Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . without help or advice from his father. He actedin Cahfornia and other parts of the new West, and made atrip to Austraha. Four years later he returned and acted inBaltimore and other southern cities. From there he wentto Boston and New York, winning success as he went. At about this time he mar-ried Mary Devlin, whom hedearly loved, but in a littleover two years she died, andBooth never ceased to mournfor her. Pie was steadfast inhis love and in his Morris sa3^s of him, ^ Mygods were few, . . .and on the highest, whitestpede
Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . without help or advice from his father. He actedin Cahfornia and other parts of the new West, and made atrip to Austraha. Four years later he returned and acted inBaltimore and other southern cities. From there he wentto Boston and New York, winning success as he went. At about this time he mar-ried Mary Devlin, whom hedearly loved, but in a littleover two years she died, andBooth never ceased to mournfor her. Pie was steadfast inhis love and in his Morris sa3^s of him, ^ Mygods were few, . . .and on the highest, whitestpedestal of all, grave andgentle, stood . . EdwinBooth. . He had awonderful power to win love from other men It was not mere good-fellowship or even affection, butthere was something so fine and true, so strong andsweet in his nature, that it won the love of those whoknew him best. A dreadful blow fell upon him when his brother, JohnWilkes Booth, assassinated Lincoln. He left the stage andthought he should never act again. But he did return 226. EDWIN BOOTH POE AND BOOTH and was welcomed back with loving enthusiasm. In1867 he was presented with a gold medal in honor of onehundred consecutive performances of Hamlet by him inNew York, and alsoin recognition of hislife-long efforts toraise the standard ofthe drama. Booth acted inAmerica, in England,and in Germany. Ofhis triumphal recep-tion in Germany hewrote, The audience. . formed apassage from thelobby to my carriagetill I was in and off;yet I was nearly anhour in the theatreafter the play. In 1889 EdwinBooth had a strokeof paralysis, but hecontinued to act after his recovery until 1891. Then he quietly retired from thestage. He settled himself in his rooms at the PlayersClub in New York. His health suffered from the exces-
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