INDEX

Abbey, Edwin, pictures, [84]

Actors' Benevolent Fund, [65], [212]

Adelphi Theatre, [195]

Aidé, Hamilton, [24]

Ainger, Canon, Master of the Temple, [92], [122]

Ainley, Henry, [60]

Alabama Conference, [61]

Albery, James, Two Roses, [181]

Alcester, Lord, nickname, [124]; bombardment of Alexandria, [124]

Alexander, George, [198]; manager of St. James's Theatre, [202]

Alexandra, H.M. Queen, [1]; at Sandringham, [12]; compliment from Lord Fisher, [123]

Alexandria, bombardment of, [124]

Alfred, King, statue of, [90]

Alverstone, Lord, Lord Chief Justice, [64], [174]; interest in the drama, [65]

Anglesey, Lord, [67]

Arabia, the, [130]

Arthur, Sir George, biography of Lord Wolseley, [127]

Ascot, [120]

Ashbourne, Lord, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, [133]

Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H., [136]

Balfour, Earl, [91], [121]

Ballantine, Serjeant, [70]; criminal cases, [71]

Bancroft, George, [112], [183]

Bancroft, Marie, Lady, character of her acting, [29], [30], [162], [169]; testimonial to Sarah Bernhardt, [23]; letter from Ouida, [33]; voice, [60]; letter from Lord Esher, [66]; recites in Italian, [93]; opens the Scala Theatre, [108]; description of The Passing of the Third Floor Back, [115]; character, [217]; tribute from W. L. Courtney, [218-226]; from A. Pinero, [226-232]; from Sir J. Forbes-Robertson, [233]; acting in Sweethearts, [234-236]; work in the War, [237]; funeral [237]. See Wilton

Bancroft, Sir Squire, date of his birth, [1]; attends the Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's, [5]; at Marlborough House, [7]; presentation to King Edward VII, [8]; meeting with him, [9]; at Monte Carlo, [11]; readings for hospitals, [12], [62]; at Sandringham, [12]; knighthood conferred, [13]; at Marienbad, [14], [16]; predilection for a good sermon, [44]; "The Art of Speaking and Reading," [47-50]; journey to Bradford, [52]; views on cremation, [68]; member of the Garrick Club, [78]; speech at the Royal Academy Banquet, [80]; portrait, [94]; retires from the Haymarket Theatre, 118,178; member of the M.C.C., [120]; compliment on his age, [124]; entertains Sir H. Irving, [183-185]; address at the Tercentenary of Shakespeare, [207-210]

Barrett, Wilson, [194]; The Sign of the Cross, [194]

Barrie, Sir James M., The Professor's Love Story, [198]

Bartet, Madame, [163]

Bathe, Sir Henry de, [130]

Bathe, Lady de, [130]

Bayard, T. F., [147]

Beaconsfield, Earl of, [97]

Beaufort, Duke of, [117]

Bellew, Rev. J. M., [38], [172]

Bennett, Mr., [244]

Benson, Sir Frank, knighthood conferred, [207]

Beresford, Lord Charles, [124]

Bernhardt, Sarah, [21], [30]; acting of Fedora, [22]; letter from, [23]; testimonial to, [23]; character of her acting, [24]

Birchington, [75]

Bird, Dr. George, [139]

Boehm, Sir Edgar, statues, [88]; death, [89]

Booth, Edwin, character of his acting, [166]; letter from, [167]

Borthwick Sir Algernon, [133]. See Glenesk

Boucicault, Dion, [106], [132], [146], [168]; London Assurance, [169], [171]; Irish plays, [169]; The Trial of Effie Deans, [170]; How She Loves Him, [170]; letters from [171], [172]; epitaph, [172]

Boyd-Carpenter, A., letter from, [55]

Boyd-Carpenter, Dr., Bishop of Ripon, [44]; sermons, [45], [51]; story of, [46]; friendship with the Empress Frederick, [50]; date of his birth, [53]; entertains the "75's," [54]; verses, [54]; death, [55]

