[Illustration: _His symphony depicted the sorrows of Russia, the height of the steppes, and the agonies of indigestion._] _The author thanks_ LIFE, JUDGE, THE CENTURY, THE QUILL, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE LITERARY REVIEW, _and_ THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE _for kind permission to include in this volume certain contributions to those publications. He hopes he has remembered to ask such permission in each case._…
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