. Reminiscences of Toole; related by himself, and chronicled by Joseph Hatton. Illustrated by Alfred Bryan and Margetson. e compara-tively early age of fifty-six, having held a promi-nent position on the stage, not only in England andAmerica, but in France and Germany. IV. The modesty of my friend in regard to hisAmerican tour is remarkably illustrated by a col-lection of Press notices which I have received fromMr. Lowne, who not only delights in amassing allkinds of newspaper records relating to Mr. Tooleand Mr. Irving, but who posts up in his scrap-books from day to day something l
. Reminiscences of Toole; related by himself, and chronicled by Joseph Hatton. Illustrated by Alfred Bryan and Margetson. e compara-tively early age of fifty-six, having held a promi-nent position on the stage, not only in England andAmerica, but in France and Germany. IV. The modesty of my friend in regard to hisAmerican tour is remarkably illustrated by a col-lection of Press notices which I have received fromMr. Lowne, who not only delights in amassing allkinds of newspaper records relating to Mr. Tooleand Mr. Irving, but who posts up in his scrap-books from day to day something like a history ofthe world. I am indebted to Mr. Lowne for theloan of several of these volumes, which haveenabled me now and then to assist my hostsmemory, and from which I venture to make a fewextracts relating to Mr. Tooles American tour,and his impressions of the United States. E 2 52 REMINISCENCES OF J. L. TOOLE. His reception at the Lotos Club was of a veryflattering character. Some seventy-five guestsattended, among whom were Mr. Floyd, ofWallacks Theatre, the representative of Lester Wallack, who was detained by. MR. WILLIAM WINTER. illness ; Mr. Augustin Daly, of the Fifth AvenueTheatre ; Mr. John T. Ford, manager of Baltimoreand Washington Theatres ; Mr. William Stuart,Joseph Jefferson, Charles Gayler, John T. Ray-mond, John McCulloch, Charles Brookes, W. , and a large number of actors and lovers IN AMERICA. 53 of the drama. Brief speeches of welcome weremade by the President and by Mr. John Broughamthe First Vice-President of the Club. Mr. Tooleresponded in a witty and graceful address, afterwhich there were speeches by Joseph Jefferson,William Stuart, A. Oakey Hall, John T. Ford,Isaac H. Bromley, and others. In the course of the entertainment, a humorousand brilliant speech was made by Mr. WilliamWinter, which he concluded by reading the follow-ing poem :— JOHN LAURENCE TOOLE—A WELCOME. (Lotos Club, August 6th, 1874.) r. The odour that all sense d
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