[1898. continued to love as vividly as ever through all the martyrdom of suffering which marked her later years. She bore it unmurmuringly with a martyr's patience, bowing humbly before its awful mystery, and ever grateful for the much good with which she regarded her life as having been blest. "How happy would my life be," she says in her Diary, "if my pains were but moderate!" Only for brief intervals were they ever moderate. They robbed her so long and so constantly of sleep that to those who watched her she often "seemed to live by miracle." For her spirits never failed her, nor her interest in all that was going on around her, either in public life or in her social circle. To the last she was wakefully thoughtful for others as she had been through life, and looked calmly and hopefully forward to the Great Hereafter, when the perplexities and discords of "all this unintelligible world" should be resolved. And when in our quiet Welsh home, where she had been able for some months to look out upon the garden she loved, and the circling amphitheatre of manyshadowed hills that had been her delight for years, the end came on the morning of October 31, 1898, she fell into a gentle sleep, in which her spirit passed away to that haven of rest where, but for her love of those to be left behind, she would have long wished to be. Some months previously her Diary contains this entry: "Oh these miserable nights! What a long sleep is owing to me! Perhaps it may come before long; but, oh, the awakening! May Christ's mediation and God's mercy be with me then!" Who that knew her will not add to this aspiration a prayerful Amen?
During her last illness the Queen was constant in her inquiries both by telegram and by letter. The very last words read by Lady Martin were in a telegram from her Majesty late in the evening of the 30th October, a few hours before she passed away. Lady Martin, to whom the Queen had for very many years been an object of the deepest regard, tried to acknowledge it by a letter in her own hand, but found she could not. Letters and telegrams of condolence reached me from the Queen, from all the members of the Royal Family, from the Ex-Empress of the French, and from very many from all parts of the kingdom, as well as from abroad, to whom she was personally unknown: while
in all the leading journals, provincial as well as metropolitan, eloquent tributes were paid to her, both as artist and as woman.
She wished to be buried in London, for she loved the great city, and remembered with gratitude how kindly its public had encouraged and stood by her in her early artist life, and how their loyalty and kindness had never flagged, when in her later years she came among them. Accordingly she was buried in the Brompton Cemetery on the 4th of November 1898, and was attended to the grave by a large concourse of friends and admirers. The Queen was represented at the funeral by Major The Hon. Charles Harbord, who placed on the coffin a wreath of beautiful flowers inscribed by her Majesty's own hand, and a floral cross sent by the Princess Beatrice, which were lowered with the coffin into the grave. Over it has now been placed a monu
ment, with the following inscriptions :
HELENA FAUCIT, LADY MARTIN,
WHO DIED OCTOBER 31, 1898.
"Her gracious gift of genius belonged to the world; the charm of her goodness was for her home, and for the friends that loved her."
"The sweet'st companion, that e'er man
Bred his hopes out of."
The first of these inscriptions was taken from a preface by Mrs Richmond Ritchie to one of the volumes of Mr Thackeray's works, in which she speaks of Lady Martin, and the second are the words of Leontes in speaking of Hermione in the last act of Shakespeare's Winter's Tale. A monument in white marble, with an alto-relievo designed by the late J. H. Foley, has been erected to Lady Martin's memory in the chancel of Llantysilio Church.
A marble pulpit, designed by Mr G. F. Bodley, erected to her inemory in the nave of the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-onAvon (Shakespeare's Church), was dedicated by the Bishop of Worcester on the 18th day of October last. After the dedication an eloquent sermon was preached by Canon Ainger, Master of the Temple.
Adams, Mrs Sarah Flower, 58.
"Adrienne Lecouvreur," Miss Faucit
as, 232, 233.
Alison, Sir Archibald, quotations from
Diary of, 167-169-inscriptions on
books sent to Miss Faucit by, 169-
criticisms by, 179, 180-letter to Miss
Faucit, 246-his death, 286.
Allan, Sir William, President of the
Royal Scottish Academy, letter from
Charles Dickens to, 117.
Ancelot, Madame, soirée in Paris at
the house of, 142.
Anderson, Miss Mary, 384.
