A Diorama of Florence—Vauxhall Gardens—Causes of their end in
1855—_Fête_ at Cremorne—The Coliseum—Rinks and
Roller-skating—Aquariums—Zazel and Mr. Watts—Nelly Farren—The rise
of the Music Hall—A visit to Evans’—Paddy Green as a collector—The
Opera in old days—Taglioni and Cerito—Paul Bedford—Mr. Toole—His
joke upon Sir Henry Irving—The Exhibition of 1851—Houdin, the
Prince of Conjurers—Theatre at Rome—Old days at Töplitz—A libel
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