. Sheridan's comedies: . 8. Vignette drawn by G. R. Halm 188 9. Mr. John Gilbert as Sir Peter Teazle . . Face page 212 Drawn from life by E. A. Abbey. Engraved by J. H. E. Whitney. 10. Mr. Charles Coghlan as Charles Surface. Face page 258 Drawn from life by E. A. Abbey. Engraved by J. P. Davis. 9 10 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. ii. The Family Pictures Face page 268 Frontispiece to the original edition of the School for Scandal/ Dublin:1785. Reproduced by the Lewis Engraving Company. ( Miss Illlen ierry as lady ieazle . v12. \ TT > . Face page 278 (Mr. Henry Irving as Joseph Surface. ) Miss Ellen
. Sheridan's comedies: . 8. Vignette drawn by G. R. Halm 188 9. Mr. John Gilbert as Sir Peter Teazle . . Face page 212 Drawn from life by E. A. Abbey. Engraved by J. H. E. Whitney. 10. Mr. Charles Coghlan as Charles Surface. Face page 258 Drawn from life by E. A. Abbey. Engraved by J. P. Davis. 9 10 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. ii. The Family Pictures Face page 268 Frontispiece to the original edition of the School for Scandal/ Dublin:1785. Reproduced by the Lewis Engraving Company. ( Miss Illlen ierry as lady ieazle . v12. \ TT > . Face page 278 (Mr. Henry Irving as Joseph Surface. ) Miss Ellen Terry as Lady Teazle . .enry Irving as Joseph Surface Drawn from life by Fred. Barnard. Engraved by the Photo-EngravingCompany. 13. Mrs. G. H. Gilbert as Mrs. Candour .... Face page 296 Drawn from life by E. A. Abbey. Engraved by Miss C. A. Powell. [The editor desires to thank the Century Company for the loan of the emblematic vignettes byR. Bkennan and G. R. Halm, pp. 12, 62, and iSS.] RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN. RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN. T3ICHARD BRINSLEY BUTLER SHERIDAN, dramatist,?^?^ orator, and wit, was born at No. 12 Dorset Street, Dublin,Ireland, in September, 1751. He died in Saville Row, London,England, July 7, 1816, and was buried in the Poets Corner of West-minster Abbey. Most men, says Saint Beuve, have not read those whom theyjudge; they have a ready-made opinion got by word of mouth, onescarcely knows how. No one has suffered more from these off-handjudgments than Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A ready-made opinionof a man who found so many and such various means of expressinghimself, an opinion got by word of mouth, one hardly knows how,can scarcely be other than unjust. The case against Sheridan, as aman of letters, may be briefly stated. It is substantially, that hestole the characters and the plots of his plays, that he pilfered thepoints of his speeches, and that he prepared his jokes in advance,appropriating to his own use any jest he found ready to his
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