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CHAPTER IV.
Journal of a Week passed in London. - Olympic Theatre.
Madame Vestris. St. Paul's Cathedral. The Tower. The
Tunnel. Italian Opera. - Persiani. - Coliseum. - Zoologi-
cal Gardens. Hyde Park. Madame Tussaud's. St.
James's Theatre. House of Lords.. Westminster. - Brit-
ish Museum. - Kensington Gardens. Richmond. - Stand-
ing "in wait" for the Queen. - Departure from London, . . 76
CHAPTER V.
Hamburg. Bremen. - American Ladies supposed to be black.
- Incident at a Dinner Party. - Bridal Address translated
into German. — Usages and Manners of the Northern Ger-
mans. Dinner Parties. Funeral Customs. Betrothal
and Bridal Customs. Bremen Cathedral. Peculiarity of
the Vault. Corpses four Centuries old in a State of Preser-
vation. Robbing the Student of a Lock of Hair. -Frei
Markt. Our Housekeeping in Germany. - Studies. —- Ar-
rival of Mr. Mowatt. His long Illness. - Departure for
Paris
CHAPTER VI.
Paris. Unexpected Friends. Visit to Hahnemann. Mrs.
Hahnemann. Her History. New Physicians. Recovery
of Sight. Parisian Gayeties. Description of Ball at Col.
T -n's. -The Carnival. - General C-ss. Rachel and
her Sisters. Facilities of Education in France.· American
Copy of Parisian Manners. Male and female Politicians.
Louis Philippe. St. Germain Society. - Place de la Con-
corde. Place Vendome. Place du Carrousel. - Fountains.
Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile.- Tuileries. Les Champs
Elysées. Bois de Boulogne. Studies resumed. — Play for
private Representation commenced. Scenery painted in
Paris. Sailing for America, .
CHAPTER VII.
A Play without Heroes. Rehearsals. Incident in the Barn.
Gulzara, or the Persian Slave. - Publication of Play.
Critique from New World.-Fondness for Speculations.
Loss of Property, and utter Ruin. - Musings in the Arbor.
-My Sister Charlotte. - A Project. - Preparations for a new
Career. The last Farewell to a beloved Home,
Boston.
CHAPTER VIII.
Mrs. B-S. - A Ball-room Acquaintance converted
into a stanch Friend.- Boston Friendships. - Morning at the
Temple. Heartsickness. The old Doorkeeper's Encour-
agement. My Father's Letter.-Inherited Traits.-First
Appearance in public. - Sensations. A first Success. - Sec-
ond and third Readings. - Lenient Critics. Reading in Prov-
idence. The Missing Ship.-Readings in New York. -Fall-
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CONTENTS.
ing away of old Friends. - Reading at Rutger's Institute for
Young Ladies. Readings at Society Library. Illness..
Article in Ladies' Companion. Mrs. Osgood's Poem.
Imitators. Offer of Park Theatre. - Letter from Professor
Hows,.
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CHAPTER IX.
Mesmerism.-The Phenomenon of Double Consciousness.
Somnambulic Incidents. -Townshend.-Miss Martineau's
Misuse of Mesmeric Facts. First Acquaintance with thẻ
Writings of Swedenborg. Influence of New Church Doc-
trines. Joining the Church. Four Sisters also becoming
Members. Writings of my eldest Sister.-Letter on Mes-
meric Somnambulism. Revisiting former Residence.
Lenox.The Sedgwicks.-Friendships with School Girls.
Getting up of Miss Sedgwick's Play. - Crowning of their
Stage Manager by the Scholars. Conversations with Rev.
Dr. William Ellery Channing. - The Future Life,
CHAPTER X.
Contributions to Magazines. The Fortune Hunter. - Miscel-
laneous Bookmaking. Evelyn. - Amusing Proposition from
an English Publisher. - Singular Mode of violating a Copy-
right. Mary Howitt's Mention of the three Orphans.
Little Esther. - Death Bed of the Mother. One's Neigh-
bors. Drive to Harlem. Search for the Greys. A blind
Father. Margaret. Death of her Father and Mother.
Johnny and Willie,
CHAPTER XI.
Fashion. Original of Adam Trueman. - Fashion accepted by
the Park Theatre. Interview with Mr. Barry. Witness-
ing a first Rehearsal unseen. First Night of Fashion.
Success. Second Rehearsal. Author's Benefit. - Fashion
produced at Philadelphia. Invitations from Managers of
Walnut Street Theatre. Their Liberality and Courtesy.
Witnessing Performance in Philadelphia. Demand for the
Author. Failure of Mr. Mowatt. - Proposition that I should
adopt the Stage. A Change of Views. Reflections.
