| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| FANNY CERITO AND ST. LEON | ” | [242] |
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| LUCILLE GRAHN AND PERROT | ” | [242] |
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| 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 | | |