An Early Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt; Sarah Bernhardt in _Les Femmes Savantes_; Sarah Bernhardt as the Duc de Richelieu 100 Sarah Bernhardt in _François le Champi_ 128 Sarah Bernhardt in a Fancy Costume 136 Sarah Bernhardt. _From the Portrait in the Théâtre Français_ 176 Skull in Sarah Bernhardt’s Library, with Autograph Verses by Victor Hugo 232 Sarah Bernhardt at a Fancy-dress Ball 240 Sarah Bernhardt at Work on her _Médée_ 244 Sarah Bernhardt Painting (1878–9) 252 Sarah Bernhardt in her Coffin 256 A Corner of the Library 264 Library in Sarah Bernhardt’s House 268 Sarah Bernhardt at Home. _From the Painting by Walter Spindler_ 276 Sarah Bernhardt as Dona Sol in _Hernani_ 282 A Corner of the Hall, with a Painting by Chartran of Sarah Bernhardt as Gismonda 288 Sarah Bernhardt in Riding Costume 304 “Ophelia.” Sculpture by Sarah Bernhardt 314 Sarah Bernhardt. _From the Portrait by Mlle. Louis Abbema_ 318 Sarah Bernhardt. _From the Portrait by Jules Bastien- Lepage_ 324 Sarah Bernhardt (1879) 334 Sarah Bernhardt as Andromaque 338 Sarah Bernhardt in Travelling Costume (1880) 342 Sarah Bernhardt and Members of her Company out Shooting 400 Bust of Victorien Sardou, by Sarah Bernhardt 440 Facsimile of Sarah Bernhardt’s Handwriting 442 I CHILDHOOD My mother was fond of travelling: she would go from Spain to England, from London to Paris, from Paris to Berlin, and from there to Christiania; then she would come back, embrace me, and set out again for Holland, her native country. She used to send my nurse clothing for herself and cakes for me. To one of my aunts she would write: “Look after little Sarah; I shall return in a month’s time.” A month later she would write to another of her sisters: “Go and see the child at her nurse’s; I shall be back in a couple of weeks.”