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A DRAMATIC CRITIC perhaps it is, therefore, well that I should tack on to its retrospective magniloquence the assertion — obviously superfluous and, in the absence of challenge, a bit suspicious — that I meant to be fair and just, to the extent of my ability. [ 6 ]
II Spectacle, Farce, Melodrama, and Minstrelsy Fifty Years Ago A PART of my stock in trade, of course, was my theatrical experi- ence, which dated from my seeing the Viennese children at the Boston Museum when I was eight years of age. Then followed, at great yawning, heart-straining intervals of time, the fairy plays which were " features " at that theatre for a se- ries of years. I recall my ecstasy in witnessing these dramas, in order that my contemporaries may reglow and rethrill with me over the reminiscence. It is of no use to tell me, to tell any of us, that chil- dren enjoy themselves as much at the the- atrical shows of to-day as we enjoyed our- selves at the plays of circa 1850. And I [ 7 ]
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II<br />
Spectacle, Farce, Melodrama, and<br />
Minstrelsy Fifty Years Ago<br />
A<br />
PART of my stock in trade, of<br />
course, was my theatrical experi-<br />
ence, which dated from my seeing<br />
the Viennese children at the Boston Museum<br />
when I was eight years of age. Then<br />
followed, at great yawning, heart-straining<br />
intervals of time, the fairy plays which<br />
were " features " at that theatre for a se-<br />
ries of years. I recall my ecstasy in witnessing<br />
these dramas, in order that my<br />
contemporaries may reglow and rethrill<br />
with me over the reminiscence. It is of no<br />
use to tell me, to tell any of us, that chil-<br />
dren enjoy themselves as much at the the-<br />
atrical shows of to-day as we enjoyed our-<br />
selves at the plays of circa 1850. And I<br />
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