Kean praised as greatest stage genius by Henry Irving
Henry Irving delivered a Oxford lecture on Our Old Actors praising Kean as the greatest genius, with comparisons to Garrick Betterton and Burbage. He noted Kean’s intense, sometimes unequal but commanding portrayals in roles like Othello and Shylock, drawing on public and private life insights.
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Henry Irving
University of Oxford
England
Oxford
Mr. Irving
Burbage
Betterton
Garrick
Kean
Irving
Coriolanus
Rolla
John Kemble
Shylock
Richard
Jago
Giles
Demosthenog
Phocion
Roman Tully
Rufus Choate
Henry Clay
Alexander
Hannibal
Caesar
Gen. Sherman
Gen. Grant
Napoleon
Russia
Levant
Copernicus
Bacon
Emerson
Bryant
Addison
Gray
Apollo
Lynn
Mass) Union
Running accounts threaten thrift and home comfort
A household advice piece warns that running credit undermines thrift and stress, especially for housewives. It argues cash payments keep costs lower, limit debt, and teach finance discipline, urging young couples to live within earnings and avoid store accounts.
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Jack Fairstaff
Jack
What the Blind Can Do and the Courage of Henry Fawcett
The Fortnightly Review argues that blindness need not hinder achievement. Henry Fawcett’s example shows determination in business travel and recreation, proving blind individuals can reach high levels with support and resources. It cites Milton Prescott Braille and Armitage travelers as evidence and warns against overreliance on charity.
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Henry Fawcett
Milton
Prescott
Huber
Braille
Armitage
States of America
Use of Perfume in Household Habits and Attire
The Philadelphia Press notes a preference for plain envelopes and minimal outside design, arguing perfume is too costly for many women. A reader shares forty years of practice scenting writing materials and garments with rose petals and camphor to deter moths and add fragrance without headaches.
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Philadelphia Press
A Bad Conscience and a Narrow Escape at Bank
A New York bank cashier, planning to flee to Canada, returns at night to find a burglar in the safe. The thief taunts him about unset aside cash and warns of Sing Sing if more is found. The robber takes a contribution from the frightened cashier as he departs amid smiles. An overflow meeting of two gushing maidens follows.
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Richard Wagner
Wagner
Toole
Lionel Brough
Fradelle
Marshall
Comedian
Brough
Charles
William
London
Glasgow Evening Times
Bartley Campbell
Bloomingdale
Campbell
New York
Canada
Sing Sing
Epigrams and odds ends from a bustling era
A collage of witty snippets and anecdotes from historical papers. A burglar's final gambit, a temperance quip about rail magnates, a nurse wage joke, schoolroom humor about Oliver Wendell Holmes, a pun on a failed newspaper, travel tales of Elk Neck, and reflections on farming mortgages and a sharp sketch of a self-styled scholar.
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Aurelia Sentinel
Aurelia
Iowa
Tia Bauglare
Boston Courier
Cousins
Poor Bartley Campbell
United States
Panama
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Monsieur Rollard
Madamoiselle
Tramp
City Hall Park
New York Times
Elk Neck
Latelline Bell
Sir Richard Steele
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