Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day . OLD LAMPS AND NEW 13 in The Virginians, to invent a delightful addition to Hor-ace Walpoles letters, in the course of which that gentle-man says his say concerning the motions. I do not lovea puppet-show, he writes, but I love to treat childrento one, Miss Conway! I present your ladyship with mycompliments and hope we shall go and see the dolls to-gether. Perhaps Walpole and Miss Conway did not go,but other famous people did. The great Mrs. Delany did,for example, in or about the year 1711, when she was littleMary Granvi
Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day . OLD LAMPS AND NEW 13 in The Virginians, to invent a delightful addition to Hor-ace Walpoles letters, in the course of which that gentle-man says his say concerning the motions. I do not lovea puppet-show, he writes, but I love to treat childrento one, Miss Conway! I present your ladyship with mycompliments and hope we shall go and see the dolls to-gether. Perhaps Walpole and Miss Conway did not go,but other famous people did. The great Mrs. Delany did,for example, in or about the year 1711, when she was littleMary Granville, and later she records in her Autobiog-raphy ^ how she saw Powells famous puppet-show,which was then busily burlesquing the Italian opera. SirBevil Granville, Vice Chamberlain Cooke, and other dis-tinguished people were there to enjoy the fun, and recalls the scene with pleasure. My Lord Bol-ingbroke, she writes, was of the party, and made me situpon his lap to see it. OKeeffe, the Irish playwright,likewise took keen delight in the puppets before he came
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