The punctual and, no doubt, also somewhat pedantic music-master who acquired the esteem and goodwill of his patrons, the best families of Warsaw, and a fortune at the same time, is a pleasant figure to contemplate.

The honest orderliness and dignified calmness of his life, as I read it, are quite refreshing in this time of rush and gush.

Having seen a letter of his, I can imagine the heaps of original MSS., clearly and neatly penned with a firm hand, lying carefully packed up in spacious drawers, or piled up on well-dusted shelves.

Of the man Zywny and his relation to the Chopin family we get some glimpses in Frederick's letters.

In one of the year 1828, addressed to his friend Titus Woyciechowski, he writes: "With us things are as they used to be; the honest Zywny is the soul of all our amusements." Sowinski informs us that Zywny taught his pupil according to the classical German method--whatever that may mean--at that time in use in Poland.