, 1874-08-22
with Thy heavenly arsec, send from thy sestc supor-


oraunt her .na them ona 10 lyvo, her to r"gne them
What my a'.a!~ bo best for Tho woalo pub1lquoa
co1ntnolltlc.
OF dramatic compositions, sstylcd 1ntorudos.
Those woro abort. and lively ,pioces. with aomo
mcrry and farcical subject, and woro performed
o.thor in tho enlr' dctes Of tho long and solemn
1osistoua dtanax Or III tho intervals e o. tno
Among tho prolific authord Of tho 1nserludo woro
Bholton, John NastalI, brothor-in-law OF Sir
THOMAS Moro, John Haywood, and D,shop Bale.
We copy tho titloa Of two Or thIee:, Ono In En-:
g g%1sa yef' & Rsst 1S Gos o o. a the s
}|r'son IN manner Of" Of an ENTERbUDE 1yRhto
olygant and full OF craft Of rhotoryek:
wheraiu IL ahawed md dcacrTbyd, ~ VOL tho
aud cvyjl coidicions, Will, = moral conclusion
aud exilortation 10 vertpw." Another, BY Hoy
wood, is thus tloscrlbot: nor dENTYLNEss
AND NoBYLYrE. A dyalogo bctwoon tho NOR
tyage Who Is vo'ay goutylman, and how men
should como to asictolyte. compiled ln mannor
Of an IN,fEILUDE. With ,,irorB ToYEs anti
dEsT1s edayd thcroto, to make mery paatyno
Tho mort famous Interludo BY Hcywood, who
was sort Of jostor at tho Courts Of King Henry
VIII. and of.Queon Mary Is styled 8 Tno Play
called tho Four P.'B, being now and mcrrr El,-
torludc OF Palmer. Pardones. Potlcary aud Ped
mr." Tho plot Of tsls piece surna nrou dts,-
aha1l toll tho grossent 'alschood. Tho Palmer
incidentally remarks that no mover saw a woman
out of patience. when tho rostt surpriaod of tller
Ruard. declaro this to bc tho biggoht lio they
ever heard, snd thus Tho question at iYauo Ii
settled amid great lnorritnent. ......
During tho Reformation, tho drama assumed
Theological character. and the stago was used
by both Catholics aud plotostants ~ . roady nna
powerful weapon with which to aAsat! each other;
An 1ntorudo Of the reign Of Honry Will, called
"Evory Man" attaekH tue now faith; while anoth-
or Of tho reign OF Edward W.. styled .sLusty Ju-
reutus." and written BY \. Treoyer, rdiculos the
Church of Rome. 1uthor and his wife were
satrizod in LRtin 1nterIude playcd at dray,s Inn
play ly Sir David Lyndsay, named "Tito Three
EstatiB," which was rorrosoutoa bofore James
Y. and Queen Margaret. Mt Linllthgow, IN 1859.
In 1543 IN English gtatuto was mado ptohieltlng
and soSgs, Which meddled with tho tntorprota-
tion Of tho Scriptures. After the accession OF
Elizabeth another enactment forbade, under
hoavy penalties, abuse Of tho Coasnon Prayer
in ANY % e9s9udis, s e,y psys re seee o Or aeruo
10 out of tho spectac!o Of costumed
pnrsonagea exhibiting in dumb show,
called . pageaut,, aroao the Alasque.
Warton thinks II NOT uncertain thst e hiasqnes 2,T
but but tloro u no doabt tGst thes arrived 1t their
zonith iu Tho reign Of Henry VIII. In tho well-
known proEresses OF Q,leen Elizabeth, this
spccies Ut Hcenica1 exhibition was constantly
employed aud Beaumont, Fletelnr, and Ben
JonBon, used their utmost skill to give 1t beauty
and iute5eAt. Tho Maalues Of Ben Jonson wore
frequently represented With Elcat applause ut
Court. In tho reign OF Charles l. The popularity
Of the alicgorical dsasna d;oA out; nul yet to
this period dates the tnost Atasguo and onn Of
tho nobleBt poems ovor written.--tho ComnB Of
Milton. So late hs 1916, Con,us waB presented
With great splendor OIL tho stage Of Covcnt- Gat-
den Theatre, London.
THE CHICAGO AND oTHEA LInnAE1Es.
Chicsgo docs not boast Of its literary prooliv-
tiles. II lenyos all that to Boston. It is still in
its carly youth, not to say childhood, and ia con-
tont for tho proaelit simply to grow aud gain
solid health, and atrougth, and vgor, that will
sustain all requirements when it hos como to q
proper ago for profound md prolonged intellect
usl and estAotio efforts. MEANWHILE. tbs Chi
cago Library, recent enterprise Of tho young
CITY, has como statistics to show of interesting
Significance Tho reader may exercise Lis inge
nuity in interpreting Their language for himself
Tlo Chicago Library was opened to tho public
on the 1st day OF May, 1874, with 1856 volumci
on its shelves, about 1000 Of which we're adapt
cd to general circulation. Olnttiug statistics O.
circulation during tho first two months, and be
ginning with July 4, We find that tho daily aver
ago Of books given out during the--
Finventh wecE fweri of tia f,rci 80 .... 10