My Recollections

MY RECOLLECTIONS

The Master, Jules Massenet
BY JULES MASSENET (1842-1912)
THE AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION DONE AT THE MASTER'S EXPRESS DESIRE BY HIS FRIEND H. VILLIERS BARNETT Authorized Translator of H. S. H. the Prince of Monaco's Autobiography: La Carrière d'un Navigateur
BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1919, By SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY (INCORPORATED)
TO LUCY ARBELL CONSUMMATE DRAMATIC ARTIST AND GREATEST CONTRALTO SINGER OF OUR TIME IN AFFECTIONATE ADMIRATION I DEDICATE THIS ENGLISH VERSION OF HER BELOVED MASTER'S BOOK
Chère amie, gardez aussi sa réligion, et qu'elle vous conduise, ferme et courageuse, au milieu des cahots de la vie, jusq'au paradis des arts.

I have been often asked whether I put together the recollections of my life from notes jotted down from day to day. To tell the truth I did, and this is how I began the habit of doing so regularly.