“ He had a boyish ambition to become a great musician. He was a pupil of Ernest Pauer, and in fact became a fine pianist. He was a friend to the musical art of others, a constant supporter of the opera in London, and unostentatiously of many musical causes. He became a liveryman of the Musician's Company, and delighted to further musical talent by showing his practical appreciation of it at home and abroad. He had many recollections of Eugène d'Albert, Sir Charles and Lady Hallé, and Joachim.
In person Schuster was strongly built and enjoyed an excellent constitution. ”

“ His views on fiscal policy had by then suffered modification.
Schuster's bent was towards music and the mountains. He belonged to the generation which immediately succeeded that of the pioneers. In Switzerland he spent the happiest hours of his life, and almost to the end he visited the Riffelalp every summer, and took long walks when age forbade difficult expeditions. He was for many years a member of the Alpine Club, at one time its honorary secretary and subsequently vice-president.
Music was to him more than a personal recreation. ”

“ He was by nature and training Liberal as Liberalism was understood in the second half of the nineteenth century, and he cherished the ambition of helpings to direct, for public ends, the financial policy of the country.
At the close of the nineteenth century many of the private banks were ill-fitted to withstand any violent and widespread strain. It seemed to Schuster that concentration of resources was necessary in the national interest. ”