FOREWORD
CHAPTER I MY FIRST NOTES
CHAPTER II GIRLHOOD
CHAPTER III "LIKE A PICKED CHICKEN"
CHAPTER IV A YOUTHFUL REALIST
CHAPTER V LITERARY BOSTON
CHAPTER VI WAR TIMES
CHAPTER VII STEPS OF THE LADDER
CHAPTER VIII MARGUERITE
CHAPTER IX OPERA COMIQUE
CHAPTER X ANOTHER SEASON AND A LITTLE MORE SUCCESS
CHAPTER XI THE END OF THE WAR
CHAPTER XII AND SO TO ENGLAND!
CHAPTER XIII AT HER MAJESTY'S
CHAPTER XIV ACROSS THE CHANNEL
CHAPTER XV MY FIRST HOLIDAY ON THE CONTINENT
CHAPTER XVI FELLOW-ARTISTS
CHAPTER XVII THE ROYAL CONCERTS AT BUCKINGHAM
CHAPTER XVIII THE LONDON SEASON
CHAPTER XIX HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER XX "YOUR SINCERE ADMIRER"
CHAPTER XXI ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER XXII LONDON AGAIN
CHAPTER XXIII THE SEASON WITH LUCCA
CHAPTER XXIV ENGLISH OPERA
CHAPTER XXV ENGLISH OPERA ( Continued )
CHAPTER XXVI AMATEURS AND OTHERS
CHAPTER XXVII "THE THREE GRACES"
CHAPTER XXVIII ACROSS THE SEAS AGAIN
CHAPTER XXIX TEACHING AND THE HALF-TALENTED
CHAPTER XXX THE WANDERLUST AND WHERE IT LED ME
CHAPTER XXXI PETERSBURG
CHAPTER XXXII GOOD-BYE TO RUSSIA AND THEN?
CHAPTER XXXIII THE LAST YEARS OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER
CODA
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Signature; Clara Louise Kellogg Strakosch
By Clara Louise Kellogg (Mme. Strakosch)
With 40 Illustrations
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1913
COPYRIGHT, 1913 BY CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG STRAKOSCH The Knickerbocker Press New York
WITH AFFECTION AND DEEPEST APPRECIATION OF HER WORTH AS BOTH A RARE WOMAN AND A RARER FRIEND I INSCRIBE THIS RECORD OF MY PUBLIC LIFE TO JEANNETTE L. GILDER