December 24, 1888, he assumed the business management of the Star Theatre in Buffalo, N. Y., on the opening of that theatre; he resigned the position and soon after joined Johnson and Slavin’s Minstrels. In 1890 he organized the World’s Fair Minstrels, opening July 17, at Elizabeth, N. J. Season of 1891-92 he was with George Wilson’s Minstrels. May 16, same year, he played his first performance with Cleveland’s Minstrels, and continued with them intermittently until May 1, 1896. In November, 1898, he opened with Bartlett’s California Minstrels for a brief season. July 31, 1899, he began a special engagement of four weeks with Wm. H. West’s Minstrels; October 9, same year, he opened with Harry Davis’ Minstrels in Pittsburgh, Pa., in an attempt at making a permanent company in that city; he finished the season with Primrose and Dockstader’s Minstrels. About January, 1900, he began a series of annual engagements with Frank Dumont’s Minstrels in Philadelphia. His last traveling engagement was with the “Great Lafayette” Company in November, 1902. His last stage appearance was at Atlantic City, N. J., November 30, 1907. The author has no exact knowledge of engagements said to have been played with Haverly, at Chicago in 1892; Kelly and Leon in New York in 1876, and with Duprez and Benedict’s Minstrels. It is obviously a delicate matter for one to speak of the talents, capabilities, etc., of one’s own father; but a reproduction of some notices from the press of the country, may not be considered bad form. The _Daily Commercial_ (Cincinnati) of July 29, 1863, said: “The singing of Mr. Lewis surprises us more and more. His imitations of the Prima Donna are superb, and the brilliant qualities of his singular voice are an unfailing theme for wonder among his hearers. The first time he breaks into a song he invariably startles his audience, who are simply prepared to hear the strained falsetto, to which the mock crinoline of minstrelsy has heretofore been committed.” The _Sun_ (Baltimore), July 11, 1865, said: “The voice of W. H. Lewis, the Prima Donna, is something remarkable, and it strikes us could be better employed than mere burlesquing.” The Philadelphia correspondent of the _New York Clipper_, September 4, 1869, said: “This is Mr. Rice’s first appearance in his native city, and he has made a big hit, for on the night we were present, he received the only third encore, and a fourth was demanded, but not given.” The _Evening Post_ (Albany, N. Y.), of June 13, 1871, said: “Wm. Henry Rice does the Prima Donna capitally; he is one of the best grotesque singers we ever saw--Rice is a star of the first magnitude, and can infuse more low comedy into an operatic song than any other artist.” The _Stage_ (New York), November 13, 1871, said: “Nillson is capitally burlesqued by W. H. Rice, who never descends to vulgarity, and who displays his peculiar talents to the best possible advantage.”