Front matter

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PERSONAL

REMINISCENCES

OF

HENRY IRVING

THE WORLD’S GREATEST ACTRESS

MY DOUBLE LIFE

MEMOIRS OF

SARAH BERNHARDT

In One Volume, Demy 8vo, with

Illustrations in Colour and Black

and White. Price 15s. net

These Memoirs, written in an easy flowing style, give the story of the early life and struggles of this celebrated actress down to the time when her genius was recognised in every civilised country and she became her own manageress.

Sarah Bernhardt’s Memoirs are not merely an assembly of the stage stories of the most successful actress of modern times; they are the faithful record of a most interesting life—a life full of varied experiences—the reflections of a supremely intelligent mind, the story of a woman whose reminiscences alone of the celebrities she came into contact with, throw a vivid side-light on the history of the past fifty years.

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

1907

THE LAST PICTURE PAINTED OF HENRY IRVING FROM A PASTEL By J. BERNARD PARTRIDGE (IN THE POSSESSION OF THE AUTHOR)

PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF HENRY IRVING

BY

BRAM STOKER

ILLUSTRATED

LONDON

WILLIAM HEINEMANN

MCMVII

First printed (2 volumes) October 1906

Revised and Cheaper Edition October 1907

Copyright, 1906, by Bram Stoker

Copyright in the United States of America, 1906

by the Macmillan Company

TO

THE MEMORY OF

JOHN LAWRENCE TOOLE

LOVING COMRADE AND TRUE FRIEND

OF

HENRY IRVING

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