Braddon, Miss, [31]; Lady Audley's Secret, [34]; number of her novels, [34]; method of working, [35]. See Maxwell Bradford, [53]

Brampton, Lord, [71]. See Hawkins

Bridge, Sir Frederick, [41], [96]

Brompton Cemetery, [244]

Brooke, G. V., [157], [160]

Brookfield, Canon, [177]

Brookfield, Charles, [177]; stories of, [177]; joint Examiner of Plays, [178]; letter from, [178]

Brooks, Shirley, editor of Punch, [111]

Brough, Lionel, [7]

Brougham, Lord, [58]

Browning, Oscar, [142]

Browning, Robert, [98]

Buller, General Sir Redvers, [129]

Buller, Lady Audrey, [129]

Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, [40]

Burghclere, Lord, [68]. See Gardner

Burnand, Sir Frank C., [73], [110]; editor of Punch, [111]; humour, [111]

Burnham, Lord, [12], [134]. See Lawson

Burnham, Lady, [130]

Burton, Lady, [138]

Burton, Sir Richard, [138]; portrait of, [78]

Butt, Clara, [41]

Byron, H. J., [7]; Our Boys, [153]

Cadenabbia, [140]

Calthrop, Dion, [174]

Calthrop, Donald, [174]

Calthrop, John Clayton, character of his acting, [174]. See Clayton

Cambon, M. Paul, [33]

Cambridge, H.R.H. Duke of, memorial service, [130]

Campbell, Mrs. Patrick, [203], [205], [214]

Carlyle, Thomas, statue of, [88]

Carr, Comyns, [143]; Director of Grosvenor Gallery, [143]; witty sayings, [144]

Carson, Lord, [133]

Carton, Claude, [202]; Liberty Hall, [204]

Caruso, Signor, [20]

Cecil, Arthur, [7], [93]; story of, [175]

Chambers, Haddon, [202]

Chambers, Montagu, [73]

Chapel Royal, Whitehall, [44]

Chaplin, Lord, [2], [106]

Charles I, King, [16]

Chelsea Hospital, parade of old pensioners, [6]

Choate, J. H., [147]; story of, [148]

Chorley, Henry Fothergill, [59]

Chudleigh, Arthur, at the funeral of Lady Bancroft, [237]

Cibber, Colley, [30]

Clarence, H.R.H. Duke of, death, [10]

Claretie, Jules, director of the Théâtre français, [163]

Clarke, Sir Edward, [121]

Clay, Cecil, A Pantomime Rehearsal, [144], [197]

Clay, Frederic, [94], [96]

Clayton, John, [7]; character of his acting, [174]. See Calthrop Clemenceau, M., [162]

Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice, [59]; voice, [59]; knowledge of languages, [60]; president of the Alabama Conference, [61]; death, [61]

Coghlan, Charles, [7]; character of his acting, [173]; death, [174]

Cohen, Arthur, [70]

Collins, Wilkie, [34], [103]

Cooper, Miss Gladys, [203]

Coquelin, Alexandre, [161], [163]

Coquelin, Constant, [22], [161]; Cyrano, [135]; letter from, [162]; tribute to, [163]

Corry, Montagu, [121]. See Rowton

Corsican Brothers, The, [155], [183], [186]

County Fire Office, demolition, [198]

Court Theatre, [195]

Courtney, W. L., tribute to the memory of Lady Bancroft, [218-226]

Coyne, Stirling, [196]

Critchett, Sir Anderson, [61]

Critchett, George, [104], [182]

Criterion Theatre, [211]

Cromer, Earl of, [54]

Curzon, George, Marquess, [142]

Daudet, Alphonse, [22]

Davis, Mr., [148]

Dead Heart, The, [162], [186-187]

Derby, the, [106], [120]

