THE

WALLET OF TIME

CONTAINING PERSONAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, AND

CRITICAL REMINISCENCE OF THE

AMERICAN THEATRE

BY

WILLIAM WINTER

"I will prophesy he comes to tell me of the Players: mark it."

-SHAKESPEARE.

VOLUME ONE

NEW YORK

MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY
WILLIAM WINTER

All Rights Reserved

Published, September, 1913

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To

JOHN RANKEN TOWSE

Remembering His Distinguished Services to Society
During Many Years of Conscientious Labor
As Journalist and Dramatic Critic

And Honoring His Dignity of Character
Rectitude of Purpose and Devotion to Duty
I DEDICATE

This Commentary on the American Stage

Not in mere praise, but that a rightful pride
May, from the heart, an honest tribute send,
I write these words,—which, haply, will abide,—
To homage Virtue and to vaunt a Friend.

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