The contents include: Mainly in Defense; Origins and Influences. From the First Efforts to Trial by Jury; The Pre-Savoy Operas-I. The Sorcerer and H.M.S. Pinafore; The Pre-Savoy Operas-II. The Pirates of Penzance and Patience; The Savoy Operas-I. Iolanthe and Princess Ida; The Savoy Operas-II. The Mikado and Ruddigore; The Savoy Operas-III. The Yeomen of the Guard and The Gondoliers; Ivanhoe and the Last Savoy Operas; Sullivan and the Orchestra; and Recognition.