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Title: The Genius

Author: Margaret Horton Potter

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Language: English

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THE GENIUS

by

MARGARET POTTER

Author of
"The House of De Mailly" "Istar of Babylon" Etc. Etc.

London and New York
Harper & Brothers Publishers
1906
Copyright, 1906, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Published March, 1906.

TO
MY BROTHER
EDWARD CLEMENT POTTER

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

Prologue 3
I. The Czar's Ball 8
II. Michael 26
III. The Gregoriev Heir 42
IV. The Corps of Cadets 60
V. Death Joy 75
VI. Nathalie 90
VII. Spring and the Rose 105
VIII. In Camp 126
IX. "Half-gods Go" 156
X. Self-Destiny 184
XI. The Moscow Conservatoire 202
XII. The Gods Arrive 226
XIII. Student's Folly 255
XIV. The Third Section 272
XV. Engulfment 285
XVI. Joseph 302
XVII. Heritage 319
VIII. Joseph the Sower 337
XIX. His Harvest 353
XX. Madame Feodoreff 364
XXI. Tosca Regnant 381
XXII. The Lion 400
XXIII. The Hermit 427
Epilogue 446

THE GENIUS

THEMA

Hark, ye Great, that withdraw yourselves from the Multitude!
_Loneliness_ is written for your word. Alone shall ye strive to solve
the riddle of Creation.

Seek ye help of them that have gone before? Ye shall find it not. Dream
ye of sympathy, of praise, from those t