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My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt

Chapter 41: INDEX
By Sarah Bernhardt
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The memoirist recounts her upbringing and early schooling, training at a conservatory, and gradual rise through the theatre, describing debut performances, company affiliations, international tours, and meetings with notable contemporaries. She chronicles wartime ordeals, organizing an ambulance and travelling through conflict zones, domestic mishaps, and dramatic incidents that intersect with her public life. Reflections on artistic practice beyond the stage, including sculpture and stagecraft, appear alongside detailed memories of rehearsals, costumes, and public receptions. The account proceeds episodically from childhood through mature prominence, combining anecdote, professional milestones, and personal observation.

INDEX

  • Abbema, Louisa, 317
  • Abbey, Henry, American impresario—
    • The American tour, 335, 368;
    • in New York, 370, 373, 374;
    • visit to Edison, 376;
    • travelling arrangements, 380;
    • in Montreal, 388;
    • letter of, to the Bishop of Chicago, 401–2;
    • the American receipts, 402;
    • the attempted train robbery, 405–8;
    • the crossing to New Orleans, 414–16;
    • journey to Chicago, 421–22;
    • the visit to Niagara, 427–32
  • Adrienne Lecouvreur, 335, 339, 342, 343, 373, 393, 440
  • Agar, Mme.—
    • Description, 131–32;
    • interest in Coppée, 132–34;
    • commanded to the Tuileries in Le Passant, 135–39
  • Aicard, Jean, Othello, 291
  • Albany, 433
  • Albemarle Hotel, New York, 364, 374, 376
  • Alicante, Sarah Bernhardt’s visit to, 113–15
  • Allou, Maître, advocate of the Comédie Française, 334, 336
  • Ambre, Emilie, 416
  • Ambigu Theatre, the, 120, 236
  • American Falls, the, 428
  • Amiens, 195
  • Amphytrion, first visit of Sarah Bernhardt to, 57–58
  • Anderson, Mary, 433
  • Andromaque, 249, 337
  • Angelo, artiste, 393, 415, 432
  • Annette, Aunt, 157
  • Antoine, M., comments of Sarah Bernhardt, 330
  • Aricie, 62
  • Arville, Renée d’, 28
  • Athalie, 126
  • Atlanta, 420
  • Auber, M., director of the Conservatoire, 59–60, 68–69
  • Audierne in Brittany, 260
  • Augier, Emile—
    • La Fille de Roland, the discussion regarding, 267–68;
    • Gabrielle, 269;
    • L’Aventurière, 331–34
  • Auteuil, 6–11, 127
  • Aventurière, L’, by E. Augier, 331–34
  • Avenue des Acacias, 304
  • Baden-Baden, 183
  • Baie des Trépassés, Brittany, 260
  • Baltimore, 433;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 399
  • Barbédienne, clock-maker, 72
  • Barboux, Maître, advocate, 334, 336
  • Baretta, Blanche, 96
  • —— Rose, 96, 102, 104, 141–42
  • Baron, Messrs., dresses from, for the American tour, 335
  • Barrett, tragedian, 419
  • Bartet, comments of Sarah Bernhardt, 329
  • Batifoulé, Father, of Audierne, 260, 264
  • Bazaine, treachery of, 154
  • Beauvallet, M.—
    • Conservatoire examination, at the, 68–69;
    • his style of teaching, 80;
    • remark to Sarah Bernhardt, 93;
    • as a comrade, 126
  • Benedict, Sir Julius, 294
  • Berendt, Aunt Rosine—
    • Visits to the Convent of Grand-Champs, 15–20;
    • at the family council, 48–55;
    • decides to take Sarah Bernhardt to the Théâtre Français, 55–56;
    • saying of, repeated to M. Doucet by Régina, 76–77;
    • proposes the fencing-lessons, 79;
    • lends dress to Sarah Bernhardt, 91;
    • and carriage, 92;
    • dinner given by, 93;
    • present of the ponies, 127–28;
    • gambling propensities, 183;
    • return to Paris, 216;
    • otherwise mentioned, 3–6, 11–12, 35–36, 44
  • Bernhardt, Jeanne—
    • Characteristics, 48, 89;
    • reception of Sarah Bernhardt on her return from Spain, 116;
    • her mother’s love for her, 118–19;
    • faces the crowd in New York, 376;
    • visit to Edison, 376;
    • in Boston, 383;
    • in Montreal, 391–92;
    • visit to the Iroquois, 393;
    • escapade on the St. Lawrence, 396–97;
    • the crossing to New Orleans, 415–16;
    • journey to Chicago, 421–22;
    • at Niagara, 432;
    • the return from America, 437;
    • otherwise mentioned, 35, 37, 50, 72, 338
  • —— Mme.—
    • Visits to Sarah Bernhardt in childhood, 1–5;
    • takes her to the Convent of Grand-Champs, 16–20;
    • announces death of her father to Sarah Bernhardt, 35–36;
    • at Cauterets, 38;
    • friendship of Mme. Croizette for, 40;
    • the family council, 47–55;
    • takes Sarah Bernhardt to the Française, 55–58;
    • sends her to the Conservatoire with Mme. Guérard, 59–60;
    • receives her on her return, 71–72;
    • favours suit of M. Bed——, 74;
    • moved by the recital of “L’Ame du Purgatoire,” 93;
    • attends the Comédie Française, 98;
    • anger of, at Sarcey’s article, 100;
    • the arrangements for Sarah Bernhardt’s engagement at the Gymnase, 107–8;
    • illness of, 115–17;
    • her love for Jeanne, 118–19;
    • visit to the Odéon, 128;
    • visit to the Rue Auber flat, 140–41;
    • note to Sarah Bernhardt during the siege, 172;
    • return to Paris, 216;
    • her fainting fit at the Odéon, 247–48;
    • otherwise mentioned, 6, 15, 44
  • —— Mme., grandmother, 49, 74, 116
  • —— M., 11, 12;
    • takes Sarah Bernhardt to the Convent of Grand-Champs, 15–20;
    • death of, 35, 49
  • —— Régina—
    • Personality as a child, 35, 71–72;
    • visit to M. Doucet, 76–77;
    • the trouble with Mme. Nathalie, 101;
    • reception of Sarah Bernhardt on her return from Spain, 116;
    • takes up her abode in the Rue Duphot, 118–19;
    • return to Paris, 216;
    • bust of, 257;
    • death of, 257–58
  • —— Sarah—
    • Childhood, 1–5;
    • at boarding school, 6–11;
    • at the Convent of Grand-Champs, 16–26;
    • her début in Tobit recovering his Eyesight, 27–34;
