, 1866-09-02

n,ething Of phI1osophe. in his way, "fhls
q ID comedy for men who think, and q eHG-
: for men who gtt" the actos haye tho worst o!
Bat sometimes No think tho burden IL on The
beE ahouldcr~Vhen in Theatre. il tho Amer
an drama dessriorauus, when spectacular
ecss have The e1cluaiyp rnn, with, scenic cfsets
I'd sensation tab1eanx, when the modern adapta"
ons from tho French supplsns the gsana old :,
daptat1onH from tho 0eImau. wheE aczobais per-
,r1n In the Opera Honses and Theatres tske upon
,emsc1yes tho form and bearing Of an Italian
tnektnelo5 o. ID It the fault Of American nu-
icnces that they patronisc theae performances In
reference TO thoso of legitimate charaeesE.
Comparisons sre notoriously odIous. but With.
mt any desire to -ha7e-anyt thing to do-wtth tbs
dlots things, wa Hish, for old acquainfanfa saEes
0 IrcmInd our ;readesa Of the dsX when
dcv1ckor, Myers. Dillon, nainiord, Miss
Woodbury.. Mn. Lnjghton.. tostte HouEh; ma
Madison atrcet Theatre. Think Of 1t and" enjoy:
/ ID "Reminiscences Of the things that were. -
Ths great evout IN tho theatrical world wta %
ho adrent OF Rtalott, tns aucecaeor o. haehe!E~
he italian: prototype Of the French Artistic, who
Tow lies .eutombed In the Jewish quarter Of. fc1o
q chaise. not far from The monument erected 70
liz poetic history Of E1olse and Abelsrd., That
Ristori IL great there Ia only this room iof doub
hat America has not pronounced hez to be So. }.
The Ii great the history Of Raehe1s >tait r. this
country lcarea no room to doubt but that We Will
seal The decision with the alguet Of our cildclam
She couea with largo troupe Of ATTY, Who WI
bo - lille - she IL great but this we must solof
ate for Tho contrast il will present Hnat II sne
talk Italiau,-what Il she talked Hebrew. Chinese
or Hindoostanish-we shall understand II shescts
rs did Eaehe1, and, understanding. We ahau appte-
- r. - ~ ~ tfs rrh{c1
saw fcw. days back where Ristort WAS to appear,
the namo Of Chicago Was omitted, bnt this must
be q mistake. II GIau should allow bis petty
spttc fnr The shabby but deserved treatment he re-
ceiscd at the bands Of Chicago people, to prevent
him num bringing Ristoza here, Riston "onld. OF
her own accord, CONC, and coming would play.
Ristori has heard Of Chicago, and wonld notlea
America without seeing IT,. :. " -
An e1-member Of the California legislature IL
playing 6sai-k engagement IN New York, about
which one Of tho. weekly critics Is greatly exer-
clsed. What IL the two -professlons, politics and
setting should become go uauddlcd that they
should eventually infringe, ono upon tho other!
Think Of Fernando Wood Is Bob BTtsrsv, OF Kay
mond as The DromIo Brothers, Billy Birch aeoept-
ling the Philadelphia nomination for Preaident and
Forrest running for Cosoneri :-.:. =;
John Bsougham:s new play, "0'Donne1rs A1E:
sicn,r il = decided suecess, and no wonder, ~
John both WEose It and plays 1t. Bfougham Is ons
OF tho stars for our coming season. Lawrence
Barrett and EDly Florence: nre back from '+ovez
Tic sea :" and WIlliam brings new p1ay with him
written BY Tom Taylor. Sotaetu. %; Dundrosry
rotorlety, h2s been. compelled to abandon the
etage for time on account OF his health. Jsnar-
son, whom New Yorkers remembers as fnsepa-a-
biz CONNECTED with !" Our American Cousin, " Ia to
play In Tho Olympic nader Groves'sn ausp1ces,
and Rip Vdn K1nAls, by thst pleasant plagiartst
Bourcicault, Ii 70 be brought out Dan Bryant,
ououdAm pce1o-mfnatrel, comes 10 Gee us this 6eR-
con with bis 'tshamus O,Driau." ;-,.t
Now. we ak, for information simply. Why mo
services of Mr. Edwin Booth aru not secured foF
short seasonf Apnblic which gave Forrest, sup'
ported by an execrablc provincial company o. stroll
ling players, tho 1s1gest houses he ever played to.
and generously dealt with the somewhat ancient
Murdoch almost iramed diately after, would not fan
to mako It profitable both 10 manager and to actF,
If the greatest sgedian Of his day would honor \
With visit. ,....t:' -, ,7c, :.
-: 1r1ERATunI. ~ =. -.
,6inca the demi4e, the second birth and second
death o! tho Saturday Fress, The American II
caro- has been lost to rs, victim to Bohemfanlsm
] Artemua Ward has bacn. engaged to chow htt
"wax.dgge1s" In London aud adyortiEes than II
PvncI. Frank Bret Hart, the " eondeuted nov
clist" Of the California press, certainly the great
| est peu-pant omimIst and epigrammatic lsrita'
since the days Of ThaekaEay, has been unusual.
reticent,. The comic monthl1as have become tos
iusiptd1y insignificant for Tho pencil Of Tom Mast
the acham :, Of our country, and We have nothing
len to The Ffuilg<tonlst bnt tho ephemeral trasl
Of serials which he despises, md the heavterweek
lies which affect to look down upon him. ~
The Round 7dbse adheres To its preaumptuou
tone Of superiority, and cuts and slashes llke
German studEntta.' sc9ldVer, promiscuously. 1
cocknhy editor from London has been added to IL
stats who will contribute to make It all the NOR
superci1ious. It attacked Miss Braddon FOR WI
ting such book u 't'What is this Mystcry r t
which Miss Bsaddon replies that she never wrot
such book: The censure incidentally dealt +
the publishers, Mcsszs. Hilton b Co., Il dpfopo
and lust. 1t il becoming common: custom fo
American publishers to ewindls american reader
with old books under newly d6ased 7Gtle.page.
Messls. Hilton d Co. arc not The only ones VIII
have done 30, to our knowledge. It is bad euoug
totally TO- disregard the rights Of authorn, in Ii
absenca Of an international copyright. but tn
sMeaszs. Peterson d Co. should announce :. Han
of Iceland as "Tho Brigand,'' :.'ono Of ,Yiett
iHuso's latest and best" and volume, intitalsts
;iMThe: Lamplightet's Story" "ona Of picken
greatest produt uons,"''.s Gled with soma eas'
theft, Is literary larceny a. baileo Carleton can
very near 1t In tsktng advantage of:Hugos pop
IarIty to reprint his 1argal." -: E..:':.:'
II! The TENOR Of ou1 current publications Is ebHn
ipR into = baritone, and eTerythlng ,f5r tho tim
| being il scientific or psn:s::.eca1-both. hcav
J, 'sHomes without nande, ~ Mr.. Beecher's wonde
!! ;ey's american Coaairtn are among The late
work. published. ttEccar Homo'' has reached
slsfrr,fth thousand, and II there mere some dict
IL tor;., nat to suppress 1t, 1t would attain pop
,,ritv on,v c,s,aallod BY Renan's slAe Of jesus
In Pusia. e.
). l. This reminds Us OF the way IN which they fo