31 MARCH 1906, Page 25

Henry Irving : a Biography. By Percy Fitzgerald. (T. Fisher

Unwin. 10s. 6d. net.)—This is a new edition of a book which was originally published in Irving's lifetime, and has been now carried to a conclusion. And a melancholy conclusion it is. Irving had as great a success as any man in his profession has ever made, but he had to work for his livelihood when he knew that work meant imminent danger to life. He was in his sixty-sixth year when he died. It is true that his effects realised £20,000; but then, as his biographer puts it, this value, which was far above their intrinsic worth, came to them from his death.