an old-fashioned wedding, 72;
  home from school, 74;
  cottage at Weybridge, 75;
  passion for fishing, 78;
  taken with smallpox, 82;
  harness for gracefulness, 85;
  a robbery, 89;
  trip to Hertfordshire, 90;
  first meeting with H——­ S——­, 91;
  “Der Freyschuetz,” 94;
  presentation to Mendelssohn, 96;
  spoken of to the Queen, 96;
  return to Heath Farm, 101;
  Trenton Falls, 102;
  love for books, 103;
  our house at Bayswater, 106;
  letters from Bayswater, 107;
  offered L200 for first play, 114;
  the play of “Francis I.” finished, 16;
  thoughts of a comedy, 118;
  sees “Merchant of Venice” for first time, 119;
  visits West India Docks and Thames Tunnel, 120;
  MSS. in the fire, 122;
  thoughts of going on the stage, 123;
  read “Diary of an Ennuyee” for first time, 124;
  Longing for Italy, 124;
  acquaintance with Mr. and Mrs. Montagu, 129;
  picture by “Dick,” “There’s plenty of it, Fan,” 131;
  ill of measles, 131;
  desire to say something from myself, 131;
  ghosts, 132;
  convalescence, 132;
  considering a means of livelihood, 135;
  about marrying, 136;
  going on the stage, 137;
  projected works, 138;
  first ball, 140;
  admiration for Mrs. Henry Siddons, 143;
  love for Edinburgh, 145;
  a touching incident, 147;
  a Scotch Venus, 149;
  raspberry tarts, 152;
  sitting to Lawrence Macdonald for bust, 152;
  “Grecian Daughters,” 152;
  an old-fashioned house, 156;
  a partisan of Charles Edward, 156;
  an unlucky speech, 156;
  great esteem for Dr. Combe, 155;
  intimacy with Harry Siddons, 157;
  incident of Scottish regalia, 157;
  at Mr. Combe’s house, 158;
  listens to Chambers Brothers’ story of poverty, 161;
  a jolly face for a tragic actress, 162;
  Mons Meg and Madame Catalani, 162;
  observance of Sunday, 163;
  a natural turn for religion, 164;
  give up Byron’s poetry, 165;
  a new tragedy, “Fiesco,” 168;
  return to London, 168;
  religious zeal, 170;
  singing with Moore, 173;
  begins a visit to England in 1841, 175;
  meeting Sir Samuel Cunard, 176;
  through London in 1845, on way to Italy, 176;
  renewal of intercourse with Mrs. Norton, 177;
  talks about the Hindoo Theatre, 178;
  plans for helping my father, 179;
  goes to Scotland, 180;
  destroying H.’s letters, 181;
  German abandoned, 181;
  a few words about Shakespeare, 182;
  admiration for young Tennyson’s poems, 184;
  the theatre to be sold, 186;
  life rather sad, 186;
  “brought out” as Juliet, 188;
  a badly dressed Juliet, 189;
  preparations for first appearance, 189;
  my opinion of Portia, 187
  preparing for a debut, 191;
  a constant admirer, 197;
  awkward incident with Mr. Abbot, 199;