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Show KHLKCTr.l). TO.1I TAILOR, A.M HOW IIK SiKAlS ILIS PbAVS. Tlio admirers ol'Tom Tuylor'a iiopu-lar iiopu-lar pluys will bo cdilied liy the iullow-ing iullow-ing narrutive, wliieli is Kiven by a oor-respondent oor-respondent of tho London Athcna-uin : On tho first night of ono of Mr. Taylor's "new" pieces, I remember to huvo tat next to a very intelligent member mem-ber of the press, lie is an experienced dramatic ciitie. Upon my observing that there were good points in sonic of Mr. Taylors' plays, my neighbor admitted the fact; but he supplemented supple-mented his admission wiih the remark re-mark that what 1 had admired belonged be-longed to other men than the reputed author. ''Surely," said I, " 'A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing' was written by Mr. Taylor?" "Ah," said my new friend, evidently commiserating my ig noratiee, "1 perceive you have not read 1 die Funme que drtrste sun jl(t)-i,"byMadame Uiiurditi." "Well," said I, "what of "Still Waters Hun Deep?'" "There is a sort of thing culled 'La Geudre,'hy C do Bernard," was the reply, "i suppose you will admit that the drama 'To Oblige Benson' Ben-son' is the creation of the gentlemau whose name appears ou tho title-page?" title-page?" i remarked. ""ou have never read kUn Service a Blanchard,' " was the rejoinder. "Well, what of 'The Hidden Hand ?' " was my next question. ques-tion. "The scene is in W ales, and the per.-ons ot tho drama are Welsh." "I refer you to 'L'Aieule,' byD'Kuiery and Edward," was the reply. "Surely you will admit that T'uyable ou Demand' is the invention of Mr. Tom Taylor?" I asked. " I take the liberty lib-erty of referring you to 'Feurigc Koh-Itn,'" Koh-Itn,'" was the curt reply. I then iu-sianccd iu-sianccd "Babes in tho Woods," "An Unequal Match," and "Victims." "It is clear to me," said my interlocutor, "that M. Cormont was before your time." I began to be confounded. " May I ask you," said I, turning to my informant, and looking him steadily in the face, "if you have seen the play entitled, "Nine points of the Law?' " "I have," was the reply of Div jninerturbaMe informant, " and I I -ale capsizea tne Doat; Dotn-nro r t posed to be drowned. j ienna, 30. Tho naturalization , treaty between Austria and the United ; States, signed by Voa Beust and Jay, ) last September, lias been ratified by the Beischcrath and was submitted to ' he Hungarian Diet on the 25th of cd by jotmXiugr jsiikwv!y$-n lor's most popular drama, 'Tho Tieket-of Tieket-of Leave Man,' is a version of MM. Brisbarre and Nus's 'Leonard?' " All this information wai not altogether new to me; still I desired to encourage the conversation. " May I venture to ask," said I, " if you have reason to suppose the drama we are now witnessing is derived from any foreign original?" My friend was expanding his plush-hat. " Certainly not," he replied with emphasis, pointing point-ing to the stage, whereon they were roasting Mrs. Kousby; "I know no other dramatic author who, left to himself, would conceive the notion of presenting before an audience such brutal realisms as that" . And my friend left. |