Published, February, 1902
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.

TO
PHILIP HALE


CONTENTS

Page
The Lord's Prayer in B[1]
A Son of Liszt[11]
A Chopin of the Gutter[19]
The Piper of Dreams[31]
An Emotional Acrobat[63]
Isolde's Mother[73]
The Rim of Finer Issues[99]
An Ibsen Girl[118]
Tannhäuser's Choice[141]
The Red-Headed Piano Player[158]
Brynhild's Immolation[172]
The Quest of the Elusive[183]
An Involuntary Insurgent[196]
Hunding's Wife[206]
The Corridor of Time[224]
Avatar[240]
The Wegstaffes give a Musicale[255]
The Iron Virgin[268]
Dusk of the Gods[280]
Siegfried's Death[294]
Intermezzo[307]
A Spinner of Silence[315]
The Disenchanted Symphony[324]
Music the Conqueror[347]

MELOMANIACS