"Mr. Siddons Kemble, a young Bensonian actor, who plays the
part of 'A Poet' in 'Cyrano,' is the great-great-grandson of
the actress Sarah Siddons and her equally famous brothers,
John Phillip Kemble, Charles Kemble and Henry Stephen
Kemble."--_Evening News_.

There must have been a remarkable amount of close intermarriage in the
KEMBLE family.

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ROYAL ACADEMY--FIRST DEPRESSIONS.

[Illustration: _Ulysses (disillusioned)._ "FULL SPEED AHEAD!"]

[Illustration: _Sir William Bull (to Mr. Hacker)_. "I WARN YOU THAT IF
THIS ASH FALLS IT MAY THROW ME OFF MY BALANCE."]


[Illustration: "PULVIS ET UMBRA."

_Excited Spectator_. "TWO TO ONE ON UMBRA."]


[Illustration: _Disgusted Artist_. "WHAT'S THE GOOD OF MY TRYING TO
PAINT HER WHEN SHE KEEPS ON FALLING ASLEEP?" ]


[Illustration: "OH, DO HURRY UP AND FINISH! I'M GROWING OUT OF MY
CLOTHES."]