RIP VAN WINKLE
A CHINESE CRITIC
HOLIDAY SAUNTERING
WENDELL PHILLIPS AT HARVARD [1881]
EASTER BONNETS
JENNY LIND
THE TOWN
SARAH SHAW RUSSELL
STREET MUSIC
A LITTLE DINNER WITH THACKERAY
CECILIA PLAYING
THE MANNERLESS SEX
ROBERT BROWNING IN FLORENCE
PLAYERS
UNMUSICAL BOXES
THE ACADEMY DINNER IN ARCADIA




EDWARD EVERETT IN 1862.


The house was full, and murmurous with the pleasant chat and rustling
movement of well-dressed persons of both sexes who waited patiently
the coming of the orator, looking at the expanse of stage, which was
carpeted, and covered with rows of settees that went backward from the
footlights to a landscape of charming freshness of color, that might
have been set for the "Maid of Milan" or the pastoral opera. Between
the seats and the foot-lights was a broad space, upon which stood a