Henry Irving A Short Account Of His Public Life With Four Illustrations PDF Download

Excerpt from Henry Irving: A Short Account of His Public Life This little book does not pretend to be much more than a compilation. The author has had no special opportunities for obtaining private information and has never "interviewed" Mr. Irving. The history of his progress as an artist is public property for those who know where to seek it; but to those who do not, or who lack time and patience, the facts and opinions here collected for the first time cannot fail to be interesting, if the man and his art appeal to their sympathies. Some original remarks on Mr. Irving's acting have been added to those selected from the press-notices in English journals; and the author, in making these excerpts from the papers, has endeavored to exercise an impartial discretion, eliminating those which contain uncritical praise as well as those which betray prejudice or animosity; for Mr. Irving, like every man of distinction and eminence, has suffered both from over-zealous friends and petty, if not malignant detractors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.