“ This first success of the little Hermine was followed by many others during a tour she made with her father through the various large cities of Belgium and Holland. While in Holland, she was invited to play before the Queen, w ho was so delighted by the child's performance that she gave her a beautiful watch as a token of her admiration. ”

“ Petit was induced to visit the South and finally to settle in Charleston, S. C., where he was successful as a music teacher. While still a young man, he fell a victim to yellow fever in the epidemic of 1856, leaving his family in such straitened circumstances that all thought of a musical career for his daughter had to be renounced, and she became a teacher at the age of thirteen. When Thalberg visited Charleston, in 1857. he called upon Mile. Petit, and was so delighted with her playing that he invited her to render with him a duo on two pianos at his concert. ”