Boston. Dedham Choir, 1858. The Civil War. Musicians. Return to California. Santa Cruz 48 Music in Santa Cruz in the Sixties. Return to San Francisco. How and Why I Became a Dressmaker. Opera. Music in San Francisco in the Seventies 59 Lady of Lyons Given for the Fire Engine Fund, Santa Cruz. Flag-Raising at Gilroy Hot Springs. Visalia Concerts 69 On the Road with Dick Kohler, Mr. Vivian, Walter Campbell, Mr. Wand and Charles Atkins 75 Early Music and Music Houses. Musical Instrument Makers. Old-Time Singers 83 As a Church Choir Singer in Cincinnati, Stockton, Benicia, Dedham, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Bernardino and Oakland. Rev. Starr King, Howard Dow, Henry Clay Barnabee, Carl Zerrahn, J.C.D. Parker, Carlotta and Adelina Patti, Jenny Lind, Joe Maguire, Georgiana Leach, Sam Mayer, Harry Gates 92 Golden Jubilee of Song Service, June 12, 1896 108 Camilla Urso's Festival, 1873. Madame Anna Bishop, The Loring Club, Alfred Wilkie, Frank Gilder, D.P. Hughes, Ben Clark 112 St. Patrick's, St. Mary's, St. Ignatius' Cathedrals. Episcopal and Jewish Music. J.H. Dohrmann. The Bianchis 123 Great Musical Festival in Aid of the Mercantile Library, 1878. At Gilroy Springs 130 Authors' Carnival, 1880, President Hayes and General Sherman Present 137 Vacation Episodes at Deer Park, July 4, 1893 145 In Oakland. Sad Accident. With Brush and Easel. Kind Friends 152 Party at Dr. J.M. Shannon's Home in 1907 157 Lee Tung Foo 161 What I Know of the Voice and of Teaching 167 Tremolo 172 More About the Voice 179 Political Campaigning. Work as a Patriot on National Holidays and with the Grand Army of the Republic. Flag Raising at Monterey 183 Repertoire and Other Data. Distinguished Musicians and Singers of the Last Century 203 Reminiscences of Early California Musicians and Singers 216 Reminiscences of Later California Musicians and Singers 227 With My Pupils 248 A List of My Pupils 262 THE ILLUSTRATIONS Mrs. Margaret Blake-Alverson, 1912 _faces Title_