Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 by Various
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PART FOURTH: DOCUMENT NO. 24. _Extract from the New Centreville [late Dead Horse] "Gazette and Courier of Civilization," December 20th, 1878:_ "Miss Nina Saville appeared last night at the Mendocino Grand Opera House, in her unrivalled specialty of _Winona the Child of the Prairies;_ supported by Tompkins and Frobisher's Grand Stellar Constellation. Although Miss Saville has long been known as one of the most promising of California's younger tragediennes, we feel safe in saying that the impression she produced upon the large and cultured audience gathered to greet her last night stamped her as one of the greatest and most phenomenal geniuses of our own or other times. Her marvellous beauty of form and feature, added to her wonderful artistic power, and her perfect mastery of the difficult science of clog-dancing, won her an immediate place in the hearts of our citizens, and confirmed the belief that California need no longer look to Europe or Chicago for dramatic talent of the highest order. The sylph-like beauty, the harmonious and ever-varying grace, the vivacity and the power of the young artist who made her maiden effort among us last night, prove conclusively that the virgin soil of California teems with yet undiscovered fires of genius. The drama of _Winona, the Child of the Prairies,_ is a pure, refined, and thoroughly absorbing entertainment, and has been pronounced by the entire press of the country equal to if not superior to the fascinating |
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