CHAPTER V

JOURNALISM AND THE STAGE

(1864-1880)

His connection with the _Daily News_--He buys a share--Manager of the Queen's Theatre--_Time and the Hour_--_Dearer than Life_--Contretemps--Financial loss--Poor opinion of artists--A Bohemian--His knowledge of London--Edmund Yates tells how he came on the staff of the _World_--His city articles--Trial of Abbott at the Guild Hall--A calculator--Labouchere and Grenville Murray--He leaves the staff of the _World_--Journey with Mr. Bellew--Adventure with Dumas père--With Dumas fils--His visit to Newgate--Sensations as a man about to be hanged--Remarks about the Claimant--Immense popularity of _Truth_--The Lying Club in Co. Durham

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