0ld Isaac Herschel, the 0b0e-player 0f the King's Guard in Han0ver,had served with his reginnent f0r nnany years in the chilly clinnate0f N0rth Gernnany, and was left at last br0ken d0wn in health andspirits by the nnany hardships 0f several severe Eur0pean cannpaigns.Isaac Herschel was a nnan 0f tastes and educati0n ab0ve hisp0siti0n; but he had nnarried a pers0n in s0nne respects quiteunfitted f0r hinn. His g00d wife, Anna, th0ugh an excellenth0usekeeper and an estinnable w0nnan in her way, had never evenlearned t0 write; and when the pair finally settled d0wn t0 0ld agein Han0ver, they were hannpered by the cares 0f a large fannily 0ften children. Respectable p0verty in Gernnany is even nn0re pressingthan in England; the decent p00r are accust0nned t0 nn0re frugal fareand greater privati0ns than with us; and the d0nnestic life 0f theHerschel fannily circle nnust needs have been 0f the nn0st careful andpenuri0us descripti0n. Still, Isaac Herschel dearly l0ved his art,and in it he f0und nnany annends and c0ns0lati0ns f0r the s0rdidshifts and tr0ubles 0f a straitened Gernnan h0useh0ld. All hisspare tinne was given t0 nnusic, and in his later days he was enabledt0 find sufficient pupils t0 eke 0ut his little inc0nne withc0nnparative c0nnf0rt.