who had very little pleasure in life.

He looks like a good friend even in a picture—do you not think so?

SCHUBERT ACCOMPANYING VOGL AS HE SINGS.

Once when Schubert and Vogl were enjoying a vacation tour in the mountains, Franz read Scott's Lady of the Lake, which was printed in the year 1810, when Schubert was thirteen years old.

Schubert set some of this poem to music. A fact you will remember when you read it in school.

Perhaps you could remember at the same time that Scott was a little older than Schubert and just one year younger than Beethoven.

Beethoven lived in Vienna at that time and Schubert with two friends went to see him. Beethoven was very deaf, and those who met him had to write down what they wanted to say with a large pencil, such as is used by carpenters. Schubert was so modest and nervous upon meeting the great master that he could not even write his replies.

Here is the picture of the way Beethoven looked as he walked down the street in those days:

BEETHOVEN IN VIENNA.

Once when Schubert was very ill a friend sent him some books to read. They were The Last of the Mohicans, The Spy, The Pilot, and The Pioneer.

Now these books were written by the American author, whose name you must find for yourself.

SCHUBERT'S WORK ROOM.

See what a simple work room Schubert had. Here are his Clavier and chair and a few books.

Schubert had music in his mind and soul all the time. It is said that one of his favorite walks was down by a mill, where he was inspired to write some beautiful songs.

SCHUBERT BY THE MILL IN THE WOODS.

This is the way that Franz Schubert wrote his name.

FACTS ABOUT FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT.

When you have read this page and the next make a story about Schubert's life. Write it in your own words. When you are quite sure you cannot improve it, copy it on pages 14, 15, and 16.

1. Schubert was born in Vienna.

2. His birthday was January 31, 1797.

3. He died in Vienna in 1828.

4. When Schubert was born Beethoven was twenty-seven years old.

5. Schubert was a schoolmaster.

6. He had his first music lessons from his father, who was also a schoolmaster and who played the violin.

7. His brother taught him to play the piano, and he studied singing so as to join the Emperor's Choir.

8. Then he studied harmony with a famous man named Salieri.

9. When Franz was thirteen he composed two piano pieces, at fourteen he wrote two songs, and when he was sixteen he wrote a symphony.

10. When he was eighteen Franz wrote more than a hundred songs.

11. He composed The Erl-King when he was