'Ethel Peeress - worked hard to become a brilliant pianist and is now a successful harpist.'

'Yvonne de Freudenreich - very pretty; begins to play as well as she looks.'

'May Bond - a delightful pupil.'

'Joan Bowes-Lyon - special gift for Chopin's miniatures; has such an appealing look in her eye when she does something wrongly.'

'Tania Zagouloff - positively infernal temper; a wild Cossack.'

'Karl Goldschmid - one of the best improvisers I know.'

'Prudence Moil - plays the piano in an indecently respectable way; no fire; no passion; it might be a sewing machine.'

'Meg Reynolds - could play very well if she did not think too much of other things.'

'Enriqueta da Cuevas - combines in her playing diplomatic reserve and South American fervour - a delightful mixture.'

'Peggy Burwood - dances on the piano as she dances through life - sparkling eyes and sparkling finger work are her greatest assets.'

'George Bevan - improved amazingly as soon as he gave up taking lessons from me and worked on his own. Is this to my credit?'

'Polly Brouard - quarrelsome and argumentative. I shall not teach her very long.'

'Nan Boyd - uncanny imagination.'

'Mary Gordon West - very gifted, far seeing.'

'Chick Barnes - could play marvellously if she chose to work. Lovely touch, creative power, looks; everything in her favour. Alas, the fairies at her birth had omitted to give her the gift of constancy.'"