Anderson, Mr James, as Fulvius" in
Gisippus, 86.
Angelica," Miss Faucit as, 101-103.
Angiolina," Miss Faucit as, 88.
"Anne Bracegirdle," Miss Faucit as,
195-197, 201.
Armstrong, Lord, 200, 201.
Arnold, Sir Edwin, letter on Miss
Faucit's "Imogen," 268.
Arnold, Matthew, letter to Miss Faucit
on Merope, 256, 257.
"Athelwold," Macready as, 112, 113.
Author, quotations from Miss Faucit's
letters to, 133, 135, 138, 142, 143,
194-196, 201, 202- King Rene's
Daughter, adapted from Danish by,
209-Miss Faucit's marriage to, 229
-translation of Vita Nuova by, 264
- his Life of the Prince Consort
begun, 289-tour in Thuringia with
Mrs Martin, 289, 290-accident at
Osborne to, 294-three weeks' stay
there, 295-vol. iii. of Prince Con-
sort's Life published, 347-comple-
tion of The Life of the Prince Con-
sort, 364-invested by the Queen
Knight Commander of the Bath, ib.-
as Lord Rector of St Andrews Uni-
versity, 374-inaugural address at
St Andrews, 375-lectures at Edin-
burgh Philosophical Institution, 374
-reading Sir Walter Scott's novels
to Lady Martin and friends, 386.
Baillie, Joanna, her play Separation,
24-her play Romiero, 34.
Baird Smith, Mrs, 357, 358.
Baroness Burdett-Coutts, reading in
drawing-room of the, 347, 348.
Barrett, Mr Lawrence, 374.
Bartley, Mr, 50.
Beale, Mr and Mrs James, a visit to,
for Birmingham Festival, 332.
Beersmans, Miss, Lady Martin's letter
to, 367, 368-reply from, 368.
Birmingham, engagement in, 91.
Black, Mr William, letter on Miss
Faucit's "Juliet," 371.
Blackie, Professor, 286.
Braysher, Mrs, 58-60, 69, 73.
Brian Boroihme, by Sheridan Knowles,
45, 46.
Brown, Dr John, 197.
Browning, Miss, at Llangollen with her
brother, 388-390.
Browning, Robert, the play of Straf-
ford, 45, 49,64-first representation of
his Blot on the Scutcheon, 104, 105—
letter and lines to Miss Faucit, 105
-Colombe's Birthday, 237-letter
to Miss Faucit, 237-239, 241-
letter on Macready from, 263, 287,
301, 302 at Llangollen with his
sister, 388-390-illness and death
of, 398 burial in Westminster
Abbey, 398, 399-memorial tablet
placed by Lady Martin in Llantysilio
Church, 399.
Bryntysilio, 264, 298, 299, 306, 307,
315-317, 345, 355, 360, 374, 378,
382, 388, 393- Her Majesty at, 394.
Buckstone, Mr, manager of Haymarket
Theatre, engagement of Miss Faucit
by, 237.
Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, 52, 64, 68,
77.
Burton, Sir Frederic, description of
Miss Faucit in the part of "Antigone,"
150-152-gold fibula presented to her
designed by, 158-his full-length por-
trait of Miss Faucit, 201, 339.
C., E. de, letters to Miss Faucit on her
"Lady Macbeth," 254-256.
Calcraft, Mr, Dublin manager, 149.
Camperdown, the Countess of, 385.
Cannes, stay at, 390-393-earthquake
at, 392, 393.
Carleton, William, letter on
Darley, Mr George, author of Plighted
Troth, 88.
Dickens, Charles, letter to Sir W.
Allan, 117-letter in praise of Love's
Martyrdom, 245-death of, 306.
Diddear, Harriet, mother of Miss
Faucit, 1, 2, 23.
Diddear, Mr, grandfather of Miss
Faucit, 1.
Dillon, Mr, manager of Lyceum, 253.
Drummond, Miss, portrait by, of Miss
Faucit as "Pauline," 60, 61.
Dublin, Miss Faucit's engagements in,
89-91, 145 et seq., 169, 245.