Desclée, Aimée, [24]; character of her acting, [25]; death, [25]

Devonshire House, fancy-dress ball at, [122]

Dickens, Charles, [34], [35], [156]; Christmas Carols, [12]; Household Words, [73]; opinion of Marie Wilton's acting, [221]

Dickens, "Mamie," [59]

Dilke, Sir Charles, [68]

Diplomacy, [111], [173], [175], [214], [233]

Doyle, Dicky, [59]

Drury Lane Theatre, [157], [207]

Dumas, Alexandre, [22], [25]

Duse, Eleanora, [22], [167], [203], [220]

Edward VII, H.M. King, date of his birth, [1]; at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, [2]; illness, [5]; attends a Thanksgiving Service, [5]; at Chelsea Hospital, [6]; entertains actors, [7]; stories of, [8-11], [13-16]; presented with a cigar box, [8]; acts of kindness, [11]; at Marienbad, [13], [16]; characteristics, [14-16]; death, [16]

Elgar, Edward, [27]

Eliot, George, [34], [35]

Ellicott, Bishop, story of, [42]

Ellicott, Mrs., [42]

Elliott, Rev. W. H., address at the Memorial Service to Lady Bancroft, [238-242]

Emery, Winifred, [200], [204]

Esher, Lord, Master of the Rolls, [65]; letter to Lady Bancroft, [63]

Esher, Lady, [66]

Eze, [11]

Falkland, Lord, [68]

Farquhar, Gilbert, [118]

Farquhar, Horace, [118]

Fechter, Charles, character of his acting, [154-156]; death, [156]; bust, [156]

Fergusson, Sir William, [104]

Fife, Earl of, [119]

Fildes, Luke, [77]

Fisher, Viscount, [54], [122]; date of his birth, [16]; religious views, [123]; compliment to Queen Alexandra, [123]

Fisher, Lady, [122]

Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston, [60]; tribute to the memory of Lady Bancroft, [233]; at her funeral, [237]

Ford, Onslow, [89]

Fountains Abbey, [47]

Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, [14]

Frederick, Empress, illness, [50]; relations with her son, [61]

Frith, W. P., [84]; pictures, [85]

Frohman, Charles, [102]

Fun, [108]

Gardner, Herbert, [68]. See Burghclere

Garrick Club, [78], [102], [103], [154], [156], [184]

Garrick, David, [164]

Garrick Theatre, [107], [199]

Gemmaert, Émile, Carillon, [27]

Geneva, [61]

George V, H.M. King, [17]; at Sandringham, [13]

Gilbert, Sir W. S., [94], [107], [168]; Bab Ballads, [108]; plays, [108]; comic operas, [108]; humorous sayings, [108-111]; Sweethearts, [234-236]

Gill, Charles, [75]

Gleichen, Count, [90]

Glenesk, Lord, [132]. See Borthwick

Goldschmidt, Otto, [18]

Gordon, General, statue of, [90]

Goschen, Sir Edward, [14]

Got, Edmond, [22], [161]; letter from, [161]

Gounod, [96]

Grace, W. G., [120]; testimonial to, [110]

Grain, Corney, [196]

Granville, Such, [108]

Graves, Charles, lines from, [146]

Green, Paddy, [71]

Grenfell, Field-Marshal Lord, [54]

Grisi, Madame, [20]

Grossmith, George, [7], [196]

Grossmith, Weedon, [197]

Hading, Jane, [30], [203]

Hall, Sir Charles, at Sandringham, [12]

Hannen, Lord, [66]; President of the Divorce Court, [67]

Hare, Sir John, [7], [8], [43], [67], [107], [119], [213]; portrait, [79]; character of his acting, [213-215]

Harrison, Frederick, [200]

Hawkins, Henry, [71]. See Brampton

Hawtrey, Sir Charles, [14], [212]

Haymarket Theatre, [8], [117], [199]

