New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-16

,.,, ~, another human bong for sympa-
Of oe'"A -, or sensation or anything that, even
NY n CONSCIOUS OF q lost heart, she "ou" Nv
NJ selt-abnegation. the fetters DiP'sou " "
= 'Do . ,Der,ence no less shameful than -
and beauty of the character tha' ouoo'o'
the than 20 exact This is. perhaps, TO say
20 enU'' ,,r.asopably that would expect hei W
an" .h.,g other chan what she ls-a woman ~ IT.
VIC t.ss Of the novelist to draw from iuei ""No
se,ual'y a true and great arus'i anu "'s.
n,.3lv he has painted this picture III tDe ooio'S Va
ur,o t-nfb To man. love is many thihGs-sone
- high aud holy devotion, ana theh an i"oS'iHi"o'
ostener mere pastime' vexatlons heceSsl'S'
blessNs ,.sant n ealamfOus trouble; occasionally
,.,,,o nuisance; almost always n clog upon
an ~, development and hindrance 10 useiu'h'SS
~" -,,. sense. To woman, II is reht' ana tnio"s"
-. ,,s.oss,on she subugates society ana runs .n'
-, n, the heroine Of this play IL Is not ouN "ih"'
Ind NJ earnivorOus and ferocions uehfi"nl' q"
.,,nes INTO itself all the eelestial eenoH'S y nv.
,. ,atnre and 1t makes her the incarnation Oh
Noin'" Co. ,s as spleudid as the leOpard-and as
s,o r,ust revel In sensation; she must make
% 90 ecstacv Of self. She has heart lhoeeo' anu
~ a. 10 some extent. the victim OF an eAtraheo"s
fno - N, nrt this spnnslism-ferce and gltterlng'
va snleodd-js the essence Of all her attributes
~. Al. C,yendish,-whle Involuntary Suggesting
e latent resources of geDteneSs' anu
.rcccst,rr such a capacity for deVou"n ana goo"-
VIM S"N r.od a arouses the liveliest pity for
,ich wars with itself and is its own destruc-
,,,,5ieS this character with realism mat Is
,,s, sppalling Her physical constitution seems 10
en-, with IL and her mpusive tempelanet 10 niu u ii"
,,ctlv congrnous garment. The eager lhtehSe' gro!
,,o owes the red-god hair the 1.-THE hgure' Ihe quo'
s,rou. movements the rich, melting voice. the aiuP'
- ord IN, amazing capability Of instantaneous
,~,,sitton from frantic excitement TO ngio' stony
spsnense-au these features ana char"c'eIls'i0S
,.o-,ive with such an IDEAL and greatly
.,,edite its expression. The analyst may
,,1aad As he views this singular ana iaScF
MATING work pause before errors OF elocu'loh' au'
,.rba,s regret an Overwhelming mpetuosty OF slyle-
distinct from that Of feeling, and often opposed oi
,5r sacrifices graces and effects Of repose. But, all
sueh exceptions will be taken 10 The methOu ana hoV u
the substance OF the work certainly not to the eAc'p
torl astonishing original, aud deeply interesting per
sonav Of the actress herself Here, beyond question:
IL an instance Of the essentially dramatic nature-the
Ipsuiratoual spirit different in degree but the same III
kind that thrilled the world in Gar1ek, Kean' ana
Booth Human creatures OF TINS sort, upon the stage
are ALWAYS irregular IN thor art uneven ID eXeeuon
moody and capricous, various to the extreme limits OIL
diversity from ght night, and better In some parts
than in others But they are suusel in every fibre Of
suirt and body with an electric fire. They may do
much that is amss they do nothing that does not
n strange inexplicahle way, command attention anG
awaken sympathetic thought. No PSI sun SUI ~. 80,
Tie value of peace aud quietness would wish 10 nave
Niss Grill much nearer than the distant horizon OF
fancy. No devotee Of symmetry and elegance-tht
81 tuesaue the classical and the nished-could entirely
endure the manner in which Miss GcH is aced by MISS
Cavcndish. But nobody Miss Cavendish IN TINS
character without beng aware OF the contact aId magic
OF elemental emotional power add high ana trtnr
ulaus intellectual force The driving CLOUDS the Gaia
racf the pines that lean inward from the ocean winds
these and kindred lima are the symbols OF the nature
Uat breathes through her acting. such a nature, IN
p1.try would itself not in the vein or Pope ana
Cowner bnt the vein Of Shelley and Byron IL is dHz
cling WITH alert and volatile life; n is audaclous WIN
lmIu pathetic with the Wild dllit OF desolHle
passion ana predc The Tree ana me OPP
Iurtuuite afforded 90 the actress 10y the play OF Miss
GVlt" come tho last three OF ITS five acts ana are
made hy placing the woman in series OF terrlnc sltla
HONS. C1cl exciting ana dreadful than ITS prede-
Cr-sor and when these Miss CaYendsn rises into
them i'm The powerful Of nature, and sus tins her
self al ptcu Of emotion which % Is almost affecting to
witness But, those who view the impersOnallOn as
whole quite much impressed by Us unity as by us
Thrilling gFddati0ns Of passion. II Is al az a single
piece and. without qualification, the ampest and finest
dramatic portrayal that has yet been given here OF what
ruas N NAV be prOper designate the poetry Of DIS
order TO higher and more important because rear
fully real type OF TINS form of human anguish mere Is q
reference m the lines Of Matthew Arnold-n0t ar least
XllauatOry souse. altogether lnappllcabIe hefe
Win shiverIug heart the STRIFE We saw
or passion with eternal law;
Aud ytt with reVerentlal awe
We watched the fOunt OF fiery life
That served for tnat Titanic strife.