New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-16

A LETTER FROM THE DRAMATIC CRITIC OF TIE
TgIRUNE.

A LETTER FROM THE DRAMATIC CRITIC OF TIE
TRIBUNE.
The Commercial Advertiser publishes the fol-
loving private letter. written 10 friend IN TINS CITY, o'
the dramatic critic Of THE TRmUNE who Is now IN
Toronto The letter not intended for publication
but deserves t:
DTAR -: DO not think II would be worth while for
me 10 cOndesccnd to enter upon argm or conirOvtrsy
with Mr. B0ulcauit 10y Utqithl 49,, "a - ,n4 a.
me, and by open rudeness he mas iOIletleu NJ 49,.
consideration at my hands lie ala not nave I'D Tno ny
place any Just cause OF complaint against me me at
cle mar rote i'm TUE TRIBUNE 81 October ,, on his
comedy OF Marriage IL respectful m tone cousiderate
in feeling honest IN motive. temperate h lA ~.
ard 10 ought not 10 have given him pam OF SlsS n I
anger have looked with anazemeut upon ms "lu ai
inliserlnnate fumhatonS , SIarl'' evcent remote
article on The JibbcnainOsay URmCNE, october IO
worus which 10 quite proper ina 'hoI az east
hy implica'ion-cast upon me. The opinion laaI n
mot a competent critic Of the drama - one tnat "a,
aud to xpress lie used 10 think quite differently ana
not very long ago, neaer-as coald SeIy niiS. Int
b. is not; and 30 not IN the least desire 10 nv, i
B'uccau.rs views. his remark thac ne SHOW nance
and that not educated man., is an lnpc le.oo
wIich clearly shows his desire 20 be personally on
and Ia rif me mo taxing part u the huDbuD when
Ap has raised FOR the better NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. va
"a comedy and himself know MI boucicautt nluon
,ybnIlise hi. own VIrt Weddle-wou'd rather be
riced roughly than not be- noticed AZ a As to my ell-
cs;ion-I was graduated from the High school at Cam
brire a. The hcad Of ali nv classes; studied the
Classic Authors and the Law under tne tut2rsp % "o
OF Die best scholars m scholar-ike New-Engand-L5
man Mason and Aurclius ID. Parker l received iIom
Harvard College the degree OF Bachelor on -Alts -
lived and abored in the sight Of the public As an author
ana iourn,list Tor rweut, three years; am MEMBER
IL the Suffolk Bar in Boston; ana nav P"s $50
the society Of scholars. Mr. Boueicau ro9enti ,i
rudeuoss cannot iniure me- For twelve ye, - -.
held the Office OF dramatic critic OF lhE HlW iJ t
1RI USE, and therein have done tIe O.A' an n ' &
responsibility Of one Of the most delctr, dngt, S ,
exictiug positions In American JOURNALISM, ~, IA 'H
course that time hAye not shown my ,ei con-
90 write dramatic criticism, and therein sl1l'. ,p'
readers Of TIE IRBi I'll lWhO constitute IN NY %
tuc most thoughtful class OF the American peopel 4n
not likely tojustfy myself or TO "in their aplrer'I, 5
E1uecau over the mranug Of Comedy IL Is not wise
u be 0yer-lcal1lIs iu If irience.
MIR BcUCICAULTs EXPLANATIONS
To the Edtt0r Of Ths TrtOWHe.
SIR: letter appears in one Of the evening
Journal. signed by william winter prefaced with tue
note that II was not intended for publication. regret
the writer, Intention not respected Mrhlnier COM
plains OF certain remarks attributed 70 me b} western
newspaper IN q so-callel interview. Had Mr. Winter
referred the report to before he accepted It as
authentic. 1 should have answered as I DO now
that the remarks put mo my mouth concerning
him are the invention OF very impudent IeAo"
who thrust himself INTO my privacy. / made him
understand his Intrusion offensive, and be has e-
ored with Misrepresentation. made none OF the as
serons respecting NJ Winter reported as having been
made by me that occasion. Yours,
ST. Jamess Hotel, Nov. -. DION BoUcIcAULr'
Mr. Boucicaul1s denial is too late AMI too trivial.
II does not touch the serious charges be has long
since made in publications. over his own signature,
and in interviews whose authenticity Is not
disputed. He knows Mr. Winter to be at the
head of the dramatic critics Of this country,
not of the English-speaking world, knows him 10
be honest. to have brilliant ability and
to be admirably equipped for his work
Knowing all this. he has, in his petulaut
rage AT criticism on play of his own made rcok-
less and sweeping charges against all the dramatic
critic. Of New-York which. in far at least As this
chef of them is concerned, lie knew to be ridieu-
lously fllse.-lEL