LXXI. HENRY IRVING AND UNIVERSITIES 393 Dublin—Cambridge—Glasgow—Oxford—Manchester—Harvard— Columbia—Chicago—Princeton—Learned Bodies and Institutions. LXXII. ADVENTURES 405 Over a mine-bed—Fires: Edinburgh Hotel; Alhambra, London; Star Theatre, New York; Lyceum—How Theatre fires are put out—Union Square Theatre, New York— “Fussy” safe—Floods—Bayou Pierre—How to get supper—On the Pan Handle—Train accidents; explosions; “Frosted” wheel; A lost driver—Storms at sea—A reason for laughter—Falling scenery—No fear of death—Master of himself. LXXIII. BURNING OF THE LYCEUM STORAGE 423 Difficulty of storing scenery—New storage—A clever fraud—The fire—Forty-four plays burned—Checkmate to repertoire. LXXIV. FINANCE 427 The protection of reticence—Beginning without a capital—An overdraft—A loan—A legacy—Expenses at commencement of management—Great running expenses— Sale to the Lyceum Company—Irving’s position with them. LXXV. THE TURN OF THE TIDE 438 High-water mark—A succession of disasters—Pleurisy and pneumonia—“Like Gregory Brewster”—Future arrangements decided on—Offer from the Lyceum Company—Health failing—True heroism—Work and pressure—His splendid example—The last seven years—Time of Retirement fixed—Singing at Swansea— Farewell at Sunderland—Illness at Wolverhampton— Last performances in London—Last illness—Death—A city in tears—Lying in state—Public funeral. INDEX 467 ILLUSTRATIONS _To face page_ LAST PORTRAIT OF IRVING, Pastel _Coloured Frontispiece_ HENRY IRVING BEFORE BECOMING AN ACTOR 2 DIGBY GRANT. _Drawing by Fred Barnard_ 6 SUGGESTION FOR IAGO’S DRESS. _Drawing by Henry Irving_ 58 HENRY IRVING AS CHARLES I. 138 HENRY IRVING BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. _Drawing by Fred Barnard_ 186 ELLEN TERRY AS IMOGEN, 1896 260