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    • THE FICTION OF THE PERIOD.
    • A DARK HINT.
    • DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
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      If Mr. Robertson's Most Ardent Admirers ...

      works . London Assurance and Louis the Eleve 7 ith are very far above the standard of the Colleen Banvn and Formosa , and thoug Mr . Robertson h it would has be quite written unfai several r to argue highl from y successful this , that plays because for the Prince of Wales ' s Theatre , that he has therefore not provery duced foolish admirable on this work account ; still alone , on the to hurry other him hand to , a it permanent would be seat among the British Classics . It has certainly been a fashion with Mr . Robertson critics of ' s lat pl e ays to , althoug be very h nothing little critical is more , on common paper , than over to two hear opinions them about well p them icked , may to p be ieces gathered elsewhere from . a That recent there article are in the Saturday Review entitled " New English Comedy . " To deny them any excellence at all would be simply absurd . but They it have is not made a difficult their thing mark , to and sum they up have their made merits it and deservedl failings y ; inasmuch as , if critics have been wanting in critical power , in- , telligent audiences have not . When one goes to the pretty little first p house lace perfect in the stage Tottenham appointments Court Road , and , one some expects of the in best the acting England can produce . Given Miss Marie Wilton and it Mr would . Hare be , and odd a if couple a piece of were parts entirel with y anything to hang in fire them . But at Mr all , . Robertson does more than furnish a couple of good parts . He is rall very y furnishes clever at a keep good ing half his -dozen characters . Often distinct his conversations , and he gene are - very brilliant—sometimes they are very dull . He is not happy in his plots , and though he deals continually with " Upper Ten " life , he evidently has not sufficiently studied that select body . Probably , were he to labour in harmony with a constructive and of work critical altogether confrere . , That he would his produce last venture a very has much some higher excellent class points , and that a good deal of it is highly amusing we gladly we chronicle stated . last It is week pleasant we to wish see Mr a hard . Robertson worker all succeed success , and . , To as conclude . If , to suit , a very clever company , with parts this well calculated in a pleasing to disp , semi lay -cynical their respective semi-pathetic capabilities manner , and without to do much regard to probability , be the , highest achievement , of which be a modern regarded playwri if his ght admirers can be capable challenge , then the Mr com . Robertson parisonas may the , Sheridan of , his day . But if that seat among British classical , worthies only by the , to possession which we have of a very alread hi y gh alluded order , of is to literary be attained ability , as exemplified in literary production , then has Mr . Robertson a good Mr . Robertson deal of work to let before the him critics yet talk . For as the freel rest y as , we they would like . advise Not only is he in a position to let them do so , but his surest way to the eminence some of them would grudge him now , lies in a careful attention to those defects that they , amiably or unamiably , point out .

      194 Thr Tom Ah A Wk. [May '4 1870. ,

      194 THR TOM AH A WK . [ May ' 4 1870 . ,

      The Fiction Of The Period.

      THE FICTION OF THE PERIOD .

      We Cannot Congratulate The Proprietors O...

      We cannot congratulate the proprietors of CasselPs Magazine on their last venture . Mr . Wilkie Collins has , as yet , in his new story of " Man and Wife , " fallen far below his usual standard , for he is not even interesting , while his materials what appear public to be Ca extremel sselVs Magazine y coarse . appeals We do , not but precisel as far y as know can be to gathered from the padding that accompanies each instalment of the new serial , we should suppose it to be intended for general distribution in ordinary English homes . If this conjecture be correct In the second , we think monthl Mr . Wilkie number Collins one of has his heroines misplaced is hi seduced s work . and the last chapters y announce as a sequel the , we presume , pre- , mature birth of her child . To cavil at what may be considered perhaps a little strong is , we admit , unnecessary ; but the introduction of such incidents into a novel of which , probably , a good half gross of . the We readers have no areyoung hesitation English in say girls ing is this , we much submit , , for extremel we feel y quite assured our words will meet with a general response from the heads of British families . It may be that the nonsense talked about the "Period" may have led writers and publishers to 1870 suppose our dau , that ghters feminine may enjoy delicacy what is in disappearing 1850 our , sisters and that would in have thrown aside . If they are under this apprehension they , s are o abl mis e taken a writer . It as is Mr , therefore . Wilkie , Collins really with and so regret respectable that we a firm find ,

      We Cannot Congratulate The Proprietors O...

      as Messrs . Cassell , Petter , and Galpin conjointly supplying the public with a story in which such incidents are necessary to the working out of the plot . Nasty-niceness is to be avoided ; but there are limits , and it appears to us that reticence under certain circumstances is reprehensible . We mean these remarks in good part , and we trust that author and publisher will , though late , take the hint .

      A Dark Hint.

      A DARK HINT .

      It Is A Pity That The Dull Time Of The Y...

      It is a pity that the dull time of the year is in August , when the weather is hot and sultry , and monster gooseberries thrive , or a report which has just been received from Russia , that black snow had fallen in the neighbourhood of St . Petersburg would have a note been ofand invaluable put aside to for the ulterior editors . discussion As it is , it wh mi en ght the be literary made trade is dull , and London is elsewhere . For our , part , we should like notwithstanding to hear an exp that lanation the witness of the who remarkable saw the phenomenon black snow , was for , a gentleman who gives his name and address , and is evidently a ing hig that hly respectable he lives in Russia person , , and we may probabl frankl y does y state not —remember take in the - Tomahawk—that we do not believe him .

      Double Acrostic.

      DOUBLE ACROSTIC .

      If This To That Were Freely Given, How M...

      IF This to That were freely given , How much might time decrease , Crime and the sequent misery That mars a nation ' s peace ! 1 . Ambassador to Royalty , And Reader to a King , Two acts performed by thee we know , And not another thing . 2 . Enough of this we all may have , Sans reason , and sans rhyme , In nursery , at schoolboy ' s play , Or at election time . ; 3-Enough of this , and some to spare For all who like rough play , You'll meet with in the Emerald Isle On great St . Patrick's Day . 4-This over all the world is found Without that special boiling , At which the weird sisters three With mystic dance kept toiling . Half-conquered , not half-civilized , At best a slumbering foe : We have not used Thee well , and Thou Hast wrought us fearful woe . 6 . Unpleasant both to man and beast , Yet oft the chosen way Of urging the o ' erladen on , Both men , and beasts that bray . 7-We boast of it , but loyal love Would never strut and swell , " Oh , my poor country ! " said a king Who loved his country well .

      Po Weal Ultry And Or Queen Woe.— Victor ...

      Po Weal ultry and or Queen Woe . — Victor The ia piece street of has ground been at recently the corner purchased of the b per y Mes annum srs . . Wheeler As soon and as Co the ., at new the building enormous can rental be got of ^ read 2 , 400 y , Messrs . Wheeler and Co . will remove thereto . This must eviden eggs tl . be On one place side where , the the Poultry proverbial ; on the fowls other laid , a the Sovereign golden . No doubt it thought it a veritable Tom Tidler ' s ground , and luxuriated upon gold and silver .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 14, 1870, page 194, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_14051870/page/12/