| CHAP. | | PAGE |
|---|
| I. | Childhood | [1] |
| II. | At Boarding School | [6] |
| III. | Convent Life | [16] |
| IV. | My Début | [27] |
| V. | The Soldier’s Shako | [38] |
| VI. | The Family Council and my First Visit to a Theatre | [46] |
| VII. | My Career—First Lessons | [59] |
| VIII. | The Conservatoire | [64] |
| IX. | A Marriage Proposal and Examinations—The Conservatoire | [73] |
| X. | My First Engagement | [88] |
| XI. | My Début at the House of Molière, and my First Departure therefrom | [98] |
| XII. | At the Gymnase Theatre—A Trip to Spain | [107] |
| XIII. | From the Porte St. Martin Theatre to the Odéon | [118] |
| XIV. | “Le Passant”—At the Tuileries—Fire in my Flat | [135] |
| XV. | The Franco-Prussian War | [151] |
| XVI. | Sarah Bernhardt’s Ambulance at the Odéon Theatre | [160] |
| XVII. | Paris Bombarded | [172] |
| XVIII. | A Bold Journey through the German Lines | [189] |
| XIX. | My Return to Paris—The Commune—At St. Germain-en-Laye | [216] |
| XX. | Victor Hugo | [226] |
| XXI. | A Memorable Supper | [231] |
| XXII. | At the Comédie Française again—Sculpture | [244] |
| XXIII. | A Descent into the Enfer du Plogoff—My First Appearance as Phèdre—The Decoration of my New Mansion | [259] |
| XXIV. | Alexandre Dumas—“L’Etrangère”—My Sculpture at the Salon | [272] |
| XXV. | “Hernani”—A Trip in a Balloon | [280] |
| XXVI. | The Comédie goes to London | [291] |
| XXVII. | London Life—My First Performance at the Gaiety Theatre | [303] |
| XXVIII. | My Performance in London—My Exhibition—My Wild Animals—Trouble with the Comédie Française | [309] |
| XXIX. | The Comédie Française returns to Paris—Sarah Bernhardt’s Comments on Actors and Actresses of the Day | [326] |
| XXX. | My Departure from the Comédie Française—Preparations for my first American Tour—Another Visit to London | [331] |
| XXXI. | A Tour in Denmark—Royal Families—The “Twenty-Eight Days” of Sarah Bernhardt | [342] |
| XXXII. | Experiences and Reflections on Board Ship from Hâvre to New York | [352] |
| XXXIII. | Arrival in New York—American Reporters—The Custom House—Performances in New York—A Visit to Edison at Menlo Park | [361] |
| XXXIV. | At Boston—Story of the Whale | [380] |
| XXXV. | Montreal’s Grand Reception—The Poet Fréchette—An Escapade on the St. Lawrence River | [388] |
| XXXVI. | Springfield—Baltimore—Philadelphia—Chicago—Adventures between St. Louis and Cincinnati—Capital Punishment | [398] |
| XXXVII. | New Orleans and other American Cities—A Visit to the Falls of Niagara | [414] |
| XXXVIII. | The Return to France—The Welcome at Hâvre | [433] |
| | INDEX | [443] |