Rural Scenes on Both Sides of the Atlantic—First Impressions
of Railway Travel—The Cars—One of the Largest Theatres in
America—The Drama in Boston—Early Struggles to represent Plays
in Public—“Moral Lectures”—Boston Criticisms—Shylock, Portia,
Hamlet, and Ophelia—Different Readings of Shylock—Dressing-Room
Criticism—Shylock considered—A Reminiscence of Tunis—How
Shakespeare should be interpreted on the Stage—Two Methods
illustrated—Shylock before the Court of Venice—How Actors should be
judged.