... 3. —When was Thomas Hardy born? 4. —Which is the only English word In which the diphthong ao occurs? 5. —Who was Joseph Grimaldi? 6. —Where were the iron railings enclosing St. Paul's made? 7. —Who is the Governor of the Isle of Wight? 8. —Who modelled ...

... centenary of the death of Joseph Grimaldi, correspondent calls attention to the fact that the famous clown made notable appearances at Cheltenham and in Gloucester in the autumn of 1812. It recorded in tlie Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, edited by Boz, that ...

... CLOWN WORE MOTLEY WITH A BREAKING HEART A hundred years ago to-day died the greatest clown the British stage has known. Joseph Grimaldi was the father of all the genuine drolls, the grimacing, filching, irresistible clowns who are the delight of pantomime ...

... and the beginning of November, 1812, and interesting account of the visit to Gloucestershire is given in tfce Memoirs Joseph Grimaldi.'* Although Cheltenham has been described a very bad theatrical town, on account of its spas and other amusements, ...

... where they met distinguished company, including Lord Byron. » ♦ Detailed mention is made of the visit in the Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi (edited Charles Dickens), with special reference to practical joke which was played on the famous clown by Lord Byroii ...

... doors of many those who thus sought protect their property from the rioters, Mr. Bruton recalled from the Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, the celebrated elown (which ' '' edited), the amusing story of how Grimaldi. senior, with the view of keeping in the ...

... GRIMALDI ANNIVERSARY JJOME observance will, after all, be paid to the hundredth anniversary on Monday of the death of Joseph Grimaldi, whose reputation lives as that of the greatest clown in history. He was much more than a clown, being a child dancer ...

... Maggs for £2 12s. «d.; a first edition of Oliver Twist, with plates Cruikshank, Mr. James Bruton for £4• Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi to Mr. Wilton Haines for £4 125.; a first edition of The Loving Ballad Lord Bateman, with twelve etchings by George ...

... Mr. for £2 12s. 6d. ; first edition Oliver Twist, with plates by Cruikshank, to Mr. James Bruton for £4; Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi to Mr. Wilton Haines for 125.; first edition of The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman, with twelve etchings by George ...

... strike oddly on the ear, and in any case it is worth your while to read again, or make the acquaintance of Hood's ODE TO JOSEPH GRIMALDI. SENIOR. Joseph ! they say tbou'st left the stage. To toddle down the hill of life. And taste the flannelled east of age ...

... Sharp and his various eager disciples. THE PRINCE OF CLOWNS This week's anniversaries have included the centenary of Joseph Grimaldi, the most famous clown ever So famous was he that Charles Dickens, under his pen-name Boz, wrote his biography. Of this ...

... drink to me to see a clown his longings this direction are now rationed off the face of the stage. The prince of clowns, Joseph Grimaldi, paid three visits to Cheltenham at the invitation of Lord Byron, the poet, and the then Colonel Berkeley, of Berkeley ...