Recollections of An Alienist, Personal And Professional
Recollections of An Alienist, Personal And Professional
Allan Mclane Hamilton
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I saw Josef, with the late Dr. Lewis A. Sayre, at the re- quest of his manager, and found him to be a bright, healthy boy, not at all nervous or overworked. He ate and slept well, and hardly could be kept from the piano. At the age of five years and six months he had already written a Mazourka, and Rubinstein called him the "greatest wonder of the present age. " As the result of this interview and of the interference his performances were limited to four a week. Subsequently some "wealthy resid...ent" of New York offered $50, 000 for Josef's educa- tion if he would leave the concert stage, but $100, 000 was demanded by his father. The father on his own account broke his contract with Mr. Abbey, was sued by the latter, and subsequently a compromise was effected. I had met "Artemas Ward, " the humourist, through my brother, who drew for Vanity Fair, and one night I went to see him as he was about to lecture at Dodsworth's Hall, 806 Broadway, upon The Mormons. "Artemas Ward" or Charles Farrar Browne, who had been lecturing since 1861, was a gaunt, pale young man with an enormous pointed nose, red hair and straggling moustache.
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