Jenny Lind At Fifty-six

We translivto from a French journal ai Liberté) a ciirious and interesting etter from Jenny Lind, tlie Swedish Sightingale, now 56 yenrs of age, writ;on by lier at DreBden, where she now ives, to a i'riend in Paris : " I wnut to speak to yon of my baby. Well, I must teil yon tbat God has given ïny dear hnsband and myse.lf an adorable littlc girl born on the 31st of March last. She is the pericct image of health and hapijiness. She laughs and crows in a way to deiight all sympathetic iiearts. "We haVe given her a little Catharine aniong her other uames, but we cali her Jenny, I need not say in honor of whoin. Our boy Walter will be 4 years old tho 'Jth of August next. He is an intelligent child - very intelligent, very religious, and, wlien lie has been naughty, it is touching to sco tho way he prays God to make him good tigaiu - poor little chicken. He adores me, obeys me, and I uuderstund the ehild completely, for he is exactly like myself in naturo, very imprcssionable, active, gay, high-tempored, affectionate, Bliy, good-natnred, qmek to learn, remembering all that he leams, preferring to the tiliest toys a horrilíle old doll, heeanse it is one with which he has longest played, caring nothing about dresi, but preferring to be loved rather than admircd. Is he musical ? Not the least in the world. That is my great despau'. lint ho is religious, and I think he will be a Christian. As to the baby I caimot say ate tnuèh. Thelittlecreatureéats, drinks, laughs, mumbles over her shoes, and I have nothing to say against her charaeter. My lmsband is now in England looking out for a residence, for we intend on account of'ft'ié children to settlc in that country. " Yours affectionately, "Jenny Ltnd." As our Paris contemporary ol)serves, this is cerbiinly a very bright and maternal letter from au artist who is well