about “Old Plays,” 385;
  Mrs. Charles Kemble’s help in leading parts, 386;
  developing a gift for comedy, 386;
  embarrassing situations when acting with Mr. Kemble, 387;
  Massinger’s plays compared with some others, 389;
  Destiny, ib.;
  “Star of Seville,” ib.;
  compared with Lady Salisbury, 394;
  finishing “The Star of Seville,” 395;
  first appearance as Lady Teazle, 395;
  desire to see Weybridge again, 396;
  correcting proof on “Francis I.,” 396;
  “Reform,” 398;
  dedicating “Francis I.” to Mrs. Charles Kemble, 399;
  the communion service, 401;
  off for Oatlands, and talks by the way, 402;
  dress rehearsal for “Hernani,” 405;
  Hayter’s picture for Lord Ellesmere, 412;
  visit to Newgate, 413;
  death of Mrs. Siddons, 416;
  a summer’s arrangements, 416;
  “Une Facete,” 417;
  a royal audience, 422;
  about marriage, 423;
  talk about dislike to the stage, 432;
  a street-singing project, 436;
  sombre thoughts about marriage, 437;
  opinion of Juliet, 438;
  at Exeter, 439;
  getting fortune told, 440;
  love for Weybridge, 441;
  verses on Bonaparte at St. Helena, 441;
  slippery lodgings, 444;
  “King John,” Mrs. Siddons in, 446;
  women as dramatic writers, 446;
  a disagreeable sail, 447;
  “fine people” and “not fine people,” 455;
  failure in Queen Katharine, 459;
  love for splendor, 460;
  “Bonaparte’s letters to Josephine,” 462;
  cutting down salaries, 463;
  a few words about letter-writing, 466;
  terrible suspense about Charles Kemble and the theatre, 467;
  Bianca as a “golden pheasant,” 469;
  anxiety about Charles Kemble, 470;
  ill from worrying over Charles Kemble, 470;
  a serenading incident in the United States, 470;
  the wrong side of a show, 472;
  at Angerstein’s Picture Gallery, 475;
  presented to the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria, 475;
  timorousness when singing, 480;
  Charles Kemble’s recovery, 481;
  thoughts of America, 482;
  “La Estrella,” 483;
  “Katharine of Cleves,” 484;
  awkward predicament at first acting in “Katharine of Cleves,” 491;
  “out” for first time in a part, 492;
  about the nature and immortality of the soul, 495;
  an ugly horse, 496;
  well-assorted marriages, 498;
  love of nature, 501;
  Kemble’s publication of his Anglo-Saxon poem of Beowulf, 502;
  bad management of “Francis I.,” 503;
  feeling about “Francis I.,” 504;
  as the queen-mother in “Francis I.,” 508;
  sober thoughts for the future, 511;
  purchasing Henry’s commission from receipts of “Francis I.,”
    copyright, 515;
  H——­ S——­ off for Ireland, 519;
  farewell to Covent Garden, 520;
  off for Edinburgh, June 29, 1832, 521;
  off for America, 522;
  beginning of acquaintance with Liston