Cremona Violins and Varnish by Charles Reade

Charles Reade the dramatist and violin dealer wrote 4 letters to the Pall Mall Gazette in 1872 about Cremona violins, google says "This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it!" So listen on! I say.

To understand what these letters are about here is an intro with Benjamin Hebbert.