⁂ It was Schiller who said: "Twine no wreath for the actor, since his work is oral and ephemeral." "Stars of the Stage" may in some degree remove this reproach. There are hundreds of thousands of playgoers, and both editor and publisher think it reasonable to assume that a considerable number of these would like to know something about actors, actresses, and dramatists, whose work they nightly applaud. Each volume will be carefully illustrated, and as far as text, printing, and paper are concerned will be a notable book. Great care has been taken in selecting the biographers, who in most cases have already accumulated much appropriate material.
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- ELLEN TERRY. By Christopher St. John.
- HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE. By Mrs. George Cran.
- W.S. GILBERT. By Edith A. Browne.
- CHAS. WYNDHAM. By Florence Teignmouth Shore.
- GEORGE BERNARD SHAW. By G.K. Chesterton.
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