WILLIAM E. BURTON
Actor, Author, and Manager
A SKETCH OF HIS CAREER
WITH
Recollections of his Performances

BY
WILLIAM L. KEESE

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK & LONDON
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
The Knickerbocker Press
1885

Press of
G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York

TO
THE DAUGHTERS OF WILLIAM E. BURTON

THE AUTHOR'S FRIENDS OF MANY YEARS, THIS MEMORIAL OF THEIR DISTINGUISHED FATHER IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED

WILLIAM E. BURTONActor, Author, and ManagerA SKETCH OF HIS CAREERWITHRecollections of his Performances