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Title: The Master's Violin

Author: Myrtle Reed

Release Date: September 1, 2010 [EBook #33601]

Language: English

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THE MASTER'S
VIOLIN

BY
MYRTLE REED

Author of

"Lavender and Old Lace"
"Old Rose and Silver"
"A Spinner in the Sun"
"Flower of the Dusk"
Etc.

New York
_GROSSET & DUNLAP_
Publishers

COPYRIGHT, 1904
BY
MYRTLE REED

BY MYRTLE REED:

A Weaver of Dreams
Old Rose and Silver
Lavender and Old Lace
The Master's Violin
Love Letters of a Musician
The Spinster Book
The Shadow of Victory
Sonnets to a Lover
Master of the Vineyard
Flower of the Dusk
At the Sign of the Jack-o'-Lantern
A Spinner in the Sun
Later Love Letters of a Musician
Love Affairs of Literary Men
Myrtle Reed Year Book

This edition is issued under arrangement with the publishers
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK AND LONDON

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

I--THE MASTER PLAYS 1
II--"MINE CREMONA" 20
III--THE GIFT OF PEACE 33
IV--SOCIAL POSITION 50
V--THE LIGHT OF DREAMS 65
VI--A LETTER 81
VII--FRIENDS 91
VIII--A BIT OF HUMAN DRIFTWOOD 105
IX--ROSEMARY AND MIGNONETTE 120
X--IN THE GARDEN 127
XI--"SUNSET AND EVENING STAR" 144
XII--THE FALSE LINE 159
XIII--TO IRIS 177
XIV--HER NAME-FLOWER 182
XV--LITTLE LADY 199
XVI--AFRAID OF LIFE 215
XVII--"HE LOVES HER STILL" 233
XVIII--LYNN COMES INTO HIS OWN