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...produced a soporific effect hardly anticipated by any one accustomed to witness students' theatricals. It is a pleasure to be able to say, however, that the actors made as much of the play as they could, and did all that was possible to overcome the shortcomings of the dramatist. Mr. McMillan's impersonation of Jeremiah Beetle was wonderfully natural and finished, and was carried through with that spirit and vivacity which always characterizes his acting. Mr. Wigglesworth performed his feminine part gracefully, and carried away his audience by his occasional touches of tenderness and pathos. Mr. Allen's performance showed...
...speaking or writing it, but in order to enjoy the beauties of the Latin authors; I admire the Greek, because, most certainly, there is no more perfect language; because in no language is there a greater poet than Homer, a more elegant writer than Plato, a more skilful dramatist than Sophocles, or a grander orator than Demosthenes. But in obliging every Frenchman who wishes an education to read Plato or Demosthenes lies the absurdity of the system. What I deprecate is, not that Latin and Greek are taught, but that this should be a national system, and one that...
...novelist that Bulwer is really famous, although as a dramatist, a poet, and an essayist he will compare favorably with many of his contemporaries. Of his novels those best known are "Pelham," which he wrote while quite young, and which first made him a reputation; "My Novel," "The Caxtons," "What will he do with it?" and "The Last of the Barons." "Eugene Aram," a book severely censured at the time of its publication because the characters were "taken from Newgate," is well worth the perusal, and, though it represents an uncommon phase of character, it has nothing peculiarly extravagant...