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    • THE ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES.
    • MR. ROBERTSON AND HIS CRITICS.
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      May 14, 1870o The T Omaha Wk. 193

      May 14 , 1870 O THE T OMAHA WK . 193

      The Roundabout Rambles.

      THE ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES .

      [Continued By Our Special Correspondent....

      [ continued by our special correspondent . ] Lugworth , May 9 , 1870 . marked You may my stay suppose at this , after place the , I disagreeable have been very events anxious that have that the ner . last I fear few days however , at least I am , should destined pass to off be in disappointed a pleasant . man No - , , tainl ing one of y seem is the p s i language cking able up to a get is few perpetuall on Eng Avith lish the y habits breaking Chief , , and who out , a though into slight the smatter he wildest cer- - father savagery and . though Moreover I , am , he very gives little out older everywhere than he that is , I I feel am that his the worry , and anxiety he occasions me is so perceptibly ageing iiave me that had I a shal letter l soon from beg S in to look it which . To I add to as my well troubles ive , in I exten so . pagmore , may g Here I amdear fellowin the Liverpool thick of , it May as usual 6 th , 1870 and . I , my , , - ; an evient tell ? you as , this the is Mossoos the place for wrinkles and I am , and on no the mistake circus . dod " On igaih . A regular go this tim say e , , I promise you . I met a Yanke ge e h . ere , who has taken the niggers ( how ' s the Chief , eh ?) off my troupe ' lands , in and exchange given me . Such one hundred a bargain in ! cash I drove , and out a yesterday travelling , t band wenty ( twelve -four in Turks hand , on followed a griffin b ' s y back six eleph ) , a cage ants , cram a camel full , a of brass wild beasts , with a fellow stirring them up with a walking-stick right end in the of middle fellows of in them spang , —five lesand ladies a on quadrille bare-backed lot got steeds up a , no la Charles II ., —three clowns , , the Salamanci family ( Guv'ner on m his ad back ) two o ? more i a bolster fellows , and , who . seven do something sons flying on all the over ceiling him when like they get , at it , —and about a dozen other fellows in white waistdo coat me s , lots a favour of tai ; l , get and your whips aunt . Now to , put old us fellow up , for I wan a coup t you le of to ri ni g g h hts t to . -morro Don ' t w bother evening yourself , and I dare to write say , we it will shall amuse turn the up old all lady . Yours ever , Jack .

      On second thoughts I wouldn't tell your aunt anything about it ; nothing like a pleasant surprise . You'll hear the Turks drumming wonder what and it blowing is ! Cap a ital mile fun off . , and then you can pretend to P . S . —Opened this to say you had better order in plenty to aunt eat , hav ' s brewers e no end , for of all sheets the elep aired hants , and and get Guv the ' ner address Salamanci of your go in heavily for stout . P . S . 2 . —Opened again to say if a rhinocerous turns up by Parcels Delivery before we arrive , you'll know its right . As long as you can keep the coal-sack over his head three of you can manage him . If he wants to run a rnuck against the trees — -let him . bear This . , No added letter to of the mine Chiefs would vagaries reach , Spagmore is more than in time I can , and well so there is no stopping him . He must come . This I have to look of forward accompany to to-morrow ing the , and Chi to ef -day to I have the marriage to go throug at h Lord the ordeal Bolchester ' s ! # # # * * for the bride about , and the start Chief . I sa have ys he boug has ht got a small a presen diamond t too , ring but he will not show me what it is . I wish he would , for I am not at all sure of his taste , and he has been prowling about the house all the morning with a brown-paper bag . He is enjoying a quiet chuckle ; this is always a bad sign . Why did I ever go to Egypt ? ***** ha I ve ha been ve been goin try g ing over all expl the ain bu s marriage iness at t " he churc the h Chief , and , and the wedding breakfast , that he may be quite at home in it all . He very seems much to like wish the to idea give of the throwing best ?? ian an old away shoe , but for as luck I have , and t d o him that is impossible , he has promised not to try it . # * ### * # At Bolchester Park at last . Everything very brilliant and fashionable . I have recognized Colonel Fluff , Lord and Lady