    • baptism and confirmation, 34–37;
    • visit to Cauterets, 38–39;
    • return to the convent and incident of the shako, 40–45;
    • the family council, 47–55;
    • her first visit to the Française, 55–58;
    • literary tastes, 59;
    • interview with M. Auber of the Conservatoire, 59–60;
    • first lesson in elocution from Mlle. de Brabender, 61–63;
    • first examination at the Conservatoire, 64–72;
    • a marriage proposal, 73–75;
    • Conservatoire successes, 75;
    • life at the Conservatoire:
      • deportment class, 78–79;
      • fencing class, 79;
    • second prize for comedy, 80–86;
    • progress under Samson, 80;
    • incident of the hairdressing, 80–82;
    • aim of, to define the author’s idea, 86–87;
    • début at the Comédie in rôle of Iphigénie, 90–101;
    • her motto of “Quand-même,” 99, 309, 310;
    • incident which caused her first departure from the Française, 101–6;
    • revenge of Mme. Nathalie, 105;
    • the expedition to Spain, 110–15;
    • return and resolve to live independently, 116–17;
    • the flat in the Rue Duphot, 118–19;
    • engagement at the Odéon, 122–24;
    • introduces Coppée’s Le Passant to Duquesnel, 132–34;
    • its success, 135–40;
    • fire in the Rue Auber, 140–45;
    • subsequent benefit at the Odéon, 145–46;
    • visit to Eaux-Bonnes, 153–55;
    • return to Paris, 155;
    • removal of her family before the siege, 157–59;
    • organisation of the Odéon ambulance, 160–61;
    • working of, and incidents, 172–87;
    • collecting the dead from the Châtillon Plateau, 183;
    • preparations for leaving Paris, 187–88;
    • the journey through the German lines to Homburg, 189–215;
    • adventure at Cologne, 212–13;
    • return to Paris and establishment in the Rue Rome, 216–18;
    • friends of, 218–21;
    • removal to St. Germain-en-Laye, 221–24;
    • return to Paris and reopening of the Odéon, 224–25;
    • letter from M. Perrin, 235–36;
    • interview with Duquesnel and De Chilly, 235–37;
    • engagement with the Comédie, 238–39;
    • the supper at the Odéon, 239–43;
    • treatment of M. Perrin, 250–53;
    • passion for sculpture, 257;
    • incident of the coffin, 257–58;
    • visit to Brittany, 259–64;
    • painting, 260–61;
    • descent of the Enfer du Plogoff, 261–64;
    • return to Paris, 264;
    • Sociétaire of the Comédie, 269;
    • building of the new mansion, 269–71;
    • Perrin’s tricks on, in staging L’Etrangère, 272–74;
    • her anger with Dumas, 274–75;
    • lunch with Victor Hugo, 280;
    • quarrels with Perrin, 282–83, 288;
    • balloon trip in the “Dona Sol,” 284–88;
    • illness and visit to the South, 289;
    • sale of the group After the Tempest, 289–90;
    • strained relations with Perrin, 291;
    • appointed Sociétaire permanently, 293;
    • dispute with the committee of the Comédie, 294–95;
    • the Journey to London, 295–300;
    • reception at Folkestone, 297–98;
    • her hatred of reporters, 299–300, 324;
    • impressions of English society, 300–2;
    • impressions of London life, 303–4;
    • first appearance at the Gaiety Theatre, 305–8;
    • stage fright, 305–6;
    • illness after first appearance and immediate performance of L’Etrangère, 309–13;
    • exhibition of sculpture and painting in Piccadilly, 313–15;
    • conversation with Mr. Gladstone, 314;
    • the visit to Cross’s Zoo and purchase of the animals, 315–18;
    • Press attacks and trouble with the Française, 320–25;
    • open letter to Albert Wolff, 321–22;
    • return to Paris, and opening ceremony at the Française, 326–28;
    • comments on artistes, 328–30;
    • performance of L’Aventurière and departure from the Française, 331–34;
    • illness at Hâvre, 333–34;
    • contract for the American tour signed, 334–35;
    • second visit to London, 338–41;
    • tour in Denmark, 342–47;
    • decorated by the King of Denmark, 344;
    • the supper in Copenhagen, and toast of Baron Magnus, 345–47;
    • farewell reception in Paris, 347–48;
    • “The Twenty-eight Days of Sarah Bernhardt,” 348–49;
    • contract with M. Bertrand signed, 349–50;
    • experiences on board ship from Hâvre to New York, 352–60;
    • her fête day on board, 359–60;
    • arrival in New York, 361–67;
    • the New York reporters, 367–68;
    • visit to Mr. Edison, 376–79;
    • arrival in Boston and story of the whale, 381–87;
    • reception in Montreal, 388–93;
    • visit to the Iroquois, 393–94;
    • escapade on the St. Lawrence, 396–97;
    • welcome to Chicago, 399–400;
    • visit to the stock-yards, 400–01;
    • visit to the grotto of St. Louis, 402–3;
    • the incident of the jewellery exhibition and attempted train robbery, 403–8;
    • opinions concerning capital punishment, 408–13;
    • the crossing to New Orleans, 414–16;
    • difficulties of playing in Mobile, 418–420;
    • journey from Springfield to Chicago, blocked by the snow, 421–22;
    • a visit to the Falls of Niagara, 427–32;
    • the professional matinée in New York, 433–34;
    • the return journey, 433–38;
    • the welcome at Hâvre, 438–40
    • American Tour—
      • Baltimore, 399;
      • Boston, Hernani, 384;
      • Chicago, Phèdre, 401;
      • Milwaukee, Froufrou and La Dame aux Camélias, 422;
      • Montreal, Hernani, 395;
      • New York, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Froufrou, etc., 374;
      • Philadelphia, Phèdre, 399;
      • Pittsburg, La Princesse Georges, 426;
      • Springfield, La Dame aux Camélias, 398
    • Comédie Française—
      • Andromaque, 249;
      • L’Aventurière, 331–34;
      • La Belle Paule, 254;
      • Britannicus, 248–49;
      • Dalila, 249;
      • L’Etrangère, 272–75;
      • La Fille de Roland, 266–68;
      • Gabrielle, 269;
      • Hernani, 282;
      • Iphigénie, 90–97;
      • Mlle. de Belle-Isle, 245–48;
