From October 1 to the latter part of December, 1874, Belasco continued in employment at Maguire’s New Theatre, officiating not only as an actor of small parts but as stage manager, as a hack playwright, and as secretary for Maguire. On October 12 he played the _Dwarf_ (one of the _Phantom Crew_ of _Hendrick Hudson_), in “Rip Van Winkle,” Herne personating _Rip_ and Alice Vane appearing as _Gertrude_. On October 21 he participated in a representation of “The People’s Lawyer” (playing _Lawyer Tripper_?), in which Herne acted as _Solon Shingle_. On the next night “Alphonse” was acted at Maguire’s, but Belasco seems not to have been in the bill, because he is positive that he attended the first production in San Francisco, made that night at the California Theatre, of Frank Mayo’s dramatization of Charles Reade’s powerful and painful novel of “Griffith Gaunt.” “I made a version of that book,” Belasco has told me, “and it was a good one, as I remember it; but it passed out of my control soon after it was written: I sold it--to James McCabe, I think,--for a few dollars. I know it was much played in the interior [meaning the small towns of California, Nevada, etc.]. About the same time that I made my version of ’Griffith Gaunt,’--which, of course, was prompted by seeing Mayo’s,--we brought out a new play at Maguire’s, called ’Lady Madge,’ by J. H. Le Roy. I don’t recall what it was about. I remember that it was written expressly for Adele Leighton, a rich novice, and that I did some work on it for Le Roy and made him a clean script and set of the parts. Herne, Sydney Cowell, and Thomas Whiffen were in the cast.” “Lady Madge” was acted at Maguire’s November 3, and did not hold the stage for more than a week. On the 11th of that month a dramatization of Lever’s “Charles O’Malley,” made by Herne, was brought out, Herne appearing in it as _Mickey Free_ and Sydney Cowell as _Mary Brady_. On November 16 Annette Ince and Ella Kemble acted at Maguire’s, supported by Herne and Whiffen, in “The Sphinx,” and on the 26th a notably successful revival was made of “Oliver Twist,”--a more or less rehashed version of the dramatic epitome of the novel which had been made known throughout our country by E. L. Davenport and James W. Wallack, the Younger, being used. Herne played _Sikes_; Annette Ince, _Nancy_; Ella Kemble, _Rosa Maylie_, and---- Lindsay, _Fagin_. On December 1 “Carlotta! Queen of the Arena” was brought out, with Miss Ince as _Carlotta_ and Herne as _Bambuno_. I have been able to find only one other definite record of a performance at Maguire’s, prior to March 1, 1875; that record is of a presentment there of the old musical play of “The Enchantress,” on December 24, with Amy Bennett in the principal female part: Belasco directed the production (ostensibly under the stage management of Herne) and appeared in the prologue as _Pietro_ and in the drama as _Galeas_. “I did a lot of hard work on ’The Enchantress’ for