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IO4 THE TOM AH A WK. {September 4, 1869.
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No. IX., Price is., BRITANNIA for SEPTEM...
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LONDON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1869.
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THE WEEK.
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There has been a Railway war in America,...
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A great fuss is being made just now abou...
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Two offenders have already been fined, u...
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BREAKING THE BARRIERS.
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leaders a word A subject , or to two say...
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Io4 The Tom Ah A Wk. {September 4, 1869.
IO 4 THE TOM AH A WK . { September 4 , 1869 .
No. Ix., Price Is., Britannia For Septem...
No . IX ., Price is ., BRITANNIA for SEPTEMBER , NO W READ Y .
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London, September 4, 1869.
LONDON , SEPTEMBER 4 , 1869 .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
There Has Been A Railway War In America,...
There has been a Railway war in America , the Albany and Susquehanna line serving as the battle-field . The New World has wisely . borrowed many useful institutions from the Old ; but it is scarcely politic in it , in the middle of the nineteenth century , to revive the Tram-bands .
A Great Fuss Is Being Made Just Now Abou...
A great fuss is being made just now about the means of communication between railway passengers and guards . It is to be hoped that , if the question is satisfactorily settled , the boon may be extended . What a blessing it would be to many dividend-less people to know that a perfect means of communication was established between shareholders and directors !
Two Offenders Have Already Been Fined, U...
Two offenders have already been fined , under the new Act , f or stopping trains without any legitimate reason or necessity ; and quite right too . What a pity , though , the penalty is not capable of extension in an opposite direction ! If there were only a legal punishment attached to the reckless starting of trains as well as to the unnecessary stopping of them , what a great deal of commercial ruin would be averted ! Surely the Government might take a hint , and be down on those inveterate stockjobbers , the railway promoters !
Breaking The Barriers.
BREAKING THE BARRIERS .
Leaders A Word A Subject , Or To Two Say...
leaders a word A subject , or to two say which more nothing from has of summoned us a heap before of it correspondence into is consigned existence to , two may the Time limbo merit s ' of yesterday . We have now had a free and open discussion of Formosa , and Mr . Boucicault himself has told us the worst . " I established have , " says . he I , have " broken proclaimed down a a barrier literary which thoroug prejudice hfare , with had the We full may approbation therefore be of said the public to be , . what And is I mean familiarl to y keep termed it open , " in . " for it . " We need never turn to the French stage for strong meat . The We prospect are going is to brilliant have it and manufactured encouraging here , and for as us one at home reads . fares about proclaimed barriers of , prejudice for a moment broken down one feel , and s there literary is thoroug a sort h of - most chivalry glittering about the of armour whole , thing and . mounted One sees on Sir the Dion most , mettlesome clad in the speech of steeds and , riding morality proudl , against y into all the the arena black , mailed to do - battle champ for ions free , ' of and cant Farewell Mr and . Boucicault to false our spurious sentimentality has t philosop aken it the b h y y wicked the I This throat world is . an We immoral can cannot produce keep age . , evil from the mind of youth . Let us face the difficulty boldly . Off Mr with . Boucicaul them all t to is Drury a hard Lane worker ! , a clever writer , and has a
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wonderful his remarkable knack success of catching , and the we public take off taste our . hat He to deserves him . But all moral he may point take of our view word , is for a mistake it—his . moral Let lesson his heroine , from a end purel her ydays to our neg daughters lected in , if the we gutter have , a and taste we for shall pointing have a moral morals to of point this go his sort to disgusted to the them dogs at College , being all , on acquaintances first the subject kicked of out , and prostitution of we the shall Oxford . have Let Ei his another ght hero by moral unfortunatel of a certain to be cursed kind to with point to our s but sons dishonourable who happen tendencies . y We are quite at one generou with Mr . Boucicault about Wycherly and Congreve . We will go further . We believe taste the great results hold not from that the the unquestionable School for Scandal brilliancy has of upon its dialogue public , ning but from to end the . coarse As to impropri the Opera ety , it which was pervades scarcely fair it from to drag begin it - better into the than question publish , but several as it letters has been we have dragged received in , we in its cannot defence do . have An uncomplimentary annoyed several comparison well-known with characters Formosa : — 'videlicet seems justly to To Tomahawk . ( 1 . ) between Sir , — me Mr . and Boucicault that creature has instituted he has taken an invidious as his comparison heroine . He wants to injure my reputation ! Now surel up y I have an excuse for shocking everybody in my first and second acts . Wh coug y h , , in which my third , togeth , I er can with ' t pay remorse my rent and , and disappointment I have a terribl , kill e s me no one before will I care can to marry sing Alfredo libiamo with after his seeing papa ' s to consent what . an Surel end it y brings , Yours devotedl y , Traviata \ liments Lucrezia to Borgi the a Editor , Duchess of The of ( Ferrara 2 . ) Tomahaw , & c , k pre and sents wi her shes com him - candidl p y to say whether he thinks she is , on the , whole , the sort hear path of should person , y as or the she disgust a Editor British has of always have public the audience not intended admires felt ? that . The to Does horror be Duchess very she of crime bad excite will indeed be which the glad , sym and she to - has haps hitherto he would flattered kindl herself y inform she her has of successfull the fact , y when kindled , she , per will - poison an extra chorus in the first act , and give up the study of antidotes altogether . ( 3 . ) that Sir he , — has I am been instructed much by my shocked respected to hear master that to his inform efforts you to point a moral have very been so thoroughly misunderstood . He the desires supper me with to assure the Statue you , that he reall thoug y considers h he makes it no very joke li ; ght while of hear as to what his destination possible , lower after that depth meal Mr , . he Boucicault really would can be have glad hit to upon ! I am , Sir , yours , & c , Leporello . ( 4 . ) to cost Dear be me bad even Sir . , — Surel down It is y reall you to the y must very bitter cruel know end to what ! say I my that could foll I y teach not , and do peop vanity more le than come , to utter misery and ruin , and then fly from temptation and repent ? Dear Your s , ve could rsincere I ? l , y y , Marguerite . ( 5 . ) Mr Fancy . Boucicau bring lt in I g my name forward ! I who never Amina —oh fie . , ( 6 . ) solicitors Sir , — . I have simpl Yours y put indi the ma nantl tter into the hands of my , gy , The Count . And we might continue the list of letters , including one from tion George . Bu Barnwe t to dismiss ll , which the is , subject however . , If totall Mr . y Boucicault unfit for publica " mean s t it o may keep open , according " this new to taste thoroughfare , let it at , least pleasant lead or to unp the leasan reading t , as of some sound moral lesson . This is where his first successful attempt to " break the barriers of prejudice " has failed .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 4, 1869, page 104, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_04091869/page/6/
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