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    |*ray i3S «884 * -The Pixblishisrs' ' CS...

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    sad happens - * -, und visiting ¦ ¦ PI re fc mains Vi a poor P »^» insensible woman , strikes and almost his head frozen on a rock for ,

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    serves characters to bring of the Westonbri some dladieseven Mrs . Grayleigh being softened by the ge common , sorrow . leave leave the tne reader to to discover aiscover for lor himself nimseii

    We We must must reaaer the other incidents with which the tale abounds , and pp . ¦« p ^^ i we pj pj ^^^ need H "« B ^ pr in ^ pr * m m the onl - ^ v —^— — y m add — that ^ ^— ' its — — be health — ~ — said — — — ' — y w to moral - ^ — - ^ be — ^ — , v an — ^ - ¦ — -

    nounced preface , may comp in letel the y text enfo — which rced . will There 0 doubtless are a few be corrected verbal slips in

    j another M w w v edition . , , From ¦ a T _ f g J pf , the ¥ V Pf c * fe ^^ same ^^ ""^ — — ^ . — ' Dadd Hester - - y m ' s and Bobb — - - Naomi y ^ j ; j - o ¦— ^— * - ^ t ^ the — and — Star — other — of — _

    Bethlehem , ' by ; stories of Manchester Street Life . We hear so 4 much ¦ ^ 4 ^—p ^»™ nowaday — — — - _ - — - — ^ _ s of r ' Horrible - — London . ^ -- __ - _ ' that __ ___ it

    mi the ght king almost dom be could suppos present ed that similar no other pictures city of in little vice , misery tales in , this and budget neglect - . inscribed ° — The fo to rcibl ¦ the y-wri Mem - ' ^ tten ~» - -

    ^^ ^ ^^ ^ p ^^ —^ —a ^ ^^^ _* —_ — — . — — — ^ j , - ^ i — — — — ^ " ^ ^ — — — " — — — bers of the _ . Band _____ k . ¦ of Kindness ^_* ^_» M _ / effectivel ^ M ^ y prove that Manchester has its share of the want and woe - of the v world ~ - - and thatat the same time r it ¦

    has _ — —— ^^— — a ^^_ large — , _^ ^^— _ — and — , — noble — — bod — , y of ^^ self ^ — - sacrificing — — — — — — — , ^ — — workers who are striving to meet the needs of the population . We learn from ' Uncle Gilbert ' s

    Preface' that the Boys' and Girls ' Refuges and Children ' s Aid Society of Manchester shelters 300 waifs and strays in its thirteen family homes

    and these life-like tales of the streets are based , on The some opening of the sketch incidents is a collected Christmas by its tale agents which .

    "would well bear reading in public ; and if the illustrations , which are well drawn , could be reproduced on a magic lantern slide the

    combina" tion which would is lived vividl in y picture the slums to an of audience the northern the life metropolis . The sufferings of the children

    naturallv rally iorm form the tha chief ohiaf features ff » ft . t , nrft « in in the t . hft tales i-Alft «_ and nnd the t , h *» bright results of the rescue " work , as seen , in their changed nuence fluence of of lives the the af homes homes . er they , are are ha fully fullv ve been set set forth forth under . . the One One in of of

    the difficulties which , beset all those who attempt of to rescue the interference boys from evil of their surrou relatives ndings— as the soo danger n as

    they _ t fa -. ncy that _ the lads _ are able to bring _ in _ sketches money— , is and forcibl points y broug to the ht great out in need several which of exists these

    lor IGF an HI ! alteration AltAI ^ U f ir ** - * of s \ P the tVtn law l « -mr in m r » this frVkia respect vaafuutf . I ' rom Messrs . Sampson lowMaratonSearle

    of * Rivington America — ••¦««¦ *« - «* n M arrated CVllUl . — Henry / UU . in 1 U a Cb Irving , series OCA 1 O ' s of Ut Impressions , Sketches OKCICUDO , Chronicles , , ,,

    in two volum , and es . Conversati Mr . Irving ons , disposes ' by Josep of h his Hat own ton , laim

    yatever thifi M C » wn volume uto > aoy aov credit by actual actual telling it brings share nhnrn us is in due in in his the th brief to hid authorship nuthnrahin preface friend that Mr of of . Jtt

