M. Anagnos.

May this simple story, written from the heart, reach the heart of him who reads it!

Aline Delano.

Boston, Mass. June, 1890.


CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction[ix]
I.The Blind Infant.—The Family[3]
II.The Sources of Musical Feeling.—The Blind Boy and the Melody[43]
III.The First Friendship[91]
IV.Blindness.—Vague Questions[125]
V.Love[145]
VI.The Crisis.—An Attempt at Synthesis[193]
VII.Intuition[227]
Epilogue[239]