Item #008323 Eccentricities of Genius: Memories of Famous Men and Women of the Platform and Stage. J. B. Pond.
Eccentricities of Genius: Memories of Famous Men and Women of the Platform and Stage
Eccentricities of Genius: Memories of Famous Men and Women of the Platform and Stage
Eccentricities of Genius: Memories of Famous Men and Women of the Platform and Stage

Eccentricities of Genius: Memories of Famous Men and Women of the Platform and Stage

New York: G. W. Dillingham Co., 1900. Hardcover. xxvi, [2], 564 p., frontispiece portrait of the author and 21 leaves of portraits: in-text illustrations; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and front cover decoration. Top page edges gilt. Bookplate of the Academy of the New Church Library on front fixed endpaper. Also on the front fixed endpaper and title page verso is a small stamp reading: Charles S. Cole, Jr., Bryn Athyn, Pa. Title page printed in red and black. Observations on the stage presentations of public speakers and other performers of the late 19th century. Contents: Orators -- Pulpit Orators -- Women Lecturers and Singers -- Humorists -- Explorers, Travellers, and War Correspondents -- Actors and Dramatic Critics -- Literary Lecturers -- Miscellaneous -- Author Readers and Lecturers -- General Survey of the Lyseum Field. Includes index. Among many others, the author discusses Frederick Douglass, Henry Ward Beecher, Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, Henry M. Stanley, Ellen Terry, Ralph Waldo Emerson, BP. T. Barnum, Elbert Hubbard, and Arthur Conan Doyle. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good- Condition: cover is soiled; edges are frayed; spine is sunned; both hinges are weak; pages are clean and solid. Good -. Item #008323

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