The method of study which has secured so gratifying a reception for The Appreciation of Music has been retained here. The com posers are discussed from the point of view of the listener; their chief qualities are pointed out as they may be noticed by an attentive lay man; and only the rendition and interpreta~ tion of the examples for analysis require tech nical skill. Wherever the book is used as a text in schools, colleges or clubs, the teacher or leader should play and discuss these ex amples with great minuteness, as they are in.