THE first photograph we give of Mr. Herbert Beerbohm Tree, shows him at
the age of five, then a cherubic and rosy boy of seemingly serious
disposition. The second likeness represents him at seventeen, soon after
he had left the college of Schnepfenthal in Thuringia, where he received
his education, but where, according to his own modest statement, he
acquired no distinction in the walks of learning. But so great was his
evident talent for acting that he was persuaded to adopt the stage as a
profession, with what instant success we all know. He became manager of
the Haymarket in 1887. As a manager he has shown not only enterprise,
but an almost quixotic liberality. His latest Monday night venture has
proved one of the happiest of his many happy thoughts.
For leave to reproduce these portraits we have to thank the kindness of
Mr. Beerbohm Tree.
[Illustration: _From a_] AGE 5. [_Photograph._]
[Illustration: _From a Photo. by_] AGE 17. [_The Stereoscopic Co._]
[Illustration: _From a Photo. by_] AGE 29. [_A. Bassano_.]
[Illustration: _From a Photo. by_] AGE 36. [_The Stereoscopic Co._]