not strictly in keeping with traditions, it was still delightful and artistic. She interpreted Farquhar in her own way, but without missing his meaning, except where his meaning would not be tasteful to a modern audience. Her treatment of the scenes with _Rose_, for instance, was admirable; and the tact and refinement of the actress were needed in these in spite of careful “editing” and expunging. It is needless to say that Miss Rehan presented a handsome picture in the fine raiment of _Master Wilful_, and the well-setting uniform of the gay _Captain_. Mr. Charles Fisher handled the character of old _Balance_ in his accustomed manner; the mode of old comedy is familiar to this veteran, for he was educated to it, and was a rising actor when Farquhar’s comedy was last given at the old “Park,” forty-two years ago. Miss Dreher spoke the lines of languid _Miss Melinda_ in the right spirit, and was a fine lady to the life, but the part is of little interest. Mr. Drew bore himself well in his uniform, and his acting was extremely good at some points, notably, in the combat with _Brazen_. But he lacks the joyous, rattling style essential to the proper rendering of such a character. No one, for instance, would ever take _Captain Plume_, as played by Mr. Drew, for a portrait of George Farquhar. Mr. Lewis, as _Kite_, was Mr. Lewis; Mr. Skinner, as _Worthy_, was Guy Roverly dressed for a masquerade; _Brazen_, in the hands of Mr. Parkes, should be renamed Wooden; _Bullock_ was made by Mr. Gilbert, an ill-fed fellow, dry instead of unctuous, and the two recruits were colorless sketches. Miss Fielding was pretty and interesting as the chicken girl, and Miss Irwin amusing as _Melinda’s_ maid. At times the performance dragged when Miss Rehan was off the stage, but Mr. Daly is to be thanked for the revival all the same, which, as we have intimated, is well worth seeing. Which ends this second writer’s notice of the revival. * * * * * The first representation of the play was at Drury Lane in 1706. The original Sylvia was Mrs. Oldfield, a tall, beautiful, finely formed woman, with an exquisite, clear, and powerful voice, that made her as impressive in tragedy as she was fascinating in comedy. Fielding, the novelist, says that her “ravishing perfection made her the admiration of every eye and every ear”; and Colley Cibber and other contemporaries unite in giving her the most unstinted praise. Such an actress, in such a part as Sylvia, the most interesting character in the play, must have been very attractive, especially in that portion of it where Sylvia appears in male attire, dressed as a young officer. It was to her that Pope referred, according to Warton, in the well-known lines, descriptive of a feminine wish at the closing moment of life: