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ENNY Lixp has been pronounced, |

by the best of critics, to be one of

the most remarkable singers ever

heard. Her songs are sung almost
everywhere, and every incident of her
life is seized upon with the most lively
interest. The public seems never to
lire of the name of this lady. Fred-
erika Bremer, the popular Swedish au-
thor, did a great deal toward bringing
this now celebrated singer into notice.
She wove the name of Jenny Lind into
one of her beautiful tales, in such a way

 

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as to direct the attention, not only of

her own countrymen, but of every por-’

tion of the civilized world, to her aston:
ishing powers.

Jenny Lind, a portrait of whom ap-
pears at the head of this sketch, was
horn at Stockholm, on the eighth of
February, 1820. Her parents, it is said,
were poor, and kept a school. At a
very early age, the beauty of Jenny’s
voice was remarked. She was only a
little girl when she became able, after
hearing a difficult musical composition