FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR 

I. ENRICO CARUSO The Value of Work

II. GERALDINE FARRAR The Will to Succeed a Compelling Force

III. VICTOR MAUREL Mind Is Everything

IV . A VISIT TO MME. LILLI LEHMANN 

V. AMELITA GALLI-CURCI Self-teaching the Great Essential

VI. GIUSEPPE DE LUCA Ceaseless Effort Necessary for Artistic Perfection

VII. LUISA TETRAZZINI The Coloratura Voice

VIII. ANTONIO SCOTTIT raining American Singers for Opera

IX. ROSA RAISA Patience and Perseverance Win Results

X . LOUISE HOMER The Requirements of a Musical Career

XI. GIOVANNI MARTINELLI "Let Us Have Plenty of Opera in America"

XII. ANNA CASE Inspired Interpretation

XIII. FLORENCE EASTON Problems Confronting the Young Singer

XIV. MARGUERITE D'ALVAREZ The Message of the Singer

XV . MARIA BARRIENTOS Be Your Own Critic

XVI. CLAUDIA MUZIO A Child of the Opera

XVII . EDWARD JOHNSON (EDOUARDO DI GIOVANNI) The Evolution of an Opera Star

XVIII. REINALD WERRENRATH Achieving Success on the Concert Stage

XIX. SOPHIE BRASLAU Making a Career in America

XX. MORGAN KINGSTON The Spiritual Side of the Singer's Art

XXI. FRIEDA HEMPEL A Lesson with a Prima Donna

WITH THE MASTER TEACHERS

XXII . DAVID BISPHAM The Making of Artist Singers

XXIII. OSCAR SAENGERU se of Records in Vocal Study

XXIV. HERBERT WITHERSPOON Memory, Imagination, Analysis

XXV. YEATMAN GRIFFITH Causation

XXVI. J.H. DUVAL Some Secrets of Beautiful Singing

XXVII. THE CODA A Resumé