... the sweetest iningineble, end the prettiest dances that have been seen for many a lung day. The Hippodrome •nd dear old Drury Lane are not behind hand magnificence of scenery end tredilitnini pantomimic fun and merriment, but ae far an Mtereeting story ...

... AugustOs Harris, who first enlarged upon the grand upectaculst pantomime, used to spend from £20,000 to £25,000 upon the Drury Lane estravagansa, and it is said that it takes fully £7,000 to £B,OOO to produce a first-class pantomime at any of the leading ...