A two-volume memoir based on the letters and diaries of renowned soprano Jenny Lind (1820-87), published in 1891.

Preface; Book I. Anticipation: 1. Introduction; 2. Childhood; 3. Pupilage; 4. Career; 5. Discovery; 6. Character; 7. Pilgrimage; Book II. Aspiration: 1. In Paris, 1841; 2. The Maestro di Canto; 3. The student; 4. Within sight of the goal; 5. Under which king?; 6. The return; Book III. Achievement: 1. Home: and after?; Book IV. Mastery: 1. In Dresden; 2. At the court of Berlin; 3. The new opera house; 4. The début; 5. Das Feldlager in Schlesien; 6. The Bunn contract; 7. Homage to Weber (Euryanthe); 8. In the concert room; 9. At home once more; 10. In presence of the Queen; 11. With the Danes; 12. The Bunn contract (continued); 13. The return to Berlin (Don Juan); 14. Der Freischütz; 15. 'The Greatest of these is Love'; 16. At the Gewandhaus; 17. Die Vestalin; 18. At Weimar; 19. Les Huguenots; 20. Auf Widersehen!; Book V. Progress: 1. At the Gewandhaus once more; 2. The début at Vienna; 3. Correspondence with Mendelssohn; 4. Correspondence with Mendelssohn (continued); 5. The Lower Rhine musical festival; 6. In via requies; 7. Contract with Mr. Lumley.