      • Le Mariage de Figaro, 249;
      • Mithridate, 291;
      • Phèdre, 249, 264–66;
      • Rome Vaincue, 279;
      • Ruy Blas, 291;
      • Le Sphinx, 251–54;
      • Zaïre, 254–56
    • Denmark, Tour in—
      • Brussels, Adrienne Lecouvreur and Froufrou, 342;
      • Copenhagen, Adrienne Lecouvreur and Froufrou, 343–44
    • London, the Gaiety Theatre—
      • Adrienne Lecouvreur, 339;
      • L’Etrangère, 310–13, 320;
      • Froufrou, 339–40;
      • Phèdre, 305–8;
      • Zaïre, 315
    • Odéon Theatre—
      • L’Affranchi, 150;
      • Athalie, 126;
      • L’Autre, 150;
      • Le Bâtard, 150;
      • La biche au bois, 119–22;
      • François le Champi, 128;
      • Jean-Marie, 150, 224–225;
      • Le jeu de l’amour et du hasard, 125;
      • Kean, 130–31;
      • La loterie du mariage, 131;
      • Le Marquis de Villemer, 128;
      • Ruy Blas, 226–30;
      • Le testament de César, 130
    • Painting—
      • “Palm Sunday,” 292;
      • “The Young Girl and Death,” 282–83
    • Sculpture—
      • Busts: Alphonse de Rothschild, 257;
        • Miss Multon, 257;
        • Mlle. Hocquigny, 257;
        • Régina Bernhardt, 257–58;
      • Group, “After the Storm,” 251, 275–78, 315
  • “Bernhardtists,” the, at the Comédie, 252–254
  • Berton, Pierre, 131, 329, 338
  • Bertrand, M. Eugène, director of the Variétés, 349–50
  • Bismarck, Prince, 186, 346
  • Bloas, Désiré, 185
  • Bocher, Emmanuel, 191–92
  • Bois de Boulogne, 304
  • Booth, actor, 354
  • Booth’s Theatre, New York, 369, 373
  • Bornier, Henri de, 266–68, 351
  • Boston—
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 380–381;
    • the women of, 381, 385;
    • story of the whale, 381–87
  • Bouilhet, M., 129;
    • Dolorès, 104;
    • Mlle. Aïssé, 325
  • Boulevard Medicis, ambulance of, 174
  • Bourbaki, M., defence of Paris, 165
  • Bourg de Batz, 259
  • Boyer, Georges, 179, 438
  • Brabender, Mlle. de—
    • Governess to Sarah Bernhardt, 45;
    • at the family council, 48–55;
    • accompanies her mistress to the Comédie Française, 56–58, 98;
    • first lessons in elocution, 61–63;
    • accompanies Sarah Bernhardt to the Conservatoire, 65–72, 79, 82–84, 88;
    • the embroidered handkerchief, 91;
    • death of, 124–25
  • Bradford, 427
  • Bressant, M.—
    • At the Comédie, 102;
    • in Mlle. de Belle-Isle, 245–48, 337;
    • in Hernani, 281;
    • benefit performance for, 291
  • Britannicus, 57, 248–49
  • Brittany, visit of Sarah Bernhardt, 259–64
  • Brohan, Augustine, 68–69
  • —— Madeleine, 245;
    • her advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 318–19
  • —— Marie, 245
  • Brooklyn Bridge, 372
  • Brussels, 211;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 342
  • Buffalo, 422, 426, 427
  • Buguet, Louise, 28–31
  • —— Marie, 28
  • Busigny, 211
  • Busnach, William, wit of, 233–34
  • Butin, 269
  • Campbell, Beatrice Patrick, 330
  • Canadian Falls, the, 431
  • Canrobert, Marshal, at Saint-Privat, 154;
    • his friendship for Sarah Bernhardt, 227, 233–34, 300, 347
  • Cap Martin, 289
  • Capital, punishment, opinions of Sarah Bernhardt concerning, 408–13
  • Cardaños, Dolores, 21
  • —— Pepa, 21
  • Caroline, maid, journey to Spain, 110–15, 119
  • Carthusians, the, 14
  • Cateau, 205, 211
  • Catherine, servant, 143
  • Caughnanwaga, 394
  • Cauterets, the visit to, 37–39
  • Caux, Marquis de, 145
  • —— Marquise de; see Patti, Adelina
  • Célimène played by Marie Lloyd, 86
  • Cerise, Baron, 12
  • César, the convent dog, 29–33, 43
  • Chanzy, defence of Paris, 165
  • Charing Cross Station, first arrival of Sarah Bernhardt, 298
  • Charmel, Eugénie, 28–32
  • Châtelain, pupil at the Conservatoire, 79, 88
  • Châtillon Plateau, collecting the dead from, 183
  • Chatterton, M., secretary, 406
  • Chesneau, Commandant Monfils, 188
  • Chester Square, 298–300
  • Cheval-Blanc, Hôtel du, Amiens, 195
  • Chez l’Avocat, 249, 337
  • Chicago—
    • Arrival of Sarah Bernhardt, 399–400;
    • the stock-yards, 400–401
  • Chilly, M. de—
    • Treatment of Sarah Bernhardt, 120–21, 124, 125–26;
    • his change of attitude, 126–27, 139, 145;
    • manager of the Odéon, 130, 133, 134, 135;
    • the law-suit against Sarah Bernhardt, 236–37, 239;
    • the supper at the Odéon, 239;
    • his death, 241–43
  • Chrysagère, the tortoise, 145
  • Cincinnati, 414, 420
  • Cladel, Léon, 280
  • Clairin, Georges—
    • Interest in career of Sarah Bernhardt, 269, 276, 282;
    • the trip in the “Dona Sol,” 284–87;
    • sketch of the animals, 318;
    • at the farewell reception in Paris, 347
  • Clamart, 176, 413
  • Claretie, Jules, 278
  • Clarisse, Mlle., 47–48
  • Claude, serving-man, 154, 259–61, 297, 415–16, 421
  • Cleveland, 422
  • Coblentz, Mlle., 98
  • Colas, Mlle. Stella, 9
  • Cologne, Sarah Bernhardt’s adventure at, 212–13
  • Colt gun factory, 398
  • Columbus, 420
  • Comédie Française, the—
    • First visit of Sarah Bernhardt to, 55–58;
    • her first engagement as Iphigénie, 90–97;
    • her début, 98–101;
    • Molière’s anniversary ceremony, 101;
    • the Sociétaires, 101, 102, 269;
    • resignations of Sarah Bernhardt, 101–6, 331–34;
    • social spirit of the, 127;
    • letter from M. Perrin to Sarah Bernhardt, 235–36;
    • her engagement signed with M. Perrin, 238–39;
    • the “Croizettists” and “Bernhardtists,” 252–54;
    • Sarah Bernhardt becomes a Sociétaire, 269;
    • transference of the company to London, 293;
    • their request to Mr. Johnson, 312;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s trouble with, 320–25;
    • their return to Paris and the opening ceremony, 326–28;
    • the law-suit against Sarah Bernhardt, 334, 336–38;
    • receipts from the Gaiety performances, 336–38
  • Commune, the Paris, 174, 221–24, 304
  • Compagnie Transatlantique, 352
  • “Complaint of the Hungry Stomachs,” quoted, 270
