"Madame Sarah," as she was affectionately known to many intimate friends, fellow actors and countless numbers of admirers the world over, was born in Paris in 1844, the illegitimate daughter of a pretty milliner. Her childhood was not a happy one, for her health was dangerously frail and her mother had little time for her. But from the moment she stood before an astonished panel of leading dramatic artists and reciteda table by La Fontaine, she knew she must and would become an actress. Vintage 1967 printing, light foxing to dustcover and edges of pages.