Vanbrugh, Irene, 268
Vanbrugh, Violet (Mrs. Arthur Bourchier), 267 et sqq., 391
“Vanderdecken,” 395
Verdi, 382
Victoria, Queen, 18, 57, 110, 397, 398
Victoria (Princess Royal), 18
“Vikings,” Ibsen’s, 351
Vining, George, 334

Wales, Princess of, 381
Walkley, A.B., 224
“Wandering Heir, The,” 91 et sqq., 100, 109, 244, 273
Wardell, Charles. See Charles Kelly
Warner, Charles, 113
Watts, George Frederick, R.A., 53, 58 et sqq., 164
Watts-Dunton, T., 118
Webster, Benjamin, 165, 230, 334
Wenman, 300
“Werner,” 270-1
Whistler, J.M., 129, 134-5, 199, 306
White, Stanford, 283
Wigan, Alfred, 76, 79, 211-2
—­Mrs., 76 et sqq., 176
Wilde, Oscar, 118, 134-5, 198-9, 275
Williams, Harcourt, 337, 340
Wills, W.G., 150, 152, 336
Wilton, Miss Marie. See Lady Bancroft
Winchilsea, Lady, 177, 216
Winter, William, 158, 286 et sqq.
“Winter’s Tale, A,” 10, 15 et sqq., 355
Wood, Arthur, 48
—­Mrs. John, 91
Woodhouse, Mr., 37
World, The, 26
Wyndham, Charles, Sir, 76 et sqq.

Yates, Edmund, 26

[Illustration:  From a photograph by Lewis Carroll

MR. AND MRS. BENJAMIN TERRY

The father and mother of Ellen Terry]

[Illustration:  CHARLES KEAN AND ELLEN TERRY IN 1856

As they appeared in “The Winter’s Tale.”  This was Miss Terry’s debut on the stage.]

[Illustration:  ELLEN TERRY IN 1856]

[Illustration:  ELLEN TERRY AT SIXTEEN]

[Illustration:  Photograph by the Autotype Company, London

“THE SISTERS” (KATE AND ELLEN TERRY)

From the painting by George Frederick Watts]

[Illustration:  From a photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron

ELLEN TERRY AT SEVENTEEN

After her marriage to George Frederick Watts]

[Illustration:  GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS, R.A.

From a photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, made about the time of his marriage to Ellen Terry]

[Illustration:  ELLEN TERRY AS HELEN IN “THE HUNCHBACK”]

[Illustration:  Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Co.

HENRY IRVING AS JINGLE IN “MR. PICKWICK”]

[Illustration:  Photograph by Braun, Clement & Co.

HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL (ELLEN TERRY)

From the painting by George Frederick Watts, in the collection of
Alexander Henderson, Esq., M.P.]

[Illustration:  HENRY IRVING

From a photograph in the collection of Miss Evelyn Smalley]

[Illustration:  ELLEN TERRY AS PORTIA

From the collection of Miss Evelyn Smalley]

[Illustration:  HENRY IRVING AS MATTHIAS IN “THE BELLS”