  • Connaught, Duke of, 298
  • Conservatoire, the—
    • Advice of the Duc de Morny, 52–55;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s first examination, 64–72;
    • her second examination and prize for comedy, 80–86
  • Copenhagen, Sarah Bernhardt’s week in, 342–47
  • Coppée, François, 351;
    • success of Le Passant, 132–39
  • Coquelin, M.—
    • Style of, 80;
    • meeting with Sarah Bernhardt at the Théâtre Français, 92;
    • in Chez l’Avocat, 249;
    • in Gabrielle, 269;
    • in L’Etrangère, 273, 275, 311, 312;
    • his mission to Marie Lloyd, 320;
    • advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 322–23;
    • comments of Sarah Bernhardt on, 329;
    • his return to London, 340
  • Creil, 192
  • Croizette, Mme., 40
  • —— Pauline, 39
  • —— Sophie—
    • Friendship with Sarah Bernhardt, 39, 245, 247–48, 322;
    • in Mlle. de Belle-Isle, 248;
    • in Dalila, 249;
    • in Le Mariage de Figaro, 249;
    • her method with M. Perrin, 250;
    • in Le Sphinx, the quarrel over the “moon,” 251–54;
    • in L’Etrangère, 272–75, 311–13;
    • appointed Sociétaire permanently, 293
  • “Croizettists,” the, at the Comédie, 252–54
  • Cross, Mr., his Zoo in Liverpool, visit of Sarah Bernhardt, 315–17
  • Custom-House, the New York, 369–373
  • Daily Telegraph, tribute to Sarah Bernhardt, 307
  • Dalila, by Octave Feuillet, 249
  • Damien, Hortense, 300–301
  • Davenant, 337
  • Davennes, M., of the Comédie, 94–95, 104
  • Dayton, 420
  • Debay, Mlle., in La biche au bois, 119–22
  • Delaunay, M.—
    • In Le Sphinx, 252, 253;
    • in Hernani, 281;
    • drawing-room entertainments in London, 294–95;
    • his advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 322–23
  • Delavigne, Casimir—
    • L’Ecole des Viellards, 80;
    • La Fille du Cid, 80;
    • L’Ame du Purgatoire, 93
  • Delorme, René, 278
  • Delpit, Albert, 157
  • Denayrouse, Louis, La Belle Paule, 254
  • Denmark—
    • King and Queen of, present at the performances of Sarah Bernhardt, 343–44;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions of, 343
  • Depaul, Virginie, 28
  • Deschamp, Georges, visit to Sarah Bernhardt, 317–18
  • Deshayes, Paul, 129–30
  • Deslandes, Raymond, Un mari qui lance sa femme, 109, 349
  • Desmoulins, M. de la Tour, 89
  • Despagne, Dr., 44
  • Detroit, 422
  • Devoyod, Mme., 94, 338
  • Diamond, the vessel, 438
  • Dieudonnée, Mme., 113, 338
  • “Dona Sol,” the balloon, 284
  • Doré, Gustave, lunch with Victor Hugo, 280–81;
    • visit to Sarah Bernhardt, 317
  • Doucet, M. Camille, Sarah Bernhardt’s interview with, 76–77;
    • his kindnesses to her, 83, 90–93, 122–23, 126
  • Doutre, Mr. Jos., 389
  • Drouet, Mme., 233, 280–81
  • Dubourg, Léonie, 160
  • Duchesne, Dr., surgeon at the Odéon ambulance, 167–68, 170, 178
  • Dudlay, Mlle., 339
  • Dudley, Lady, 294
  • —— Lord, 300
  • Duez, 269
  • Dumas, Alexandre—
    • Kean at the Odéon, 130–31;
    • L’Etrangère, 272–75, 309–13;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s anger with, 274–75
  • Dupuis, the Communard, 280
  • Duquesnel, Mme., 134
  • —— Félix—
    • Manager Of the Odéon, 122–24, 126–27, 130–31;
    • production of Athalie, 126;
    • accepts Coppée’s Le Passant, 132–34;
    • benefit performance for Sarah Bernhardt, 145–46;
    • arrangements for the Odéon ambulance, 160;
    • production of Ruy Blas, 226–30;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s treatment of, 235–37, 239;
    • at the Odéon supper, 240–43;
    • at Sarah Bernhardt’s farewell reception, 347–48;
    • arranges the “Twenty-eight Days of Sarah Bernhardt,” 348–49
  • Durieux, Mme., 182–83
  • —— Victor, “Toto,” the errand boy, 180–83
  • Duse, Eleonora, comments of Sarah Bernhardt, 329–30
  • Eaux-Bonnes, Sarah Bernhardt ordered to, 153–55
  • Ecole Chrétienne brothers, collecting the dead from the Châtillon Plateau, 183
  • —— Polytechnique, 254
  • Edison, Thomas, receives Sarah Bernhardt at Menlo Park, 375–79
  • —— Mrs., 377
  • Elie, M., deportment class of, 78–79
  • Elsinore, visit of Sarah Bernhardt, 343–34
  • Emerainville, 287
  • Emmanuel, Victor, 115
  • Enfer du Plogoff, Sarah Bernhardt’s descent into, 261–264
  • English hospitality, Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 303–4
  • Erie, 427
  • Escalier, Félix, 269
  • Essler, Jane, 226
  • Estebenet, M., 88
  • Eugénie, Empress, 289;
  • Faille, M., 120–22
  • Fallesen, Baron, 343–45
  • Faure, Mme., 12–15, 17, 35, 44, 99
  • —— Félix, uncle, 11, 12–15, 147;
    • at the family council, 50–55
  • —— Félix, afterwards President, 157
  • Favart, Mlle., 95, 100, 104–5
  • Favre, Jules, 186
  • Febvre, Frédéric, 247;
    • as Don Salluste, 291;
    • advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 323
  • Fédora, by Victorien Sardou, 440
  • Félicie, the maid, 155, 262, 359, 363–65, 371, 372, 415–16
  • Ferrier, Paul, Chez l’Avocat by, 249
  • Ferrières, the wood of, 285
  • Feuillet, Octave, Dalila, 249;
    • Le Sphinx, 251–54
  • Figaro criticisms quoted, 312, 332, 338, 343
  • Finistère, 259
  • Flaubert, Gustave, 225;
    • death of, 399
  • Fleury, the artist, 7
  • —— General, 136, 139
  • Flourens, M., 220
  • Folkestone, reception of Sarah Bernhardt in, 297–98
  • Fortin, soldier, 171, 177
  • Fould, Henri, 164
  • Fournier, Marc, 119, 120
  • François le Champi, 128
  • Franco-Prussian War, outbreak and incidents, 151–59
  • Fréchette, Louis, his “A Sarah Bernhardt” quoted, 389–91;
    • his service to Jeanne Bernhardt, 391–92
  • Fressard, Mme., her boarding school, 7–11
  • Fressard, Mlle. Caroline, 10–11
  • Frossard, General, 153
  • Froufrou, 335, 339–40, 342–44, 374, 393, 422, 426, 440
  • Gabrielle, by E. Augier, 269
  • Gaiety Theatre, London—
    • Agreement with the Comédie Française, 293;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s first appearance in Phèdre, 305–8;
