, 1870-10-31
NEW BOOKS.

taininr nsoeranbicaI Sketches of nearly esey
member Of the profession thai nss 1eeS 1ee!S H1T.
as m.t hm9lGa9 nr fets e. Tmrk: Dick 4 Fitzgerald.
cn1esfo: . Western News Co 1850
A cntnnlc.e history OF the American stage
e.. 1ono hac, nseded. Probably there is no
h.e Honb I;,t,. ,,ont which Is known
other psofess,oh su. so 1850 -. ,,,., ~ the s,,ca
1ry tho general fuone' se ~ ,,,m,.,s -
The actor comparatively lives ~ alusell. and
r.-.,x f7cures in rocicty. Ills dulles absorb
e.,,,,,.,elr. Tie little world behind
4lis unie co.af s..,,t, ,s.-.o uo-1, ,..,,.,.
tho necnes ~ AZ .s so 49, 49, ~" s...'l "-sn
could shed a'shs "iou .ao " Alas' .ae ofAnAtsst
and the actor, eepecialls IN an American point
ri y;c~, would he heartily welcome, for the
,,n,f;c curiosity il intense to know sometbjno
-. t,,a men and uonen xho fon.a =, t;ras
ao""' t"e ..,.a s,..,1 - - .'nss
sud queens, ~ho STAND out ds historical and
-pcial types. aud who sway their emotions and
lindic the;, passious, Now and tbon ,s in
~. -.so ~ R,oh.l .,a n:...-
.ne sA " :, e. 4su T. o 1as'oT IN .ne
aA, az" y, ssans AAno ana iA9ti, me
wcfid learns thc story. and 1t Ii always one OF
The book before us. althouch nransr.d he
,.o,t,an,,r ,r,,, H.. 49, ,,r,r,st;a 80. -
s'e"'-' "Ao "~o 'c1n a't~"a' et''is 1of
many years and who has hae abundant op-
l,ortunitith for securing material for his work,
is ia no renee a histor, OF the American
Sts~a. n is mir >n11ccfinu of brf4f 1,3o.
s1;,. o,,,..:...a a,1. So. ,.,., -
ee.4e.u4ee oa's &c" Anen ocAus os-
= lea 10 each fnnJec1. no" and then these
n.os1aFn!cs1 notiees afe hlonSat ao"n 20 tas
Ffe7fnt utnc. nnt more tfeauehtlr II - The
Gaze t4at they step short nltecn or twenty
AlaEs ago. They nre also full Of groas errors
q 'ime and piece aud very often violate
hratrcal ctiquette. as. for instance, in sup.
plying the real names Of actors and actressas
for the stage name. By wl,iel, they are known.
Ihesc errors abound in almost eveF page, and
the general tone Of tho book would seem to
indicate that ii ~as compiled many yoatS aso,
Lu1r7edly revanped for tho press- Too nush
space Is also taken MP with foreign slngers
who have appeared here, some Of
whom are unworthy place in any
stage listnTy, and all o. whom might
have been omitted WITH 4; adsssnt.ge to the
BOOK II the Fl,Ace sheF hli had ocen Occupied
people: II ~ 1n1nefmoIet q lA91t Oh the
ECok thai tue nopods+s OF tho AUof1can stage
Lake up quito a. muet, room rs tho soma
boo!ss, u'anE Of whom have never beon known
mile aNny 1ro'n dis stage upon which they
hst!'cntd TO play- Tile portraits alao arc very
bad, not 1u1y A. engraviugA but as Hkenesscs.
There aro many irteztsting facts, however, to
be gathered from tho work, as It would mani
Testify be impossible to write book OF over
4ee pages without containing somsttinF Of
value. Quo of the most Interesting or these
fsets Il an anhwef TO almost tho Arat question
asked. How cid is ruch au actor or singer
In the matter VI aEea the urfter II nearly A.
w1yB correct, and for the information Of tbs
curious rea'er ne Summaries the following
ages nf lesding people upou the stage Edwin
Adams: &c Elx1n la'o:l, ~ Ats. Lowers,
10: D1igLo'i. - "a ntsetake ~ At least ten
Sncf: tantl"Sa, ~ -. 'oroeA: ~; Vle nali
gu. "osin ;, C'a1k"' ~ Chaa'faa, ~; Col
HIS. ~ L1afio;te tosnfuan. ~ Madant
U AueH, 10; T. Davetrort, 81 Is Grange,
IL. Emmett. -. FlpFence, 80; Formes. G.
Fotest, G1; SGsan Gaifon, II; 11sckett, 10
JeHeIsui'. 4a7 Laura heeoc, 407 Kellogg, -
Airs. Lander, ~; 5o.ny i4ind Gold-chmidt
so:- Lotts, sI Mct.cks1, as' ANNE Miner
a.: Aass.o aa.eneA' 20; MHlnoc5, "
SA1:s: ~: 'N .. ~ un S"ens' ar a.
aaaA1M tat', -: A'e!a.ae a.lh''ps, ~ &c
iu.s. 73 the veteran of the ht.go); lds,ori
II. Mn croft Sidlt,ut &c. J.riix Tbnn,r.n,,
II ,an,1 l:,rncr Wi,i;,fn, II Tf,as., :; l.rra
.r.s ,,ot tr,lv i,,,srcr,;, il, t!,emseIvesa IN,
r.,ey e1pak verv eloquently for tue ionreyit
citing fow other points OF interest," Edwi
Eooth made Ills dt3,n. ~ 7yssAf in leich1rf III.
Sept. II, l9ia, at tho Boston Museum, an
his b.ut1,es. Junius Etutus Booth. ir,
1ralo his sL{.ut ir the Ham
character. Mrs. y. j.. Bowe1s il tbs daughts
M EntEr003l ClHfEFm1h. Tenn 3lfATfNO
AZ kmrti:ss. born 4: Philadelphia, aitt.our'
j! is almost the universal inrressiosl that i
IL foreigner, Florc1re, tue IrisA comedian
enramcrced his stage hfc in Tragedy; 80 Iii,
1eaiusweli and Jot.M $ Clarke. lotta an
Mr.. towei' both made tAeir drbutsas rocaliste
and Mn. bernard as 4 pianist. Adelaid
Phillips was born al s,rstferd. on-!Ayoa, au
1a1lt iler dtIEt at the Hosson Museum AZ
1.snscurc. appearing u,np ttio l,,Il, A. n
..t:t,il,I cf Avon Mrs.. Scott-;i1,I ,,,s mn,
,icl gtl,lcman by ,he nauc or Cauter; b1
t,.utc5 not i.einc verr cuphoaious for Ii
stage. .hc a-snmtsi her mo icr-in-laws u nam
SCOTT, aud her maiden name OF SlsIoas.
from tho book. but nj u Who'll. It is very in
pcrfect, anu tho History Of the Americ,
S,are vet rcn,ai11s to Le written.
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