XXIV. ENGLISH OPERA 254 XXV. ENGLISH OPERA--_Continued_ 266 XXVI. AMATEURS AND OTHERS 276 XXVII. "THE THREE GRACES" 289 XXVIII. ACROSS THE SEAS AGAIN 300 XXIX. TEACHING AND THE HALF-TALENTED 309 XXX. THE WANDERLUST, AND WHERE IT LED ME 324 XXXI. SAINT PETERSBURG 334 XXXII. GOOD-BYE TO RUSSIA--AND THEN? 346 XXXIII. THE LAST YEARS OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER 357 XXXIV. _CODA_ 370 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG STRAKOSCH _Frontispiece_ LYDIA ATWOOD 2 Maternal Grandmother of Clara Louise Kellogg CHARLES ATWOOD 4 Maternal Grandfather of Clara Louise Kellogg From a Daguerreotype GEORGE KELLOGG 10 Father of Clara Louise Kellogg From a photograph by Gurney & Son CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG, AGED THREE 12 From a photograph by Black & Case CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG, AGED SEVEN 14 From a photograph by Black & Case CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG AS A GIRL 20 From a photograph by Sarony CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG AS A YOUNG LADY 28 From a photograph by Black & Case BRIGNOLI, 1865 42 From a photograph by C. Silvy JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, IN 1861 46 From a photograph by Brady CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN, 1861 52 From a photograph by Silabee, Case & Co. CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG AS FIGLIA 56 From a photograph by Black & Case GENERAL HORACE PORTER 58 From a photograph by Pach Bros. MUZIO 66 From a photograph by Gurney & Son CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG AS LUCIA 72 From a photograph by Elliott & Fry CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG AS MARTHA 74 From a photograph by Turner CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG AS MARGUERITE, 1865 82 From a photograph by Sarony CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG AS MARGUERITE, 1864 88 From a silhouette by Ida Waugh GOTTSCHALK 106 From a photograph by Case & Getchell JANE ELIZABETH CROSBY 108 Mother of Clara Louise Kellogg From a tintype GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN, 1877 116 From a photograph by Mora HENRY G. STEBBINS 122 From a photograph by Grillet & Co. ADELINA PATTI 130 From a photograph by Fredericks