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be regained, and the mimic stage is for the nonce dismissed. 

 It is a good sign socially, though bad for the players. 



In !New York, however, the stagnation and loss that is 

 settling down on a maiority of our theaters may be 

 heightened by commercial pressure, but this catastrophe has 

 been merited by the imprudence of managers and careless- 

 ness of capitalists. In all this great city, a refined and 

 highly cultivated family, a family sensibly fond of 

 dramatic representations, can only with difficulty find a 

 place of amusement where its members will not be offended 

 by bad taste and scenic display. 



In this "flurry, "our metropolitan "show-houses, " for that 

 is the proper name, must suffer. Some of them will probably 

 go down altogether in the gale, and they should. The real his- 

 tory of the Lyceum theatre is a chapter of disappointments. 

 No one can say it was wanted. It filled no place, supplied 

 no demand. Its management never had any plan, and the 

 only resource left, scenic representations, had so cloyed 

 upon the public eye that the building was not filled even 

 on the night of its opening. The Grand Opera House is 

 another great mistake, a magnificent dramatic temple built 

 in a wilderness, and as unapproachable to the mass of our 

 citizens as if surrounded by a swamp. Then its size gives 

 the different extremest parts of the interior a gloomy, 

 ghostly, unsociable look that chills and depresses. The 

 players on the stage from remoteness and from want of 

 ability never get nearer the audience than groups of moving 

 men, seen on shore by the passengers of a passing steamer. 

 Here again are no resources but sensation and scenery. 



Wallack's little theatre, corner of Broadway, small from 

 necessity and not from design, was always crowded. "How 

 is the Winter Garden to-night?" would be a current inquiry, 

 and although that great barn was well filled, yet acres of 

 empty seats only impressed the beholder that it was "poorly 

 attended." "How is Wallack's?" "Crowded, crowded." 

 Just so, Wallaces is the place. The "litttlc bandbox" had 

 almost as much to do with its good reputation as did its 

 excellent actors. It is in. the wind that all of our "large 

 buildings" are suffering, and that all along the line of a 

 group, under the charge of one manager, discontent and 

 a black future threatens. 



The commercial history of theatres shows that not half 

 the established theatres are profitable, and that a manager 

 who undertakes to run more than one invariably fails. 

 What is to become of one who dares to hold four, among 

 them that elephant, the Grand Opera House ? The f ragm m fcs 

 must soon be seen flying in the air. The pressure in Wall 

 street will not be the author of this explosion; it follows 

 on the footsteps of all vain men, who achieving a great suc- 

 cess in a legitimate way, conceive that they can defy all 

 precedents and work miracles. Let all attempted monop- 

 olies go under. It is better for the general public. In this 

 connection the statement that Clara Morris has left the 

 "Daly Troupe," will have a marked effect in more direc- 

 tions than at first supposed. Mr. Daly loses a popular 

 actress who has been made by his undoubted tact in putting 

 his "society plays" on the boards. This cxcelleni manage- 

 ment was the setting that brought to Miss Morris her wealth 

 of popularity. Can she succeed well, then, upon her own 

 resources, and relieved of the glamour and enticing glare 

 of the Fifth Avenue stage, a stage in which upholstery. 

 fine dresses, and fashion did so much to delude the dazed 

 audience into the idea they were really witnessing high, ggn- 

 teel comedy, when it was little else than Clara's tears, and 

 a fashionable opening of the fall fashions? We shall watch 

 the result carefully and add anew confirmation to our old 

 experiences. 



We want a playhouse, genteel, patronized by refined and 

 intelligent people, where we can hear popular music, where 

 we can go and be amused for an hour or so, where 

 we are not, as at the Grand Opera, "hung by the gills" to 

 the prima donna and the tenor, and if inattentive or with- 

 out gloves, are expected to feel that we are considered out of 

 yjacc, and told by looks and grimaces that we don't appre- 

 ciate music, and all that sort of dilettanti nonsense. We 

 want our popular music all the season through; we suppose 

 fashion will sustain the grand opera through the subscrip- 

 tion nights. Seats must be taken because the}' have been 

 paid for, but music for the masses, if a snecess will be a ne- 

 cessity, a permanent institution. The fact that so many 

 persons this last summer went up town, and suffered so 

 many inconveniences to listen to Thomas' concerts, is argu- 

 ment enough to convince the most sceptical that we want 

 a popular music establishment in the centre of our densest 

 population. Whoever has faith and capital to start one, 

 will be favored with great success and consequently great 

 fortune. 



