XX. VICTOR HUGO 226 XXI. A MEMORABLE SUPPER 231 XXII. AT THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE AGAIN—SCULPTURE 244 XXIII. A DESCENT INTO THE ENFER DU PLOGOFF—MY FIRST APPEARANCE AS PHÈDRE—THE DECORATION OF MY NEW MANSION 259 XXIV. ALEXANDRE DUMAS—“L’ETRANGÈRE”—MY SCULPTURE AT THE SALON 272 XXV. “HERNANI”—A TRIP IN A BALLOON 280 XXVI. THE COMÉDIE GOES TO LONDON 291 XXVII. LONDON LIFE—MY FIRST PERFORMANCE AT THE GAIETY THEATRE 303 XXVIII. MY PERFORMANCE IN LONDON—MY EXHIBITION—MY WILD ANIMALS—TROUBLE WITH THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE 309 XXIX. THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE RETURNS TO PARIS—SARAH BERNHARDT’S COMMENTS ON ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF THE DAY 326 XXX. MY DEPARTURE FROM THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE—PREPARATIONS FOR MY FIRST AMERICAN TOUR—ANOTHER VISIT TO LONDON 331 XXXI. A TOUR IN DENMARK—ROYAL FAMILIES—THE “TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS” OF SARAH BERNHARDT 342 XXXII. EXPERIENCES AND REFLECTIONS ON BOARD SHIP FROM HÂVRE TO NEW YORK 352 XXXIII. ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK—AMERICAN REPORTERS—THE CUSTOM HOUSE—PERFORMANCES IN NEW YORK—A VISIT TO EDISON AT MENLO PARK 361 XXXIV. AT BOSTON—STORY OF THE WHALE 380 XXXV. MONTREAL’S GRAND RECEPTION—THE POET FRÉCHETTE—AN ESCAPADE ON THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER 388 XXXVI. SPRINGFIELD—BALTIMORE—PHILADELPHIA—CHICAGO—ADVENTURES BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND CINCINNATI—CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 398 XXXVII. NEW ORLEANS AND OTHER AMERICAN CITIES—A VISIT TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA 414 XXXVIII. THE RETURN TO FRANCE—THE WELCOME AT HÂVRE 433 INDEX 443 LIST OF PLATES _To face page_ Sarah Bernhardt as Adrienne Lecouvreur _Frontispiece_ Sarah Bernhardt and her Mother 4 The Grand Champ Convent, from the Garden 18 Le Conservatoire National de Musique et de Déclamation, Paris 66 Sarah Bernhardt in the Hands of her Coiffeur, before going to the Conservatoire Examination 82 Sarah Bernhardt on Leaving the Conservatoire 90