"Mrs. Bunbury's Spoons," 117
"Much Ado About Nothing," 13, 114
"Mummy," the, 14, 112;
extended mention, 134 _et seq._
Munden, J. W., 11, 54
"My Awful Dad," 67
"My Fellow Clerk," 116
"My Wife and Umbrella," 115
"Naiad Queen," the, 24, 25, 113
Napoleon, town, 20, 21, 22
National Theatre, Leonard St., N. Y., 22, 23
National Theatre, Phila. (formerly Cooke's Circus), 24
"Nature's Nobleman," 114, 163;
extended mention, 168 _et seq._
Neilson, Adelaide, 80
"New Way to Pay Old Debts," a, 116
New York, 3, 11, note, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39,
42, 43, 47, 53, 55, 63, 67, 71, 88, 91, 98, 101, 103, 148, 152, 179
"New York in Slices," 36
Niblo's Garden, 23, 99, 103
"Nice Young Man," a, 115
"Nicholas Nickleby," 83, 85, 93, 113
Norton, W. H., 45, 71, 85;
correspondence with Burton, 85, note
Norwich, England, 5
"No Song No Supper," 14
"Not So Bad As We Seem," 117
"Now-a-days," 114
"Old Guard," the, 49
"Old Heads and Young Hearts," 115
"Oliver Twist" (play), 93, 113, 160, 161
Olympic Theatre, London, 41, 85
Olympic Theatre, N. Y., 38, 97
"One-Hundred-Pound Note," 116
"Ours," 132
"Our Set," 115
Palmo, Ferdinand, 33
Palmo's Opera-House, 27, 33
Pardey, H. O., 168
"Paris and London," 49, 113, 163
Park Theatre, 23, 25, 37, 38, 39
Parsloe, C., Jr., 45, 85, 86
Parsons, Thos. Wm., poem of, 47, 48
"Patrician and Parvenu," 23, 117
"Paul Pry," 50, 72, 94, 113;
extended mention, 144 _et seq._
Pavilion Theatre, London, 6, 9
"Peep from the Parlor Windows," 114
Pelham, Miss, 10
Perry, H. A., 98
Phelps, H. B., preface, 89
Philadelphia, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, 37
"Pickwickians," the, 94, 113
Placide, Henry, 24, 38, 45;
extended mention, 48 _et seq._, 51, note, 92, 111, 147, 167
Placide, Thomas, 24
"Player's Plot," 115
"Pleasant Neighbors," 114
"Ploughman Turned Lord," a, 83
"Pocahontas; or, The Gentle Savage," 64
Poe, E. A., 16, 19
Poole, John, 144
"Poor Gentleman," the, 9, 13, 53, 72, 73, 77, 82, 87, 111, 162, 166
"Poor Pillicoddy," 112
"Poor Scholar," the, 115
Povey, Jno., 38
Power, Tyrone, 14
"Pride Must Have a Fall," 115
"Prince's Frolic," the, 114
Providence Theatre, 24
"Raising the Wind," 36, 116
Raymond, J. T., 92, 132, 142
Raymond, Miss, 45
Raymond, O. B., 61
Rea, Mrs., 45
Recollections of Burton's acting, 121-176
Reeve, John, 14
"Rent Day," the, 114
"Review," the, 113
Richings, Peter, 23, 38
"Rip Van Winkle," 132
"Rivals," the, 9, 10, 13, 87, 99, 112, 162
"Road to Ruin," the, 13, 51, 54, 72, 74, 88, 112, 162, 165
"Robert Macaire," 112
Robertson, Agnes, 45, 46, 47, 90, 98
Robertson, T. W., 132
Robson, Stuart, 92
"Rosedale," 132
Rowe, Fawcett, 92
Russell, Mrs. (_née_ Shaw; Mrs. Hoey), 45, 46;
extended mention, 62, 63, note
Sandy Hill, N. Y., 90
Sartain, J., engraver, 9
"School," 132
"School for Grown Children," 115
"School for Scandal," the, 13;
cast of, 37, 113, 132, 163
"School for Tigers," a, 47, 73
"School of Reform," the, 82
"Secrets Worth Knowing," 114
"Self," 112
"Serious Family," the, 86, 94, 98, 112;
extended mention, 152 _et seq._;
incident, 153;
story, 155, 156
Setchell, D., 45, 101
Shakespeare, 29, 78, 96, 97, 100, 122, 123, 134, 172, 179, 180, 181, 182
Shaw, Miss (see Mrs. Russell)
Shaw, Mrs., 38
Sheridan, R. B., 9, 64, 164
"She Stoops to Conquer," 13, 112, 132, 162
"Siamese Twins," the, 140
"Simpson & Co.," 113
Simpson, Edmund, 37
Skerrett, Mrs., 45
"Sketches in India," 14, 113
"Slasher and Crasher," 112
"Slave Actress," the, 115
Smith, Sydney, 129
"Socialism," 114
"Soldier's Daughter," the, 11, 94, 97, 116
Sophocles, 22
Sothern, E. A., 132, 142
Southwick, S., 90
"Spectre Bridegroom," the, 116
"Speed the Plough," 13
"Sphinx," the, 114
"Spitfire," the, 116
"Spring and Autumn," 23, 116
"Stag Hall," 115
"State Secrets," 112
"St. Cupid," 117
"Still Waters Run Deep," 75, 113
Stone, H. D., preface, 51, note
St. Paul's School, 3
"Stranger," the, 113
"Such As It Is," 114
Sussex, England, 5
"Sweethearts and Wives," 13, 23, 112
"Take That Girl Away," 112
Taylor, Mary, 38, 45, 60, 66;
extended mention, 91, 98, 169
"Tempest," the, 75, 81, 95, 112, 175
"Temptation," 114
Tennyson, Lord, 97
"That Blessed Baby," 140
Theatres:
American, Phila., 20
Arch Street, Phila., 9, 13, 26
Astor Place Opera-House, 97
Boston, 102
Broadway, 38, 67, note
Brougham's Lyceum, N. Y., 60.