The "Geneva Cross," judging from the crowded audi- 

 ences that assembled at the Saturday's matinee, is increas- 

 ing in popularity. To the Germans it is evidently a source 

 of delight, while all nationalities, save the French, are 

 charmed with the manner it is put upon the stage. Miss 

 Etynge is the centre of attraction. We regret that she has 

 not a better opportunity to display herself in the softer and 

 joyous scenes of dramatic life. The cares and sacrifices 

 growing out of a loved country suffering under the foot of 

 a conqueror; the scanty food and neglected dress of a 

 military prison, are not the true field for her many graces; 

 but difficult and unrewarding as her part is, she never for- 

 gets its dramatic claims, and maintains it with most con- 

 sistent action to the end. 



The announcement that on Monday, 27th inst. , Mr. Les- 

 ter Wallack will appear at his own theatre, causes a flutter 

 among the old patrons of that house. It will be a relief in- 

 deed to witness an old English comedy, and look over the 

 intelligent and fashionable audieneas that will assemble to 



greet a manager who has throughout his managerial career 

 made good acting the feature of his establishment. 



The irrepressible Barnum has found a vacant square on 

 Madison avenue, which he has covered entirely over with 

 a series of tents, and opened one of the largest shows that 

 ever found place in this city, or anywhere else, that we 

 know of. It spite of the prevailing storm, the seats were 

 crowded with a highly respectable audience. The menag- 

 erie, which is very fine, is of more than usual interest, from 

 the fact that as far as possible, on exhibition, it is arranged 

 in scientific order. The street show on Broadway, Tues- 

 day, created both interest and amusement from its queer 

 mixture of the absurd and grotesque, with redeeming points 

 of decided interest.. The automaton gymnasts were greeted 

 with heart}'- applause, and as they resembled so nearly the 

 presumed to be human beings dressed in tinsel and paint, 

 many honest people will never know the "other from 

 which." 



Mr. Daly has opened the Grand Opera House with prices 

 reduced to a specie paying basis. The very excellent play 

 of the kind, "Under the Gaslight," with reasonable charges 

 for admission, promises success. 



The Maretzek troupe has closed its season at the Grand 

 Opera House. At the Academy the Strakosch company 

 continue their presentations. Salvini maintains his popu- 

 larity, and every time he appears in a theatre he is more 

 thoroughly understood and appreciated. His appearance in 

 "Sullivan " would never be translated to mean "David Gar- 

 rick" bat so it is. We presume if "David" could come to 

 life and witness the performances of Southern and Salvini 

 as his "double," he would prav to fate to put him back in 

 liis "little be!*' 



Bostos, October 21st. 



Our theatres are well patronized despite the money panic. 

 We have Booth at the Boston, our single star, but one of the 

 first magnitude. We miss the elegant and cheerful Globe, 

 which was burned last spring, and there is some talk of its 

 being rebuilt. The Museum lias an excellent stock com- 

 pany, and plays the standard dramas with good appoint- 

 ments and superior talents. The Howard is a variety show 

 just now the home of the sock and buskin, with' Stud- 

 ley's thrilling drama of "Buffalo Bill," a wonderfully 

 realistic and almost pre-Raphaelite picture of Western life. 

 The natural and unstudied blank verse of the frontier 

 speech, the attire and ornaments of the forest maiden, even 

 to the minutest earring and oxidized bracelet, are repro- 

 duced with the fidelity of a Buntline or an Emerson Ben- 

 nett. It only needs the presence of a horse car or a balloon 

 to make the entranced spectator fancy himself transported 

 to I he boundless prairies of the Far West. ,!. .1. R: 



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[Publications bent to this office, treating upon subjects that come within 

 the scope of the paper, will receive special attention. The receipt of all 

 books delivered at ovr Editorial Rooms will be. promptly acknowledged 

 in the next issue. Publishers wUl,coi\fer a favor by promptly advising 

 us of any omission, in this resveel. Prices of Ijwks inserted wjim 

 desired.] 



The Ways of Womkn.— In their physical, moral, and in- 

 tellectual relation*. By a medical man. New York: John P. Jewett 

 & Co., No. 5 Dey street. 



The name ot this old. publishing house, so long a household word in 

 the book trade of New York and Boston, will be remembered with pleas- 

 ure. J. P. Jewett has many friends who will welcome his re-appearance 

 as one of the publishers of good books. The "Ways of Women" appears 

 in a most fitting garb, with which the most fastidious can find no fault. 

