SHALL GREAT OLYMPUS TO A MOLEHILL STOOP?

Some difficulty has arisen as to the production of Knowles's new play at

the Haymarket Theatre. Mr. Charles Kean and Miss Helen Faucit having

objected to hear the play read, "_because their respective parts had not

been previously submitted to them._"--_Sunday Times_.--[We are of opinion

that they were decidedly right. One might as well expect a child to spell

without learning the alphabet, as either of the above persons to

understand Knowles, unless enlightened by a long course of previous

instruction.]

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