Baber, Dr E. C., 309 Babington, B. G., 192 Bach, 26 Balfe, 192, 228, 234 Balfour, A. J., 317 Ball, Dr J. B., 309 Ballin, J. S., 305, 309 Balzac, 178 Bancrofts, The, 234 Banderali, 161 Barbieri, Mme., 58, 65, 66, 67 Barbot, 156, 159 Barnby, Sir Joseph, 258 Barretta, 236 Bartet, 236 Basbereau, 40 Battaille, 156, 159, 160, 208, 217 Bauermeister, Mdlle., 269, 271 Baumès, 203 Bayley, P., 185 Beaconsfield, Lord (_see_ Disraeli). Beecher, Henry Ward, 221 Beethoven, 13, 53, 189, 238, 241 Begnis, Signor and Mme. di, 43, 46, 48, 49, 52, 53 Begrez, 52 Bellamy, 53 Belletti, 189 Bellini, 108, 112, 161, 174, 175 Benedict, Sir J., 189, 190, 194 Benetti, 48 Bennati, 202 Bennett, Sterndale, 263 Benton, Senator, 77 Béranger, 178 Beriot, Ch. de, 112, 116, 119, 120, 126, 133 Berlioz, 152, 173, 175, 189 Bernadotte, Maréchal (_see_ Karl XIV., Johann). Bernhardt, Sarah, 236 Bernstoff, 77 Bettini, 235, 236 Billington, Mrs, 54 Birkett, Dr, 307 Bishop, Sir Henry, 54, 55, 194 Bismarck, 8 Bispham, David, 270 Bizet, 177, 264 Blücher, 77 Blumm, Herr, 157, 158 Boieldieu, 46, 47, 82 Boito, 268 Bonaparte, Joseph, 21, 22, 23, 24, 62 Bonheur, Rosa, 179 Bonjour, Casimir, 47 Bordogni, 161 Botella, Dr, 306, 307, 316 Botticelli, Signor, 32 Boucicault, Dion, 236 Bourmont, 98 Bowlby, A., 309 Bozzini, 202 Broeckkaert, Dr, 306 Braham, Henry, 53, 225 Brahms, Johannes, 13, 135, 136, 175, 195, 241 Brangaene, 134, 268 Brema, Marie, 271 Brewer, Dr, 98 Brewster, 184 Brizzi, 189 Brombara, 271 Brontë, Charlotte, 184 Brough, Lionel, 234, 236 Brown, Sir Thomas, 209 Brown, Miss (see Kate Crichton). Browning, Robert, 185 Browning, Miss, 185 Buckstone, 227 Bunn, Alfred, 184 Burger, Dr, 306, 316 Burney, Dr Charles, 26 Bussine, 156, 159, 160 Butlin, H. T., 309 Butt, Clara, 271 Byron, Lord, 55, 299 Calecot, 13 Caletti, 189 Calvè, 4, 163, 271, 272 Camidge, Dr, 53 Campanini, 265 Campbell, Sir Archibald, 76 Camporese, Mme., 42, 45 Capoul, 235 Caradori, 45, 46, 50, 52, 53 Cardignac, 170 Carlyle, 184 Caroline, Queen of Great Britain, 77 Carroll, Lewis, 68 Carte, D'Oyly, 270 Carvallo, 230 Castellani, Mme., 189, 191, 192 Catalani, 40, 41, 42, 43, 49, 51, 52 Cazalet, 199 Celeste, Mme., 187, 234 Cerito, 225 Cervetto, Giacomo, 4 Chamberlain, Joseph, 295 Chappell, Thomas, 228 Charles V. of Germany and I. of Spain, 18 Charles IV. of Spain, 14, 16, 21 Charles X. of France, 7, 75, 99, 171, 178 Charrière, 204 Chateaubriand, 185 Chatterton, 194 Chatterton, F. B., 232 Cherubini, 13, 115 Chiari, Dr, 306, 316 Chippendale, Mrs, 234 Chopin, 13, 157, 174, 176, 189, 196 Chorley, 60, 214, 215, 217, 226 Ciabatta, 189 Cimarosa, 47, 49, 61 Cinti, 46 Clay, Henry, 77 Clive, Franklin, 270 Clough, 185 Coccia, 48 Cooke, T. P., 226 Cooper, Fenimore, 62, 79 Copland, Charles, 270 Coppée, François, 179 Coquelins, The, 236 Corot, 179 Costa, Sir M., 184, 189, 191, 226, 230, 233, 234, 268