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are now . A couple of bookcases arc bulged with volumes of travel and of reference to the actor ' s profession . " Edmund Kcan , " by Hawkins , leans side by side with the "lives" of Mrs . Siddons , of Matthews , and of Garrick . A beautiful edition of " Pictorial Shakespeare " keeps the " Life of Kemble " company in a prominent position , and the volumes of "The Mirror" —not the penny "Mirror "

of the present day—are surrounded by plays in French and English . Of correspondence and letters from famous people , Edward Terry has countless numbers , and when he gets a week to spare—he has been watching for that week for years—he intends arranging them in some sort of chronological order . The Grand Treasurer of today is not at all

ostentatious , so his private correspondence is not displayed or shown to the world . But he possesses curiosities of

literature and letter writing which cannot be hid , for many are the communications he has received from

madmen , stage-struck maidens , and " dramatic authors" that are worthy the light of day . Edward Terry has wandered several times

through Western Europe , has traversed Lapland , Poland , and parts of Russia , has fished in the Fjords of Norway more than

once , and brought back with him all sorts of weapons and things to hang upon his walls or place upon his shelves .

Engravings of David Garrick as Richard III ., Elliston , the friend of George IV ., Hogarth , and many more , are

hung wherever space can be found for them . But one place of honor is reserved for a " Bill " of a benefit at the

Theatre Royal , Belfast , for poor G . V . Brooke , who went down in the London , which foundered in the Bay of Biscay , and who—be

it again chronicledsurrendered his life in favor of the women and children , whom he bravely assisted into the boats until the ship went down and took him with it . Curiously enough , the play performed at this benefit was "Richard III ., " and " E . Terry" is down

as the Lord Mayor of London . The other spot over the mantel piece is occupied by—in itself—a worthless little caricature of Miss Farren , in one of the old Gaiety burlesques , but how tenderly its possessor values it you perhaps have no idea . The Grand Treasurer was initiated into Freemasonry in the Royal Union Lodge ( 382 ) at Uxbridge , in which he passed the chair . lie was the first actor W . M . of the Asaph Lodge , which is

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the representative Lodge of the Musical and Dramatic professions , and is a Past First Principal of the Asaph Chapter . He has passed the chair of the St . Alban ' s Lodge ( 29 ) , and was one of the original members of the Savage Club Lodge , in which lie followed Henry Irving in the post of Treasurer . He was appointed a Grand Steward in 1 SS 5-S 6 , and has been two years a member of the

Board of General Purposes ; he is a Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and Life Governor of the two other Masonic Institutions ; he has also served the office of Steward eight times . From this , in one might ) ' bound , he has sprung into the position of Grand Treasurer of Grand Lodge , to

which he was elected by a large majority on March Gth last , defeating Mr . George Everitt , his opponent on tlie occasion . Mr .

Edward Terr ) ' is a member of the Actors ' Benevolent Fund , and was presented with tlie only ticket granted to

his Lodge for admission into the Albert Hall when 11 . R . H . the Grand Master was raised to that sublime position .

He was one of tlie representative actors invited to the Abbey when the Thanksgiving Service was held at Her Majesty ' s Jubilee , and was selected to

deliver a lecture at the Cardiff Church Congress of a few days since upon " Popular Amusements in Relation to Christian Life . "

Mr . Terry in his private life is surrounded by hosts 01 friends , who value him for the manly merits of his

career . He has sought to add to his avocation the domestic comforts and belongings that arc attributable to followers

of all other professions , and he has conclusively proved that an actor may be a gentleman and a domesticated man into the bargain . He loves his home and

his family . The lurements of pure Bohcmianism have no attraction for him , and what little time lie can spare , and much more that he cannot spare , he gives to the local institutions of Barnes . To him that river-side suburb is a Canaan beyond Jordan , where he strives hard to help in any worthy object that may be brought to his

notice . He is President of all sorts of clubs and meetings . He fills numerous positions in parochial affairs , and has become quite a pillar of strength in the welfares of the poor . In all his local work he is aided by his wife , who comes presently laden with fruit from her hothouses into the room where you smoke the pipe of peace ; to brighten her husband ' s sanctum with her smiling face , and