The Romance of Madame Tussaud'sTussaud, John Theodore
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The Romance of Madame Tussaud's
Tussaud, John Theodore
Madame Tussaud and Sons' Exhibition; Tussaud, Marie, 1761-1850; Waxworks
TUSSAUD’S AS EDUCATOR--QUEER QUESTIONS--WANTED, A “MODEL”
WIFE--QUAINT EXTRACT FROM AN INDIAN’S DIARY 236
CHAPTER XXXV
STARS OF THE STAGE IN MY STUDIO--MISS ELLEN TERRY HAS A CUP OF
TEA--SIR SQUIRE AND LADY BANCROFT--SIR HENRY IRVING AND THE
CABBY--WE COMPLY WITH A STRANGE REQUEST 242
CHAPTER XXXVI
LITERARY SITTERS--GEORGE R. SIMS’ IMPROMPTU--HIS ORDEAL IN THE
CHAMBER OF HORRORS. GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA’S MASTERPIECE 249
CHAPTER XXXVII
G. A. SALA ON MARIE ANTOINETTE--THE ROYAL FAMILY--THE
QUEEN--HER “TRIAL,” CONDEMNATION AND DEATH--THE SANSONS--SALA’S
IMPRESSIONS 254
CHAPTER XXXVIII
MORE SITTERS--MR. JOHN BURNS WALKS AND TALKS--WE BUY HIS ONLY
SUIT--MR. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW HAS TO WORK FOR HIS LIVING--FOUR
LEADING SUFFRAGETTES--CHRISTABEL’S MODEL “SPEAKS”--THE CHANNEL
SWIMMER--GENERAL BOOTH 275
CHAPTER XXXIX
BANK HOLIDAY QUEUES--CUP-TIE DAY--GENTLEMEN FROM THE
NORTH--BACHELOR BEANFEASTS--THE MEMBER FOR OLDHAM--A SCARE 282
CHAPTER XL
THE MYSTERIOUS SUN YAT SEN’S VISIT--HIS ESCAPE FROM THE CHINESE
LEGATION--THE DARGAI TABLEAU--SIR WILLIAM TRELOAR ENTERTAINS
HIS LITTLE FRIENDS 287
CHAPTER XLI
A MISCELLANY OF HUMOUR--OUR POLICEMAN--THE MYSTERIOUS
LANTERN--THE DANGER OF OLD CATALOGUES--STORIES OF CHILDREN--SIR
ERNEST SHACKLETON’S MODEL 291
CHAPTER XLII
THE LURE OF HORRORS--BEGINNINGS OF THE “DEAD ROOM”--SIR THOMAS
LAWRENCE, P.R.A., SKETCHES A SUICIDE--BURKE AND HARE--FIESCHI’S
INFERNAL MACHINE--GREENACRE--EXECUTIONS IN PUBLIC--“FREE AT
LAST!” 297
CHAPTER XLIII
THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS RUMOUR--_NO REWARD HAS BEEN OR
WILL BE OFFERED_--THE CONSTABLE’S ESCAPADE--A NOCTURNAL
EXPERIENCE--DUMAS’S COMEDY OF THE CHAMBER--YEOMEN OF THE HALTER
307
CHAPTER XLIV
ANECDOTAL--“WHICH IS PEACE?”--MARK TWAIN AT TUSSAUD’S--DR.
GRACE’S STORY--MR. KIPLING’S MODEL--FILIAL PRIDE--BISHOP
JACKSON’S SALLY--GERMAN INACCURACY 315
CHAPTER XLV
ENEMY MODELS--A HOSTILE PUBLIC--BANISHMENT OF FOUR RULERS--OUR
REPLY TO JOHN BULL--ATTACKS ON THE KAISER’S EFFIGY--STORY OF AN
IRON CROSS 320
CHAPTER XLVI
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