Healy, Father, story of, [70]

Herkomer, Sir Hubert, [85]; The Last Muster, [6], [86]

Herschell, Baron, Lord Chancellor, [70]

Hesse, Prince Louis of, illness, [10]

Hicks, Seymour, [195]

His Majesty's Theatre, [199]

Hodson, Henrietta (Mrs. Labouchere), [139]

Holker, Lord Justice, [69]

Hood, Tom, [168]

Hope, Anthony, [202]

Houghton, Lord, [100]. See Milnes

Huddleston, Baron, [67]; funeral, [68]

Ibsen, H., Hedda Gabler, [205]

Incubus, The, [191]

Inglefield, Admiral Sir Edward, [124]

Inglefield, Lady, [125]

Irving, Elizabeth, [192]

Irving, Sir Henry, [7], [180]; banquet to, [64]; portraits, [79], [90], [187], [188]; statue, [89]; at a fancy-dress ball, [122]; in Paris, [181]; acting in The Bells, [182]; entertained at the Garrick Club, [184]; gift from Sir S. Bancroft, [187]; spends Christmas Day with him, [183]; hospitality, [188]; tribute to, [189]; sons, [190]

Irving, H. B., [190]

Irving, Laurence, [190]; character of his acting, [191]

Irving, Laurence (son of H. B. Irving), [192]

Isaacs, Sir Rufus, [65]

James, David, [7]

James, Henry, [101], [203]; Order of Merit conferred, [102]; death, [102]

James, Lord, of Hereford, [67], [68]

Jefferson, Joseph, character of his acting, [165]; pictures, [165]

Jerrold, Douglas, [160]; tribute to Shakespeare, [210]

Jeune, Francis, [65], [69]. See St. Helier

Joachim, J., [60]

Johnson, Dr., [87]

Jones, Henry Arthur, [109], [202]; plays, [198]; comedies, [211]

Karsavina, [27]

Kean, Charles, [74], [156], [160]

Keeley, Louise, marriage, [74]. See Williams

Keeley, Mrs., [74]

Keeley, Robert, [74]

Kelvin, Lord, [122]

Kemble, Henry, stories of, [176]; death, [177]

Kendal, Madge, [29], [108], [201], [203]. See Robertson

Kendal, William, [7], [153], [198], [201]; character of his acting, [202]

Key, Philip Barton, [146]

Kitchener, Field-Marshal Earl, [126]; tribute to, [126]

Knobloch, Edward, [237]

Knollys, Lord, [7]

Labouchere, Henry, [68], [139]; stories of, [140]; "Letters of a Besieged Resident," [140]; Privy Councillor, [141]

Langtry, Mrs. portrait, [79]

Lascelles, Sir Frank, [54], [55]; Ambassador in Berlin, [137]

Lawson, Edward, [134]. See Burnham

Legault, Maria, [22]

Leighton, Lord, President of the Royal Academy, [2]; death, [77]; remarkable gifts, [77]; The Slinger, [78]

Lemon, Mark, editor of Punch, [111]

Lever, Charles, [102]

Lewis, Sir George, [63], [68]; tribute to, [64]

Lincolnshire, Lord, [7]

Lind, Jenny, [18]; story of, [18-20]; medallion, [20]

Lindsay, Sir Coutts, President of the Grosvenor Gallery, [143]

Linley, Elizabeth, [125]

Lockwood, Sir Frank, [72], [188]

Löhr, Marie, [87]

Londesborough, Lord, [119]; member of the Coaching Club, [120]

Londesborough, Lady, [10], [119]

London, blizzard, [9]; fog, [140]

Longfellow, Henry W., story of, [99]

Lonsdale, Frederick, [76]

Lord Dundreary, [167]

Lowell, J. R., [147]

Lucas, E. V., [191]

Lucy, Sir Henry, [114]; appearance, [115]

Lucy, Lady, [114]

