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A DRAMATIC CRITIC
in Leeds, March 3, 1848, and was the
daughter of an actress of no great ability.
As a young girl, she had employment in
a mill, as a nurserymaid, as a barmaid,
and as a member of a theatrical corps
de ballet ; having been befriended, at the
beginning of her career on the stage, by
Captain, afterward Admiral, Henry Carr
Glyn, a noted officer of the British navy.
Through all the occupations just now
mentioned she must have passed before
she was eighteen years of age, since her
debut as Juliet was made at Margate in
1865. Her success was immediate, and
her repertory soon embraced many parts
in Shakespearean and other dramas. She
made her first appearances in America
and in Boston during the autumn and win-
ter of 1872-73; and afterward, in a nearly
unbroken succession of seasons, she acted
in most of the chief cities of this country,
until the winter of 1879-80. On the 15th
of August, 1880, after many months of
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