Student and Singer

Contents

• Preface;
• 1. The sea;
• 2. Youthful aspirations and subsequent disillusionment;
• 3. Carl Formes' influence upon me;
• 4. Farewell to Liverpool;
• 5. My lodgings;
• 6. Vocalizzi and solfeggi;
• 7. A cold winter;
• 8. Church festivals and their curious customs;
• 9. Efforts to obtain work;
• 10. Return to Milan;
• 11. Visit to Hullah;
• 12. A formidable fellow-lodger;
• 13. 1862, an eventful year;
• 14. My new comrades;
• 15. Season of 1864;
• 16. Season of 1865;
• 17. Season of 1866;
• 18. Death of J. C. Tully;
• 19. Season of 1869;
• 20. Mr George Wood undertakes the Italian opera at Drury Lane;
• 21. Off to America;
• 22. Success with 'Zampa';
• 23. Retrospect and prospect.