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             THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY




                         THE LIFE & LETTERS OF

                              PETER ILICH
                              TCHAIKOVSKY

                        BY MODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
                        EDITED FROM THE RUSSIAN
                        WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
                      ROSA NEWMARCH: ILLUSTRATED

                  LONDON : JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD
                 NEW YORK : JOHN LANE COMPANY : MCMVI

         WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LIMITED, PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH

                                  TO

                       SERGEÏ IVANOVICH TANEIEV

                              AND TO ALL
                    WHO STILL CHERISH THE MEMORY OF

                        PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY

                         I DEDICATE THIS WORK




INTRODUCTION


In offering to English and American readers this abridged edition of
_The Life and Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky_, my introduction must
of necessity take the form of some justification of my curtailments and
excisions.

The motives which led to this undertaking, and the reasons for my mode
of procedure, may be stated in