      great Bil Tippeter ge , many the , the Recorder other M members arquis , the of Dowager of Bracon the Upper Duchess , Sir Ten Josep . of The h Tottleton H Chief aggy , having , and Lad a y , for hat , some and epaulets unexplicable , I have reason introduced , come in a him dressing vaguel gown y to , everyone a cocked as " the Admiral . " He attracted some attention . ******* * Just given my ring to the bride . A success . She thanked me very graciously . The chief , with peals of loud laughter , is approaching the bridegroom with his present . It is in the brown paper bag . ****** ** I feared as ' much from the outside ! The bag was full of soot , and the Chief has emptied it all on the bridegroom ' s shirt front . ******** Lord Bolchester is annoyed . 2 p . m . has Since occurred I wrote . I the subjoin above my , a last much note more . We serious are at catastrop the most he important part of the ceremony . The Chief has suddenly seized the best man in his arms , and given him away to the pew opener , and , without any warning , flung a pair of old the Wellington window boots and the at other the bridegroom has hit Lord . Bolchester One has gone on the throug ear h ] ,

      Mr. Robertson And His Critics.

      MR . ROBERTSON AND HIS CRITICS .

      If Mr. Robertson's Most Ardent Admirers ...

      If Mr . Robertson ' s most ardent admirers and truest friends feel that he has been badly advised in the matter of a recent letter , that has appeared by his sanction and authority in the columns of a penny weekly contemporary , all thoseand they are not few—who feel that the whole subject of dramatic tender criticism him their require very best s a thoro thanks ug . h ventilation It is not possible , have reason that the to adverse judgment passed by the latest News on the new Prince of Wales ' s piece can come before a court of law in the shape of a " malicious libel " without eliciting some very salutary information on the subject of criticism generally . Our constant is readers no call know to repeat our views them on here the ; matter suffice it tolerabl to say y , we well have , and loudl there y and continually protested against the modern clique system , productive abuse , both as equall it is y either dishonest of nauseating in themselves praise and or hurtful of mali to gnant the interests of British dramatic literature . In a recent article on a somewhat frivolous criticism on Mr . Bellew's Macbeth that appeared in the Saturday Reviewwe expressed ourselves on the moral responsibilities of critics , in truth words , we which will , quote as they here convey : — " A a newspaper sound , thoug criticism h unrecognised ought not , the to be mere written sake after of dazzle the fashion and gigg of le a . social The article critic is or supposed a leader , for to be the foolishl impartial refers agent to a of the public for , that information very often before , thoug it h invests very its money y , in a stall newspaper . To bolster up , therefore , , a bad to entertainment waste ; while , is , on to cheat the other the public hand , to into cry lay down ing , out or laug its h money down a good one , is to keep out of the pockets of the management the money m . th Critics at would , of course otherwise , do reasonabl not take this hav very e found simp its le way view into of their responsibilities , but it is a pity , in the interests o f the British With drama the special , that they meri ts o f " the notice , which , last week , not roused profess Mr . to Robertson deal . If in the to a case threat comes of legal into proceedings court , either , we " ma do - b lice are " , or as , we on have the other hinted hand above , " , will fearless in all integrity probability " vindi be cated laid . th However at such , a whatever course as be Mr the . Robertson verdict , we has shall been still advised be of op to inion take is open to very grave question . If criticism , as such , is to the exist critic , the very and a greatest court of freedom law should of expression be the last should place be in allowed which he ought , to find himself . That Mr . Robertson has been successful no one questions . But to be successful as a dramawhich tist , and bn yet o means write need anything follow worth one y of literary the other life . , Mr are . Bouci things - cault ha y s been a successful playwri upon ght , but we presume that nobody would be more ready than Mr . Boucicault himself to admit that his "longest runs " have by no means been his ablest

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 14, 1870, page 193, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_14051870/page/11/