Mary Howitt on the Members of the Profession. A Deter-
mination. My Father's Consent. Contract with Mr. C-
Useless Remonstrances, .
ment.
CHAPTER XII.
Preparations for Début. First Rehearsal with the Company.
Stage Fright. Star Dressing Room. Call Boy's Amuse-
A Boast opportunely recalled. Rising of the Cur-
tain. The Debut. Second Appearance in public. - Wal-
nut Street Theatre. A distressing Incident. Indignation
of an Audience. Painful Discovery. Conclusion of En-
gagement. Fashion performed for Mr. Blake's Benefit.
First Appearance as Gertrude,
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CHAPTER XIII.
The first Year on the Stage. Two Hundred Performances.
Amount of Study. - Lady Teazle's untimely Drowsiness.
First Shakspearian Impersonation. · Difference between Re-
hearsing and Acting.Juliet's Tomb. - Scene Shifter's sepul-
chral Prediction.-Novel Substitute for a sleeping Potion.
Death of Paris by a Novice.-Two Schools of Acting.
Anecdote of a Stranger. - Mrs. Haller's colored Descendants.
Incident in Charleston. - Address to the Charleston Vol-
unteers. Complimentary Entertainment in Savannah.
Relationship which Actors hold to each other, .
CHAPTER XIV.
Mr. Davenport. - Accident in Baltimore. Second Southern
Tour.Reading at Macon. - Columbus. Montgomery.—
First Acquaintance with Henry Clay. - His Recollections of
Miss O'Neil. His poetical Obliviousness. - Five Days on
board of the Alexander Scott. Clay's Injunction to me as
we passed Memphis. Mr. Davenport's Entertainment of
Mr. Clay. Personation of a "Down-east" Yankee. -Im-
promptu Song to Henry Clay. Arrival at Louisville-A
last Farewell.-Opening of the Athenæum at Cincinnati.
Inaugural Address. Compliment to Mr. Davenport. - Close
of my second Year on the Stage. - Armand. A Sisterhood
of Critics. -Mr. Mowatt's Visit to England to arrange with
Managers. Mr. Macready's Advice. -Engagement for Man-
chester. Production of Armand at the Park Theatre and in
Boston. Last Night in America. Letters from Henry Clay.
Sailing for Europe,
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CHAPTER XV.
Arrival in Liverpool. - The Rev. Mr. Sn and Mrs. S▬▬n.
Manchester Critics. First Rehearsal at Theatre Royal,
Manchester.First Night in England. - Manchester Guar-
dian. - Engagement at Princesses' Theatre, London. - Dis-
tressing Rehearsals. The two Helens. Miss Susan Cush-
Visitation from the Mistress of the Wardrobe.
Petty Miseries. The Trials of a first Night. - First Attack
of "Stage Fright."— A near Approach to Failure. Sudden
Transition.-Success at the eleventh Hour,
man.
CHAPTER XVI.
London Editors.-The Daily Times and the Earl of Carlisle.
Mr. Macready.-Personal Acquaintance and friendly Services.
First Engagement at Theatre Royal Olympic. - Lady of
Lyons. Reëngagement in Conjunction with Mr. Brooke.
The Lords of Ellingham.-Accident on first Night's Repre-
sentation.-Mary Howitt. - Her Artist Daughter. - Camilla
Crosland. Poem. Mr. Macready's Farewell at Theatre
Royal, Marylebone. - Our Engagement. Succession of Re-
engagements. - Permanent Stars." Shadow on the Wall."
-Armand produced in London.-Note from W. J. Fox, M.
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P., on the Morning of Representation. His Critique in the
Examiner. Publication of Play. Effect of Play Books in
the Theatre upon Actors.— A Prompter's Anecdote. - Pres-
entation of Silver Vase.-The Witch Wife,
CHAPTER XVII.
Travelling. Stratford upon Avon. -An Avon Boatman's Ideas
of Shakspeare.Housekeeper of Warwick Castle, and Mrs.
Siddons. -- Isle of Wight. Cottage at Richmond. Vigor-
ous Health. Reopening of the Marylebone. - A Fairy-like
Dressing Room.-Velasco. - Virginia. Romeo and Juliet.
· Close of the Season. Entertainment upon the Stage.
A Ballet Girl nearly burned to Death. Mrs. Renshaw's
Presence of Mind and Heroism. - General Opinion of Ballet
Girls. A few Truths concerning the Profession. History
of Georgina, the Ballet Girl,
CHAPTER XVIII.
Illness of Mr. Mowatt. Voyage to Trinidad. New Olympic
Theatre. Powerful Company.-Abolishing the "Star Sys-
tem."