    • receipts from the Comédie performances, 336–338
  • Gaîté Theatre, the, 236
  • Gallec, Marie Le, 168
  • Gambard of Nice buys the group, After the Tempest, 289–90
  • Gambetta, M., defence of Paris, 165;
    • sketch of, 218–19
  • Gare St. Lazare, 216
  • Gaulois, the, criticisms, 307, 333
  • Gautier, Théophile, 240
  • Geffroy, M., 226, 229;
  • Gérard, Mlle. Laurence, 120–21
  • Gerbois, M., 108
  • German demands on Paris, 186;
    • insolence after the siege, 199, 201–2;
    • fomentation of the revolutionary spirit in Paris, 218
  • Gérôme, portrait of Rachel, 105
  • Gerson, M., 190, 194, 195
  • Gibert, Dr., 333
  • Giffard, M., balloon of, 283–87
  • Girardin, Emile de—
    • Arrangements for the Odéon ambulance, 160;
    • his friendship for Sarah Bernhardt, 231, 233, 266, 347, 351
  • Gladstone, Mr., 314
  • Godard, Louis, balloon ascent of, 284–87
  • Gonesse, 190
  • Gordon, Mr. Max, of Boston, 383
  • Got, M., of the Comédie Française, 272, 293, 306, 318, 320, 323, 340
  • Grand Rapids, 422
  • Grand-Champs Convent—
    • Sarah Bernhardt taken to, 15–26;
    • loyalty of, 23–24;
    • visit of Monseigneur Sibour, 27–34;
    • return of Sarah Bernhardt to, 39
  • Greece, the Queen of, 344
  • Grévy, Presidency of, 304
  • Griffon, René, 189–90
  • Gringoire, 337
  • Grosos, M., cable message from, 435;
    • reads address to Sarah Bernhardt at Hâvre, 439
  • Guadacelli, chocolate maker, 142
  • Guérard, Ernest, 37
  • —— Mme.—
    • At Cauterets, 37, 38;
    • at the family council, 50–55;
    • attends the interview with M. Auber, 59–60;
    • notes, &c. kept by, 61;
    • accompanies Sarah Bernhardt to the Conservatoire, 62–72, 82–84, 88;
    • visit to M. Doucet, 76;
    • notes of, to Sarah Bernhardt, 90, 116;
    • visit to M. Thierry, 92–93;
    • accompanies Sarah Bernhardt to the Comédie Française, 98;
    • aids the preparations for the Spanish trip, 110–12;
    • telegram sent to Spain by, 115;
    • visit to the Rue Duphot, 118–19;
    • accompanies Sarah Bernhardt to the Odéon, 124;
    • to the Tuileries, 135–39;
    • return from Eaux-Bonnes, 155;
    • remains in Paris for the siege, 158;
    • visit to the Prefect of Police, 161–63;
    • nurse at the Odéon ambulance, 167, 168, 173, 176–77, 182, 186, 187;
    • as secretary, 235;
    • goes for news of Mme. Bernhardt, 248;
    • illness of, 259;
    • lunch in the new mansion, 271;
    • portrait of, by Sarah Bernhardt, 282;
    • her terror of the animals, 317;
    • at Hâvre, 333, 335;
    • journey to America, 353, 359, 360;
    • in New York, 364, 365, 373;
    • in Boston, 382, 383;
    • the crossing to New Orleans, 415–416;
    • at Niagara, 432;
    • otherwise mentioned, 74, 91–92, 104, 107, 149, 232
  • —— M., 89, 111, 188;
    • “The Life of St. Louis,” 51
  • Guillaume, attendant, 168
  • Guitry, M., 329
  • Gymnase, Théâtre du, 127, 236;
    • engagement of Sarah Bernhardt, 107–9
  • Haarlem, 12
  • Haas, Charles, 141–44
  • Hague, The, 172
  • Hamlet’s tomb, Elsinore, 344
  • Haraucourt, 351
  • Hartford, 386
  • Hâvre—
    • Frascati Hotel at, 158, 333;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s benefit performance for the Life Saving Society, 435;
    • her welcome home at, 438–40
  • Hayné, Captain, 420
  • Henry V. of France, 23–24
  • Herisson, M., mayor of Paris, 173
  • Hernani, by Victor Hugo, 219, 280–82, 335, 337, 374, 384, 393, 395, 440
  • Herz, Henri, 28
  • Her Majesty’s Theatre, 294
  • Hocquigny, Mlle.—
    • Help sent to the Odéon ambulance by, 166, 171, 173;
    • lunch at Sarah Bernhardt’s, 234;
    • bust of, by Sarah Bernhardt, 257
  • Holland, Queen of, present at Sarah Bernhardt’s performance of Le Passant, 138–39
  • Hollingshead, John, of the Gaiety, London, 293, 309–10, 336, 340
  • Holmes, Augusta, 347
  • Homburg, 18, 214–15
  • Hôtel d’Angleterre, Buffalo, 427
  • —— du Nord, Cologne, 212–13
  • —— de la Puerta del Sol, Madrid, 115
  • —— Vendome, Boston, 382
  • —— Windsor, Montreal, 391
  • Hudson river, the, 361
  • Hugo, Victor—
    • Clamour for his return, 130–131;
    • the reading of Ruy Blas, 226–30;
    • sketch of, 228–29;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s estimation of, 231–33, 240, 351;
    • the Odéon supper given by, 239–43;
    • Hernani, 280–82;
    • note and present to Sarah Bernhardt, 282
  • Hyde Park, Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 341
  • Ibé, hairdresser, 418
  • “Ignotus,” paragraph in the Figaro quoted, 131
  • Il faut qu’une porte soit ouverte ou fermée, 337
  • Il ne faut jurer de rien, 337
  • Imperial, the Prince, baptism, 24;
    • present during rehearsal of Le Passant, 137;
    • al Saarbruck, 153
  • Indianapolis, 420
  • Iphigénie, 94–101
  • Iroquois, visit of Sarah Bernhardt to the, 393–94
  • Irving, Henry, 299, 329
  • Ivry, 185
  • Jadin, M., 269
  • Jarrett, Mr.—
    • Arranges with Sarah Bernhardt for the drawing-room entertainments, 292–94;
    • his way with reporters, 299–300, 364, 367, 381, 426–27;
    • contract for first American tour, 334–35;
    • in New York, 362, 368, 370, 373, 375, 434;
    • personality, 365–66;
    • visit to Edison, 376;
    • action regarding Henry Smith, 385–87;
    • in Montreal, 388, 392–93, 396;
    • visit to the Iroquois, 393–94;
    • the American receipts, 402;
    • his arrangement with the St. Louis jeweller, 403–4;
    • the attempted train robbery, 405–8;
    • the crossing to New Orleans, 414–16;
    • visit to Niagara, 427–32;
    • journey to Chicago, 421–22;
    • the return from America, 434;
    • his influence over Sarah Bernhardt, 441
  • Jean-Marie, by André Theuriet, 150, 224–25
  • Johnson, T., London correspondent of the Figaro, 312
  • Josephine, maid, 146
  • Josse, of the Porte St. Martin Théâtre, 119–20
  • Jouassain, M., 245
