A minor point about Karsavina's "second autobiography" - she certainly did complete the book. The first 5 chapters were based on the reminiscences she sent to friends in letter form (those recently published) and the finished text ran to 24 chapters. After the document failed to find a publisher, she recycled much of the work as a series of articles for Dancing Times, covering her memories of Mariinsky roles, teachers she had worked with and the various partners she had danced with over her career.