  The literature about Savoy Opera forms a regular library. A great deal of it has been contributed to newspapers and magazines. For the latter the reader should consult Poole's "Index to Periodical Literature" and its successor, "The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature." The following list contains the chief books about the Savoyards. GILBERT.W. S. Gilbert: By Edith A. Browne. Stars of the Stage Series. London: John Lane. 1907. 8vo: pp. xii+96+15 plates, one of them showing Gilbert in a kilt as a (3rd) Gordon Highlander (1868-78): gives a list of Gilbert's plays. The operas are dealt with by themselves (pp. 55-84). There is a photograph of H. A. Lytton in "Patience" (facing p. 58). Sir William S. Gilbert: A study in modern satire: a handbook on Gilbert and the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. By Isaac Goldberg, M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard.) Boston: Stratford Publishing Co., 1913. 8vo. pp. 156. The operas are discussed pp. 83-146. "The character of Pooh-Bah is perhaps the greatest single creation of Gilbert's." Recollections of Gilbert. By G. W. Smalley. McClure's Magazine (January 1903), xx, 302-304. Real Conversation with Gilbert. By William Archer. Critic, New York (September 1901), xxxix, 240-240. Mr. Archer's article on Gilbert as a dramatist in the St. James's Magazine, London, in 1881 (xlix, 287), was one of the first critical appreciations of Gilbert on a big scale. The Genius of Gilbert. Blackwood's Magazine (July 1911), cxcix, 121-128. The English Aristophanes. By Walter Sichel. Fortnightly Review (October 1911), xciv, 681-704. The Librettos of W. S. Gilbert. By G. H. Powell. Temple Bar, cxxv, 36. Mr. Gilbert as a Librettist. By J. M. Bulloch. Evening Gazette, Aberdeen (June 16, 17, 1890). This was originally an address delivered to the Aberdeen University Literary Society, November 16, 1888. J. M. Bulloch also dealt with "The Pretty Wit of Mr. Gilbert" in the Sketch, June 12, 1898; "Mr. Gilbert's Majority as a Savoyard," in the Sketch, Sept. 9, 1898; and "The work of W. S. Gilbert," illustrated in the Bookbuyer, New York, January, 1899. Gilbert's Profits from Libretto. By G. Middleton. Bookman, New York (October, 1908), xxviii, 116-123. Sir W. S. Gilbert. Leading article and biography in The Times, May 30, 1911, pp. 11-12. Portraits. Ten reproductions are inventoried in the A.L.A. Portrait Index (Washington, 1908: p. 378) including those by Rudolf Lehman and "Spy" in Vanity Fair (1881: xiii, plate 13.). SULLIVAN.Sir Arthur Sullivan, His Life and Music. By B. W. Findon, London: James Nisbet and Company, 1904. 8vo. pp. viii+214+[2]: portrait of Sullivan. Dedicated to Mr. Findon's aunt, Mary Clementina Sullivan, 1811-82, mother of Sir Arthur. List of Sullivan's works (pp. 204-214): section specially devoted to the Savoy Opera (pp. 94-126). This book was reprinted by Sisley's, Ltd. [1908] as "Sir Arthur Sullivan and his Operas." Sullivan. Sir Arthur Sullivan: Life story, letters, and reminiscences. By Arthur Lawrence; with critique by B. W. Findon; and bibliography by W. Bendall London: James Bowden, 1899. 8vo. pp. xvi.+360+11 plates+[8]. There are 19 illustrations, showing Sullivan at the ages of 12, 15, 25, 44, 52 and 57, with eight facsimiles of letters or scores. M. Findon's critique occupies pp. 288-326 and the bibliography, pp. 327-360. Souvenir of Sir Arthur Sullivan, Mus. Doc, M.V.O.; a brief sketch of his life. By Walter J. Wells. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1901. 8vo. pp. viii. + 106 with 49 illustrations. Contains "Sullivan and Gilbert" (pp. 15-31): "D'Oyly Carte" (pp. 32-46): "American Success" (pp. 47-54.) List of his works (pp. 98-104). Arthur Sullivan. By H. Saxe Wyndham. London: George Bell and Sons, 1903. 