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Died. Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, fourth Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 85, twice challenger for the famed America's (yachting) Cup (with Valkyrie II, 1893 and Valkyrie III, 1895, both designed by Watson; defeated respectively by Vigilant and Defender, both designed by Herreshoff) ; at London...
CHRONICLES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY?Maud Wyndham ?Hougliton Mifflin?(2 vols., $10.00). These books, based upon the correspondence of the Lyttelton family, cover one of the most placid periods of English history?the early Hanoverian period. Apart from their value to history, which is not inconsiderable, they show what a wide chasm the England of today has jumped...
Viscountess Grey of Fallodon has written another book.* Reviewers mention the work as " a volume of essays neither particularly attractive nor commendable from a literary point of view and below her previous books." Viscountess Grey was born Pamela Genevieve Adelaide Wyndham, youngest daughter of the late Hon. Percy Wyndham. In 1895 she married the first Baron Glenconner and was left a widow in 1920 with three sons and a daughter. In 1922 she married Viscount Grey of Fallodon, formerly Sir Edward Grey, quondam Foreign Minister and British Ambassador to the U. S. Lady Grey is a Fellow of the Eoyal...
...with a play unknown to Boston theatre-goers, the management of the St. James has done itself proud. Despite the fact that "The Teaser" is strangely reminiscent of "Lady Windemere's Fan" and has few new situations we liked it. The plot deals with the arrival in the Wyndham home of Teddy Wyndham's niece, Annie Barton--a girl brought up in a "lower starta", of life than Teddy and his friends. Of course, the girl is quite "impossible" with her "gentleman friend" and her manner of captivating all men with whom she comes in contact. There is a scandal...
Miss Viola Roche, playing the part of "Aunt Theodora Wyndham" comes up to the admirable work of her past performances. Supporting her is a cast extremely well chosen. Miss Leona Powers, as Annie Barton, Mr. Walter Gilbert as James MacDonald and Miss Florence Roberts as Edmunds the maid are without doubt worthy of more than passing attention. We find in their performance an understanding of character. Although in a small part, Miss Roberts brings clearly to the play a touch of quiet and dignified force. A more mature, intelligent actress whose voice is clear and distinct would be hard...