“Becket” for the stage—My visit to Farringford—“In the Roar of the Sea”—Tennyson on “interviewers”— Relic hunters—“God the Virgin”—The hundred best stories—Message to John Fiske—Walter Map—Last visit to Tennyson—Tennyson on Homer and Shakespeare—His own reminiscences—Good-bye. XXI. TENNYSON AND HIS PLAYS—IV 156 “Becket” produced—Death of Tennyson—“Irving will do me justice”—“The Silent Voices”—Production of the play—Irving reads it at Canterbury Cathedral—And at the King Alfred Millenary, Winchester. XXII. “WATERLOO”—“KING ARTHUR”—“DON QUIXOTE” 161 Acquisition and production of “Waterloo”—The one man in America who saw the play—Played for Indian and Colonial troops, 1897—“King Arthur” plays— Burne-Jones and the armour—“Don Quixote” plays—A rhadamanthine decision. XXIII. ART AND HAZARD 169 “Madame Sans-Gêne”—Size, proportions and juxtaposition—Evolution of “business”—“Peter the Great” “Robespierre”—“Dante”—The hazard of management. XXIV. VANDENHOFF 180 XXV. CHARLES MATHEWS 181 In early days—A touch of character—Mathews’ appreciation—Henry Russell—The wolf and the lamb. XXVI. CHARLES DICKENS AND HENRY IRVING 183 XXVII. MR. J. M. LEVY 185 XXVIII. VISITS TO AMERICA 186 Farewell at the Lyceum—Welcome in New York, 1883—A journalistic “scoop”—Farewell. XXIX. WILLIAM WINTER 189 XXX. PERFORMANCE AT WEST POINT 191 A National consent—Difficulties of travel—An audience of steel—A startling finale—Capture of West Point by the British. XXXI. AMERICAN REPORTERS 195 High testimony—Irving’s care in speaking—“Not for publication”—A diatribe—Moribundity. XXXII. TOURS-DE-FORCE 200 A “Hamlet” reading—A vast “bill.” XXXIII. CHRISTMAS 203 Christmas geese—Punch in the green room—A dinner in the theatre—Gambling without risk—Christmas at Pittsburg. XXXIV. IRVING AS A SOCIAL FORCE 204