Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-08-28

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holiday voyage n 1he AEedit2<ranea
Here i Edmund Keaass sword mhicl
he were in Hamlet. II - present
ed 10 Irving on the lzrsk II f ri liil
Richard HE., BY Mf. Chip5 mks
was personal friend a tie r. y Kezs
/. and had acted with him. ID cass /.
another treasure, D1vy Garki fsax
in which n SCI minialnFe ii hake.
speake. This was giFsa Il IS iEsins
By the Baroness Bur1esl .
whose stannch friae j E e
pssxfzd. nS weIl e. szes - -
- sd neF d f0fem0Az bl6cA .Si7Ss
good and remarkable women of y re.
torise era. Ewoaiee In 4 cabiiIet, from
which fhe sefsahtb htb-isATem0vihg some
cuFiosities into 20 iron safe; the cross
whseh Edmund Kean wore In Orchard
Ill.,. lying close by j. Charles KeaH's
pr6mpt-book of Louis NJ. - end on 4
pedestal q marble bust of Young with .
faded wreath. The adjoining rooms are
q museum Of art treasures. sod 81 &.
81 was looking for this, y said Mr..
Irving presently, handbag me book.
IL was "Eotes on Louis XI., with some
short extracts from COmmine's Me
moirs, !" dated L0ndon, 1878, and
"printed for the author" ss
81 call your attention TO il, !" observed
Mr. Irving, "simply following up your
expressed wish 10 talk about audiences.
Il was sent to sne by : person had then
never seen nor heard OF, and came anon
ymously. Iwanted . second copy and
sent TO the printer, who referred me 10
the suthor, the work NOT being for sale.
The author forwarded me .copy witha
note, saying that il | should ever be
near their house they would be glad to
see me. i say they because the letter
did. Well, I found the writer one of a
most agreeable faEily. You win won-
der why we. wrote and compiled this
work, they said at parting; it was slm-
ply for this reason: A public critic said
that as nothing was really known OF the
character, manners and habits Of Louis
XI., an actor might take whatever lib
critics he pleased with the subject. We
published this to put on record refuta-
ton Of the statement, protest against
u, and tribute TO your impersonation
OF the character Here is another pre-.
sent which I received soon afterwards
-one OF the most beautiful works OF It's
kind ever remember to have seem"
II was an artistic casket, IN which lay
what looked like a missal in carved
ivory and gold. u proved, however,
to be beautifully bound book of poetic
and other memorials Of Charles l.,
printed and illustrated by hand, with
exquisite head and tail pieces in water
nettes, by Buckman, Cast5ine
Sile and Philips. This work was M
printed for the author at London, 3Oth
January, 1875" aud the title ran--"To
the honor of Henry Irving: to cherish
the memory Of his Charles the First.
these written thoughts; gold Of the dead,
are here devoted AS work OF art
the book is treasure. The portraits
of the Charleses and several Of their
generals are IN the highest style Of
water-color painting, with fat gold bor-
ders, and the initial letters and other
embellishments are studies Of the most
finished and delicate character.
"Now these" said their owner, "aFe
oaly two out Of scores OF proofs that
audiences are intellectually active, and
that they find many ways Of fixing their
opinions. These incidents of personal
action are evidences Of the spirit Of the
whole. One night in Hamlet some
thing was thrOwn on the stage from the
gallery. Who was the donoFs A sad
looking woman. evidently very poor,
who said she often came 70 The Lyceum
gallery, and wanted, me 70 have this
heirloom. This is The trihket on my
watch-chain." He showed il me, an
old-fashioned gold cross. On both slider
engraved Faith. Hope and Charity"
On the diverse II believe ia The, for
giviness OF sins" and on the reverse
81 scorn 10 change o.. fear" "They
said in front that she was poor moth
erwho had lost her son"
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