“One Hundred Years Old.” “Othello.” “Ours.” “Out at Sea.” Passion Play,” “The. “Paul Arniff.” Pearl of Savoy,” “The. People’s Lawyer,” “The. Pet of the Petticoats,” “The. “Pique.” “Proof Positive.” “Pygmalion and Galatea.” Regular Fix,” “A. “Richelieu.” “Robert Macaire.” “Romeo and Juliet.” “Rule a Wife and Have a Wife.” “Ruy Blas.” “Sarah’s Young Man.” “School.” School for Scandal,” “The. Scottish Chiefs,” “The. Scrap of Paper,” “A. “Seraphine.” Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing,” “A. “She Stoops to Conquer.” Spectre Bridegroom,” “The. Stranger,” “The. Stranglers of Paris,” “The. Streets of New York,” “The. “Struck Blind.” “Sylvia’s Lovers.” Ticket-of-Leave Man,” “The. Toodles,” “The. “True to the Core.” Two Orphans,” “The. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” “Under the Gas-Light.” Unequal Match,” “The. Uppercrust,” “The. “Venice Preserved.” Wandering Heir,” “The. “War to the Knife.” Wicked World,” “The. “Wild Oats.” Willing Hand,” “The. Within an Inch of His Life.” Woman in Red,” “The. Woman of the People,” “A. “Won at Last.” Wonder,” “The. Minute exposition of all the early dramatic works of Belasco is not practicable; a succinct estimate of their quality will suffice here. Crudity is often obvious in them--as it is in the early works of almost all writers--and it sometimes is notably visible in the sentiment and the style. Nevertheless, they display the operation of a mind naturally prone to the dramatic form of expression, frequently animated by the vitality of its own experience, steadily if slowly growing in self-mastery of its faculties, and at once keenly observant of, and quickly sympathetic with, contrasted aspects of life. Along with defects,--namely, perverse preoccupation with non-essential details, occasional verbosity, extravagant premises, and involved construction,--they exhibit expert inventive ability, perspicacious sense of character, acute perception of strong dramatic climax, the faculty of humor, much tenderness of heart, wide knowledge of human misery and human joy, special sympathy with woman, and the skill to tell a story in action. Belasco’s dramatic works, before he left San Francisco, exceed not only in number but in merit and practical utility those of many other writers produced as the whole labor of a long lifetime, and the basis of reputation and respect: at least two of his early plays--“Hearts of Oak” and “La Belle Russe”--were, even before he came to the East, gaining fortunes--for other persons. And for a long, long while afterward other persons were to enjoy the chief profit of his labor: it was not until more than thirteen years later that he was able to launch a successful play,--“The Heart of Maryland,”--and retain personal control of it. * * * * * A SECOND VENTURE IN CHICAGO.--THE LAST OF “AMERICAN BORN.”