Origin of the French School in the 17th century; followers of the
Brescian and Cremonese types; mediocre character of their earlier
efforts, with a few exceptions--De Comble and the second French
School; Pique, Lupot, and Francois Gand; Silvestre, of
Lyons--Introduction of the practice of Fiddle-baking; its failure--The
copyist, and the Mirecourt factory, the "Manchester of Fiddle-making;"
its destructive influence on the interests of true art . . . . 224-230