Lyceum Theatre, [149], [166], [182]

Lyttelton, Hon. Alfred, [135]

Lytton, Bulwer, [32], [34]; Money, [66], [173], [212]

Macduff, Viscount, [118]

Mackenzie, Sir Morell, [202]

Macready, General Sir Nevil, [160]

Macready, Jonathan, [160]

Macready, Major, [160]

Macready, W. C., opinion of Salvini's acting, [159]; of Marie Wilton's, [219]

Malibran, Maria, [20]

Marienbad, [13], [16]

Mario, G., [20]

Marks, Henry Stacey, [86]

Marlborough Club, [7]

Marlborough House, dinner at, [7]

Marshall, Robert, plays, [113]

Mary, H.M. Queen, [117], [242]; at Sandringham, [13]

Mathew, Lord Justice, [70]

Mathews, Charles, Public Prosecutor, [75]

Mathews, Charles, [149]; speech at a banquet, [150]; letter from, [151]; opinion of Our Boys, [153]; character of his acting, [153]

Mathews, William, [67], [75]

Maude, Cyril, [200]

Maurice, Sir Frederick, biography of Lord Wolseley, [127]

Maurier, George du, Trilby, [86], [92]; drawings in Punch, [91]

Maurier, Sir Gerald du, [153]; at the funeral of Lady Bancroft, [237]

Maxwell, Mrs., [31]. See Braddon

Maxwell, W. B., [35]

May, Phil, [185]

McConnell, W. R., [168]

McDonnell, Schomberg or "Pom," [137]

Melba, Dame Nellie, [20]; story of, [128]

Meredith, George, Diana of the Crossways, [125]

Merewether, Mr., [67]

Meyerbeer, G., [20]

Millais, Sir John Everett, [67]; President of the Royal Academy, [78]; pictures, [78], [79]; portraits, [79], [187]; landscapes, [79]

Milnes, Monckton, [100]. See Houghton

Modjeska, Helena, character of her acting, [27]

Mohammedan legend, sermon on, [51]

Monckton, Lionel, [195]

Montague, Henry, character of his acting, [172]; death, [173]

Monte Carlo, [11], [90]

Morley, Rt. Hon. Arnold, Postmaster-General, [68]

Morley, Viscount, [68]

Morris, Clara, [30]

Mounet-Sully, M., [162]

Nevill, Lady Dorothy, [35]; reminiscences, [36]

Nevill, Ralph, [36]

Neville, Henry, [7]

Nijinsky, [27]

Norton, Mrs., [125]

O'Connor, Rt. Hon. T. P., [142]

Ohnet, Georges, [22]

Olivia, [214]

Onslow, Lord, [120]

Orchardson, Sir W. Q., pictures, [84]

Orton, Arthur, claimant in the Tichborne trial, [71]

"Ouida," [31]; novels, [32]; views on female suffrage, [32]; letter from, [33]. See Ramée

Oxford and Cambridge cricket match, [135]

Paderewski, I. J., [20]

Page, Dr. W. H., [147]

Paris, siege of, [173]

Parker, Dr. Joseph, [50]

Parker, Louis N., [203]

Parnell Commission, [67]

Parratt, Sir Walter, [54], [55], [96]

Parry, John, [196]

Parry, Serjeant, [71]

Partridge, Bernard, [186]

Passing of the Third Floor Back, The, [115]

Patti, Adelina, [20]

Peel, Sir Robert, conversion to Free Trade, [125]

Pellegrini, Carlo, caricatures, [2], [93]; death, [94]

Phelps, Mr., [147]

Phelps, Samuel, [155], [160]

Phillips, Stephen, [203]

Piatti, [60]

Pickersgill, the engraver, [87]

Pierson, Blanche, [22]

Pigott, Edward, Reader of Plays, [22]

