Tchaikovsky, Modeste Il’ich. [Life and letters of Peter Il’ich Tchaikovsky]; ed. from the Russian with an introd. by Rosa Newmarch. *$5. Lane.
+ Ath. 1905, 2: 905. D. 30. 770w.
Reviewed by Joseph Sohn.
+ Forum. 37: 527. Ap. ’06. 180w. + + Ind. 60: 1489. Je. 21, ’06. 660w.
“A book of more absorbing human as well as artistic interest has seldom been written.”
+ + Nation. 82: 351. Ap. 26, ’06. 900w.
“Mrs. Newmarch has retained quite enough to give a complete view of Tschaikovsky’s life and activities, even his intimate relations.” Richard Aldrich.
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 190. Mr. 31, ’06. 820w.
“The great Russian’s musical work is so full of the sincerely emotional and human elements of his character that the story of his life and selections from his letters make reading almost as attractive as that of a novel.”
+ R. of Rs. 33: 253. F. ’06. 140w.