Thomas Britton; origin of "The Philharmonic Society," and of the "Royal Society of Musicians"--Handel legacy to the Royal Society--Early musical proclivities of the Earl of Mornington--Salomon and the Philharmonic; negociations with Haydn--Influence of Salomon on the development of musical taste in England--The Cramers--Nicholas Mori and others--Dando--Henry Blagrove, and his "Concerti da Camera"--Mr. Chappell and his "Monday Popular Concerts"--Henry C. Cooper, and the "Quartett Association"--M. Sainton, Hill, Piatti; John Carrodus, Herr Molique, and the Brothers Holmes--Progress of the Violin in Germany: Graun and Benda; John Sebastian Bach as Violinist and composer; Herr Joachim--Handel, influence of his compositions on the progress of the Violin--Haydn, and his Symphonies and Quartetts; A lady's ideal thereof--Mozart, and his "Method" for the Violin; his early attachment to the instrument--Schubert, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Fesca, and their influence--Louis Spohr and his works--Bernard Molique--Joseph Mayseder--Kalliwoda--Herr Ernst, Joachim and Strauss, with Herr Wilhelmj, and their concerts . . . . . . . . . . . . 375-409 SECTION XV.--ANECDOTES AND MISCELLANEA CONNECTED WITH THE VIOLIN. Hudibras and the Champion Crowdero--George Herbert's references to Music--Christopher Simpson's Trinity in Unity--Shakespeare's Sonnet VIII.--Violins from a medical point of view--"A Musician"--Origin of Tartini's "Sonato del Diavolo"--Dr. Johnson and the Violin--Dr. Johnson on the Difficulty of Playing the Violin--Dr. Johnson's Epitaph on Phillips, the Welsh Violinist--Dr. Johnson's Knowledge of Music--Dr. Johnson on Fiddling and Freewill--Haydn in London: a "Sweet Stradivari;" Letters of the Rev. Thomas Twining--Gainsborough as a musician--Garrick and Cervetto--The King and the Player--Sir Walter Scott on Music and Fiddles; the Duke of Hamilton's passion for the Violin--A Cinderella Violoncello--A Stolen "Strad"--The Missing Scroll--Another Wandering Scroll--A Montagnana Instrument shot through the body--Fiddle Marks and the Credulous Dabblers--"Guarneri" at a Discount--Dragonetti's Gasparo: Letter thereon by Mr. Samuel Appleby--The Betts Stradivari: Letter by the late Charles Reade--Leigh Hunt on Paganini--Thackeray on Orchestral Music--Spohr and his Guarneri--Spohr and the Collector--The Ettrick Shepherd and the Violin--The Fiddle Trade: "Old Borax" and "Michael Schnapps," the Fiddle-ogre--The Prince and the "Fugal Vortex"--Sale of Cremonese Instruments at Milan in 1790--An Indefatigable Violinist--A Wish--Living Stradivaris--Pleasures of Imagination--A Royal Amateur--Pius IX. and the Musician--Ole Bull and Fiddle Varnish--Letter from Tartini on the Treatment of the Violin . 410-507 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FRONTISPIECE--Paganini's "Giuseppe Guarneri." 1743.