[55] "A singer's mind becomes subtler with every mental excursion into history, sacred or profane."--D. Ffrangcon Davies. "The Singing of the Future." John Lane, The Bodley Head. [56] Communicated at my request by my friend, Mr. Herbert Heyner, who has made a special study of Shaliapin's art both at the opera and from gramophone records. * * * * * Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: Toushinets=> Toushino {pg xv} than the officia=> than the official {pg 180} I took a a share=> I took a share {pg 188} oftens reminds us=> often reminds us {pg 196} October-Dezember=> Oktober-Dezember {pg 203} henceforward he he could rely=> henceforward he could rely {pg 286} The caste was a remarkably good one=> The cast was a remarkably good one {pg 289} into the deception played upon by him Bomely=> into the deception played upon him by Bomely {pg 315} Presently the the spirit=> Presently the spirit {pg 324} whch might well appeal=> which might well appeal {pg 337} formerly musical crici of the=> formerly musical critic of the {pg 349} Médecin malgre lui, Le, 25=> Médecin malgré lui, Le, 25 {pg 398} Kunst, Johann Christain, 24, 25, 26, 29=> Kunst, Johann Christian, 24, 25, 26, 29 {pg 401} End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Russian Opera, by Rosa Newmarch