[Speech of Henry Irving[10] at a banquet given in his honor, London,
July 4, 1883, in view of his impending departure for a professional
tour of America. The Lord Chief Justice of England, John Duke
Coleridge, occupied the chair.]
[Illustration: _MENU CARD Photogravure after a design by Thompson
Willing_
Through the courtesy of the Lotus Club, we are enabled to reproduce
this typical dinner card, especially drawn and engraved for a
complimentary banquet to Sir Henry Irving. The original card is
about three times the size of this reproduction.