  • Jouclas, Captain, 354, 357, 434
  • Joussian, Théodore, 190–91, 194–96
  • Jullien, Mary, 338
  • Kalb, M., 338
  • Kalil Bey, 144
  • Kapenist, Count, 347
  • Kean, by A. Dumas, 130
  • Kératry, Comte de, 93;
    • aid given to Sarah Bernhardt with the Odéon ambulance, 160–65, 172
  • Knoedler, M., 367
  • Kremlin, the, 176
  • Kronborg, castle of, 344
  • L’Amérique, the boat, 352–60, 434
  • L’Autre, 150
  • La Belle Paule, 254
  • La Bénédiction, 337
  • La bergère d’Ivry, by Thiboust, 120
  • La biche au bois, 119
  • La Dame aux Camélias, 335, 374, 375, 393, 398, 419–20, 422, 433, 440
  • L’Ecole des femmes, 63
  • L’Ecole des Viellards, by Delavigne, 80
  • L’Etincelle, 337
  • La fausse Agnès, 75
  • La Fille de Roland, 266–68
  • La Fille du Cid, by Delavigne, 80
  • La Foncière fire insurance company, 140;
    • claim against Sarah Bernhardt, 145, 146
  • La Hêve, 333
  • La loterie du mariage, 130
  • La maison sans enfants, 109
  • La Princesse Georges, 335, 426, 433–34, 440
  • “La Quenelle,” his invention, 295–97
  • Lacour, Marie de, 28
  • Lacroix, Eulalie, 28
  • Laferrière, Count de, 135–36
  • —— Messrs., dresses from, 335
  • Lafontaine, M., in Ruy Blas, 229, 291;
    • at the Odéon supper, 241
  • —— Victoria, 109
  • Lambquin, Mme.—
  • Lapommeraye, criticisms of, 338, 339
  • Larcher, Père, gardener at the Grand-Champs Convent, 19–21, 24, 30, 41, 42
  • Laroche, M., 245, 255
  • Laroque, Mme., 157
  • Larrey, Baron, 2–3, 37, 44;
    • visits to the Odéon ambulance, 167, 169, 180–81
  • L’Absent, by Eugène Manuel, 249
  • L’Affranchi, 150
  • L’Ami Fritz, 337
  • L’Assommoir, 332
  • L’Avare, 337
  • Le Barbier de Seville, 337
  • Le Bâtard, 150
  • Le Demi-Monde, 337
  • Le demon du jeu, 109
  • Le Dépit amoureux, 337
  • L’Eté de la St. Martin, 337
  • L’Etourdi, 337
  • L’Etrangère, by A. Dumas, 272–75, 309–13, 335–37, 340, 374
  • Le fils naturel, 336
  • Le jeu de l’amour et du hasard, 125, 337
  • Le Juif errant, 120
  • Le Luthier de Crémône, 337
  • Le Mariage de Figaro, 249
  • Le Mariage de Victorine, 337
  • Le Marquis de Villemer, 128, 337
  • Le Médecin malgré lui, 337
  • Le Menteur, 337
  • Le Misanthrope, 336, 337
  • Le Passant, 132–39
  • Le Post-scriptum, 337
  • Le Sphinx, by Octave Feuillet, 251–54, 335, 337, 374, 440
  • Le testament de César, by Girodot, 130
  • Léautaud of the Conservatoire, 66, 67, 82
  • Leavenworth, 421
  • Lecouvreur, Adrienne, bust in the Française, 94
  • Legouvé, M., 393, 395
  • Leighton, Frederic, 314
  • Lemaître, Jules, 351
  • Leopold, Prince, 314
  • Lepaul, costumier, story of the Phèdre costume, 335–36
  • Les Caprices de Marianne, 337
  • Les Femmes Savantes, 100, 337
  • Les Fourberies de Scapin, 337
  • Les Fourchambault, 337
  • Les Plaideurs, 337
  • Les Précieuses Ridicules, 337
  • Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 256
  • Lethurgi, the Abbé, 34
  • Leudet, Dr., 153, 155
  • Lincoln, President, 354
  • Lind, Jenny, 366
  • “Little Incline,” 405
  • Liverpool, Cross’s Zoo, 315–17
  • Lloyd, Marie—
    • First prize for comedy at the Conservatoire, 85;
    • friendship with Sarah Bernhardt, 82, 88–89, 96, 245;
    • refusal to play in L’Etrangère, 320
  • Loire, the Army of the, 165
  • London, Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 303–4, 340–41;
    • capital punishment in, 410
  • Lorne, Marquis of, Governor of Canada, 395
  • Louisville, 420
  • Lucas, Père, lighthouse keeper, 261, 262
  • Luxembourg Gardens, the, 180
  • MacMahon, Marshal, 154, 304
  • Mademoiselle Aïssé, 325
  • Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle, 245–48, 337
  • Mademoiselle de la Seiglière, 337
  • Madrid, visit of Sarah Bernhardt, 115;
    • garrotting in, 410
  • Magnus, Baron, his toast of “To France,” 345–47
  • Manuel, Eugène, L’Absent, 249
  • Marguerite, servant, 38, 47, 48, 49, 50, 64, 67, 71, 91, 101, 107, 112, 115, 234
  • Marie, maid at Neuilly, 14–16
  • —— Sister, of the Grand-Champs Convent, 22, 23
  • Marienlyst, castle of, Elsinore, 344
  • Mariquita, dancing of, 119
  • Marivaux, Le jeu de l’amour et du hasard, 125
  • Marquis, chocolate maker, 8
  • Marseilles, 113
  • Martel, M., in Phèdre, 266;
    • poses to Sarah Bernhardt, 277–78
  • Massin, Léontine, 96–97
  • Massin, M., 96–97
  • Masson, Cécile, 40
  • —— M., antiquary, 40
  • Mathilde, Princess, 135
  • Maubant, M., 94, 236;
    • the man and the actor, 328–29
  • Maunoir, M., 155
  • Mauvoy, Nathalie, 67
  • Mayer, Frantz, German soldier at the Odéon ambulance, 177–78, 180, 186
  • —— Mr., of the Gaiety, 293, 309–10, 320, 336, 340
  • Mélingue, M., 231
  • Memphis, 420
  • Mendès, Catulle, 351
  • Menesson, Captain, 170
  • Menier, M., 165
  • Menlo Park, New York, 375–79
  • Mentone, 289
  • Mercadet, 337
  • Mercier, M., 362
  • Merlou, M. Pierre, 9
  • —— Mme. Pierre, 9–10
  • Meunier, Dr., of Tergnier, 205
  • Meurice, Paul—
    • Friend of Victor Hugo, 226, 229, 280;
    • meeting with Sarah Bernhardt in the Odéon arcade, 237–38;
    • at the Odéon supper, 243
  • Meusnier, Mathieu, 276
  • Meydieu, M.—
    • Godfather of Jeanne Bernhardt, 35;
    • at the family council, 50–55;
    • notes given to Sarah Bernhardt, 61–63;
    • his present to her, 72;
    • subsequent kindness, 89, 109–10, 117
  • Meyer, Arthur, 142–44, 145, 349
  • —— Marcus, 420
  • Millais, 300
  • Milwaukee, 422
  • Mithridate, 291
  • Mobile, difficulties of playing in, 418–20
  • Mohère, anniversary ceremony at the Comédie, 101
  • Monbel, M. de, 234
  • Monod, Dr., 12, 44
  • Montalant, Céline, 109
  • Montbel, Raymond de, 347
  • Montigny, M., manager of the Gymnase Theatre, 108–109, 112–13
  • Montreal—
    • Reception of Sarah Bernhardt, 388–93;
    • the Bishop’s sermons against the French artistes, 393, 395–96;
    • admiration of the students, 394–95