Opening Night of the Olympic Theatre. - A Black-
garbed Audience. Refusal to appear in Mourning. — A
white Compromise. - Inaugural Address written by Albert
Smith. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Queen Adelaide's
Wardrobe. Much Ado about Nothing. -Twelfth Night.
Othello. The Noble Heart. First Production of Fashion
in London. Critics. Punch's Rebuke to the Morning
Post. -The Farce of Floral Showers. Critique from the
Sun. Literary Gazette. The Sentiments of Adam True-
man hissed. The American and English Personators of Pru-
dence.― Mental Discipline of Actors.-Illustrative Sketches.
-Mrs. Parker. - Mrs. Knight. - Three Histories, .
CHAPTER XIX.
Ariadne.- English Version, by John Oxenford.-Closing Catas-
trophe. The three Ariadnes. - Leaping the Rock. Marie
de Meranie. The Misanthrope. - Uxmal. -Lovers' Amuse-
ments. - Jealousy of Actors. Afflicting Tidings. — Loss of
Memory. Disastrous Close of the Olympic Theatre.
Charge brought against the Manager. Attack of Brain
Fever. First Consciousness. - Dr. W-tt's Communica-
tions. The Manager's Trial. - Conviction. Insanity.
Self-Destruction. Mr. Mowatt's Return to England.
Shorn Tresses. Journey to Malvern,
Cottage at Malvern.
CHAPTER XX.
Malvern Hills.
Water-cure Establish-
ment. Donkey Rides. - Malvern Donkey Driver. -- Adven-
tures on Horseback. Hanly Castle. - Return to London. -
Skill of Dr. D-n. - A Sufferer's Contemplation of Death.
- Interview with Dr. Dn. —Life's hardest Necessity.
A last Conversation. The Parting,
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CHAPTER XXI.
The Iron Duke.- Arrival in Dublin.-A Dilemma.
“Unpro-
tected Females." Interview with theatrical Housekeeper.
Hunting for Lodgings. The invisible Avant Courrier.
Mr. Calcraft. -G. V. Brooke. - First Rehearsal. — Début at
Theatre Royal. - Dublin Audience. - Attachment of the
Irish to America. -The Freeman's Journal. - Production of
Armand. — Peculiarities of the Dublin Pit and Gallery.
Persecution of an Actor. An amusing Device. My last
Night. Scene at the Stage Door. - Dublin Friends. The
Invalid in London. Extracts from his daily Letters. - En-
gagement at Newcastle upon Tyne. - Departure from Dublin, 351
CHAPTER XXII.
Recrossing the Channel. - Night on Deck.
pool.
ments. First Rehearsal. Its Interruption.
Letters. Sad Announcement of the Third.
Sudden Return to London. The Death Bed.
Carlisle.-Newcastle upon Tyne.
Arrival at Liver-
Mail Disappoint-
The three
Mr. Davis.
Last Hours.
Hospital-
A dying Look. The peaceful passing away.
ities. A Flower-decked Grave. - Floral Offerings of Friends.
Farewell Letters.- Last Wishes. The last Adieu.
Provincial Tour. Memoir by Bayle Bernard. Return to
America,
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CHAPTER XXIII.
Accident on board of the Steamship Pacific. - Midnight Scene
in the Cabin. Arrival in New York. Adventurous Night
Journey to Ravenswood. Rousing the Slumberers. Meet-
ings in the Dark. - Our second Mother. · The general Home.
Reunion of the ten Sisters. A Christening. - Engage-
ment at Niblo's Theatre. -Acting and its Necessities.-
Anecdote of Mr. Macready. - Mademoiselle Mars.- Conver-
sation with Planché, the Dramatist. His Advice. - Pro-
fessor Hows. - Dramatic Studies. Engagement at Boston,
Providence, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and St.
Louis. Letter from His Honor the Mayor of St. Louis, J.
M. Kenneth. Complimentary Benefit declined. - Proposed
Christmas Festivities in Philadelphia. A Family Gathering, 374
CHAPTER XXIV.
Waiting of the Steamboat Robert Rogers to take us on board.
-Starting at Midnight. Sudden Freezing of the Ohio
River. - Cutting through the Ice. The Boat frozen in.
A trying Predicament. Conversation with the old Pilot.
The lunatic Sisters. - Unexpected Escorts.- Female Influ-
ence over a Backwoodsman.-Journey in an Ox Cart.
Arrival at Evansville. Courtesy of a Baltimorean. - Indi-
ana Roads. White River. Crossing the partially frozen
River on Foot, by Starlight. Vincennes. Midnight Trav-
elling on Foot through the Snow. - Major R Major R's Joke.
Terre Haute. - A Stage selected through Presentiment.