1926. With Illustrations and Portraits. A biography of Chopin who is thought to be the greatest of all composers for the piano. Cuthbert writes in the Preface: I have purposely avoided the sentimental gush which has been so largely written about Chopin, and have rigidly confined myself to facts. For the rest, I have endeavored to tell the story of Chopin's life simply and directly, to give a clear picture of the man, and to discuss the composer without trenching on the ground of the formalist. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty or faded.