 The inside letter-press is every way worthy of Ihe rich binding in which 

 it is enclosed. As its title implies.it is devoted to the gentler sex, and 

 will be read with special interest and advantage. 



The Chroxotype. New York American College of Her- 

 aldry and Genealogical Registry: No. 7 University Place. 

 This elegant monthly journal, issued by the American College of Her- 

 aldry of New York, affords facilities for those families having a history to 

 perpetuate sucli memorials as they may possess of value to themselves 

 and of interest to the refined and cultivated, and embracing such history 

 of places, persons and events as may be connected with their lineage. 

 Such matters, carefully selected, will be found from month to month in 

 the columns of The Chronotype. In typography there is no magazine of 

 the day that surpasses it. In a literary point of view it is superb, and we 

 heartily commend this journal to our readers. Our old friend, Dr. J. V. 

 C. Smith, is just the man to preside over such a work. In his hands its 

 character will be fully sustained. 



Bomance of Old Court Life in Piiakck. By Francis 



Elliot. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 



This is a lively, true picture of the "old gay days 1 ' of court life. The 

 times of Louis XIII pass in review again in this charmingly told story. 

 These were indeed the historical days of Henry Quatre, Gabriella d'Es- 

 taces, of Louis de Lafayette, and the varied and romantic life of Madem- 

 oiselle de Montpensier; a true life picture of the olden times, with all its 

 flitting memories graphically illustrated with drawings. The reader 

 has in these pages the>, sayings and doings, the lives, in- 

 trigues and amusements of those remarkable personages who 

 composed the ancient regime of La Belle France in a voluptuous 

 and exciting age. 



In picturing these personages the author has done himself much credit, 

 we think, in confining himself to the historical language of the personages 

 themselves, using their own language as far as possible to express the 

 ideas of the times. Many of the characters are so well placed before the 

 reader that, like the personages in an old finely painted picture, they 

 seem about to step forth from their frames, so true to the life are they 

 drawn. This is just the book for a present for the coming holidays. 



«*•«•• 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



EROM D. APPLETON & CO. 



Nina's Atonement. A novel. Mind and Body. By Bain. 



FROM CARTER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. 



She Spake of Him. Recollections of Mrs. Denning. 

 Fanny's Birth-Hay Gift. By the author of the "Bessie 



Books." 



Truffle Nephews. By Rev. P. B. Powers. 

 The Little Camp. By the author of the " Wide Wide 

 World." 



henrt boi.t a co., new tore.. 

 The Wooing —Leisure Hour Series. 



Forest and Stream. 



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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



The first number is a model of typographical neatness, and its content* 

 are sufficiently varied and interesting to secure for the paper a cordial 

 reception from that class of the public to whose taste it caters —[New 

 York Times. 



It is a handsome sheet of sixteen large pages, and is filled with a va 

 ricty of very interesting reading.— [New York Sun. 



There is need for a new advocate to make the American people more in 

 love with outdoor life, and Forest and Stream promises to do the work 

 admirably. The varions departments are edited with knowledge and 

 skill.— [New I ork Journal of Commerce. 



The publication of a new sporting journal, Forest and Stream is 

 another evidence of the increasing love, of our people for the sports' of 

 the field and athletic exercise. There is every evidence that good fortune 

 awaits the new-comer. That this should be so is a source of con<ratula- 

 tion.— [New York Express. 



The first number promises well, and its preposessing appearance ia no 

 slight confirmation of its claim to a high and manly tone in its conduct. 

 —[Home Journal. 



It is tastefully arranged and handsomely printed, and seems to be wel 

 adapted to persons of cultivated tastes.— [New York Tribune. 



Mr. Hallock is an enthusiastic sportsman, a good writer, and compe- 

 tent to make a "sporting paper'' fit for household reading.— [New York 

 Commercial Advertiser. 



We commend with special earnestness the claims of Forest and 

 Stream to favorable attention.— [The South. 



We may safely predict its success.— [New Orleans Home Journal. 



it is neat as to typography' and varied and interesting as to contents 

 —[Hartford Times. 



The matter of the sample number is both appropriate and interesting 

 —[Brooklyn (E.D.) Times. 



it. is a necessary publication, and we. welcome its birth with open arms. 

 It occupies its own position, intruding upon no pre-occupied ground, but 

 it is an elevated position. To sportsmen of the gun and fishing-rod it will 

 be invaluable.— [Brooklyn Review. 



Got up in a handsomel'manner, both as to presswork and arrangement 

 of contents. — [Philadelphia Ledger. 



