Stage, attitude toward, 11; Italian attitude toward, 12; English precedent of, 12; superstitions of, 24, 36, 165; primitive conditions of, 25, 27, 28, 37, 38, 87; in France, 140 Stanley, 189 _Star of the North, The_, 102; flute song of, 173; in English, 257, 266; quartette in, 267 _Star, The Evening_, 230 Stebbins, Colonel Henry G., 10; daughters of, 11; home of, 16; sister of, 33; _Faust_ and, 85; in England, 122-124, 137; in Scotland, 131; in France, 155, 158; daughter of, 160; friendship of, 171, 173, 174, 197, 198 Stevens, Mrs. Paran, in Boston, 44, 45, 278; sister of, 277 Stewart, Jules, 306 Stigelli, 33, 71, 294 Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 46, 49 Strakosch, Maurice, 130, 148; Napoleon and, 149; at Covent Garden with, 194, 198; Patti and, advice of, 294; methods of, 302 Strakosch, Max, 200, 201, 204, 205, 240, 289, 292, 294-296, 300, 303, 359 Strauss, 79, 254 Sulzer, Miss, 87 _Summer, The Last Rose of_, 135 Susanna, Kellogg as, 170, 240 Susini, name of, 22; as the Baron in _Linda_, 41; wife of, 41; sense of humour of, 42; salute of Grant and Sherman by, 115; mention of, 294 Tadema, Alma, 191 Tagliapietra, 358 _Talisman, The_, 261, 297 Talleyrand, Marquis de, 157, 158 _Tannhäuser_, 140, 230 Tennants, 189 Terry, Ellen, 234, 248; opinion of, 283, 284 Thalberg, 106; Strakosch and, 294 Theatre, in England, 131; in France, 140, 141; Her Majesty's 189, 235; traditions of the, 366 Theatre, Booth's, 267 Théâtre Comique, 307 Théâtre Français, 265, 306 Théâtre Lyrique, 145 Thomas, Ambrose, 146 Thomas, Theodore, at the Academy, 40; in Chicago, 321 Thomaschewski, Dr., 337, 347 Thompson troupe, Lydia, 69 _Thorough-base_, 2 Thursby, Emma, 298 Tilton, Mrs. Elizabeth, 214 Titjiens, in London, 77, 129, 132, 137, 139, 170, 173; pet of, 168, 169, 178, 179, 185, 196, 235, 239, 302 _Traviata_, Piccolomini in, 14; the part of Violetta in, 15, 62; libretto of, 68; public opinion of, 69, 70; Patti in, 130; at Her Majesty's, 135, 164; costume in, 136; rehearsal of, 163; success of, 164; Lucca in, 249; interpretation of, 291; Kellogg in 329, 338, 342; solo from, 357 Trebelli-Bettini, 236 Trentini, Emma, superstition of, 166 Trobriand, Baron de, opinions and stories of, 16 Trollope, Anthony, 46, 48 _Trovatore_, Mme. de la Grange in, 13; Marie Willt in, 153; Lucca in, 179; Kellogg in, 201, 249, 260, 261, 329; Carlton in, 268 Tschaikowsky, 306 Turner, Charles, 261 Valentine, Carlton as, 260; Kellogg as, 295 Vanderbilt, Frederick W., 300 Vanderbilt, William H., 197, 285, 286 Vane-Tempest, Lady Susan, 192, 197 Van Zandt, Miss, 307 Van Zandt, Mrs., 257 Verdi, mention of, 11; Falstaff of, 91; reference to, 133, 292, 298; meeting with, 307, 308; criticism of, 331 Vernon, Mrs., 15 Victoria, Queen, 177, 186, 301 Villiers, Colonel, 353