. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. mer; entered the dramaticprofession in 1863. In 1874 he becamemanager of the Amphitheater in Leeds,and later lessee of the Grand Theater inLeeds; in 1879 manager of the CourtTheater, London; and in 1881, of Prin-cess Theater, London. He visited theUnited States in 1886, and, returning toEngland in 1887, became manager of theGlobe Theater; revisited the UnitedStates in 1888, and again in 1889; in1896 became manager of the Lyric Thea-ter, London; and in 1899, of the Lyceum
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. mer; entered the dramaticprofession in 1863. In 1874 he becamemanager of the Amphitheater in Leeds,and later lessee of the Grand Theater inLeeds; in 1879 manager of the CourtTheater, London; and in 1881, of Prin-cess Theater, London. He visited theUnited States in 1886, and, returning toEngland in 1887, became manager of theGlobe Theater; revisited the UnitedStates in 1888, and again in 1889; in1896 became manager of the Lyric Thea-ter, London; and in 1899, of the publications include The Sign of theCross, Pharaoh, Now-a-Days,Daughters of Babylon, etc. He diedJuly 22, 1904. BARKIE 429 SABROW BARBIE, SIB JAMES MATTHEW,a Scottish author, born in Kirriemuir,Forfarshire, May 9, 1860. He graduatedfrom Edinburgh University in 1882, andwent to London in 1885, to engage injournalism. His peculiar talent for de-picting Scottish village life and rusticcharacters brought him fame. BetterDead (1887) and When a Mans Sin-gle (1888) were followed by Auld LichtIdylls (1888) and A Window in. SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE Thrums (1889), which first made himwidely knovini; An Edinburgh Eleven(1890); My Lady Nicotine (1890);The Little Minister (1891); Senti-mental Tommy (1896); MargaretOgilvy (1896); Tommy and Grizel(1900); Peter Pan in Kensington Gar-dens (1906); Peter and Wendy(1911); etc. He has also written numer-ous short sketches and the comediesWalker, London (1892); Jane Annie(1893); The Professors Love Story(1895); Quality Street (1903); PeterFan (1904) ; What Every WomanKnows (1908); Half Hours (1908);Mary Rose (1920). BABRIENTOS, MARIA, a Spanishsoprano singer, born in Barcelona, studied music in Madrid and firstappeared in public at the age of 17 inMilan. Gaining instant success, shemade tours in the leading European andSouth American countries. In 1915 shesang with the Metropolitan Opera Com-pany in New York, of which organiza-tion sh
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