Patti, Mme. Adelina (Baroness Cederström), 57-78; appreciation of Scalchi and Annie Louise Carey, 77; ancestry, 66; as a linguist, 61-62; care of voice, 69-70; collection of photographs, 75; description of, 58, 59, 64-65; first appearance before royalty, 65; generosity of, 76; gifts to, 75-76; illness, 67; letter from Gladstone, 62-63; London début at Covent Garden in "La Somnambula", 65; love of theatre, 74; modesty of, 64, 66; proudest experience, 63-64; Rothschild's dinner to, 63, 66; singing of, 68, 70-71, 72, 73; tribute from Prince of Wales (Edward VII), 63-64 Pearson, J. L., designer of Tennyson Memorial, 128 Penwylt, Wales, 57 Phoenician remains at Weston Manor, 133-134; route to Cornwall through Freshwater, 132-133 "Pinafore", run of, 16 Pinero, Sir Arthur, 16 Plays and players, 16 Plunket, Baron, 186 "Poetical Tracts" (by Blackie), 87 Politics, author's views on, 139, 140, 145-146, 155 Portman Rooms, London, 216 Poynter, Sir E. J., 52 Prince of Wales' Theatre, 16 Prince of Wales (Edward VII), tribute to Patti, 63-64 _Punch_, 162, 262 Queen Square, London, author's rooms rear of, 7, 8 Queen's Hall, 16 "Quill Club", 8 Rachel, fame of, 185 Ramsay, Sir William, 107; opinion of Lord Kelvin, 103-104 Raven-Hill, L., cartoonist for _Punch_, 262; draws Boulanger, 267, 270, 271; illustrated author's articles, 262-263; work of, 263 Receptions, Irving's "first-night", 203-204 Redmond, John, on Ireland, 250; power of, 253 Regiments, dress of, 17 Restaurants, 16 Rice, James, 17 Ritchie, Lady, charm of, 136-137; death of, 134; escape from German bomb, 135; home in Isle of Wight, 134-135; quoted, 135; stories of Tennyson, 136 Ritz, Hotel, 16 Roche, Jeffrey, 247, 250; learns about Parnell from author, 247-249 Rochester, 18 Rodin, Auguste, 30; first article about, 31; gift to the author, 31 Rothschild, Alfred, dinner to Patti, 63, 66 Rouen, 24 Royal Academic Institute of Belfast, 99 Royal Academy, 30 Royal Society in London, Lord Kelvin's address to, 104-105 Rubinstein, portrait of, 46 Rumford, Count, 110 St. Ange, Raoul de, author's acquaintance with, 20-27; visit to Normandy with, 20-25 St. Boniface Down, Isle of Wight, 120 St. James Hall, 16 St. James Restaurant, 16 St. Paul's Cathedral, 10 Sala, George Augustus, 32, 33-34; conversation with author, 32-34 Salisbury, Lord, 143, 240; mistake of, 143-144; tribute to Lord Kelvin, 106-107 Sankey, Ira (revivalist), 178; tour with Moody and Drummond, 178 Sarasate, portrait of, 46 Savoy Hotel, 15 Scala (theatre), 16 Scarsdale Lodge (Kensington), famous tenants of, 36 "Scottish Songs" (by Blackie), 87 Separatist Cause (of Ireland), 253 Serpentine Bridge (Hyde Park), 12 Shaftsbury Ave., 11 Siddons, Mrs., fame of, 185 Sinn Feiners, 254 "Siphon Recorder", invented by Lord Kelvin, 100, 101 Smalley, George W., appeal for Tennyson Memorial, 128 Smith, George Murray (Browning's publisher), 53 "Songs and Legends of Ancient Greece" (by Blackie), 87