Dumas, Alexandre, on Miss Faucit's
acting, 136, 141.
Eliot, George, meeting in Glasgow with,
265-letter on "Rosalind" from, 278
-her Spanish Gipsy, 299-letter to
Miss Faucit on her "Lady Teazle,'
335, 336-art in Daniel Deronda, 338.
Ellsler, Fanny, Miss Faucit compared
to, 134.
Emerson, meeting with, 197.
"Erina," in Sheridan Knowles's Brian
Boroihme, 45.
Evadne, or The Statue, production of,
202 et seq.-description of, 202-205.
"Evelyn," Macready as, 78.
"Fairy," pet name at school of Miss
Faucit, 3.
Falconer, Mr Edward, lessee of Drury
Lane Theatre, 266.
Farren, Mr William, benefit of, 169.
Farren, Mr Percival, 8-10, 12, 18, 19,
32, 33, 42, 50, 102-death of, 113,
114.
Faucit, Harriet, sister of Miss Faucit,
2, 5, 29, 30-death, 191-195.
Faucit, Helena Saville, ancestry of, 1,
2-birth of, 2-education of, ib., 3—
pet names, 2, 3, 43-favourite books,
3-stay at Brighton, ib.-early love
of Shakespeare, ib., 4-quotations
from On Some of Shakespeare's
Women, 4, 5 et seq. visits to
Richmond, 5-theatre at Richmond,
ib., 7 meeting with Edmund
Kean, 5, 6-rehearsal with sister
of "Balcony Scene" from Romeo
and Juliet, with results, 7-9-
her friend and critic, Mr Percival
Farren, 8-10, 12, 18, 19 et seq.-
his death in 1843, 10, 113, 114-her
trial appearance as "Juliet," 8. 9-
years spent in study, 10-appearance
at Covent Garden as "Julia
The Hunchback, 11-14-newspaper
criticisms on the "Julia" of, 15-17
-appearance as Belvidera," 18, 19
-success, 20, 21-Charles Kemble's
encouragement to, 22-appearance
as "Mrs Haller," 23, 36-criticisms
of her "Mrs Haller," 23-
-as
Margaret" in Joanna Baillie's
Separation, 24-30-popularity as
Margaret," 30-letter on her act-
ing from unknown writer, 28, 29
-her appearance as "Juliet," 31,
32-acting with Mr Macready, 36
et seq.-appearance as "Clemanthe
in Ion, 38-Mr Serjeant Talfourd's
letter to, 39- -as "Constance of
Bretagne," 40, 41-as "Lady Teazle,"
41, 42
"Beatrice
as
to Mr
Kemble's "Benedick," 42-as "La
Vallière," "Erina," "Lucy Carlisle,"
45-as "Imogen,' "Hermione," 46
engaged by Mr Macready as
leading lady at Covent Garden
Theatre, 47- -as Marian in The
Wrecker's Daughter, 47 her
opinion of Macready's "Leontes,"
48, 49 of his "King Lear," 50-
"Cordelia," ib.-as "Pauline
in The Lady of Lyons, 51-54-as
"Marina" in Marino Faliero, 54-
as "Creusa in The Athenian
Captive, ib.-as "Hero" in Woman's
Wit or Love's Disguises, ib., 55-as
"Imogen" again, 56- as "Miranda"
in The Tempest, 57, 60-63-diary
during the run of The Tempest, 58-
64-sitting for portrait, 60, 61, 63-
acting for brother's benefit at
Brighton, 60-62 the Queen at
Covent Garden Theatre, 63-appear-
ance as "Julie" in Richelieu, ib.,
64-letter from Lytton Bulwer on
her performance, 64-appearance as
"Rosalind," ib. letter to Mr
Browning on "Rosalind," ib., 65-
engaged by Macready on his taking
the management of the Covent
Garden Theatre, 67- - appearance
as "Desdemona," ib.-as "Portia,"
ib., 68-as "Violet" in The Sea
Captain, 68-Lytton Bulwer's grati-
tude, and lines in her album, ib.-
fatigue and rest at Brighton and
Hastings, ib., 69 et seq.-growing re-
gard of Macready for her, 69-Mac-
ready's letters during her absence, 69-
71-thoughts of giving up the stage,
70-verses on her by Macready, 73
-her sense of his sympathy, 74—
axioms respecting acting, 75, 76
-recovery and return to the stage,
76-appearance as "Helen Camp-
bell in The Tragedy of Glencoe,
ib., 77 dislike of part, ib.-
appearance as "Clara Douglas'
in Money, 78-as "Julia" in The
Rivals, 79-at Mrs Glover's farewell
benefit, ib., 80-a visit to Paris with
her brother, 80, 81-introductions
and acquaintances there, 80-Mdlle.
