Sir Henry Irving was the greatest actor of the Victorian age and was thought of by Gladstone as his greatest contemporary. He transformed the theatre, in Britain and America, from a disreputable and marginal entertainment into a respected and uplifting art form. This work gives an account of Irving and his impact on the Victorian theatre and life.

Letters and notes on social matters to Mr. Wyndham, dated 15 May 1879; to a woman named Mary on letterhead from the Cliftonville Hotel in Margate, dated 1 March 1889; to J.R. Osgood, dated 8 August 18[89]?. One undated autograph on notecard.

On reel with Yorick, pseud. A letter concerning Mr. Henry Irving.