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...general negligee of his tout ensemble would seem to indicate that he was either a maniac or a college professor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 12/22/1882 | See Source »

...Babcock, may be considered as a decided success. The programme for the evening was of unusual length, replete with excellent selections, all of which were well delivered and much appreciated by the audience. Among the selections by Mr. Lyon were: Tennyson's Lady Clare, Poe's Bells, The Maniac, Little Jim, and others. His delivery of Tennyson's Lady Clare was excellent, and served well to illustrate his powers in that style of reading. Poe's Bells, however, was by all odds his best delivered and most appreciated selection. His manner of imitating the sound of bells was strikingly original...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPRING CONCERT. | 3/12/1875 | See Source »

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