Book excerpt: "The Master's Violin" is a novel by the author Myrtle Reed. Lynn is a young man who has only recently been reunited with his mother and he relishes the opportunity to spend time with her and her aunt. But he is also seeking to be taught to play the violin by the great violinist Herr Franz Kaufmann. The lessons with Kaufmann however, will reveal some startling truths about his mother's past and about the identity of his true father...