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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1909
18 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 495. See the scan on archive.org.
1AN INDEFATIGABLE VIOLINIST.
3"Puppo, the Violinist, being in Paris in 1793, was summoned before the Committee of Public Safety on suspicion, when the following interrogatories were put to him: 'Your name?' 'Puppo.' 'What were you doing during the time of the tyrant?' 'I played the Violin.' 'What do you do now?' 'I play the Violin.' 'And what will you do for the nation?' 'I will play the Violin.'"
5A WISH.
7"Busts, cameos, gems—such things as these
8Which others often show for pride,
9I value for their power to please
10And selfish churls deride;
11One Stradivari, I confess.
12Two meerschaums, I would fain possess."
13—Extract from Oliver Wendell Holmes' Lines on Contentment.
15LIVING STRADIVARIS.
17A passionate lover of Fiddles, being in Milan, made the acquaintance of an Italian who, like himself, was a lover of the bow. They had not long met before the theme of their mutual delight was broached; the beautiful features in the works of the great masters were dwelt upon, their respective points of genius discriminated, until the freemasonry of Fiddle-connoisseurship was exhausted. Inquiries were exchanged as to the
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