. The life and art of Edwin Booth and his contemporaries . up, for Heavens appeal was too real to be resisted, the surrenderof the practical joker too humble to be refused, andthe foreman gravely stated that he desired to changethe verdict to Not Guilty. Then came the hurrahsof the supernumeraries, the delight of Colonel Sellers,the vindication of the heroine—and the Musical Times, New York, October u, 1879. MISS ELLEN TERRY, A wind of spring that whirls the feigned snowsOf blossom-petals in the face, and flees :Elusive, made of mirthful mockeries, Yet tender with the pres
. The life and art of Edwin Booth and his contemporaries . up, for Heavens appeal was too real to be resisted, the surrenderof the practical joker too humble to be refused, andthe foreman gravely stated that he desired to changethe verdict to Not Guilty. Then came the hurrahsof the supernumeraries, the delight of Colonel Sellers,the vindication of the heroine—and the Musical Times, New York, October u, 1879. MISS ELLEN TERRY, A wind of spring that whirls the feigned snowsOf blossom-petals in the face, and flees :Elusive, made of mirthful mockeries, Yet tender with the prescience of the rose ; A strain desired, that through the memory goes,Too subtle-slender for the voice to seize ;A flame dissembled, only lit to tease, Whose touch were half a kiss, if one but knows. She shows by Leonatos dove-like daughterA falcon, by a prince to be possessed, Gay graced with bells that ever chiming are ;In azure of the bright Sicilian billow that has rapt into its breastThe swayed reflection of a dancing star! Helen Gray MISS ELLEN TERRYAs Henrietta Maria in Charles I. MISS ELLEN TERRY The admirers of Miss Ellen ::=rrre ue: i:: : r ~.::. s; ::.:.i:i.~ :i . :; nil :t ~ ^.::e— ?? i??s-tz :: ^-j1 Much Ado About Nothing :::::: ::.;- I ~is : :~ Theof fancy is not, in the circniri::: i^i: I: is :ui:e ;::—is : :::. : i i=.z.::zz s:i: . She :s :;e ~:s: 1:s::~z~i:sh?L Her triumphs 1 = superz::i. i. l 25© MISS ELLEN TERRY. glaring prominence. When one stops to contrast herunobtrusive, substantial career, with the career ofseveral actresses, her contemporaries, who have con-quered brilliant achievements, the impression left uponthe mind by this contrast is altogether in her favor. There are, it may be said without the least fear ofcontradiction, many accomplished actresses upon thestage whom one regards with esteem and sincere favor,without feeling the need of discussing their qualitiesof talent, temperament, and character, too se
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