CHAPTER I. PRELUDE TO ADVENTURE

II. "MARRIED IN HASTE"

III. THE CONSISTORY COURT

IV. FLARE OF THE FOOTLIGHTS

V. A PASSIONATE PILGRIMAGE

VI. AN "AFFAIR OF HONOUR"

VII. "HOOKING A PRINCE"

VIII. LUDWIG THE LOVER

IX. "MAÎTRESSE DU ROI"

X. BURSTING OF THE STORM

XI. A FALLEN STAR

XII. A "LEFT-HANDED" MARRIAGE

XIII. ODYSSEY

XIV. THE "GOLDEN WEST"

XV. "DOWN UNDER"

XVI. FAREWELL TO THE FOOTLIGHTS

XVII. THE CURTAIN FALLS

APPENDIX I. "ARTS OF BEAUTY"

APPENDIX II. "LOLA MONTEZ' LECTURES"

INDEX

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LOLA MONTEZ, COUNTESS OF LANDSFELD _Frontispiece_

"JOHN COMPANY" TROOPS ON THE MARCH IN INDIA

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, HAYMARKET, WHERE LOLA MONTEZ MADE HER DÉBUT

BENJAMIN LUMLEY, LESSEE OF HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE

LOLA MONTEZ, "SPANISH DANCER." DÉBUT AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE

VISCOUNT RANELAGH, WHO ORGANISED A CABAL AGAINST LOLA MONTEZ

ABBÉ LISZT, MUSICIAN AND LOVER

FANNY ELSSLER, PREDECESSOR OF LOLA MONTEZ IN PARIS

PORTE ST. MARTIN THEATRE, PARIS, WHERE LOLA WAS A "FLOP"

SUPPER-PARTY AT LES FRÈRES PROVENÇAUX. FIRST ACT IN A TRAGEDY

RESIDENZ PALACE, MUNICH, IN 1848. RESIDENCE OF LUDWIG I.

"COMMAND" PORTRAIT. IN THE "GALLERY OF BEAUTIES," MUNICH

KING OF BAVARIA. "LUDWIG THE LOVER"

LOLA MONTEZ IN CARICATURE. "LOLA ON THE ALLEMANNEN HOUND"

BERRYMEAD PRIORY, ACTON, WHERE LOLA MONTEZ LIVED WITH CORNET HEALD

LOLA MONTEZ IN LONDON. AGED THIRTY

A "BELLE OF THE BOULEVARDS." LOLA MONTEZ IN PARIS

THE "SPIDER DANCE." CAUSE OF MUCH CRITICISM

LOLA MONTEZ IN "LOLA IN BAVARIA." A "PLAY WITH A PURPOSE"

LOLA AS A LECTURER. FROM STAGE TO PLATFORM

LOLA MONTEZ IN MIDDLE LIFE. A CHARACTERISTIC POSE

"LECTURES AND LIFE." FROM STAGE TO PLATFORM

COUNTESS OF LANDSFELD. A FAVOURITE PORTRAIT

GRAVE OF LOLA MONTEZ, IN GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY, NEW YORK

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THE MAGNIFICENT MONTEZ