    ° * » J nl ket « j € on hes for , and what that it he professes wishes to it be 'to — be a aeries accepted of chronicles vuiumviW and conversations regardi

    ? ° y their ^ . which » , del welcom the e American and , j nuu by cuuvvi their peop oa boundless uvus le made i ^ 7 ^ for hospi axvtiu us ng - ,

    ^ note Uy ' , to the i Engliah ghtful progresfl Public / / there fn addition is a aocond to note this Ii III ftifS # w eW American y ° *? Pme Public ril 8 Ot ^ bearing in which the Mr same " Irvin date « riiwp volume -as tne

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    111 ¦ ¦ ¦ - . i i . T a desire to chronicle in a lasting form some of the I events of a tour which your kindness has made a I

    delight to Ellen Terry and myself / Here again I Mr his , part Irving in emp the hasises literary what production he said of be the fore work as to , I and says he is only responsible for his own share

    down in the , everything conversations else and being dialogues Mr . Hatto that n ' s are work set . ' At the opening of the first chapter we have a

    footnote in which Mr . Hatton gives us a very brief cl outline osing — ^^ v ^ K with of ^^ ^^ the ^^ the ^^ ^ chief ^^^^ welcome ' v ^^ v ^« h ^ facts ^^ ^^ - ^^^^^^^ - ^^ r hint ^ of b ^^^ p ^^ ^^^^^ ^ Mr ^ r that ^^^ ^^ p ^^ . ^^^^^ Irving ^^ ^ he ^ ^ v ^^^^ ¦¦ hopes ^ ^^ ' s ^^^^ ^ f ^ r career ^^^^ ' one v ^^ jp ^^ ^^ F ,

    day to tell the story of his life and adventures / will This be , all glad who to l know earnand Mr . the Irving author and could Mr . scarcel Hatton

    have had a better preparation , for his task than y comp was supplied — leted — — tour — b y . his — companionshi Beginning — ^^^ m ^ w " ™~^~ ^^^^ ^ ^^^» ^ p ^ K wi ' p ^™ on th ^^^^^^ the the ^^ ^ p ^ B « recentl actor ^ v ^^ - ^^ ^^ ^^ r ^ ^ y ' s -

    eloquent farewell to his English friends at the banquet over which Lord Chief Justice Coleridge presided before he quitted the Lyceum for his

    provincial pleasantl M y , tour in , responso Mr . ^ Hatton — — to — — an - " ^ ~^ " ^ proceeds » - ~~ American » - ¦ - ^ ™ ^ ^ ^ to " ^~ ^^ gossi ^^» lad ^^ ^^ y ^^^ — ' p s " —• - inqui - ^ " ^^ B ^ ries ^ " ~ ^^ ~~ , of ~^^ ^^ the '"^ ~^ ~™ ~~~ actor "' " ^^ " ^ i ^^ ' s home ^^ b ^ V ^^ r ^^^ . PH ^ ^ . pr in P ^ ^^ VJ Graftoa ^^»^^ ^^ ^ W ^ B' . p ^ pp ^ ppV - ^ i ^ vPT ^ ' Street ¦¦^^¦^•¦ P 1 ^ PF ^ P ^ ^ P' ^ , W

    and as a foretaste of the pure American style of journalism he ' interviews' Mr . Irving for the reader ' s benefit . Many of the opinion i h s ¦ uttered bt ¦

    b y the — — — great ^ — ¦ - ^— - ^— actor — — — ¦ will — ¦ — — - stri ^— ke ^^ the ^^ ^^ - ^^ reader p ^^^ ^^ ^ v v ^ p ^ ^^ - ^^ ^^^ as ^ ^^^ singu - ^^ - ^^ ~^ m ~ ^^ m - ^^ - ^^ larly just and forcible , as when he says ' Journalistic power cannot be overvalued ; it is enormous ;

    but , in regard to actors , it is a remarkable fact that their permanent reputations , the final and lasting — - »^~^ ¦— — ¦ » | » verdict » - ™» r ¦¦» - v » - ^ r ^ of «¦¦• ^ their ^ r — ^ ^ b > ^^ p- merits — . ¦— ^ ar ¦ ^ ¦¦• WW , are W ^ p » made al > a )««^ ^ W chiefl ^ pt PMas « p ^^ ^^^ y M

