X. M. AND MME. CAMILLE FLAMMARION 111 XI. A VISIT AT RODIN’S 122 XII. M. GROULT’S COLLECTION 128 XIII. MY DANCES AND THE CHILDREN 137 XIV. PRINCESS MARIE 151 XV. SEVERAL SOVEREIGNS 165 XVI. OTHER MONARCHS 184 XVII. SOME PHILOSOPHERS 192 XVIII. HOW I DISCOVERED HANAKO 207 XIX. SARDOU AND KAWAKAMI 217 XX. AN EXPERIENCE 223 XXI. AMERICAN AFFAIRS 232 XXII. GAB 250 XXIII. THE VALUE OF A NAME 267 XXIV. HOW M. CLARETIE INDUCED ME TO WRITE THIS BOOK 273 ILLUSTRATIONS LOIE FULLER _Frontispiece_ PAGE LOIE FULLER IN HER ORIGINAL SERPENTINE DRESS 29 THE DANCE OF FLAME 59 LOIE FULLER AND HER MOTHER 75 THE DANCE OF THE LILY 93 LOIE FULLER AND ALEXANDRE DUMAS 107 M. AND MME. CAMILLE FLAMMARION, AT JUVISY 115 THE DANCE OF FLOWERS 139 THE DANCE OF THE BUTTERFLY 143 DANCE TO GOUNOD’S “AVE MARIA” 159 THE DANCE OF THE BUTTERFLY 181 LOIE FULLER IN HER GARDEN AT PASSY 193 LOIE FULLER’S ROOM AT THE FOLIES-BERGÈRE 211 GAB 253 THE DANCE OF FIRE 261 THE DANCE OF FEAR FROM “SALOME” 283 FIFTEEN YEARS OF A DANCER’S LIFE I MY STAGE ENTRANCE “Whose baby is this?” “I don’t know.” “Well, anyway, don’t leave it here. Take it away.” Thereupon one of the two speakers seized the little thing and brought it into the dancing-hall. It was an odd little baggage, with long, black, curly hair, and it weighed barely six pounds. The two gentlemen went round the room and asked each lady if the child were hers. None claimed it.