Dedication
TO
LUCY ARBELL
CONSUMMATE DRAMATIC ARTIST
AND
GREATEST CONTRALTO SINGER
OF OUR TIME
IN AFFECTIONATE ADMIRATION
I DEDICATE
THIS ENGLISH VERSION
OF HER
BELOVED MASTER’S BOOK
Epigraph
“Chère amie, gardez aussi sa réligion, et qu’elle vous conduise, ferme et courageuse, au milieu des cahots de la vie, jusq’au paradis des arts.”