. . . "Saying that he is glad to hear that Benedict has written fantasies on his opera [The] Lily [of Killarney], expressing the hope that Lily will be accepted by the Opéra Comique, mentioning M. Carvalho, \"la Nativité,\" [Joseph] Bennett, etc."@en . "Paris, 11 February 1878, to Julius Benedict"@en . . . . . . . . . "1878 02 11." . .