LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS[Ellen Terry as "Portia"]Frontispiece[Ellen Terry when Eight Years of Age]To face page24[Tower Cottage, Winchelsea]48[Smallhythe Farm]80[Bust of Ellen Terry by W. Brodie, R.S.A.]88[Kate Terry]102[Ellen Terry's Country Home in Kingston Vale]112[Kate Terry as "Ariel"]120[Henry Irving in 1868]136[Ellen Terry as Lord Tennyson's "Dora"]174[Marion Terry]194[Ellen Terry in Tragedy and Comedy circa 1878]222[Ellen Terry as "Ophelia"]224[Ellen Terry, 1881]242[Ellen Terry as "Beatrice"]250[Ellen Terry as "Viola"]254[Ellen Terry as "Ellaline"]262[Sir Henry Irving as "Cardinal Wolsey"]272[Ellen Terry as "Queen Guinevere"]282[Ellen Terry as "Volumnia"]292Ellen Terry's "Winchelsea" book-plate designed by Gordon CraigELLEN TERRYAND HER SISTERSCHAPTER I