Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday

OLE BULL



In Famous Violinists the writer has endeavoured to follow the same general plan as in Famous Singers, viz., to give a bird's-eye view of the most celebrated violinists from the earliest times to the present day rather than a detailed account of a very few. Necessarily, those who have been prominently before the public as performers are selected in preference to those who have been more celebrated as teachers.
It was at first intended to arrange the chapters according to schools, but it soon became evident that such a plan would lead to inextricable confusion, and it was found best to follow the chronological order of birth.
The Chronological Table is compiled from the best existing authorities, and is not an effort to bring together a large number of names. If such were the desire, there would be no difficulty in filling up a large volume with names of the violinists of good capabilities, who are well known in their own cities.
HENRY C. LAHEE.