IV GABRIELLE RÉJANE 126 V ELEONORA DUSE 171 VI ADA REHAN 203 VII MARY ANDERSON 230 VIII MRS. FISKE 265 IX JULIA MARLOWE 299 X MAUDE ADAMS 324 XI SOME AMERICAN ACTRESSES OF TODAY 347 APPENDIX 368 BIBLIOGRAPHY 377 INDEX 381 ILLUSTRATIONS SARAH BERNHARDT _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE HELENA MODJESKA 52 ELLEN TERRY 92 GABRIELLE RÉJANE 126 ELEONORA DUSE 170 ADA REHAN 202 MARY ANDERSON 230 MRS. FISKE 264 JULIA MARLOWE 298 MAUDE ADAMS 324 HEROINES OF THE MODERN STAGE SARAH BERNHARDT “_Sarah-Bernhardt, Officier d’Académie, artiste dramatique, directrice du théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, professeur au Conservatoire_;” so run the rapid phrases of the French “Who’s Who.” And, it might have added: “personality extraordinary, and woman of mystery.”