Pinero, Sir Arthur W., [14], [202]; Lords and Commons, [177]; The Profligate, [199]; knighthood conferred, [200]; The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, [203-207]; The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith, [214]; The Gay Lord Quex, [214]; tribute to the memory of Lady Bancroft, [226-232]; at her funeral, [237]

Planché, J. R., The King of the Peacocks, [149]

Plat, Sir Charles du, at Sandringham, [12]

Plunket, David, [132]. See Rathmore

Poe, Edgar Allan, lines from, [74]

Pontresina, [95]

Poynter, Sir Edward, [188]; President of the Royal Academy, [80]; pictures, [81]

Prince of Wales's Theatre, [2], [101], [117], [213], [227], [243]

Prince's, [110]

Princess's Theatre, [194]

Prinsep, Anthony, [87]

Prinsep, Val, [77], [86]

Probyn, Sir Dighton, [7], [12]

Punch, [59], [91], [110], [145]; editors, [111]

Queen's Theatre, [139]

Ramée, Louise de la, [31]. See Ouida

Rathmore, Lord, [132]. See Plunket

Reade, Charles, [172]; The Cloister and the Hearth, [102]; characteristics, [103]; Masks and Faces, [225]

Regnier, M., [162]

Rehan, Ada, [28], [30]

Réjane, Madame, character of her acting, [26]

Ridge, W. Pett, [75]

Ridgeway, Dr., Bishop of Chichester, [54]

Ristori, Madame, [157]

Rivière, Briton, pictures, [86]

Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl, [126]

Robertson, Madge, [108], [201]. See Kendal

Robertson, T. W., [104]; comedies, [1], [101], [105], [217], [224], [227]; Ours, [8], [222], [233]; Caste, [105], [119], [139], [227]; School, [138], [164], [233]; Society, [216]; death, [217]

Robins, Elizabeth, [205]

Roebuck, Captain Disney, [73]

Rogers, Rev. William, [63]

Rothschild, Alfred de, [137]

Rowe, Mrs. Jopling, portrait, [79]

Rowton, Lord, [121]. See Corry

Russell, Charles, Lord Chief Justice, personality, [62]; tribute to Sir G. Lewis, [63]; story of, [64]

Russell, Sir William Howard, [132]

St. Helier, Lord, President of the Divorce Court, [69]

St. Helier, Lady, [69]

St. James's Theatre, [202]

St. Paul's Cathedral, Thanksgiving Service, [5]

Sala, George Augustus, [106]

Salvini, T., character of his acting, [156-159]; letter from, [158]

Sambourne, Linley, drawings in Punch, [92]

Sanderson, Lord, [64]

Sandringham, [8], [12]; fire at, [10]

Sardou, V., Fédora, [22]; Odette, [26], [177]

Sargent, J. S., portraits, [79], [83], [188]

Savoy Theatre, [77], [196]

Scala Theatre, [108]

School for Scandal, [85], [87], [173]

Schumann, Madame, [60]

Scott, Clement, [134], [155]

Seaman, Sir Owen, editor of Punch, [111]

Seymour, Admiral Sir Beauchamp, [124]. See Alcester

Shakespeare, W., Hamlet, [155], [158]; Othello, [157], [166]; Macbeth, [160]; Merry Wives of Windsor, [174]; Tercentenary, [207]; address, [207-210]; tribute to, [208]

Shaw, Bernard, [194]

Sheppard, Canon Edgar, [40], [238]

Sheppard, Mrs., [40]

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, [125]; School for Scandal, [85], [87], [173]; The Rivals, [165]

"Sickles Tragedy, The," at Washington, [145-147]

Sims, G. R., [205]

Sloggett, General Sir Arthur, [237]

Somerleyton, Lady, [130]

Sothern, Edward Askew, [167]; accident, [168]; practical jokes, [168]; Birds of a Feather, [169]

Sothern, Sam, [169]

Stanford, Charles, [96]

Stanley, Dean, tomb, [88]

Stanley, Sir H. M., [138]

