VIII. ANARCHS AND ECSTASY 73 IX. PAINTED MUSIC 81 X. POE AND HIS POLISH CONTEMPORARY 94 XI. GEORGE LUKS 106 XII. CONCERNING CALICO CATS 118 XIII. CHOPIN OR THE CIRCUS? 125 XIV. CARUSO ON WHEELS 134 XV. SING AND GROW VOICELESS 144 XVI. ANATOLE FRANCE: THE LAST PHASE 154 XVII. A MASQUE OF MUSIC 164 _PART II_--IDOLS AND AMBERGRIS I. THE SUPREME SIN 177 II. BROTHERS-IN-LAW 201 III. GRINDSTONES 216 IV. VENUS OR VALKYR? 225 V. THE CARDINAL’S FIDDLE 247 VI. RENUNCIATION 256 VII. THE VISION MALEFIC 261 ILLUSTRATIONS Mary Garden--Herself _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Rosina Galli 24 Mary Garden as Mélisande 34 Mary Garden as Monna Vanna 38 Mary Garden as Salome 78 Rosina Galli as the Princess in “Le Coq d’Or” 140 _PART I_ MARY GARDEN I SUPERWOMAN LA BEAUTÉ “Je suis belle, ô mortels! comme un rêve de pierre, Et mon sein, où chacun s’est meurtri tour à tour, Est fait pour inspirer au poëte un amour Éternel et meut, ainsi, que la matière.” * * * * * --_Charles Baudelaire._