LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS RICHARD WAGNER (frontispiece) MADAME COSIMA WAGNER CORNER OF JUDITH GAUTIER'S SALON JUDITH GAUTIER IN BRITTANY WAGNER'S THEATRE AT BAYREUTH JUDITH GAUTIER IN HER GARDEN AT ST EUOGAT PART OF SCORE OF THE FIRST ACT IN "PARSIFAL" PART OF SCORE OF THE SECOND ACT IN "PARSIFAL" PART OF SCORE OF THE LAST ACT IN "PARSIFAL" RICHARD WAGNER...

The train moved slowly, as becomes a well-conducted Swiss train that winds through beautiful country, and has no intention of blurring the views by undue haste. At each station there was a long stop, a slow renewal of leisurely motion. To our little company of impatient French people within the compartment this slow progress was very trying. A feverish excitement possessed us; we could not sit still; from time to time we thrust our heads between the curtains to gaze in advance of the train. Vill