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Title: Keats-Shelley; the Bookman memorial souvenir
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Keats, John, 1795-1821 Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
Publisher: London Hodder and Stoughton
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Photo by E. O. Hoppi. The Marquis ImperialJ,the Italian Ambassador. Italian Ambassador, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the Ameri-can Ambassador, and Sir Rennell Redd, the BritishAmbassador at Rome, for it was the timely inter-vention of a group of American citizens, who electedSir Rennell Rodd their chairman and enlisted thesympathies of the King of Italy, that resulted insecuring the house in which Keats died at Romeas a permanent Memorial to the poet ; and so farmost of the money towards paying off the debton the house has come from America. Mr. Asquith and Mr. Balfour ha^e promised toattend the first matinee, and Sir John Shelley willbe present, as representative of the Shelley family. The matinees will commencecomposed by Mr. ArnoldBax, and the recital byMiss Genevieve Wardof seven stanzas fromAdonais. with a prelude
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Ikoto by E. O. llofpl. The Hon. Whitelaw Reid,the American Ambassador. serpine will be taken by Miss Pelly and of Pluto byMr. Thomas Weguelin, and Sir Hubert Parry willhimself conduct the performance of his work. Mr. Forbes Robertson will recite Keatss greatnarrative poem, The Eve of St. Agnes, for whicha prelude has been written by Mr. Coleridge-Taylor,and the recital will be illustrated by a series oftableaux, arranged by Mr. Lyall Swete. This willbe Mr. Forbes Robertsons only appearance on theLondon stage this season. Keatss Where be ye going, you Devon maid ? and Think not of it, sweet one, so, will be recitedby Miss Ellen Terry ; and Madame Kirkby Lunnwill sing Shelleys When Passions Trance and The Widow Bird. The Marchioness of Crewehas taken a very active partin the preparations for thematinee performances, andwith Miss Ina Pelly hasarranged the tableau forShelleys Song of Proser-pine while gathering flowerson the Plains of Enna,for which and for the danceof attendant maidens t

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