Richard Wagner's Letters - To His Dresden Friends, Theodor Uhlig, Wilhelm Fischer, and Ferdinand Heine #254818

Liszt he writes two lines about the death of his clear little parrot but to Uhlig a whole letter. I would specially ask readers of these letters not to forget their specially private character; the bitter remarks about certain musicians of note, the violent denunciations of men standing in high places, and the liberty of speech in which he occasionally indulges 'must all be considered privileged. They evidently were never intended for the public eye. In a certain degree, one may regret the publication of such letters; there is a tendency to pick out what is objectionable for condemnation, if not ridicule. The good and the bad must, however, be taken together. To have both put before us is in one respect a great advantage we have the w/zole man, and no one-sided representation. A few particulars respecting the three friends to whom these letters are addressed may perhaps prove welcome.