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A DRAMATIC CRITIC
the general heart and mind. To a pupil of
the highest sensibility, Mr. Warren's deep-
hearted Sir Peter Teazle, in whom Sheri-
dan's conception was at once justified, re-
produced and developed, might of itself
have gone far to furnish a liberal edu-
cation. Surely, no decently appreciative
spectator who sat at the artist's feet for
a score of years could have failed to learn
something of the difference between sin-
cerity and affectation, breadth and narrow-
ness, ripeness and crudity, in the practice
of the histrionic art.
The temptation presents itself, and may
properly be yielded to, to compare Mr.
Warren and the other most distinguished
American comedian, Mr. Warren's rela-
tive and close friend, Mr. Joseph Jeffer-
son. To speak the truth will nothing
wrong either of these illustrious players.
It is to be conceded at once by a parti-
san of our local comedian that no single
achievement of his career approached, in
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