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AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS FROM THE PAINTING BY ELLEN EMMETCopyright, 1908, by Ellen EmmetMcCLURE'S MAGAZINE
VOL. XXXI JUNE, 1908 No. 2
CONTENTS
MY FIRST APPEARANCE IN AMERICA[1]
BY
ELLEN TERRY
The first time that there was any talk of my going to America was, Ithink, in 1874, when I was playing in "The Wandering Heir." DionBoucicault wanted me to go, and dazzled me with figures, but I expectthe cautious Charles Reade influenced me against accepting theengagement.
When I did go, in 1883, I was thirty-five and had an assured position inmy profession. It was the first of eight tours, seven of which I wentwith Henry Irving. The last was in 1907, after his dea
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