  • Monval, M., 108, 113
  • Morning Post, tribute to Sarah Bernhardt, 308
  • Morny, Duc de, his advice concerning the Conservatoire, 48–52;
    • his interest in career of Sarah Bernhardt, 90, 93
  • Moscow, 176
  • Mounet-Sully, M.—
    • Britannicus, in, 248–49;
    • in rôle of Orestes, 249;
    • in Zaïre, 255;
    • in Phèdre, 266;
    • in Rome Vaincue, 279;
    • in Hernani, 281–82;
    • in Othello, 291;
    • in Ruy Blas, 291;
    • supports Sarah Bernhardt on her first appearance at the Gaiety, 307–8;
    • advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 322, 323;
    • comments of Sarah Bernhardt on, 329
  • Multon, Miss, bust of, 257
  • Murray, John, tribute to Sarah Bernhardt, 307
  • Napoleon III., 24, 304;
    • commands Sarah Bernhardt to the Tuileries, 135–39, 144;
    • his defeat at Sedan, 154–55;
    • his treatment by Rochefort, 219
  • —— Prince Jerome, “Plon-Plon,” 129, 284
  • Narrey, Charles, 256
  • Nashville, 420
  • Nathalie, Mme., the incident with Sarah Bernhardt, 101–4;
    • her revenge, 105
  • National, the, 295
  • Neuilly, visits to, 3, 11–15
  • New Haven, 385
  • New Orleans, the crossing to, 414–16;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 416–18
  • New York—
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 361–367;
    • the reporters, 367–68;
    • the Custom-House, 369–73;
    • Brooklyn Bridge, 372;
    • the police, 375;
    • the professional matinée at, and departure from, 433–434
  • Newark, 433
  • Niagara Falls, 426;
    • visit of Sarah Bernhardt, 427–32
  • Nittis the painter, 317
  • Noe, Mme. Lily, 386
  • Nordenskjold, M., 347
  • Novelli, 330
  • O’Connor, Captain, 222–24, 347
  • Odéon, the—
    • Success of Athalie, 126–27;
    • sociability among the actors, 127, 244;
    • reception of Dumas père, 130–31;
    • success of Le Passant, 135–39;
    • enthusiasm of the students for Sarah Bernhardt, 139;
    • benefit for Sarah Bernhardt, 145–46;
    • welcome to Adelina Patti, 145–46;
    • the Sarah Bernhardt ambulance, 160–87;
    • patients of, transferred to the Val-de-Grâce, 186;
    • reopened after the Treaty of Paris, 224;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s break with the, 234–36;
    • Victor Hugo’s supper to the artistes, 239–43
  • Ohio river, the, 423
  • On ne badine pas avec l’amour, 121, 337
  • Opéra, the, 163
  • Ophelia, the spring of, Elsinore, 344
  • Orange, Prince of, 138
  • Othello, 291
  • Palais de l’Industrie, 166
  • Palmer House, Chicago, the, 400
  • Parc Monceau, 187
  • Paris—
    • Popular feeling on outbreak of Franco-Prussian War, 151–53;
    • siege proclaimed, 155–59;
    • organisation of the defence, 160;
    • the Odéon ambulance, 160–87;
    • bombarding of, 172–87;
    • effect of the sufferings on the morale of the people, 185–86;
    • the armistice, 186;
    • sights after, 187;
    • the Commune, 217–24;
    • the peace signed, 224;
    • Presidents, 304;
    • capital punishment in, 410–13
  • Parodi, M., 351;
    • Rome Vaincue, 279
  • Parrot, M., artist, 269
  • ——, Dr., 309–10
  • “Part,” use of the term, 33
  • Patti, Adelina, 145–46
  • Pelissier, General, 190, 195
  • Père Lachaise Cemetery, 174
  • Perrin, M.—
    • Engagement of Sarah Bernhardt, 235–36, 238–39, 245;
    • staging of Dalila, 249;
    • fury of, 249–50;
    • incident of the “moon” in Le Sphinx, 251–53;
    • insists on Sarah Bernhardt playing Zaïre, 254–55;
    • strained relations with Sarah Bernhardt, 256, 282–83, 288, 291;
    • staging of Phèdre, 264–66;
    • discussion concerning La Fille de Roland, 267–68;
    • his tricks in L’Etrangère, 272–75;
    • anger at the balloon ascent, 284, 288;
    • the agreement with John Hollingshead, 293;
    • attitude regarding the drawing-room entertainments, 294–95;
    • letter to Sarah Bernhardt from Paris, 322;
    • his lecture on her return, 326–27;
    • production of L’Aventurière and resignation of Sarah Bernhardt, 331–34;
    • influences Coquelin to leave London, 340
  • Petit, Mlle. Dica, at the Conservatoire, 66, 67
  • ——, Mme., visit to M. Massin, 96–97
  • Phèdre, 249, 265–66, 305–8, 335, 337, 399, 401, 440
  • Philadelphia, 399, 433
  • Philiberte, 337
  • Picard, 269
  • Pierson, Blanche, 109
  • Pisa, 49
  • Pittsburg, Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 422–23
  • Place de la Roquette, executions in, 410–13
  • Pluche, Amélie, 28
  • Poissy, prisoners of, 222
  • Polhes, General, 35
  • Pons, M., 79
  • Pont, l’Abbé, 259
  • Porel, M. Paul, 85, 150;
    • at the Odéon ambulance, 171;
    • in Jean-Marie, 224–225
  • Porte Saint Martin Theatre, 119–22
  • Potin, Félix, 165
  • Potter-Palmer, Mr., 400
  • Providence, 433
  • Provost, M.—
    • The Conservatoire examination, 68–69;
    • instruction of Sarah Bernhardt, 75;
    • his style of teaching, 80;
    • visit to the Comédie Française, 98–99
  • Prudhon, artiste, 319
  • Public buildings, Sarah Bernhardt’s opinion of seeing, 349
  • Puget, Louise, 28
  • Quand-même, Sarah Bernhardt’s motto, 99
  • Quimperlé, 1
  • Quincy, 421
  • Rachel, 53, 56, 266, 339, 347;
    • Gérôme’s portrait, 105
  • Racine, Phèdre, 265–66
  • Raz, Pointe du, ascent of, 259–60;
    • “Sarah Bernhardt’s Arm-chair,” 264
  • Régis, M.—
    • Godfather of Sarah Bernhardt, 7, 35, 39, 45, 100;
    • the family council, 48–55;
    • interest in welfare of Sarah Bernhardt, 57–59, 61–63, 72, 89, 90, 140;
    • arranges the marriage proposal, 73–74;
    • obtains the engagement at the Gymnase for Sarah Bernhardt, 107–8;
    • his relations with Mme. Bernhardt, 116–17
  • Régnier, M. Prof.—
    • Offers Germaine to Sarah Bernhardt, 76–77;
    • his class at the Conservatoire, 79–80;
    • helps Sarah Bernhardt to work up Phèdre, 265–66
  • Réjane, Mme., 85, 329
  • Rémusat, Paul de, 187, 234;
    • sketch of, 219;
