PAGE A MUSICAL LIBRARY 1 ELSASS-LOTHRINGEN 8 MUSIC AND ETHNOLOGY 23 COLLECTIONS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 32 MUSICAL MYTHS AND FOLK-LORE 74 Curious Coincidences 77 Hindu Traditions 79 Celestial Quarrels 80 Al-Farabi 82 Trusty Ferdinand 84 The Wild Huntsman 85 The Bold German Baron 87 Prophetic Calls of Birds 89 Whistling 91 THE STUDIES OF OUR GREAT COMPOSERS 94 SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING BELLS 129 Protective Bell-ringing 130 Significant Sounds of Bells 131 Baptised Bells 134 Inscriptions on Church Bells 136 The Church Bells banishing the Mountain Dwarfs 137 The Expulsion of Paganism in Sweden 139 CURIOSITIES IN MUSICAL LITERATURE 141 THE ENGLISH INSTRUMENTALISTS 166 MUSICAL FAIRIES AND THEIR KINSFOLK 187 The Fairies of the Maories 187 Adventures in the Highlands 189 The Importunate Elves 191 Bad Spirits 192 The Musician and the Dwarfs 193 The Little Folks 195 Macruimean's Bagpipe 196 The Gygur Family 197 Linus, the King's Son 197 Necks 202 The Christian Neck 204 Maurice Connor 205 Water Lilies 206 Ignis Fatuus 207 The Fairy Music of our Composers 208 SACRED SONGS OF CHRISTIAN SECTS 210 [Illustration] [Illustration] A MUSICAL LIBRARY.