- 1Prologue
- 2Chapter I — A Preliminary Peep
- 3Chapter II — A Theatre of Shakespeare’s Day
- 4Chapter III — The American Theatre
- 5Chapter IV — At the Stage-Door
- 6Chapter V — Before the Foot-Lights
- 7Chapter VI — Behind the Scenes
- 8Chapter VII — In the Dressing-Room
- 9Chapter VIII — Within the Wings
- 10Chapter IX — Stage Charms and Omens
- 11Chapter X — Not Down in the Bill
- 12Chapter XI — The Illusions of the Stage
- 13Chapter XII — More of the Mysteries
- 14Chapter XIII — The Army of Attaches
- 15Chapter XIV — Stage-Struck
- 16Chapter XV — The Rehearsal
- 17Chapter XVI — Candidates for Short Clothes
- 18Chapter XVII — Training Ballet Dancers
- 19Chapter XVIII — Plays and Playwrights
- 20Chapter XIX — “Mashers” and “Mashing”
- 21Chapter XX — The Maiden and the Tenor
- 22Chapter XXI — Fishing for Free Puffs
- 23Chapter XXII — The Actress and the Interviewer
- 24Chapter XXIII — A Few Foot-Light Favorites
- 25Chapter XXIV — Chinese and Japanese Theatricals
- 26Chapter XXV — Opera and Opera Singers
- 27Chapter XXVI — The Minstrel Boys
- 28Chapter XXVII — Pantomime
- 29Chapter XXVIII — Variety Dives and Concert Saloons
- 30Chapter XXIX — A Team of Irish Comedians
- 31Chapter XXX — The Black Art
- 32Chapter XXXI — The Indian Box-and-Basket Trick
- 33Chapter XXXII — Ventriloquism
- 34Chapter XXXIII — “On the Road”
- 35Chapter XXXIV — The Green-Eyed and Other Monsters
- 36Chapter XXXV — John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln’s Assassin
- 37Chapter XXXVI — The Summer Vacation
- 38Chapter XXXVII — Fun Among the Elks
- 39Chapter XXXVIII — The Circus Is Here
- 40Chapter XXXIX — Under the Canvas
- 41Chapter XL — Acrobatics and Equestrianism
- 42Chapter XLI — A Romance of the Ring
- 43Chapter XLII — Leaping and Tumbling
- 44Chapter XLIII — An Adventure With Giants
- 45Chapter XLIV — The “Tattooed Twins”
- 46Chapter XLV — In the Menagerie
Theatrical and Circus Life
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