“Coriolanus”—Union of the Arts—Archæology—The re-evolution of the toga—Twenty-two years’ delay— Alma-Tadema’s house—A lesson in care—“Cymbeline.” LI. SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES, BART. 289 “King Arthur”—The painter’s thought—His illustrative stories from child life. LII. EDWIN A. ABBEY, R.A. 293 “Richard II.”—“The Kinsmen”—Artistic collaboration— Mediæval life—The character of Richard. LIII. J. BERNARD PARTRIDGE 298 Lyceum souvenirs—Partridge’s method—“Putting in the noses”—The last picture of Irving. LIV. ROBERT BROWNING 300 Browning and Irving on Shakespeare—Edmund Kean’s purse—Kean relics—Clint’s portrait of Kean. LV. WALT WHITMAN 302 Irving meets Walt Whitman—My own friendship and correspondence with him—Like Tennyson—Visit to Walt Whitman, 1886—Again in 1887—Walt Whitman’s self-judgment—A projected bust—Lincoln’s life-work—G. W. Childs—A message from the dead. LVI. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 313 Supper on a car—A sensitive mountaineer—“Good-bye, Jim.” LVII. ERNEST RENAN 314 Renan and Haweis—How to converse in a language you don’t know. LVIII. HALL CAINE 315 A remarkable criticism—Irving and “The Deemster”— “Mahomet”—For reasons of State—Weird remembrances— “The Flying Dutchman”—“Home, Sweet Home”—“Glory and John Storm”—Irving and the chimpanzee—A dangerous moment—Unceremonious treatment of a lion—Irving’s last night at the play. LIX. IRVING AND DRAMATISTS 325 Difficulty of getting plays—The sources—Actor as collaborator—A startled dramatist—Plays bought but not produced—Pinero. LX. MUSICIANS 331 Boito—Paderewski—Henschel—Richter—Liszt—Gounod—Sir Alexander C. Mackenzie. LXI. LUDWIG BARNAY 338 Meeting of Irving and Barnay—“Fluff”—A dinner on the stage—A discussion on subsidy—An honour from Saxe-Meiningen—A Grand-Ducal Invasion. LXII. CONSTANT COQUELIN (AINÉ) 341