Mars, 80, 81-Mdlle. Rachel, ib.-
illness on return from Paris, 81-
her benefit, 82-appearance as Nina
Sforza," 82, 83-Mr Webster's appre-
ciation, 83-delicacy of health, ib.-
lines by Serjeant Talfourd, 84-her
engagement by Macready at Drury
Lane, 83, 84-as "Sophronia" in
Gisippus, 87-criticism of her acting,
ib.
-as "Maddalene in Plighted
Troth, 88-as "Angiolina" in Marino
Faliero, ib.-engagement for a few
nights in Dublin, 89-introductions
and acquaintances in Dublin, ib.—
appears as "Lady Macbeth" for
the first time, 89-91-in Birmingham
for a few nights, 91-visit to Strat-
ford-on-Avon, ib.-three months'
rest, ib.-as "Constance" in King
John, ib., 92 et seq. Mr George
Fletcher's criticism of Miss Faucit
as an interpreter of Shakespeare's
women, 92-98 - -as "Desdemona,"
99-her own view of "Desdemona,"
ib., 100, 101-Carlyle's opinion of
her "Desdemona," 101-appearance
"Angelica" in Congreve's Love
for Love, ib. -as "Lady Mabel
in Patrician's Daughter, 102,
103-as "Imogen," 103, 104 - as
"Mildred Tresham" in The Blot on
the Scutcheon, 104, 105-lines and
letter from Robert Browning, 105-
as "The Lady" in Comus, 106-108-
as Virginia," 108-as "Lady Mac-
beth," ib., 109 - letter from Mr
M'Ian on, 109 -as "Lady Laura
Gaveston in The Secretary, 109,
110 production of Athelwold,
110 appearance as "Elfrida" in
Athelwold, 111, 112. death of
Mr Percival Farren, 113, 114-
Shakespeare heroines during last
nights of Macready's lease of Drury
Lane, 114, 115 - engagements in
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 116 et
seq. letter to Sir W. Allan from
Charles Dickens, 117 - Murray's
opinion of her acting, 118-impres-
sions made on Edinburgh audiences,
119, 120- - as heroines in Shake-
speare's plays, as "Julia" and as
"Lady Mabel," 120-122-criticisms
by Glasgow papers, 123-125-influ-
ence of her acting in Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 125, 126-lines from Mr
Martin to Helen Faucit as "Rosa-
lind," 127-her own conception of
"Rosalind," 128-renewed engage-
ments in Edinburgh and Glasgow,
ib., 129-in Dundee, ib.-in New-
castle, 130-in London again, ib.—
in Cork, ib., 131-in Limerick, 132
-engagement to play with Macready
in Paris, 131--journey to Paris, 133
-appreciation of her acting there,
134, 136, 137, 139-141-success in
Parisian society, 142-her own im-
pressions, 135, 136, 138, 140-143-
her delight in the Venus of Milo, 143
-impression made by her in Paris,
ib., 144-engaged to act in Dublin,
145-150-appearance there as "An-
tigone," 148-158-presentation of
address and fibula from leading men
of Dublin, 157, 158-engagement in
Edinburgh, 158-160-Professor Wil-
son on her "Lady Macbeth," 159,
160-tour in Scotland, 160, 161-
engagement in Manchester, 161-
-reappearance in London at Hay-
market Theatre, 162-164-her desire
to ennoble her art, 166, 167-visit to
the family of Sir Archibald Alison
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