It is decidedly the most recherche thing of the kind ever issued in this 

 country, and so far as we know is the peer of anything similar in Eng- 

 land. All its departments show a practical and intellectual filling up 

 which challenges general favor.— [Germantown Telegraph. 



Judging by the number before us we can unhesitatingly recommend the 

 Forest and Stream to all who take an interest in out-door recreation 

 and physical culture. It will no doubt merit the patronage of our sport- 

 ing gentlemen.— [Every Evening, (Wilmington, Delaware). 



The terms. are very reasonable for such a large and necessarily expen- 

 sive paper. We commend it to our sportsmen friends most heartily. We 

 like the ring of its editorials, evidently written by the true lover of nature 

 in its multiplied and beautiful forms.— [Niagara Falls Gazette. 



There is a standard of excellence and usefulness not yet attained by 

 any sporting paper in the country, and Forest and Stream will find its 

 success at the top of the ladder.— [New York Graphic. 



It covers ground not occupied by any other journal.— [Waterloo (New- 

 York) Observer. 



Sincerely hope it will live long and prosper. It certainly deserves 

 success . — Springfleid (Mass .) Union . 



Health, longevity, and happiness largely depend upon such open air 

 pursuits, and a journal like this is the best means to effect the object. - 

 Portland (Me.) Argus. 



WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. 



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I hope you will meet with entire success in your project. My days of 

 active life in the field and forest have gone by, but I recall my experience 

 with pleasure, and 1 feel that I owe my health in a good degree to early 

 habits of free exercise in the open air in forests and along our streams. 

 —[Horatio Seymour. 



There is a demand for just such a paper as this. It will give me very 

 great pleasure, indeed, to do all I can to help your journal.— [Professor 

 S. F. Baird, Smithsonian Institute. 



I have no doubt that Forest and Stream will have a large circulation. 

 Consider me a subscriber.— [George A. Boardman, Naturalist. 



Such a journal, conducted upon the principles and with the spirit which 

 you announce, will certainly find warm support.— [Rev. J. Clement 

 French. 



I have no doubt yon will make it a marked success.— [Hon. J. D. Caton. 



I wish you the best sort of success in your effort to make a journal of 

 out-door sports such as a gentleman can read and write in.— [Charles D. 

 Warner. 



I doubt not it will be a great success. It is wanted, and must be called 

 for.— [Major John H. King, U.S.A. 



I have long wished just such a journal to receive into my family, that 

 my boys may learn from a better teacher than myself the best way in 

 which to follow the sports that in years past have given me so much plea- 

 sure.— [Henry W. Abbott, Boston. 



Under your management it ought to be a success. — [W. H. Yenning, 

 Inspector Marine and Fisheries, Canada. 



You shall have all the aid and comfort I can give you in your enter- 

 prise.— [Com. L- A. Beardslee, Washington Navy Yard. 



I must congratulate you on the very attractive appearance of your 

 paper. Keep it up to the standard yon have marked out for it, and it will 

 become an assured success. — [Rev. Charles F. Deems. 



Nothing but the exigencies of my roving life have prevented me from 

 starting, or trying to start, just such a journal as yours. You shall have 

 my hearty co-operation.— [Professor Elliott Cones, Smithsonian Institute. 



Your paper is just what we have long wanted, and will take well in the 

 Southern States.— [Dr. R. P. Myers, Savannah, Ga. 



The editorial matter, the contributions, and the make-up and general 

 appearance of the paper are just such as Fishrod and Nimrod admire. 

 — [Genio C. Scott. 



I am glad to hear of your literary enterprise. It will give me pleasure 

 to put you, or any one else representing the Forest and Stream,. in the 

 way of getting information for your paper.— [Andrew H. Green, Comp- 

 troller, and Central Park Com'r. 



" I take the heartiest interest in Forest and Strevm. I have always 

 thought that an Americvn " Land [and Water " was needed, and that 

 many valuable observations are yearly lost, through the want of some 

 such medium of communication between field-naturalists."— Prof. G' 

 Browne Goode, Middletown Unviersity. 



I wish the Forest and Stream every success, and will be most happy 

 to lend any assistance in my power to make it so.— Hon. Robert B 

 Roosevelt. 



The beantifnl engravings of birds in Avilude cost hundreds of dollars 

 and the fine and instructive descriptions many weeks of labor. Every 

 family ought, to have it. For sale by all booksellers and toy dealers, or 

 sent post paid on receipt of seventy-five cents, by West & Lee, Wor- 

 cester, Mass. 



"An exaallent addition to our home amusementB."-^m«an VnW 



