Abstract

Books about the Stage

The article presents various books on stage acting. The books are: "Macready As I Knew Him," by Lady Pollock; "Henry Irving," by William Winter; "Actor, Author, and Manager," by William E. Burton; "An Actor's Tour, or Seventy Thousand Miles with Shakespeare," by Daniel E. Bandmann. The little book about Macready, in which Lady Pollock has gracefully recorded her recollections of him, is an admirable supplement to Macready's journals which Sir Frederick Pollock presented to the public about ten years ago. Mr. Winter's "Henry Irving" is the last and the best of a long line of works on the same subject. It is handy in form and beautifully printed. The preface correctly declares it to be a record of Henry Irving's professional career upon the New York stage and a study of his acting.