It came about on the second revival of "Twelfth Night," and was achieved in the part of _Malvolio_. In referring to Blake's assumption of this character, we observed, in passing, that Fisher was born in yellow stockings and cross-gartered--meaning to express the natural affinity for Shakespeare's creation existing in the actor; and we believe there will be no question among those who remember the impersonation, as to the subtlety of conception, the felicity of portrayal, and fidelity to detail, that so eminently distinguished it. From first to last it was a masterpiece. His manner when he interrupts the orgies of _Sir Toby_, the _Clown_, and _Aguecheek_, and during their maudlin mockery, was full of rare suggestiveness; the great scene in the garden, where he falls into the trap set by _Maria_, was one of the finest pieces of acting known to our stage. The audience were as intent during its progress as if their own lives and fortunes hung upon that enigmatic letter. When it comes home to him at last that he indeed is the favored of _Olivia_, and he gives full rein to his fancy respecting his future exaltation--how he must bear himself, the lofty air he will assume, the consideration he will extort,--he was inimitable. Already he is clothed in yellow stockings and cross-gartered; and he smiles, as he struts, the smile that his deceiver declares so becomes him. In the ensuing scene before _Olivia_, where the stockings and smiles play so important a part, he was equally fine; and if Fisher had played nothing else, his _Malvolio_ would remain an interpretation of the highest class, and a glory of dramatic art. The press, with one accord, united in its praise; and Mr. Richard Grant White, whose ability to judge of Shakespearian delineations was well known, confessed, in the columns of the _Courier and Inquirer_ that he did not know where Mr. Fisher learned to play _Malvolio_ so well. To say that we enjoyed what we have here endeavored to recall, is to say but little. It is one of our most valued memories--and we could not help thinking, when the lovely _Viola_ of the late Miss Neilson was captivating all hearts, what a revelation it would have been to her admiring audience had Fisher presented his picture of _Malvolio_. In Burton's revival of the "Midsummer Night's Dream," Fisher was cast as _Duke Theseus_; and in thinking of the part, that glorious passage descriptive of the _Duke's_ hounds rings in our ears, as spoken with glowing enthusiasm by the actor: "My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew; Crook-kneed, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each. A cry more tunable Was never holloa'd to, nor cheered with horn, In Crete, in Sparta, nor in Thessaly: Judge when you hear."