    • letter to Sarah Bernhardt quoted, 220
  • Renaissance Theatre, the, 411
  • Richepin, M., 351
  • Rigault, Raoul, 220–21
  • Robert Houdin Theatre, the, 55
  • Robertson, Forbes, 297
  • Rochester, 433
  • Rochefort, M., 219
  • Roger, Marie, 101, 102
  • Rome Vaincue, 279
  • Rossini, M., 11–12, 93
  • Rostand, Edmond, 351
  • Rothschild, Baron Alphonse—
    • Gifts to the Odéon ambulance, 165;
    • pays the German demand on Paris, 187;
    • Sarah Bernhardt attempts the bust of, 257
  • Rotten Row, Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 300, 303–4, 341
  • Rousseil, Mlle. Roselia, 265
  • Rudcowitz, Mme., 115
  • Rue Auber flat, the fire at, 140–45
  • —— de la Chaussée d’Antin, 11
  • —— Duphot, the posters of, 98;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s flat in, 118–19
  • —— Notre Dame de Champs, convent of the, 45, 124
  • —— St. Honoré, posters of, 98
  • —— Taitbout, patients from the Odéon established at, 186
  • Ruth and Boaz, 219
  • Ruy Blas, 226–30, 239–43, 291, 337
  • Saarbruck, 153
  • St. Alexis, Mother, of the Grand-Champs Convent, 27, 32, 33
  • St. Appoline, Mother, of the Grand-Champs Convent, 20, 53
  • St. Cécile, Sister, 29
  • St. Cloud, 128
  • St. Denis, 216
  • St. Germain-en-Laye, 221–24
  • St. Jeanne, Sister, 29
  • St. Joseph, 420–21
  • St. Lawrence river, Sarah Bernhardt’s escapade, 396–97
  • St. Louis, Sarah Bernhardt’s visit to the grotto, 402–3;
    • the jewellery exhibition and the attempted train robbery, 403–8
  • St. Quentin, after the battle, 209–11
  • St. Sophie, Mother, of the Grand-Champs Convent, 17, 21, 23;
    • her influence over Sarah Bernhardt, 23–25, 36–37;
    • visit of Mgr. Sibour, 27, 30, 32, 33;
    • incident of the shako, 41–45
  • St. Sulpice, the priest of, 169, 171
  • St. Thérèse, Mother, Tobit recovering his Eyesight, 28–34
  • Saint-Privat, battle of, 153–54
  • Saints-Pères Bridge, 284
  • Salon of 1876, honourable mention for Sarah Bernhardt, 278
  • Salvini, M., 433
  • Samson, M., 68, 80, 99
  • Sand, Mme. George, 7;
    • description by Sarah Bernhardt, 128–29;
    • L’Autre, 150
  • Ste. Adresse, Hâvre, 440
  • Santelli, Captain, 434, 437
  • “Sara-dotards,” the, 220
  • “Sarah Bernhardt’s Arm-chair” at the Pointe du Raz, 264
  • Sarcey, Francisque, articles on Sarah Bernhardt quoted, 100–101, 246, 320, 338–40
  • Sardou, Victorien—
    • Relates the Montigny incident, 112–13;
    • engagement of Sarah Bernhardt for his play at the Vaudeville, 350;
    • reading of Fédora, 440
  • Sarony, Adèle, 53
  • Sassoon, Alfred, 282
  • Satory barracks, the, 16;
    • incident of the shako, 40–45
  • —— woods, the, 20
  • Scribe, M., Adrienne Lecouvreur, 393, 395
  • Sedan, battle of, 154–55
  • Séraphine, Sister, of the Grand-Champs Convent, 18, 27–28
  • Severin, Bassompierre, 144
  • Seylor, Suzanne, 235
  • Sibour, Monseigneur, visit to the Grand-Champs Convent, 27–34;
    • death of, 34
  • Smith, Henry, of Boston—
    • Story of the whale, 383–87;
    • in Chicago, 400;
    • present to Sarah Bernhardt, 434–35
  • Snowstorm at sea, Sarah Bernhardt’s description, 354–55
  • Sociétaires of the Comédie Française, 101
  • Sohège, M., 143–44
  • Sologne, 277
  • Soubise, Mlle., 188;
    • the journey through the German lines, 191–216
  • Spa, 183
  • Spain, visit of Sarah Bernhardt to, 110–15
  • Springfield, Illinois, 421
  • —— Massachusetts, 398–99
  • Stage fright, 305–6
  • Standard, the, tribute to Sarah Bernhardt, 307
  • Stevens, Alfred, 282
  • Syracuse, 433
  • Talbot, M., 338
  • Talien, M., in Ruy Blas, 228–30;
    • at the Odéon supper, 241–42
  • Tartufe, 320, 337
  • Tergnier, 202, 204–5
  • Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, 342
  • Theatre Royal, Copenhagen, 342–47
  • Thénard, Mlle., 306
  • Theuriet, André, Jean-Marie, 150, 224–25
  • Thiboust, Lambert, 120–21
  • Thierry, M., director of the Française, 91, 94;
    • attitude concerning affair of Mme. Nathalie, 103–5
  • Thiers, M.—
    • Grants passport to Sarah Bernhardt, 187;
    • politics of, 219;
    • Presidency of, 304
  • Times, the, paragraph from, quoted, 294
  • Tissandier, M., 283–84
  • Titine, child friend, 4
  • Toronto, 427
  • Train, 338
  • Triel, 222
  • Trochu, M., defence of Paris, 165
  • Troy, 433
  • Tuileries, Sarah Bernhardt commanded to the, 135–39;
    • her second visit, 161
  • Turquet, M., 288
  • Ulgade, Mme., in La biche au bois, 119–20
  • Un mari qui lance sa femme, 109, 349
  • Utica, 433
  • Vachère, descent of the “Dona Sol” at, 286
  • Vacquerie, Auguste, 226, 229
  • Vaillant, execution of, 411–13
  • Val-de-Grâce military hospital, 167, 169, 170, 176;
    • the Odéon patients transferred to, 186
  • Vallès, Jules, 351
  • Variétés, the, 349
  • Vaudeville, the, 76–77, 236, 349
  • Verger, murderer, 34
  • Versailles, 16, 36, 40, 223
  • Victor, Paul de St., at the Odéon supper, 240–41;
    • adverse criticism of Sarah Bernhardt, 266
  • Villa Montmorency at Auteuil, 127
  • Villaret, M., 190, 193, 195
  • Vintras, Dr., 309–10
  • Vitu, Auguste, Figaro articles of, quoted, 332, 338–39
  • Wagner, Sarah Bernhardt’s opinion of, 213
  • Wales, Prince of, visit to the Piccadilly exhibition, 313–14
  • —— Princess of, at the Theatre Royal, Copenhagen, 343–44
  • Walewski, M. de, 93
  • Walt, Robert, 345
  • Washington, 433
  • Weiss, J. J., 351
  • Wilde, Oscar, 298
  • Winterhalter, 138
  • Wirbyn, Albert, 408
  • Wolff, Albert, of the Figaro, Sarah Bernhardt’s letter to, 321–22
  • Worcester, 433
  • Worms, M.—
    • Charles Quint in Hernani, 282;
    • campaign against Sarah Bernhardt, 320;
    • advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 323;
    • Sarah Bernhardt’s comment on, 329
  • Yvon, the artist, 10
  • Zaïre, 75, 254–56, 315, 337
  • Zelern, Baron van, 157
  • Zerbinette, the tortoise, 145
  • Zola, M., 332, 333, 351