INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.

PHOTO REPRODUCTIONS OF BOWS.

PLATE
[I.]Head and nut of inlaid bow probably by Stradivari
[II.]Heads of three English bows showing evolution of design
[III.]
[IV.]
Heads of two violin, two viola, and one 'cello bow, by J. Dodd
[V.]
[VI.].
Heads of three violin bows and one 'cello bow, by François Tourte
[VII.]Heads of bows by Lupot
[VIII.]Two heads of bows by D. Peccatte and one by Panormo

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.

FIG.
[1.]Locust, showing action of hind leg in producing note
[2.]Assyrian Trigonon
[3.]Crwth bow from the Golden Porch at Freiburg
[4.]Ravanastron and bow (Indian)
[5.]Uh-Ch'in and bow (Chinese)
[6.]Omerti and bow (Indian)
[7.]Kemangeh-a-gouz and bow (Arabian)
[8.]Rebâb-esh-Sha'er and bow (Arabian)
[9.]Sitâra and bow (Persian)
[10.]Sarìndâ and bow (Bengalese)
[11.]Method of hairing some Egyptian bows
[12.]Saw-Tai and bow (Siamese)
[13.]Bow of Nyckelharpa (Swedish)
[14.]Bow of Saw-oo (Chinese)
[15.]Bow of the eighth century
[16.]Bow of the ninth century
[17.]Bow of the ninth century
[18.]Bows of the eleventh century
[19.]Bows of the twelfth century
[20.]Bows of the thirteenth century
[21.]Bows of the fourteenth century
[22.]Bows of the fourteenth century
[23.]Bows of the fifteenth century
[24.]Bows of the sixteenth century
[25.]Bows of the seventeenth century (drawn actual size from specimens now in existence)
[26.]Bows of the eighteenth century (drawn actual size from specimens now in existence)
[27.]Showing detachable nut of some early bows
[28.]Heels of early bows
[29.]The Crémaillère
[30.]Head and nut of ornamented Cremonese bow (actual size)
[31.]Head and nut of Dodd bow (reduced)
[32.]Head of Dodd bow (actual size)
[33.]Geometrical construction showing gradation of stick (Fétis)
[34.]Bow stick in the rough (greatly reduced)
[35.]Pattern of bow head (actual size)
[36.]Ivory face in the rough
[37.]Gauge for nuts (actual size)
[38.]Parts of a bow
[39.]Tip of bow showing "cups"
[40.]Head of bow showing trench
[41.]Nut of bow showing screw and method of hairing
[42.]End view of nut showing bow with unequal facets
[43.]Dr. Nicholson's bow
[44.]A fifteenth century violist
[45.]A seventeenth century gambist (from Sympson)

THE BOW:

Its History, Manufacture and Use.

PART I.

THE HISTORY OF THE BOW.