... the lords of the woild themselves. I speak not of Venice or Florence, of Trier or of Ravenna. I speak of cities of a class one degree lower. I speak of the last home of Carolingian kingship on the rock of Laon. I speak of the walls of successive ages spreading ...

... and Alsace are concerned. But why make the fact patent in print? The tone of the work, too, is very disagreeable. Mrs. Lee speaks of her dislike for ' thc conceited, domineering Teutons, of the huddled-up Belgians, a ' loose and shambling maidservant ...

... exquisite saucers and sword-hilts of Jacquemart. But this is merely 'thc expression of an individual opinion, and Mr. Wedmore speaks so tenderly of the character of the younger master, and so picturesquely of Whi, work, that we have not the least desire to ...

... we were present on Saturday night would fairly justify us in the use of a far stronger term than that above expressed in speaking of one Hutton, the individual responsible for bringing together a crew of incompetents on Saturday last on to the stage of ...

... spoken about and recommended in a forcible way. A necessity had been felt from the earliest times to have a class of persons to speak about it with an authority that could not be disputed, and these persons, assuming a part which did not fall to them, naturally ...

... rather than advances her position in doing so. Our task is a more grateful one in speaking of other items of the performance. Of Mr Macleani's Sir Peter Teazle we can speak with cordial commendation as an example of careful and competent acting, and the ...

... rash but, so to speak, uncourteous. Enough that several passages in the alligro, despite the not very promising character of the themes, must inevitably win instantaneous recognition. About the scherao and finale we are not prepared to speak just now with ...

... his stage business we may hear of Mr Dye again, and be able to speak of him in still more favourable terms. Miss A. Vesey deserved some commendation for her rendering of Lady Clara, speaking clearly and intelligently. Miss Vesey made a favourable impression ...

... impersonations, while, on the other hand, there were some who acted very well indeed. We have often, for example, had occasion to speak favourably of the talent of M~iss Ivan Bristow, who, always clever and pleasing, made a decided advance as an actress in her ...

... did not extend beyond the get-up, which was copied closely from that of his original, and the tameness of the acting, and. speaking, which reduced-the part 'to insignificance. It is not easy to caricature acting the one characteristic of which is flatness ...

... Prabbleton Prim- rose, impersonated by Mr A. H. Maunder, a perfect butterfly of a lover, who always fancies that the lady he is speaking to at the moment must be and is the one ho is destined to win, makes love all round, and flings himself upon his knees at ...

... to its amusing incidents. Mr Fulham has evident dramatic intelligence, and, as he overcame his nervousness and managed to speak louder in the scene with Betsy, we may look upon his impersonation of Mouser as an acceptable one. Exception must, however ...