The morning times., 1896-11-22
BOOKS and THEIR MAKERS
New Publications Suggest the
Approaching Holidays.
THE MEMOIRS OF ARDITl
Reviews of Conspicuous Addi-
tions to the Library Shelf
During Past Week.
THE MEMOIRS OF ARDITl

~ + all men 10 furnish the material for a
volume of "reminiscences who could
Summon a more picturesquely ill.,
terrslEnS iund JGan =. u,an wno i,new
personally and professionally over a
hundred oi the world > eredtcst composers,
ciGnt yCunnUctuTs ana hun,ircuS UI : he great
est singers and Observation-Disclosures of the last
sixty Years. and himself one of the most
popular orchestral conductors Of Italian
Opera at the present time. such "A man Is
Signur Luigi Ardiii and the stores of his
memory have contributed To his rcminiscen-
ces recently published 10y Dodd, Mead X
Co.
Arciti was born in 1929 in Piedmont,
anu ms INST orchestral work. an overture
was written in 1910, and his first opera d,
81 Briganti,' was composed when only
eighteen. Al twcnt y-t wo lie conducted the
orchestra at the Teatro Re- Milan. where
he remained for two wears. The next ten
ycars were spent in Cuba and America
1t Is curious fact that today though he
has spent forty years ul his life in English
speaking countries and has had but one
professional engagement in Italy since he
became famous, he cannot Yet speak tie
English language properly.
In 1856 lie accepted niS first English en-
Eagemeut. The first especially memorable
event in his career Was the debut of 1itis.ns,
in s5s. which he describes ut some length,
Adelina Patti Since then ne had con
Quoted the orchestra. and nearly every ap-
peIrancr of the diva, and has been the
presiding genius in most Of the Abbey CON
cert and Operatic seasons. Signor AlGlus
most conspicuous later wor,. has been the
Introduction Of ''Cavalleria RuSticsna' and
''Eanscl and Gretel.''
The "reminiscences are SO crowded with
reference 20 names and affairs. either IA
ullar To the reader by experience Ur their
own fame, that One CaGIot read a page
without feelings Of the lvlicst interest
II iiad the vivid quality OF reality and al
the wonder and delight aroused by the
truth. which in the case of men and women
OF such emucncc as Arditi and his life
companions. is, indeed, stranger than any
Fiction. The book has Eeen given cN-
pui>ite establishment by the publishers,
the binding, paper ami Illustrations be-
inE "f perfect workmanship.
An Interesting page Is devoted t. the
first time that the maestro heard little
Adrlina Patti sing Her mother hadhrcught
the future divato sing for ATditi: ''Bottesini
ANA Were highly amused 20 see the AIR of
importance with which the tiny SUn.strcSS
first selected a comfortable seat Tor her
doll. i'll such proximity that she was able
Ia ~cc her while singing. and then having
tald, There. my good little one. pay at
icHtiun while year mama sings you some
thing pretty. she demurely placed her
'mu>lC ON the piano ana asked me to ac-
company heT in he rCndO OF 'SOUnaln-
bul1-' How am To Civ an adequate de-
scriptinn Of the effect which that child :
miraculous notes produced upon our en-
'h'nred senses? Perhaps if say THAI 10th
HuueSini and l wept genuine tears Of emo
ZION: tears which We're the outcome Of the
original and never-IC-lc-forEoiton impress
sion ner voice made when 1t first stirred
odf innermcSt feelings, that may, i'll some
slight measure, convince nv readers Of the
c&traordinary vocal powers and beauty of
which little Adelina was, at that tender
aGe, possessed We were simply amazed
niy, electrified, at the well-nigh perfect
manner in which Size delivered some of
the most difficult ana varied a riaS without
the slightest effort or circumstances