Original (English)

v CONTENTS CHAP.   PAGE I. Childhood 1 II. At Boarding School 6 III. Convent Life 16 IV. My Début 27 V. The Soldier’s Shako 38 VI. The Family Council and my First Visit to a Theatre 46 VII. My Career—First Lessons 59 VIII. The Conservatoire 64 IX. A Marriage Proposal and Examinations—The Conservatoire 73 X. My First Engagement 88 XI. My Début at the House of Molière, and my First Departure therefrom 98 XI