp."

This happy household was soon broken up once more. Herr Mozart felt that his son should know Italian music. It was difficult, however, to get permission to travel from the Prince-bishop who ruled Salzburg. He thought that these fine musicians were simply his servants. Woferl's father was receiving a salary from the Prince-bishop and did not dare to offend him.

At last, after several years, the trip to Italy was taken, but this time the mother and Nannerl had to stay at home. Wolfgang and his father remained nearly two years in Italy, where the boy musician met the finest minds and the best artists.

Once again he received many honors. The Italians called the fair-haired child a "magician," just as the Emperor had done years before. They thought that one of Mozart's operas was especially wonderful, and they said that it had come "from the stars."

As Mozart grew older, he had many troubles and many great successes. He traveled back and forth over Europe, and you must remember that all these long, tiresome journeys had to be made by carriage. He worked hard and wrote much beautiful music.