| ADOLF BOLM IN “CARNIVAL” | Frontispiece | |
| From a photograph | ||
| AN EGYPTIAN MALE DANCER | Facing page | 30 |
| From a Theban fresco | ||
| EGYPTIAN DANCING GIRLS | ” | 30 |
| From a mural painting in the British Museum | ||
| A GREEK FUNERAL DANCE | ” | 30 |
| From a coloured plaque in the Louvre | ||
| STAGE EFFECT IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY | ” | 56 |
| A scene from, the “Ballet Comique de la Royne,” by Baltasar de Beaujoyeux, 1581 | ||
| STAGE EFFECT IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | ” | 88 |
| From a coloured engraving of a scene from “Circe,” 1694 | ||
| THE DUCHESSE DU MAINE | ” | 114 |
| THE DEPARTURE OF THE ITALIAN COMEDIANS, 1697 | ” | 128 |
| From an engraving by L. Jacob of Watteau’s picture | ||
| PIERROT AND ARLEQUIN, IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | ” | 128 |
| From Riccoboni’s “Histoire du Théâtre Italien” | ||
| L’AMOUR AU THÉÂTRE ITALIEN | ” | 132 |
| From the Julienne engravings from Watteau, British Museum | ||
| L’AMOUR AU THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS | ” | 132 |
| From the Julienne engravings from Watteau, British Museum | ||
| LE CONCERT | ” | 136 |
| From the painting by Watteau, Wallace Collection | ||
| LA LEÇON DE MUSIQUE | ” | 136 |
| From the painting by Watteau, Wallace Collection | ||
| LES PLAISIRS DU BAL | ” | 138 |
| From the Julienne engravings from Watteau, British Museum | ||
| MLLE. DESMARES EN HABIT DE PÈLERINE | ” | 140 |
| From the Julienne engravings from Watteau, British Museum | ||
| L’EMBARQUEMENT POUR L’ILE DE CYTHÈRE | ” | 140 |
| From a photograph by E. Alinari of Watteau’s painting in the Louvre | ||
| MARIE SALLÉ | ” | 150 |
| From an engraving by Petit, after a picture by Fenouil | ||
| M. BALLON AND MLLE. PRÉVÔT | ” | 160 |
| From an old print | ||
| CAMARGO | ” | 160 |
| From the painting by Lancret in the Wallace Collection | ||
| GAETAN VESTRIS | ” | 166 |
| From an old print | ||
| JEAN GEORGES NOVERRE | ” | 174 |
| From an old engraving | ||
| MADELEINE GUIMARD | ” | 192 |
| From the painting by Fragonard | ||
| FANNY ELSSLER | ” | 210 |
| From an old engraving | ||
| CARLOTTA GRISI | ” | 210 |
| From a coloured lithograph | ||
| CARLO BLASIS | ” | 218 |
| From a lithograph | ||
| MARIE TAGLIONI | ” | 228 |
| From a lithograph dated 1833 | ||
| THE PAS DE QUATRE OF 1845 | ” | 228 |
| FANNY CERITO AND ST. LEON | ” | 242 |
| LUCILLE GRAHN AND PERROT | ” | 242 |
| MLLE. PALLADINO IN “NINA” AT THE ALHAMBRA | ” | 266 |
| From a photograph | ||
| MLLE. BRITTA | ” | 266 |
| From a photograph | ||
| MME. GUERRERO | ” | 274 |
| From a photograph | ||
| MLLE. LEONORA | ” | 274 |
| From a photograph | ||
| MLLE. ADELINE GÉNÉE | ” | 292 |
| From a photograph | ||
| MME. LYDIA KYASHT | ” | 304 |
| From a photograph | ||
| MISS PHYLLIS BEDELLS | ” | 304 |
| From a photograph | ||
| MISS ISADORA DUNCAN | ” | 314 |
| From a photograph | ||
| MME. KARSAVINA AND M. ADOLF BOLM IN “L’OISEAU DE FEU” | ” | 322 |
| From a photograph |