SIGR. PAGANINI. During one of his performances at the King's Theatre, June, 1831. From a contemporary lithograph of the celebrated sketch by D. Maclise, R.A., now in the Foster Collection, South Kensington Museum. In the background are J. B. Cramer, Lindley, Dragonetti, Mori, etc. This is, perhaps, the most interesting print of the great violinist. It was published on July 12th, 1831, by W. Spooner, 259, Regent Street, London. _Plate 8_--Facing page 60. Reproduction of the celebrated Statuette (caricature), by Dainton. _Plate 9_--Facing page 66. PAGANINI WITH THE VIOLIN, Rossini at the pianoforte and the celebrated prima-donna Pasta. (Jos. McGuire, delt., printed by Englemann & Co.), circa 1832. _Plate 10_--Facing page 76. A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING OF PAGANINI in the Municipal Museum at Genoa. The face full of intellect, shows the ravages of the disease which was so soon to terminate his existence. _Plate 11_--Facing page 80. THE HOUSE AT NICE IN WHICH PAGANINI DIED on the 27th May, 1840. It was formerly the residence of the Count de Sessol. The lower part has been converted into shops. _Plate 12_--Facing page 80. THE TABLET, with inscription, fixed on the front of the house, Rue de la Prefecture, Nice, France. _Plate 13_--Facing page 84. THE TOMB OF PAGANINI AT PARMA. Neither religious nor political martyr ever had so many objections made to his obsequies. To the cemetery, near Parma, in November, 1876, the embalmed remains of Paganini were transposed from the family villa at Gaione, by order of his son, the Baron Achille (who died in December, 1895). The funeral was held at night by torchlight. A nephew, the Baron Attila Paganini, followed, and crowds of curious sightseers joined the procession. In 1893 there was erected the beautiful mausoleum which is now depicted from the only known photograph, taken expressly for THE STRAD. It bears this inscription:-- Qui riposano le ceneri di Nicolò Paganini Che traendo dal violino armonie divine Scosse genio insuperabile tutta Europa e cinse all'Italia, Nuova sfolgorante corona. Mente elettissima Compose stupendamente in musica Ammirato dai piu illustri maestri. Cuore oltremodo generoso donò largamente ai parenti, agli artisti ai poveri. Beneath this cupola of white marble, with its granite columns, may the ashes of Paganini rest in peace. His true remains--his reputation, his influence, his music, are with us for ever. _Plate 14_--Facing page 90. PAGANINI IN PRISON. One of the many scandals which is contradicted in the text. (See page 90.) There is another prison story that during Paganini's incarceration, he was reduced to the G, in consequence of the other strings having broken--hence his wonderful development of the fourth. This is again apocryphal. Paganini has greater claim to a scientific knowledge of the acoustical property of strings.