Stanley, Lady, [138]

Stanley, Mrs. John, [69]. See St. Helier

Stone, Marcus, [77], [87]

Straight, Sir Douglas, [74]; popularity, [75]

Strettell, Miss, [143]

Sullivan, Herbert, [11]

Sullivan, Sir Arthur, [59], [94], [108]; illness, [11]; portrait, [79]; personality, [95]; funeral, [95]

Sutherland, Sir Thomas, Chairman of the P. & O. Co., [137]

Sutro, Alfred, [202]; compliment to Sir S. Bancroft, [124]

Tadema, Alma, [82]

Taylor, Tom, editor of Punch, [111]

Teck, Duchess of, [6], [117]

Teck, Prince Francis of, [116]; death, [117]

Tennant, Laura, [135]

Tenniel, Sir John, cartoons in Punch, [91]

Tennyson, Lord, death, [45]; Becket, [96]

Terriss, William, [214]; career, [194]; stabbed, [195]

Terry, Ellen, [28], [29], [30], [60], [156], [202], [214], [235]; on the characteristics of Charles Reade, [102]

Terry, Fred, [212]

Terry, Kate, [156]

Thackeray, W. M., [34], [103]; Vanity Fair, [107]

Thompson, Sir Henry, [68], [135], [136]; portrait, [79]

Thornton, C. I., [120]

Tichborne trial, [59], [71]

Toole, J. L., [7]; story of, [192]

Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm, [14], [119], [198]; manager of the Haymarket, [199]; characteristics, [200]; knighthood conferred, [200]

Trollope, Anthony, [102]

Vanbrugh, Irene, [169], [214]

Vaudeville Theatre, [153]

Vaughan, Father Bernard, [43]

Vestris, Madame, [149]

Vezin, Hermann, [7]

Victoria, H.M. Queen, attends a Thanksgiving Service, [5]; Jubilee, [5]; gift to Sir S. Bancroft, [13]; voice, [60]; Empress of India, [87]

Wace, Dr., Dean of Canterbury, [66]

Wace, Mrs., [56]

Wales, Oliver, [8]

Wallace, Sir Donald Mackenzie, [54], [55]

Waller, Lewis, [198], [199]

Ward, Barbara, [94]

Ward, Leslie, [94]

Washington, "The Sickles Tragedy" at, [145]

Webb, Sir Aston, President of the Royal Academy, [82]

Webster, Richard, [64]. See Alverstone

Wellington, Duke of, statue, [88]

Wertheimer, Mr., portrait, [79]

Westminster Abbey, Jubilee Thanksgiving, [5]

Wharncliffe, Lord, [11]

Whistler, James McNeill, [90]

White, Field-Marshal Sir George, Governor of Gibraltar, [130]

White, Lady, [130]

White, Rev. Henry, Chaplain of the Chapel Royal, [39]

Wigan, Alfred, [73]

Wilberforce, Archdeacon, [41]; love of animals, [42]

Wilberforce, Mrs., [41]

Wilde, Oscar, [203]; plays, [112]

Willard, E. S., [198]

William II, ex-German Emperor, treatment of his mother, [51]

William IV, King, [15]

Williams, Louise, [74]. See Keeley

Williams, Montagu, [72]; career, [73]; The Isle of St. Tropez, [73]; criminal cases, [73]; marriage, [74]

Wilson, Sir Rivers, [137]

Wilton, Marie, [219]. See Bancroft

Wilton, Mrs., story of, [243]

Wolseley, Field-Marshal Viscount, [126]; career, [127]; story of, [128]

Wood, Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn, [129]

Wood, Mrs. John, [29], [174]

Wyndham, Sir Charles, [7], [153], [177], [210]; character of his acting, [211]; President of the Actors' Benevolent Fund, [212]

Wyndham, Lady, [212]

Yates, Edmund, [103], [106], [172]; death, [107]