18

IV. MY FIRST DAYS IN MY DREAM WORLD 28

V. I REFUSE TO SING AT THE METROPOLITAN 36

VI. PARIS 42

VII. GERMANY: THE TURNING-POINT 50

VIII. IMPERIAL ENCOURAGEMENT 59

IX. ON TOUR; MONTE CARLO AND STOCKHOLM 68

X. MY FOURTH SEASON 77

XI. LEAVING BERLIN 84

XII. MY FIRST APPEARANCE IN NEW YORK 89

XIII. MISUNDERSTANDINGS 99

XIV. THE DAYS I NOW ENJOY 108

ILLUSTRATIONS

"_Columbia_"
(_From a photograph by Ira L. Hill_) _Jacket illustration_

_Geraldine Farrar_
(_From a recent photograph by Victor Georg_) _Frontispiece_

_Miss Farrar as a Little Girl in Melrose_ 2

_Mr. and Mrs. Sydney D. Farrar_ 4

_Miss Farrar and her First Singing Teacher, Mrs. Long_ 8

_A Young Girl with a Phenomenal Soprano Voice_ 12

_Growing up_ 16

_The Goose Girl and her Flock_ 22

_Calve as "Carmen"_ 24

_Jean de Reszke_ 26

_Emma Thursby_ 28

_Melba as "Marguerite"_ 30

_Miss Farrar and her Mother_ 32

_Dr. Holbrook Curtis_ 36

_Maurice Grau_ 38

_Five Well-known Parts_ 42

_Camille Saint-Saens_ 46

_"I spent the Summer in Brittany"_ 50

_The Royal Opera House, Berlin_ 52

_The Kaiser_ 54

_"My Third Season opened in 'Traviata'"_ 56

_At Frau von Rath's_ 60

_Lilli Lehmann_ 62

_The Crown Prince of Germany_ 64

_Cecile, Crown Princess of Germany, and her Children_ 66

_Massenet_ 68

_Marconi_ 70

_Caruso_