Little Masterpieces of Autobiography

Little Masterpieces of Autobiography
George Iles, Author from the 19th century, known by few for his articles in the first science-themed magazine, Popular Science Monthly (1852-1942).

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Table of Contents
- About This Book
- Preface
- Joseph Jefferson
- How I Came To Play Rip Van Winkle
- The Art Of Acting
- Preparation And Inspiration
- Should An Actor "feel" His Part
- Joseph Jefferson In Montreal
- Playwrights And Actors
- The Jefferson Face
- Edwin Booth
- To His Daughter
- To His Daughter
- To His Daughter
- To His Daughter
- To His Daughter
- To His Daughter
- To His Daughter
- To Miss Emma F. Cary Saint Valentine's Day, 1864.
- Edwin Booth
- To Miss Emma F. Cary
- To Mr. Nahum Capen
- Advice To A Young Actor
- Charlotte Cushman
- As A Child A Mimic And Singer
- First Visits To The Theatre
- Plays Lady Macbeth, Her First Part
- To A Young Actress
- To A Young Mother
- Early Griefs. Art Her Only Spouse
- Farewell To New York
- Clara Morris
- Some Recollections Of John Wilkes Booth
- The Murder Of President Lincoln
- When In My Hunt For A Leading Man For Mr. Daly I First Saw Coghlan And Irving
- Sir Henry Irving
- The Stage As An Instructor
- Inspiration In Acting
- Acting As An Art. How Irving Began
- Feeling As A Reality Or A Semblance
- Gesture. Listening As An Art. Team-play On The Stage
- Henry Brodribb Irving
- The Calling Of An Actor
- Requirements For The Stage
- Temptations On The Stage
- Acting Is A Great Art
- Relations To Society
- The Final School Is The Audience
- Failure And Success
- Ellen Terry
- Hamlet-irving's Greatest Part
- The Birmingham Night
- The Entrance Scene In Hamlet
- The Scene With The Players
- Irving Engages Me On Trust
- Irving's Egotism
- Irving's Simplicity Of Character
- Richard Mansfield
- Man And The Actor
- Napoleon As Actor
- The Gift For Acting Is Rare
- The Creation Of A Character
- Copy Life
- Self Criticism
- Discipline Imperative
- Dramatic Vicissitudes
- A National Theatre
- Training The Actor
- Tommaso Salvini
- First Appearance
- A Father's Advice
- How Salvini Studied His Art
- Faults In Acting
- The Desire To Excel In Everything
- A Model For Othello
- First Trip To The United States
- In Cuba
- Appearance In London
- Impressions Of Irving's Hamlet
- The Decline Of Tragedy
- Tragedy In Two Languages
- American Critical Taste
- Impressions Of Edwin Booth
- Adelaide Ristori
- First Appearances
- Salvini And Rossi
- Appears As Lady Macbeth
- As Manager
- First Visit To America
- Begins To Play In English
- The Actor Valedictory Stanzas To J. P. Kemble, June, 1817, By Thomas Campbell
- Footnotes