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The tribute to the memory of Mendelssohn, with its careful preparation, its busy work, and its triumphant result, might well have exhausted the powers, both mental and physical, of an artist of no ordinary strength; but Mdlle. Lind had no time for rest. Four days later she was due at Manchester; and, within little more than six weeks, she had engaged to give five more concerts, entirely for charitable purposes, besides a benefit for Mr. Balfe.
The campaign began with two concerts, given on the 19th and 21st of December, for the "Manchester Royal Infirmary and Dispensary," which, like the "Brompton Hospital for Consumption," sorely needed additional accommodation. These two concerts produced a sum exceeding £2,500, which was made to serve as the nucleus of a fund for the erection of an additional "North Wing."