Front matter

From a Drawing by George Sand.

CHOPIN.

FREDERICK CHOPIN: A MAN OF SOLITUDE

By GUY DE POURTALÈS Translated from the French by CHARLES BAYLY, JR. THORNTON BUTTERWORTH LIMITED 15 BEDFORD STREET, LONDON, W.C.2

First published . . . 1927 All rights reserved MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

“He used his art only to play to himself his own tragedy.” Liszt.