8vo. pp. x+80, with eight illustrations. Dedicated "to my wife through whose skill as a musician the never ending delights of Sullivan's music were first unfolded to me." One of Bell's Miniature Series of Musicians. Portraits. Twenty-one reproductions are inventoried in the A.L.A. Portrait Index (Washington, 1908: p. 1405) including those by Millais and by "Ape" in Vanity Fair (1874: vi, plate 81). CARTE.The starting of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas: a letter written by R. D'Oyly Carte in 1877 to "My Lord" (unnamed), apropos of a proposal to form a small company to produce the operas. Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette, May 1, 1907. The petition by the Savoy Theatre and Operas, Ltd., and Reduced, for the approval of the Court to the reduction of the capital from £75,000 to £41,250 was heard Portraits. Four reproductions are inventoried in the A.L.A. Portrait Index (Washington, 1908: p. 259), including that by "Spy" in Vanity Fair (1891: xxiii, plate 498). THE SAVOY OPERAS.Gilbert, Sullivan, and D'Oyly Carte: Reminiscences of the Savoy and the Savoyards. By Francois Cellier and Cunningham Bridgeman. London: Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1914. 8vo. pp. xxiv+443: with 63 portraits and other illustrations and six facsimile letters; and a complete set of casts at the Savoy (pp. 425-435). The collaboration between Mr. Cellier and Mr. Bridgeman (pp. 3-163) was ended by the former's death, January 5, 1914. The rest of the book (pp. 164-422) was done by Mr. Bridgeman. The Savoy Opera and the Savoyards. By Percy Fitzgerald, M.A., F.S.A.; with six illustrations. London: Chatto and Windus, 1894. 8vo. pp. xvi, 248. Most of the illustrations are pen and ink drawings. Gilbert and Sullivan Opera: a history and a comment. By H. M. Walbrook: with a foreword by Sir Henry Wood. London: F. V. White and Co., Ltd., 1920. 8vo. pp. 155+[3]+4 plates, including two drawings by H. M. Bateman and a reproduction of the Sullivan Memorial in the Victoria Embankment Gardens; with 42 pen and ink sketches in the text: Short bibliography (p. 155). Gilbert and Sullivan Jottings. By Shelford Walsh [Harrogate?] coach to the principal operatic societies in the United Kingdom [1903]. 16 mo.: pp. 24+cover. Contains little stories about the operas. Price 4d. Savoyards on Tour: a description of the various companies on the road. Sketch, June 13, 1894. Savoyard Dinner, given by the O.P. Club in the Hotel Cecil, December 30, 1906. Gilbert's historical speech on this occasion was printed verbatim in the Daily Telegraph, December 31, 1906. BARRINGTON.Rutland Barrington: a record of thirty-five years' experience on the English stage. By Himself; with a preface by Sir William S. Gilbert, London: Grant Richards, 1908. 8vo. pp. 270+31 illustrations and coloured portrait on the cover. Printed at Plymouth. Dedicated to "My good friend, Mrs. D'Oyly Carte." The Savoy is dealt with pp. 25-86. More Rutland Barrington. By Himself. London: Grant Richards, 1911. 8vo. pp. 233+[1]+15 illustrations, including one of H. A. Lytton as the Pirate King. Printed in Edinburgh. GROSSMITH.A Society Clown: reminiscences. By George Grossmith. Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1888. 8vo. pp. iv+182. Forming vol. 31 of Arrowsmith's Bristol Library. Chapter on Gilbert and Sullivan pp. 91-125. In "Piano and I" (1910), he describes (pp. 11-18) why he left the Savoy. See also "The Diary of Nobody" (1892). LYTTON.Memories of a Merryman. By H. A. Lytton. Graphic, Nov. 19, 26; Dec. 3, 10, 17, 1921. This consists of some extracts from the present volume. |
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