Burton's, Chambers St., 27, 29, 34, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 47,
56, 63, 74, 85, 88, 93, 97, 99, 149, 168, 169, 172, 175
Burton's New (Metropolitan), 88, 99, 100, 101, 102
Castle Garden, 98
Chatham, N. Y., 97
Chatham Garden, N. Y., 53
Chestnut Street, Phila., 13, 15, 26
Cooke's Circus, Phila., 24
Covent Garden, London, 166
Ford's, Boston, 37
Front St., Baltimore, 26
Haymarket, London, 6
Laura Keene's, 101
Leonard and Church Sts., N. Y., 24
Mechanics' Hall, Hamilton, Canada, 110
National, Leonard St., N. Y., 22, 23
National, Phila., 24
Niblo's Garden, 23, 99, 103
Olympic, London, 85
Olympic, N. Y., 38, 97
Palmo's Opera-House, 27, 33
Park, N. Y., 23, 25, 37, 38, 39
Pavilion, London, 6
Providence, 24
Tripler Hall, N. Y., 99
Union Square, N. Y., 132
Wallack's Lyceum, 64, 70
Wallack's, 54, 132
Washington, 26
"The Cork Leg," song, 12
Thompson, L. S., 45;
extended mention, 82-84
"Three and Deuce," 15
"Tom Noddy's Secret," 112
"Toodles," the, 94, 112, 152;
extended mention, 156
"To Parents and Guardians," 49, 113
Toronto, Canada, 103
Tripler Hall, N. Y., 99
"Turning the Tables," 116, 140
"Turnpike Gate," the, 116
"Twelfth Night," 49, 77, 78, 95, 112, 174
"Twice Killed," 114
"Two Bonnycastles," the, 112
"Two Buzzards," the, 116
"Two Orphans," the, 132
Union Square Theatre, 132
United States Bank, 24
"Upper Ten and Lower Twenty," 116
"Used Up," 67, note.
Van Buren, Martin, President, 20
"Vanity Fair," 117
"Venice Preserved," 15
"Vicar of Wakefield," the, 114
Walcot, C. M., 38, 64
Walcott, Mrs., 97
Wallack, Fanny, 45, 161
Wallack, J. W. (elder), 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 25, 46
Wallack, Lester, 45, 51;
extended mention, 65 _et seq._, 67, note, 72, 74, 75, 78, 92, 175
Wallack's Lyceum, 64, 70
Wallack's Theatre, 54, 132
"Wall Street," 115
"Wandering Minstrel," the, 112, 133, 139
"Wanted, 1,000 Milliners," 113;
extended mention, 137 _et seq._
Washington Theatre, 26
"Water Party," the, 23, 114
Watson, Miss, 15
Watson, Mrs., 15
"Way to Get Married," the, 68
Wemyss, F. C., preface, 15, 25, 33, 125
"West End," the, 68
Weston, Lizzie, 45, 46, 68, 169
"Wheel of Fortune," the, 77
White, R. W., 80, 172
"Widow Machree," song, 90
"Widow's Victim," the, 112
"Wild Oats," 67, 117, 162
Williams, Mrs. Barney, 47
Windsor, England, 5
Winstanley, Mrs., 38
"Winter's Tale," 95, 98, 175
Winter, Wm., 28
"Witch Wife," the, 115
Wood, Wm. B., preface, 14, 34
Woodworth, Sam'l, poet, 22
Wynne, James, M.D., 181
"Young Actress," the, 47, 90
Young, Mrs. (see Mrs. Hughes)
"Young Quaker," the, 115
"You're Another," 116
"Youthful Days of Louis XIV.," 117
Transcriber's Note
Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained
except in obvious cases of typographical errors.
Italics are shown thus _italic_.