This, my dear Huret, is what seems to me more extraordinary than anything. This is the Sarah I have always known. I never made the acquaintance of the Sarah with the coffin and the alligators. The only Sarah I know is the one who works. She is the greater. EDMOND ROSTAND. _Paris, April 25, 1899._ CONTENTS PAGE Preface vii Sarah Bernhardt 1 “Sarah Bernhardt’s Day” 153 Sarah Bernhardt’s ‘Hamlet’ 179 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Mme. Sarah Bernhardt _Frontispiece_ Mme. Sarah Bernhardt and her son Maurice at the age of five 6 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt and her son Maurice at the age of eleven 8 Mme. Guérard 13 As Junie in _Britannicus_ 14 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt when a girl 17 As Zanetto in _Le Passant_ 20 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in _François le Champi_ 21 In _Le Drame de la Rue de la Paix_ 24 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt’s Cheque 26 As Cordelia in _King Lear_ 29 As Doña Sol in _Hernani_ 32 As Léonora in _Dalila_ 35 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt and her son Maurice at the age of fifteen 39 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra 43 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in _La Fille de Roland_ 46 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in her coffin 49 As Doña Sol in _Hernani_ 53 As Doña Sol in _Hernani_ 56 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in her travelling costume 59 As Léonora in _Dalila_ 63 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in 1877 67 Sketch by Caran d’Ache 70 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt as sculptor 71 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt as painter 75 Caricature by André Gill 77 Sketch by Mme. Sarah Bernhardt 78 As Adrienne Lecouvreur 83 As Adrienne Lecouvreur 87