ve 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.

"An interesting series of articles 'How to Study the Violin,' which
Carrodus contributed to THE STRAD, and completed only a week or two
before his death, have now been collected in cheap book form. The
technical hints to violin students, which are practical, plainly
worded, and from such a pen most valuable."--_Daily News_.

"But a few weeks before his sudden death the most distinguished of
native violinists completed in THE STRAD a series of chats to
students of the instrument associated with his name. These chats are
now re-issued, with a sympathetic preface and instructive
annotations. All who care to listen to what were virtually the last
words of such a conscientious teacher will recognise the pains taken
by Carrodus to render every detail as clear to the novice as to the
advanced pupil. Pleasant gossip concerning provincial festivals at
which Carrodus was for many years 'leader' of the orchestra, ends a
little volume worthy a place in musical libraries both for its
practical value and as a memento of the life-work of an artist
universally esteemed."--_Daily Chronicle_.

"It is surely, hardly necessary to direct the attention of students
to the unique value of the hints and advice given by so experienced
and accomplished a virtuoso as the late Mr. Carrodus, so that it
only remains to state that the 'Recollections' make delightful
reading, and that the book, as a whole, is as entertaining as it is
instructive. The value of the _brochure_ is enhanced by an excellent
portrait of Mr. Carrodus, as well as of a number of other v