Talma sympathises with the Revolution, 182; withdraws from the Comédie-Française and founds the Théâtre de la République, 182; joins the Théâtre-Feydeau on the closing of his own theatre, 188 Talma, Madame, 251 _Tancrède_, incident during a performance of, 169 Taravel (painter), 117 Terrai, Abbé, Sophie Arnould’s _bon mot_ about him, 34 V Vallayer Coster, Madame, her portrait of Madame Saint-Huberty, 290 Vandreuil, Comte de (dancer), his wager with M. de Miromesnil, 230 note; his efforts on behalf of the _Mariage de Figaro_, 230, 231, 232 Vestris, Auguste (dancer), 126 Vestris Gaetano (dancer), 61, 62 Vestris, Madame, disobliges Mlle. Clairon, 147 note; organises a cabal against Mlle. Raucourt, 153; her quarrel with Mlle. Sainval the elder, 167-170; urges the reinstatement of Mlle. Raucourt at the Comédie-Française, 170; attacked in _La Vision du prophète Daniel_, 176 _Vision du prophète Daniel, la_, satire on Mlle. Raucourt and her friends, 176, 177 Vigée Lebrun, Madame (cited), 208, 220, 235 Voisenon, Abbé de, 41 Voltaire, a friend of Madame Arnould, 4; his letter to Sophie Arnould, 5, 6; visited by Lauraguais at Ferney, 35; his pretended admiration of Lauraguais’s _Clytemnestre_, 35 note; visits Sophie Arnould, 79; Madame du Barry’s message to him, 121; besmirches the spotless reputation of Mlle. Raucourt’s 156-158; pours the balm of his flattery upon the wound he has inflicted, 158 W Wallace Collection, the, 19 Walpole, Horace (cited), 44 note, 117 note X Ximenès, Marquis de, 157 Z Zacharie, Mlle. (_danseuse_), replaces Mlle. Guimard in the affections of the Prince de Soubise, 129, 130 Printed by BALLANTYNE & CO. LIMITED Tavistock Street, London * * * * * PIQUANT MEMOIRS OF 18TH CENTURY FRANCE QUEENS OF THE FRENCH STAGE BY H. NOEL WILLIAMS _Illustrated by Portraits, etc._ _10s. 6d. net_ (_post free 11s._) “Mr. Williams knows how to spread a full table for the cultured and romantic appetite. One has only to recall his ‘Madame de Montespan’ and ‘Madame Pompadour’ to be sure that ‘Queens of the French Stage’ will be full of good things. He infuses a vivid and brilliant interest into names and careers which, to the majority of us, are vague outlines of shadowy association. As illustrations to the social history of France, they perform an invaluable and delightful service, and they have just the rare and susceptible touch which gives work of this kind its crowning finish and charm.” _Pall Mall Gazette._ HARPER & BROTHERS 45 ALBEMARLE ST., LONDON, W. MADAME DE MONTESPAN BY H. NOEL WILLIAMS _Bound in buckram and gold, with 16 fine Photogravures. Demy 4to._ _Price 25s. net. Edition limited to 500 copies._ The first complete life of the celebrated favourite of Louis XIV. ever offered to English readers.