CHAPTER XI.

Successors of Scowton and Richardson--Nelson Lee--Crowther, the Actor--Paul Herring--Newman and Allen's Theatre--Fair in Hyde Park--Hilton's Menagerie--Bartholomew Fair again threatened--Wombwell's Menagerie--Charles Freer--Fox Cooper and the Bosjesmans--Destruction of Johnson and Lee's Theatre--Reed's Theatre--Hales, the Norfolk Giant--Affray at Greenwich--Death of Wombwell--Lion Queens--Catastrophe in a Menagerie--World's Fair at Bayswater--Abbott's Theatre-- Charlie Keith, the Clown--Robson, the Comedian--Manders's Menagerie--Macomo, the Lion-Tamer--Macarthy and the Lions-- Fairgrieve's Menagerie--Lorenzo and the Tigress--Sale of a Menagerie--Extinction of the London Fairs--Decline of Fairs near the Metropolis--Conclusion 319

THE OLD SHOWMEN, AND THE OLD LONDON FAIRS