, 1869-10-10
AMuSEMfM1S.
AEnCT CRITICS.

Lord Byrop, whosa name ID more or Less familiar
to lhe ensH OF the public just NJ the rretent time,
once w5nte an eesay which he entitled "EuE1fsh
j'arsis md Scotch Reviewers" Thcrc!n ne 40 IGN:
10 detail the difficulties under which the winters n1
thst tine 1atred and the general results n the!t
experiences II the nHt'ls Of the ferocln1s critic
Of the ta5. Ono VI these more modern days, Aom-
NJ lor, eitted With The art Of expressing hIdself Il
rr1pt, wul come out in N euuAion IrlArTs to the
1T Critics of the psvaa." There Il, rcrhspA NOR
roam for komcth,ng Of this Sind than IN any other
particular literary or biographical Department
The thtAtr cal critics Of lhc PRES, mr. Sometime
.,la, ou till actor ai, the osasE. Win an n,$cncr
0s taltnt ta,Esict0n thAt u truly fufft~h7t tn
nil bu. The crueidea subjects nj their otmerva.
.''ta mater r. Of smpo.s.h.tJ * 10. ~ ,a.sss,a.
uxI 10 aso1 Tie pos,ilon Of ,rasuatc critic upuo
49, s3 ssS nssse na :"
rt1ttctre The ehoftcontnE% OF m sndisidnA Hhotn
he knows AID soc!Ai!y llke',, and he viii a!xsyt
favor. Ant.. on tho nthcs hand. It II equally tm-
fpe<tte 81 H<e thr Rutra potntH Of one ~ho Il per
sonAlit hIrssstenh1r 1'nltra critic n Etct wttt'
uufc than usual G1luneks NIsd cAutor, slilinF
10 psyc unto Curat the thing That are caasrs, nj
noEr nos 'ess, be r atae 70 tals into the so,,sA
Of Of nm Vt ,. eI sn aoa
painfully frequent cEerJ *herc.
critics a. shr i<st arc hut tnnaut aud may crr
ID their Alatlasis ot rnuFar1et't, even rs the lr
Kiliuste SUBJECTS Ut thrir criticism tso ID scttai
Il Il oily eet1r.onnll. tin, hsfrton!c pcraon,gr
nr'rcr, With rrga1t t" whom there Is but onF
ssou. s A. to ,ar sn,scr starr tha. s~intc III tar
dramatic frtuAnrni. they have thefr u,etts ss''
,1ssner!ta thrir qualifications nn h1stms atsnnS.
thrlr eat'at.tirr sH1 ncasaclth.s. Wn!c they haEs
tbc q usur~ fur tlr UT. thcy should aso have tnr
rrrlt iuT the uth,F. Il h NJ particular marx ri
critical NJ liss 70 tc able 10 detect nav, nor z:
tnrrst I. n, can do, hut " gtsr rrnisO Nhcts
psasc II s!cse.vrsl. and crn'urc whtfr u ~ tnor
i4~ hhlluld Elw ~ is The n!ln Aid oT't Ut those
Nkn Interpret nslSc lffc through TIC msatath al
Rriors ,h-mpcsses arr peculiarly seus:tisc to what
HE ncwspaprrs tsy Atn1t them. II Inc tfr"'
,rnis l.. thrIp ntt!5 tho tendency IN to uit,s NJ
.rtttt III IFt,te Kal tn t M The Ftn.sr. II. Oh!
tho Nthte hsnh, tht pts@ss HIS right and r!, hni
hrrr sni ih+rr. uiAtetoE *h r,n.nf!hx lnn..fn.
nnfrt. sArriiLt3 and unt3'srfEe4i5 *ctlta s9lr
lu l. Il horl ut cout.ln atu0ls lad eEenc~ t,wast
toAt wt,cn they forced - te!irsr il Hlthrr y,
,apAn!. II unwilling TO ito them jnsstre+ An! titus,
N ttt rni ttr rrrss l.'-ss ni the iunaene~ wcs
It should rx,rt uxsr The theAtgica, ptn'+ saIun.
1Hk TAFT w1kk = AAtsKAEHrN
| The I1hs week has teen ta:hef ~ evensIal one
to thr ssn.rtrt,t In ,ns tnn'lc, III the dramatic
ine We hare had t!,,.r nf everything, botn Hr1Ed
| Ann E1s, nsely ahn srytrt. 1he lFfah 'ifatns
vwkA t1.lrtalt u,.tt, W lhr'c theatrcs Ind this
c!aks Of p asao % tho boa5dk This week therc
| Will tx complete ohnn9n Of rroR!1inat, aad thr
tbtsu!csl wor!d asc pfonltse't soaeths"f set'
/ 81 celAl
The programmes hero !aAt ~eek Waa,a vartd
| onr. aud tho management trsosted to I'll eos1s Of
eAts4:a. vi. ior the purpose Of hsawlne honscF.
with ha.n1, any deRtre OF success t[:t, Hc "a
.OA,er 1xni." ,hcn ..csT.Ie:" .. !" i;'p s, Vt
Isspk,p. Mrs Aun.e Waite, and Miss Aal'ts WI.
lan,s !n the lraslag parts. NJ. Mckee Raakin ~
d,d xsry bold to,ng IN s..a.nin3 ihs ';k ~ ~
lut Que E,r, aud that JOE Jefferson wnt q.
rseIn.t A,'de ,.cm 'hs ru;e';% % a,serJ nn3s,nt n;
s*.tie & ts1a r. xsaa 'ne a.a,
= = %a =, r. -. s"n a. .1s ss,s Il ra.s
rrpci ot presenting It. When Ackee NauE'n an
lounced an appearance o. his heoeak Il3af !,
This 'r!s. be cal1* The sl:n,n1 o. s.sans.s s,. u =
tbs, uas 10 initiate Jo. jc@t1son as closc!!
te<sl:lc- TneEr VIA no Foo!n Tor innos%t 90, IN
rscsencnt, attraction. or aadtson haakia I'M "a
sste1 ltnr1son as pte-.lae. 70 even come m
~frEr Iesr ps. great original, rtq..rsd ses! zoo
,sF; ~ ta'' +. Rst1n ,.ssr s. nae
were ii. ssoe.ieo1 copies. nAax1n1 VI =
iaek I en,us % snd ten.ihslts, nnes h.u
sr te. Vst zsf fhs1r n..,,,e. AZ ea.d .os tn ii
causte nl the denoea1lon AZ "e hare betos
stAtt., tare It u that lsasEn tah% l'us nt'oo "a
1 his ,ttt. e1d N view sl:o OF the great rrr11'
usc ~h;ch he has to contend aea'1st and The asE
; tianderd . itch VI u! umes hs "ni oe oonp@fs e
r1etst.ee. and nothing ete. TOR pew,
fsEfr es.'.e 70 40 no,ns s'hesw1st. al; R.ns:n
! de1se,s ID Comparing him with 1etfe..on. y
Aaso easy % point out his weafnesses to our e.
harder t1sk t. to etvc h1m the credit .hete ne q q
kEryest. That RAnkln dcseyye+ credit fot nis u
reFso,a'ton Of issr ran EtHkse n our earnest ~
;, candid opit,ou, We went to sec him In tplH
a prejudice ara contempt rs.her than Of fa1tnt
ard 0! csndor. We-went 10 sect. but caEoe awxI
rta5. hnnA.u mat tase tse oops1asso9 sn,o n. ~