[INTRODUCTION]

[I. A CHILD OF THE STAGE, 1848-56]

[The Charles Keans, 1856]

[Training in Shakespeare, 1856-59]

[II. ON THE ROAD, 1859-61]

[Life in a Stock Company, 1862-63]

[1864]

[III. ROSSETTI, BERNHARDT, IRVING, 1865-67]

[My First Impression of Henry Irving]

[IV. A SIX-YEAR VACATION, 1868-74]

[V. THE ACTRESS AND THE PLAYWRIGHT, 1874]

[Portia, 1875]

[Tom Taylor and Lavender Sweep]