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This morning I visited Signor Piccini,
and had the pleasure of a long conversa-
tion with him. He seems to live in a
reputable way, has a good house, and
many servants and attendants about him.
He is not more than four or five and
forty; looks well, has a very animated
countenance, and is a polite and agreeable
little man, though rather grave in his
manner for a Neapolitan possessed of so
much fire and genius. His family is
rather numerous; one of his sons is a
student in the university of Padua.
After reading a letter which Mr. Giar-
dini was so obliging as to give me to him,
he told me that he should be extremely
glad if he could be of any use either to
me or my work. My first enquiries
were concerning the Neapolitan Conser-
vatorios; for he having been brought up
in one of them himself, his information
was likely to be authentic and satisfac-
tory. In my first visit I confined my
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