. George Meredith in anecdote and criticism . moniumI have rarely witnessed. The first piece was acted in dumb show,not a word could we hear. The fights in pit and gallery werefrequent. The shower of orange peel from the gods into the pit wasquite astounding. The occupants of the latter place made feebleefforts to throw it back again, but, of course, never got it any furtherthan the first tier of boxes. I was glad to see the thing once, butyou wont catch me there again. The last of Hardmans reminiscences of Meredith end withAugust of 1863 and take the form of some jottings of three days inPari
. George Meredith in anecdote and criticism . moniumI have rarely witnessed. The first piece was acted in dumb show,not a word could we hear. The fights in pit and gallery werefrequent. The shower of orange peel from the gods into the pit wasquite astounding. The occupants of the latter place made feebleefforts to throw it back again, but, of course, never got it any furtherthan the first tier of boxes. I was glad to see the thing once, butyou wont catch me there again. The last of Hardmans reminiscences of Meredith end withAugust of 1863 and take the form of some jottings of three days inParis : Paris, August 21.—Letter from George Meredith announcing hisapproach. He left via Newhaven last night, and ought to have beenin Paris about He stopped at Rouen to see the Joan of Arc,and to call on an author who had submitted certain work to theChapmans. He arrived about Joyful greetings. We dined byRobins request at Vefours, a great mistake. Between Vefours andthe Trois Fr^res theres as much difference as between the Uni-. Sir William Hardman. Editor of the Morning Post, 1872-1890. An intimate friend of Merediths, and theoriginal of Blackburn Tuckham in Beaiichamps Career. FRIENDSHIPS AND HOME LIFE g; versity Club and the London (corner of Chancery Lane). Mere-dith and I strolled along- the Champs Elysees in the evening—verypleasant, and not offensive, like our Haymarket. He brought meOnce a Week, containing my article on America : An ImaginaryTour, published August 15, and also put Kenans * Life of Jesus into his bag for me. We think him not looking well—his sonArthurs accident has naturally been a matter of great anxiety. Paris, August 22.^—Chartered two carriages, and drove about,visiting the Louvre and other places. Dined at Trois Freres, Robinand I going first to order the dinner, and then returning to ourhotel. We were the merriest of parties. Charles, the waiter, wasan admirable type of the aristocracy of waiters. We have nothingof the kind in E
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