Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-06-27
THE ACTOR.


TO sigh in, and cry in, and not 10
be Joyous and gay in of course
the life of the Actor is n very wick.
ed one, and for their part, he may
strut and fret his time upon tho
stage-make his exit and leave no
mark on tho page Of time, that the
sunlight may not fade and the mould
invade to carry of TO that capa-
cious chamber OF oblivion, full of
80 many things, and yet with room
enough for SO much more. Such
people should not forget, that good
things and bad tbinsg light and
heavy; serious and gay tears for
JOY and gladness, and tears for sor.
rows sake, have q common desti.
ny, and find n cure and quietus
in the advancing wheel Of time,
which runs over them all and leaves
no mark that the next rain may not
wash away. Verify, IL is a ques-
ton too profound for the plumb line
to fatbom whether in the Eye Of
Him, who has filed the earth with
sun shine and gladness, to contrast
with the gloom and sorrow Of dark.
ness if II be not equally sinful for
us to sigh and weep too much, as
IL is, to be too light hearted, and
gay. How we love tho Players,
all and the play writers they
who have gone down into tho re-
cesses of the human heart, and
brought to light the secret springs
and emotions of its well-spring
Would that religion, and the opin-
ion based thereon, required them TO
be more than they are, that they
might act the part of another hand
maid TO the same. Would that the
mirror could be held to nature that
we might see aud know what she
is, in the great heartthrobs Of hui
manity. Then we might know each
other ~ we are, and not as we seem
to be, in the living drama the
traps and the tricks the quiddets
and the bubbles would be unmask-
cd, even as we find them under the
pen Of the divine poet. The great
teachers and preachers must go
their way, and their theories for
the worlds government with them.
Noticing the catalogue of the
collection Of books made by the
late William Il. Burton, the Phila.
delphia Inquirer, says:
Tho Yoricks Of Life, no less tina Tia great
Caesars, must die and turn 10 clay. and tho
imperial dust Of ono Of the lattor seldom
receives y moro sincere tribute than tho
mournful alas with which Hamlet salutod
the skull of ono of tho former. OF all
,,ffh kgt M taan 70 axaaffnd ha lat
William u. Burton. Rotund. rubicund
and rollicking, he was ever full of infinite
Jest on the stage, while off tho stage 1t IL
now ovidcn: that he was less bibulous
than bibliomanincal. The catalogue Of his
library, TO be sold in October next, presents
him IN n character In which he has not
hitherto been fully recognized. He was
famous book collector. The catalogue con-
tains four hundred aud sixty pages, and
includes rare and valuable works in ovory
department of literature.
Tho collection IL quito miscellaneous in
its charactc passing from law and tbool-
ogy to the occult sciences and facetim. The
auctionoers, In their int oductory notice,
observe with q truthfulncss US we'll rs apt
ness OF quotation, Seneca was not too
heavy. nor Plautus too light" The very
juxtaposition Of the contents has twapg
of bumor about IL We have following
each other, India, Ireland, jest Books and
Jurisprudence then Man, Music, aud
Novels; side by side stand Spain, Sports,
Theatres and Theology and we then pass
to Trials, Turkey, Wales aud Woman.
Mr.. Burton devoted many years to the
gathering together Of these volumes, aud
they represent nobly the prosperity with
which he was deservedly favored in the
latter part of his life. The compiler fthe
catalogue says the collection Ifs believed
TO be by far the largest library Of dramatic
literature ever offered at public auction in
tins or any other country" 1t lisa treat to
read over the curious titles. is peculiar
ly rich in Shakspeariana, and contains the
first four folio editions Of Shakspeare's