Dedication
Preface
Chapter I. Chopin--Style and Improvements--The Adagio of the Second Concerto--Funeral March--Psychological Character of the Compositions of Chopin
Chapter II. National Character of the Polonaise--Oginsky--Meyseder--Weber--Chopin--His Polonaise in F sharp Minor--Polonaise Fantaisie
Chapter III. Chopin's Mazourkas--Polish Ladies--Mazourka in Poland Tortured Motives--Early Life of Chopin--Zal
Chapter IV. Chopin's Mode of Playing--Concerts--The Elite--Fading Bouquets and Immortal Crowns--Hospitality--Heine--Meyerbeer--Adolphe Nourrit--Eugène Delacroix--Niemcevicz--Mickiewicz--George Sand
Chapter V. The Lives of Artists--Pure Fame of Chopin--Reserve--Classic and Romantic Art--Language of the Slavs--Chopin's Love of Home--Memories
Chapter VI. Birth and Early Life of Chopin--National Artists--Chopin Embodies in Himself the Poetic Sense of his Whole Nation--Opinion of Beethoven
Chapter VII. Madame Sand--Lélia--Visit to Majorca--Exclusive Ideals
Chapter VIII. Disappointment--Ill Health--Visit to England--Devotion of Friends--Last Sacraments--Delphine Potocka--Louise--M. Gutman--Death