XVIII. LA BELLE CAMARGO, 1710-1770 156 XIX. “THE HOUSE OF VESTRIS” 163 XX. JEAN GEORGES NOVERRE 171 XXI. GUIMARD THE GRAND 179 XXII. DESPRÉAUX, POET, “MAÎTRE,” AND “HUSBAND OF GUIMARD” 195 XXIII. A CENTURY’S CLOSE 201 _BOOK III. THE MODERN ERA_ XXIV. THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY 207 XXV. CARLO BLASIS, A LEADER OF THE MODERN SCHOOL 213 XXVI. THE “PAS DE QUATRE”: I. MARIE TAGLIONI. (“SYLPHIDE”) 223 XXVII. THE “PAS DE QUATRE” II. CARLOTTA GRISI. (“GISELLE”) 235 XXVIII. THE “PAS DE QUATRE”: III. FANNY CERITO. (“ONDINE”) 240 XXIX. THE “PAS DE QUATRE”: IV. LUCILE GRAHN. (“EOLINE”) 244 XXX. THE DECLINE AND REVIVAL 249 XXXI. THE ALHAMBRA 1854 TO 1903 252 XXXII. THE ALHAMBRA 1904 TO 1913 269 XXXIII. THE EMPIRE THEATRE 1884 TO 1906 276 XXXIV. THE EMPIRE THEATRE 1907 TO 1914 294 XXXV. FINALE, THE RUSSIANS AND--THE FUTURE 309 INDEX 327 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ADOLF BOLM IN “CARNIVAL” _Frontispiece_ _From a photograph_ AN EGYPTIAN MALE DANCER _Facing page_ 30 _From a Theban fresco_ EGYPTIAN DANCING GIRLS ” 30 _From a mural painting in the British Museum_ A GREEK FUNERAL DANCE ” 30 _From a coloured plaque in the Louvre_ STAGE EFFECT IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY ” 56 _A scene from, the “Ballet Comique de la Royne,” by Baltasar de Beaujoyeux, 1581_ STAGE EFFECT IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ” 88 _From a coloured engraving of a scene from “Circe,” 1694_ THE DUCHESSE DU MAINE ” 114 THE DEPARTURE OF THE ITALIAN COMEDIANS, 1697 ” 128 _From an engraving by L. Jacob of Watteau’s picture_ PIERROT AND ARLEQUIN, IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ” 128 _From Riccoboni’s “Histoire du Théâtre Italien”_ L’AMOUR AU THÉÂTRE ITALIEN ” 132 _From the Julienne engravings from Watteau, British Museum_