    by their audiences . ' Among the books on his * shelves Notes on Mr . Louis Irving XI pointed . which to he a prized volume as entitled a proof

    of the interest taken , by his audiences in his perprinted formances , and . It presented proved to to him be as & tome a tribute privatel to his y

    impersonation of the character . Another choice volume , bound in carved ivory and gold , enshrined in an artistic casketproved to be a book of poetic

    and other memorials , of Charles the First , printed and illustrated by hand , with exquisite head and tail-pieces in water-colours , portraits , coats of

    urms and vignettes by Buckman , Castaing , Terrel , Siie , and Phillips . This work was ' imprinted for the author at London 30 th January 1879 / and

    , , the title ran , * To the honour of Henry Irving : to cherish the memory of Charles the First , the & e ThoughtsGold of the Deadare here devoted . '

    From Mr . , Irving in his London , chambers we are taken to the Lyceum and the Beefsteak Clubroom , and thence across the Atlantic , where onr

    author is evidently quite at home . Mr . Irving ' s first meeting with the reporters or interviewers ¦ at New York i « described iv in amusing hrase ¦ and fc ¦¦

    in J S ** the ^ " » ^ ** contest " * » ^ s ^ A * ¦** with w ^**» ^¦ rVa ¦ ^ r these ^ p ppm ^¦ * ^ xifc ' gents pT « VBpiK ^ * * " ^ the F «* pa ^ vipMb actor p M ^ J ^ "fc— ¦¦< comes ^^ y , ¦¦ —™ ^ v off * with a decided victory , summing up in the following pB > r Mh iquant sentence ¦ » ¦» : ' You - ^^ - must pb ^ pp ^ find ¦ ¦ this » i

    kind A *^^ m ^¦ . *« of work p ¦ a' ^« —> , ^>< . »»>— this w m ^ w interviewing * p >^ « jv a *^ ^ p « * p * ^ pk , •¦» very v ^^ hf ^ r difficult v ^ — ^ —^ .-- / ' Sometimes , ' answers one of them ; and they all laughentering ¦¦> ¦ «¦ into «¦* the irit of the obvious fun

    ^ P > PJ ^ IP ^ ^^* ATJPH " 9 , ^** ^^^ ^*^ W PB V ^ ^ HK .. ^ PT ^^ ^ « p » pp | ^^ p ^ sp H . V PB ^ - «¦ ^ V ^ ^ pr ^ pr ^^ ¦ «^ ¦ ¦ ^^^ ^ ' ^ ~^ V ^ ^ ^ V ^— ^^ " ^ - — - ^ very he of ^ ^^ . BBA expected ¦/ a well victi W ¦ * ^»^ P » P ^ m ^ satmll fe ^ ^ N ^ PF ^ PP to who V p*— ^^ do od ^^ ^ ' ^ is ¦ l , and with ^ — not PP - ^ ^ ^ who sufferi > himself ^^ PB *• ¦ " ^ indeed ' ¦» ^^ ^ . ng ^ . ^ hal From ^ " is ^ — , f on ——^^^ at ™ tho this "" ^— much ~ " — whole point H ^ ' ^ as . I

    the two volumes are full of life and incident , every compa experience ny being and every duly success chronicled of . the The actor reception and the of the various pj ¦ ^^ ^^^ hp- laya ¦ pb ^ jj the scenes ^ ¦ in —^ ^ - society —— — — ^ of all

    ^ kpVaV va > " »^ ^ pf' v ^^ b" » pmr m p ^ _ y , ^ ^ ^ ^^ Ph *^» » ^ " ^ PPPPPk ^— - ^ 41 A fr ^ m gradev the Christmas , the ^ criticisms spent ^ ^ b of y ^^ the the party Tra ^ nsa at tlantic — Baltimore ^ press , , ¦ the long ¦¦» journey ¦••¦ to Chicagothe holiday — trip to

    Niagara »•*•¦ ^ up **» ¦ ' ^• fc , the ^ 8 ^^ ^ " »» " » return « ^^ T ^^ visits ^^ ^^ to pf ^ pt New , York , and ^^ then ^^ the journey home—all these episodes in % tour

    unique in its variety as in its artistic ana financial a

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1884, page 473, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051884/page/9/