"The work is both statistical and narrative, and its special design is to give a detailed and comprehensive history of the various steps in the development of music as an art. There is a very valuable chronological table, which presents important dates that could not otherwise be well introduced into the book. The choice style in which this book is written lends its added charms to a work most important on the literary as well as on the artistic side of music."--BOSTON TRAVELLER. LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., 91-93 Fifth Avenue, New York. PRELUDES AND STUDIES _MUSICAL THEMES OF THE DAY._ BY W. J. HENDERSON, Author of "The Story of Music." _12mo, Cloth, Extra, Gilt Top, $1.00._ "The questions which he handles are all living. Even the purely histories lectures which he has grouped together under the general head of "The Evolution of Piano Music," are informed with freshness and contemporaneous interest by the manner which he has chosen for their treatment.... The concluding chapter of the book is an essay designed to win appreciation for Schumann, ... and is the gem of the book both in thought and expression."--NEW YORK TRIBUNE. "Leaving Wagner, of whom the book treats in a most interesting way, the evolution of piano music is taken up and treated in such a way as to convince one that the writer is a master of his subject. Mr. Henderson dwells on the performances of some living players, their methods, manner, etc., and closes his work with a number on Schumann and the programme symphony."--DETROIT SUNDAY NEWS. "The book is written by one who knows his subject thoroughly and is made interesting to the general public as well as to those who are learned in music.--BOSTON POST. "All lovers and students of music will find much to appreciate.... Mr. Henderson writes charmingly of his various subjects--sympathetically critically, and keenly. He shows a sincere love for his themes, and study of them; yet he is never pedantic, a virtue to be appreciated in a writer of essays upon any department of art."--BOSTON TIMES. "Mr. Henderson's clear style is well known to readers of the musical criticism of the New York Times, and his catholicity of sentiment, and freedom from prejudice, ... though this volume will be especially valuable to the student of music, it will be helpful to the amateur, and can be read with satisfaction by one ignorant of music, which, altogether, is surely high praise."--PROVIDENCE SUNDAY JOURNAL. "It is a volume of extremely suggestive musical studies.... They are all full of appreciative comment, and show considerable dear insight into the origin and nature of musical works. The author has a style which is adapted to exposition. The book is an attractive one for the lover of music."--PUBLIC OPINION.