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TOOLE AND MATHEWS
Mrs. Rousby, who in Tom Taylor's 'Twixt
Axe and Crown presented the Princess
Elizabeth Tudor, afterward Qiicen of Eng-
land, in the mode of an amateur, with
occasional flashes of brilliancy; Miss Cav-
endish, a large, ponderous, unimportant
belle, who plodded sturdily over the dusty
highway of commonplace; and Mrs. Lang-
try, the absurdest of actresses, whose pro-
fessional stock in trade consisted of her
social notoriety, her face, her figure, and
the garments and jewels wherewith said
figure was indued, — the garments being
tagged with their " creators' " names, and
bearing price marks still intentionally le-
gible. In the scale of merit were Miss
Neilson, Mr. Mathews, Mr. Wyndham,
Mr. Irving, and Miss Terry. Mr. Toole's
name ought, I suppose, to be added to the
list of honor. But his tour in this country
was far from fortunate, and he made no
deep impression either upon the critics or
the public. I remember his acting, and
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