Chapter XXX

END OF MY AMERICAN TOUR
An outing at Niagara Falls—An icy excursion—I am presented with
a miniature of the Falls—Vanity brings me to ridicule—A
foolhardy escapade—A memorable performance at New York—I
embark for home—The last of the whale man—A stowaway—The trip
home—A glorious reception at Hâvre—A performance for the life
savers—A turning-point 441–456

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE

Sarah Bernhardt as _Gismonda_, from a Painting by
Chartran _Frontispiece_

Rear View of Grandchamps Convent, Versailles 20

Sarah Bernhardt and Her Mother 36

Le Conservatoire National de Musique et de Déclamation,
Paris 80

Sarah Bernhardt in the Hands of her Coiffeur 86

Sarah Bernhardt when She Left the Conservatory 94

Sarah Bernhardt at the Time of Her Début in “Les Femmes
Savantes” 104

Sarah Bernhardt in “François le Champi” 134

An Early Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt 170

Sarah Bernhardt in Riding Habit 232

Skull in Madame Bernhardt’s Library, with Autograph
Verses by Victor Hugo 248

“Ophelia”—Sculpture by Sarah Bernhardt 258

Sarah Bernhardt in Her Coffin 270

Sarah Bernhardt Painting, 1878–9 280

Sarah Bernhardt at Work on Her “Mêdée” 288

Sarah Bernhardt, Portrait by Parrott, 1875—in the
Comédie Française, Paris 296

Sarah Bernhardt, Portrait by Clairin 304

Sarah Bernhardt, from an Oil Painting by Mlle. Louise
Abbéma 332

Sarah Bernhardt as the _Duc de Richelieu_ 338

Sarah Bernhardt, 1879 346

The Celebrated Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, Painted by
Jules Bastien-Lepage 352

Mme. Sarah Bernhardt and Members of Her Company Out
Shooting 362

Bust of Victorien Sardou by Sarah Bernhardt 366

Sarah Bernhardt in Travelling Costume, 1880 378

Sarah Bernhardt at Home, by Walter Spindler 390

Sarah Bernhardt as _Doña Sol_ in “Hernani” 402

Corner in Sarah Bernhardt’s Paris Home, Showing Painting
by Chartran 410

Library in Madame Bernhardt’s House, Paris 420

Corner in Sarah Bernhardt’s Library, Showing Madame
Bernhardt’s Writing Table on the Left 426

Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris 436

_Foyer_ in Madame Bernhardt’s Theater, Paris 442

Sarah Bernhardt in “L’Aiglon”—Painting by G. Clairin 450

MEMORIES OF MY LIFE