Dear Friend,
You were going to send me your Künstler. Why does it not arrive?
How about the Faust symphony? I am writing the Rhinegold at once in full score. I did not see my way to jotting down clearly the introduction (the depth of the Rhine) as a sketch; so I hit upon the full score. This is a slower way of proceeding, and my head is still a little confused.
The Princess has done well; greet her and thank her warmly from me. Who knows how it will turn out? I do not care to know.
This is a sign of life to which you must respond sympathetically.
Source: Project Gutenberg eBook #4234, Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2, No. 146