relapse, 467;
still worse, 469;
again recovering, 472;
compared with Kean, 477;
as Benedict, 478;
recovery, 481;
breaks his nose while skating, 490;
an unfortunate compromise at Covent Garden, 513;
bowed down with care and trouble, 515;
refusing to act in “The Hunchback,” 517;
examination before the House of Commons, 520;
twice arrested, 522;
farewell at Covent Garden, 529;
his estate in St. Giles’, 536;
beginning in New York with Hamlet, 536;
his Romeo and Mercutio compared, 542;
compared to Cooper in “Venice Preserved,” 544;
likely to have to die abroad, 567.
Kemble, Mrs. Charles (Maria Therese de Camp), 2, 3,
4, 6, 65,
98, 109, 112, 118;
at Drury Lane, 173;
opinion of a stage costume, 190;
her failing health, 193;
returns to the stage after an absence
of twenty years, 219;
her interest in Fanny Kemble’s Juliet,
225, 267;
arrival of in Manchester, 277;
delicacy, 294;
physical organization, 311;
effect of reading Moore’s “Life
of Byron,” 330;
rage at a picture of her husband, 345;
compared to Mrs. John Kemble, 358;
ill health, 371;
great pathetic and comic powers, 386;
“Francis I.” dedicated to,
399;
moving the furniture, 464;
her horror of the sea, 482.
Kemble, Frances Anne, born 1809, 8;
Newman Street, ib.;
Westbourne Green, ib.;
childish freaks, 10;
at school at Mrs. Twiss’ at Cambridge
Place, 13;
punning from Shakespeare, 16;
return to London at Covent Garden Chambers,
17;
picture then said to be mine, 17;
question as to my being born there, 17;
anecdote with Talma, 25;
went to school in France, 26;
early pranks, 26;
childhood petulance, 27;
taken to an execution, 27;
childhood terrors, 29;
daily excursions, 30;
yearly distribution of prizes, 30;
residence at Craven Hill, 31;
leaves Boulogne, 31;
lodging in Gerard Street, 33, 34;
visit from Uncle Kemble, 34;
about Scott, Milton and Shakespeare, 36;
first visit to Lausanne, 36;
musical education, 37;
contemplating suicide, 43;
goes to Paris, 44;
at school in the Rue d’Angouleme,
44;
meets Lord Melbourne, 47;
goes to hear Mr. Cesar Malan, 49;
impressions of Drs. Channing, Dewey, Bellows,
Furness, Follen, Wm. and
Henry Ware, Frederick Maurice,
Dean Stanley, Martineau and Robertson,
49;
school life at Mrs. Rowden’s, 54;
schoolmates, ib.;
a companion’s funeral, 55;
reading Byron on the sly, 57;
my music and dancing masters, 58;
passion for dancing, 63;
private theatricals, 67;
first indications of dramatic talent,
70;
a new home in the Champs Elysees, 70;