Age 17. From a Photograph.	Age 22. From a Photograph.
Age 27. From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry.	Age Present Day. From a Painting by Leslie Ward.

ERE I asked to give a short, true, and succinct account of my life," says Mr. Corney Grain in his entertaining "Reminiscences," "I should do it in the following manner:—

Surname	Grain.
Christian Name	Richard Corney.
Condition	Bachelor.
Born	October 26, 1844.
Education	Average Middle Class.
Profession	Barrister, April 30, 1866. Entertainer, May 16, 1870."

Mr. Corney Grain was reading for the bar, and doing a little amateur acting and entertaining. At the age of the third, he had recently joined the German Reed's entertainment, with which his name has ever since been so pleasantly associated.