CHAPTER IX.

Edmund Kean--Mystery of his Parentage--Saunders's Circus-- Scowton's Theatre--Belzoni--The Nondescript--Richardson's Theatre--The Carey Family--Kean, a Circus Performer--Oxberry, the Comedian--James Wallack--Last Appearance of the Irish Giant--Miss Biffin and the Earl of Morton--Bartholomew Fair Incidents--Josephine Girardelli, the Female Salamander--James England, the Flying Pieman--Elliston as a Showman--Simon Paap, the Dutch Dwarf--Ballard's Menagerie--A Learned Pig-- Madame Gobert, the Athlete--Cartlich, the Original Mazeppa-- Barnes, the Pantaloon--Nelson Lee--Cooke's Circus--The Gyngell Family 213