Chapter I
COMMENCEMENT DAY
Chapter II
MY DEBUT
Chapter III
STUART ROBSON
Chapter IV
JOHN McCULLOUGH
Chapter V
SIR HENRY IRVING
Chapter VI
"BARRY" AND JEFFERSON
Chapter VII
A SUNNY SON OF SOMETIME
Chapter VIII
CHARLES HOYT
Chapter IX
SIR CHARLES WYNDHAM
Chapter X
CHARLES R. THORNE, Jr.
Chapter XI
SOL SMITH RUSSELL
Chapter XII
RICHARD MANSFIELD
Chapter XIII
IN VARIETY
Chapter XIV
ELIZA WEATHERSBY
Chapter XV
SUCCESSFUL FAILURES
Chapter XVI
BACK IN THE EIGHTIES
Chapter XVII
THE HALCYON DAYS OF UNION SQUARE
Chapter XVIII
THE BIRTH OF THE SYNDICATE
Chapter XIX
STARS
Chapter XX
ATMOSPHERIC PLAYS
Chapter XXI
ACTORS PAST AND PRESENT
Chapter XXII
MAUDE ADAMS
Chapter XXIII
TYRONE POWER
Chapter XXIV
AN ARTISTIC SUCCESS!
Chapter XXV
THE SKATING RINK
Chapter XXVI
NUMBER TWO
Chapter XXVII
A FIGHT WON (?)
Chapter XXVIII
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN
Chapter XXIX
W. S. GILBERT
Chapter XXX
HENRY E. DIXEY
Chapter XXXI
SWAGGER NEW YORKERS OF ANOTHER DAY
Chapter XXXII
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
Chapter XXXIII
DIGBY BELL AND DE WOLF HOPPER
Chapter XXXIV
BLAINE AND INGERSOLL
Chapter XXXV
JIM CORBETT IN ENGLAND
Chapter XXXVI
THE COCKNEY CABBY COMEDIAN
Chapter XXXVII
A GILDED FOOL AND OTHER PLAYS
Chapter XXXVIII
GEORGE M. COHAN
Chapter XXXIX
THOUGHTS VAUDEVILLE-BORN
Chapter XL
JOHN DREW
Chapter XLI
"THE RIVALS" REVIVAL
Chapter XLII
WILTON LACKAYE
Chapter XLIII
"YOUNG" MANSFIELD
Chapter XLIV
DAVID WARFIELD
Chapter XLV
A DAY AT RENO
Chapter XLVI
LILLIAN RUSSELL
Chapter XLVII
DRAMATIC SCHOOLS
Chapter XLVIII
NUMBER THREE (ALMOST)
Chapter XLIX
THE CONFESSIONAL
Chapter L
SAN FRANCISCO
Chapter LI
ANTONY (?) AND CLEOPATRA
Chapter LII
HONOLULU AND SAMOA
Chapter LIII
PUBLICITY—ITS RESULTS
Chapter LIV
IN THE LAND OF THE KANGAROO
Chapter LV
WELCOME (!) HOME
Chapter LVI
NUMBER THREE
Chapter LVII
WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE AND OTHER PLAYS
Chapter LVIII
AT JACKWOOD
Chapter LIX
"WHY DO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN MARRY NAT GOODWIN"?
Chapter LX
BILLY THOMPSON
Chapter LXI
THE CRITICS
Chapter LXII
JAMES A. HEARNE
Chapter LXIII
EDDIE FOY
Chapter LXIV
WILLIAM GILLETTE
Chapter LXV
WILLIAM BRADY, ESQ.
Chapter LXVI
ROBERT FORD
Chapter LXVII
MORE PLAYS
Chapter LXVIII
WILLIE COLLIER
Chapter LXIX
HENRY MILLER
Chapter LXX
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Chapter LXXI
I TRY BEING A BUSINESS MAN
Chapter LXXII
THE FIVE FATEFUL FISH CAKES AND NUMBER FOUR
Chapter LXXIII
SIR BEERBOHM TREE
Chapter LXXIV
THE ORIGIN OF THE STAGE
Chapter LXXV
MY STAGE-STRUCK VALET
Chapter LXXVI
GEORGE C. TYLER
Chapter LXXVII
I FIND THE VERY BEST PHYLLIS
Chapter LXXVIII
THE LAMBS CLUB
Chapter LXXIX
I "COME BACK"
Chapter LXXX
I "GO BACK"
Chapter LXXXI
DAVID BELASCO
Chapter LXXXII
"AUTHOR—AUTHOR"
Chapter LXXXIII
MUSHROOM MANAGERS
Chapter LXXXIV
"KEEP OFF THE GRASS"
Chapter LXXXV
CALIFORNIA
Chapter LXXXVI
I BECOME A BARNSTORMER!
Chapter LXXXVII
NUMBER FIVE
Chapter LXXXVIII
L'ENVOI
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