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.