| NORDICA: WHAT IT COSTS TO BECOME A QUEEN OF SONG | [149] |
| The Difficulties | [150] |
| “The World was Mine, if I would Work” | [152] |
| “It put New Fire into me” | [154] |
| “I was Traveling on Air” | [156] |
| In Europe | [159] |
| “Why don’t you Sing in Grand Opera?” | [161] |
| This was her Crowning Triumph | [162] |
| She was Indispensable in “Aida” | [166] |
| The Kindness of Frau Wagner | [167] |
| Musical Talent of American Girls | [169] |
| The Price of Fame | [170] |
CHAPTER XI
| HOW HE WORKED TO SECURE A FOOT-HOLD WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS. | [171] |
| A Lofty Ideal | [172] |
| Acquiring a Literary Style | [174] |
| My Workshop | [175] |
| How to Choose Between Words | [177] |
| The Fate following Collaboration | [179] |
| Consul at Venice | [180] |
| My Literary Experience | [182] |
| As to a Happy Life | [184] |
CHAPTER XII
| JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER | [185] |
| His Early Dream and Purpose | [186] |
| School Days | [188] |
| A Raft of Hoop Poles | [191] |
| The Odor of Oil | [192] |
| His First Ledger and the Items in it | [193] |
| $10,000 | [196] |
| He Remembered the Oil | [197] |
| Keeping his Head | [197] |
| There was Money in a Refinery | [198] |
| Standard Oil | [200] |
| Mr. Rockefeller’s Personality | [201] |
| At the Office | [202] |
| Foresight | [203] |
| Hygiene | [204] |
| At Home | [205] |
| Philanthropy | [206] |
| Perseverance | [207] |
| A Genius for Money-Making | [207] |
CHAPTER XIII
| THE AUTHOR OF THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC HER VIEWS OF EDUCATION FOR YOUNG WOMEN. | [209] |
| “Little Miss Ward” | [211] |
| She was Married to a Reformer | [212] |
| Story of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” | [214] |
| “Eighty Years Young” | [215] |
| The Ideal College | [217] |
CHAPTER XIV
| A TALK WITH EDISON DRAMATIC INCIDENTS IN HIS EARLY LIFE. | [220] |
| The Library | [221] |
| A Chemical Newsboy | [223] |
| Telegraphy | [225] |
| His Use of Money | [227] |
| Inventions | [228] |
| His Arrival at the Metropolis | [231] |
| Mental Concentration | [232] |
| Twenty Hours a Day | [233] |
| A Run for Breakfast | [234] |
| Not by accident and Not for Fun | [235] |
| “I like it—I hate it” | [236] |
| Doing One Thing Eighteen Hours is the Secret | [237] |
| Possibilities in the Electrical Field | [238] |
| Only Six Hundred Inventions | [238] |
| His Courtship and his Home | [239] |
CHAPTER XV