"History of Music," by Emil Naumann. 2 vols. Cassell and Co., London, 1886. "Life and Letters of Sir Charles Hallé." Paganini is mentioned by a musical amateur (Count de Stendhal), 1814 and 1817. "Diary of an Invalid," by Mathews, 1818. "History of the Violin," by William Sandys and S. A. Forster, 1864. "Old Violins," by Rev. H. R. Haweis, M.A. 1898. "Researches into the History of the Violin Family," by Carl Engel. 1883. "Musical World." 1836. "Musical and Personal Recollections," by Henry Phillips, 1864. "Music and Manners in France and Germany," by Henry F. Chorley. 1841. "The Student's History of Music," by F. L. Ritter. 1880. Collectors will be interested in the Medals and Busts of Paganini. The English and Continental contemporary Press notices, etc., would alone make a Paganini volume. Of Paganini, there are many portraits, though too generally caricatures. M. Fétis, in his Life of Paganini, gives a short but incomplete catalogue. Those included in this volume have been carefully selected from contemporary prints, etc. ADVERTISEMENTS "THE STRAD" LIBRARY No. I. _Crown 8vo., Cloth, 2/6, Post Free, 2/9._ _"THE STRAD" LIBRARY EDITION is the only Authorised Edition of_ Technics of Violin Playing ON JOACHIM'S METHOD BY CARL COURVOISIER, With Folding Plates, containing Fifteen Illustrations. LETTER FROM DR. JOACHIM. [COPY.] MY DEAR MR. COURVOISIER: I have read the book on Violin Playing you have sent me, and have to congratulate you sincerely on the manner in which you have performed a most difficult task, _i.e._, to describe the best way of arriving at a correct manner of playing the violin. It cannot but be welcome to thoughtful teachers, who reflect on the method of our art, and I hope that your work will prove useful to many students. Believe me, my dear Mr. Courvoisier, to be most faithfully yours, JOSEPH JOACHIM. Berlin, November 3rd, 1894. The New and Revised Edition of "Technics of Violin Playing," issued by THE STRAD, is the only authorised edition of my work. The several English Editions which have all appeared without my knowledge are _incomplete_ and _faulty_. CARL COURVOISIER. "THE STRAD" LIBRARY, No. II. _Crown 8vo., Cloth, 2/6, Post Free, 2/9._ HOW TO STUDY THE VIOLIN By J. T. CARRODUS. CONTENTS. Strings and Tuning. The Bow and Bowing. Faults and their Correction. Scales and their Importance. Course of Study. Advice on Elementary Matters. Concerning Harmonics, Octaves, etc. Orchestral Playing. Some Experiences as a Soloist. With full page portraits of Carrodus, Molique, Paganini, Spohr, Sivori, De Beriot, Blagrove and Sainton, and a photo-reproduction of Dr. Spohr's testimonial to Carrodus.