Union Square, New York—An Enterprising Chronicler—The
Lambs—The Newspapers and the New-comers—“Art must
Advance with the Times”—“Romeo and Juliet” at the
Lyceum—“Character Parts”—No Real Tradition of Shakespearian
Acting—“Mannerisms”—The Stage as an Educator—Lafayette
Place—A Notable Little Dinner—The Great American Bird,
“Not the Eagle, but the Duck”—A Question of “Appropriate
Music”—Speculators in Tickets and their Enormous
Profits—Middlemen, the Star Theatre, and the Play going Public 65