This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ... MRS. KEMBLE My father was a very young man when he first knew the Kemble family. In 1832 he himself was twenty-one, a couple of years younger than Mrs. Fanny Kemble, who was born in 1809. The mentions of the Kemble family in a diary which he kept about that time are very constant. "Called at Kemble's. ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ... MRS. KEMBLE My father was a very young man when he first knew the Kemble family. In 1832 he himself was twenty-one, a couple of years younger than Mrs. Fanny Kemble, who was born in 1809. The mentions of the Kemble family in a diary which he kept about that time are very constant. "Called at Kemble's. Walked with Kemble in the Park." (Kemble was John Mitchell Kemble, Mrs. Fanny Kemble's brother.) "We met the Duke looking like an old hero," he continues. "Breakfasted with Kemble. Went to see the rehearsal of the Easter piece at Covent Garden, with Farley in his glory." Again: "Called at Kemble's. He read me some very beautiful verses by Tennyson." On another occasion my father speaks of seeing a " Miss Tot, a very nice girl. Madam not visible;" and again of "Miss Fanny still in Paris...." It was in the year 1851, or thereabouts, that my own scraps of recollections begin, and that I remember walking with my father along the high street at Southampton, and somewhere near the archway he turned, taking us with him into the old Assembly Rooms, where I heard for the first and only time in all my life a Shakesperean reading by Mrs. Fanny Kemble. I think it was the first time I ever saw her. She came in with a stiff and stately genuflection to the audience, took her seat at the little table prepared for her, upon which she laid her open book, and immediately began to read. My sister and I sat on either side of our father. He followed every word with attention; I cannot even make sure of the play after all these years, but Falstaff was in it, and with a rout and a shout a jolly company burst in. Was it Falstaff and his companions, or were they "Fairies, black, gray, green, and white, You moonshine revellers--"? Suddenly the lady's voice rose, with...
Read Less
Add this copy of Chapters From Some Unwritten Memoirs to cart. $6.00, very good condition, Sold by Ridge Road Sight & Sound rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Arlington, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1895.
Add this copy of Chapters From Some Unwritten Memoirs to cart. $14.00, very good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1895 by Harper & Brothers.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good. Hardcover. c.1895. Brown cloth, gilt titles, gilt edge. 8vo. 205pp. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, mild rubbing at corners and spine-ends, spine darkened, previous owner's signature inside cover, front hinge stressed, mild soiling to endpapers.
Add this copy of Chapters From Some Unwritten Memoirs to cart. $18.00, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
Add this copy of Chapters From Some Unwritten Memoirs to cart. $19.95, very good condition, Sold by Peninsula Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Traverse City, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1895 by Harper's.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good. Salmon cloth covers with gilt and red cover decorations and gilt spine lettering. A nicely decorated cover. The author's memories of life in England, her famous father, a chapter on Fanny Kemble, famous literary and political personalities of the time (1830-50), etc.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 205 pages.
Add this copy of Chapters From Some Unwritten Memoirs to cart. $28.30, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
Add this copy of Chapters From Some Unwritten Memoirs to cart. $46.95, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
