To that standard this volume is a willing tribute; a faithful record, which may have novelty for some, unaware of days before their time; while for others, whose memory of more recent--but yet receding!--events, grows dim, it may come as a friendly reminder of pleasant hours spent, by writer and by reader, in contemplating from the auditorium the varied examples seen at London theatres of the protean Art of Ballet. THE END INDEX Adam, Adolphe, composer, 236, 277 Addison, Joseph, 142-147 Ænea, dancer, 259, 279 Æschylus, 25, 37 Agoust, Louise, dancer, 264 Aguzzi, Mlle., dancer, 276 Albert, Ferdinand, dancer, 209 Albert, Paul, dancer, 209 Albertieri, Luigi, dancer, 279, 280 Albery, James, dramatist, 257 Alembert, Jean le Rond d’, 171 Alençon, Emilienne d’, dancer, 266 Alexander, Appius, 85 Alhambra, 249, 252-275, 308 Alias, M. et Mme., costumiers, 257, 259, 260, 264, 265, 271-273, 276 Allan, Maud, dancer, 274, 310 Allard, Marie, actress and dancer, 168, 203 Allemande (Almain) dance, 68, 74, 115; by Robert Johnson, 317 Almonti, brothers, dancers, 262, 263, 265 Anderson, Percy, designer of costumes, 279 André, dancer, 109 Angiolini, pupil of Noverre, 213 Anka, Cornélie d’, singer, 255, 257 Arbeau, Thoinot, author of _Orchésographie_, 1588, 60-70, 110, 145 Arlequin. _See_ Harlequin Arnould, Sophie, dancer, 179, 180 Arundale, Grace, dancer, 265 Arundale, Sybil, dancer, 265 _Atellanæ_, 43 Athenæus, quoted, 23 Auber, D. F. E., composer, 253 Audran, engraver, 132, 134 Augier, Anne Catherine, married Auguste Vestris, 169, 170 Austin, Esther, dancer, 253 Baif, author, 51 Bakst, Leon, ballet producer, 321 Ballard, French printer, 139 Ballet Comique de la Royne, 56-60, 70-73 Ballet-ambulatoire, 83, 87 Beatification of Ignatius Loyola, 83 Canonisation of S. Charles Boromée, 85 Ballet in England from early 18th century, largely imported from France and Italy, 182 new spirit infused in first half of 19th century, 208 of small artistic value from 1850-1870, 250 revival as London institution at Alhambra and Empire, 251, 308 all British ballet, 316 no State-aided training, 322 Heroic; eighty given in France from 1589-1610, 88 Pantomime, 114 Russian, 308, 321; given first at Coliseum, 313; at Covent Garden, 318; at Drury Lane, 318; dancers from the Mariensky, Petrograd, and from Opera House, Moscow, 318 Savoy, Court of, 89-91