TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
CHAPTER I.
ON ELEMENTARY PIANO-FORTE INSTRUCTION.
CHAPTER II.
AN EVENING ENTERTAINMENT AT HERR ZACH'S.
CHAPTER III.
MANY STUDENTS OF THE PIANO AND FEW PLAYERS.
CHAPTER IV.
A CONVERSATION WITH MRS. SOLID, AND FOUR LESSONS TO HER DAUGHTER.
CHAPTER V.
ON THE PEDAL.
CHAPTER VI.
THE SOFT-PEDAL SENTIMENT.
CHAPTER VII.
A MUSICAL TEA-PARTY AT THE HOUSE OF JOHN SPRIGGINS.
CHAPTER VIII.
SINGING AND SINGING-TEACHERS.
CHAPTER IX.
THOUGHTS ON SINGING.
CHAPTER X.
VISIT AT MRS. N.'S.
CHAPTER XI.
SECRETS.
CHAPTER XII.
THOUGHTS ON PIANO-PLAYING.
CHAPTER XIII.
ON MUSICAL TALENT.
CHAPTER XIV.
EXTRAVAGANCES IN SINGING AND PIANO-PLAYING.
CHAPTER XV.
CONCLUSION.
