Excerpt from Theodor Leschetizky<br><br>In spite Of such troubles, his progress was extraordinary. In four years he was ready to play in public, and made his first appearance at an orchestral concert in Lemberg. He played a Concertino Of Czerny, and created a con siderable sensation but, he says, I cannot remember very much about the music, because at the time my mind was entirely taken up with the rats Concerts were given so rarely in those days that any place was considered fit to play in. Leschetizky's first concert-room probably a little more primitive than most was built Of wood the light came in through the cracks, and the floor was full of holes, through which Climbed the aforesaid rats in hundreds, running about fearlessly, not only during rehearsal, but at the concert itself.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.