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Siddons downwards , has , I venture to assert , eve ? attained ! Thirdly , I ust believe that she had f * got up" beforehand all the symptoms produced by taking all-the known . poisons in chemistry , so as to , be qajte prepared for any selection I mighjb choose to ] make .. .. And fourthly ,. 1 . must helieve that she-knew what poisonJ , had really chosen * , though I have no recolleo tion of the name of ifc ever having ; been even faintly whispered byanybody " n the room , until she : had been awakened ouifc of the magnetic sleep : r- < v Which is the most credulous misinTr—theanan who believesallriihis , or the irian who belieyes ^ iin ' , ' : > v th ^
^ But how ^ coul ^ ^ nfljqenc ^ possiTblyi Admitting the sympat ^ j between the magnetizer andtha person ) magne * tized—the limitless , power ofrtbe will of the one over . the will of ; the other how was it , if neither the Count nor / "V- ^ r-rt imew anything of the nature or effects , on thje ^ . um ^ syisteinJ ,, of § itt [ ych » in % ; that L su < ihj « isults asil have mentioned were , g ^ -o ^ the intellectu . al ; i facuitieSjf # 18 ^ erwes ,-, ami- jthe-t y ? hole ^ vitalj : prinoiple-- * tiie question is , & % did »^ 5 ^^ oth ^ r mysteries ich eve ^ thnman knows to be
else , explain sev ^ r ^ ^ y -being existing withmtlftj ^ se ^ , I have a thiii ^ i ^ ^ maehjiae ; : about meicommorily called a " braintfr-rby what process isi&sej ? wooing ;?;* , What power , when I am asleep ^ an ^ n ^ w ^ l ^ is ^ entU ^ ly inactive * jsete thisi thinking machine going—going as X cannot . inake , i ^ go wfeem my t witt is ; aetiwe ^ rajpid t am awake ? I knoW / that v Lhave a ^ sonl- ^ Twha ^ is ^? ^ where i * it ^?^ en andhow was it ' breath ^ c ( i P * Jb hreath of my ; Mfe ? . Is Animal Magnetism the only mystery which the medical professionj / an « L ; istacong-niindedf unbe- ^ lievers m . general cannot < , scie ^^ Shakspeare
thoug ht notr—i . ,, ;' , ] , - ¦ ? A o : t ; J ^ . ' " ¦ •' ' - '¦ ¦ ;" * - " - ; i-i . ** *' =. -- «' - - * - ^ ' ^^ •' . r - '; ' •' ¦ 'r ' : ' " ^ " Thereareinor ^ things iitheaven > and earth ; , Horatkv than ? are dreamt ? x > fin y 6 nr philosop hy . - / :, ' \ ^ . u ) ., ¦ . ;•*;• ¦ " ¦ ' : ;• . ¦ : ' ¦ : i ;! ^ i : ) . f ! . ^ :, ( fi . te ' . v ^ ,- .:. . «^! ^ o You will , J doubt npt , wish to be informed j 6 £ > the condition Am which V- — appeared ^ havmg been , th ^ She was n ^ t Roused iqr ^ j anpiii ^ During : that period , other magiiietifcffis ^ rinie ^ oit heri which iishailv men » tion hereafterj-whenjjl hay ^ flntw ^ i apa « e Jo-oc ^^ y thani& now . -at : uny idis * - posal . It was pas !^ nu ^ diHght— -more ; than ( three * hours \ fmm the time when she had been ^ rs tjl ^ ow ^ imtb the sl e ^ ep ^ -when the process , of awakening her began . .,. i " .. - . . i . ;; i-. -. / . c ' a- ^ L : ; : . < - ' : < ' t- A }* ¦ . } " . ¦ ¦ ¦ ^¦ ¦ i \ * - ¦ ¦"¦ ¦ I : ii ; : ^' ¦ ^ . ' i \ - . » 1
Th $ . passes m ^ de by , theiniagne ^ zer wece a * . firsft quick , but cifeEy ^ geaSue . Then he twice dre ^ ^ the grount ^ . ( Th ^ . se ^ awoke ; her eyes opened jrvide dn an instant * . ' They showed the- same brightness and intelligence that , we < had . remarked m ^ them three hours-ago , before she had fajlpn ,, jnto the , mag ^ pt ^ , , sjeep . ' . . The change from the calm , blank , sta ^ - tuesque repose of her faqe , jri th , $ magnetized state , to . ; the lively , goodhumoured expre ^^ ion , of Jber , ftfle , iUf tb , e / waking state , was * accomplished with , the rapidity pf . aj ^ ash of ; Mghtning . There was no external- appearance of any intermediate ; , process whateVeac : hwkingdat ; her countenance , you saw her , in obedience ; to-a noiseless action- of the magnetizer ' s' haods ^ pass from fast asleep to wide , awake , before you would have had time to count one 1 " .. . . . ' , , ;; . ! ; :
Shehad np idea whatev ^ of'anything that , hjad passed ; since she had been first magnetized , at nine o ' clook , . I askftd whether , she felt any pain anywhere . N I no ^ t the l ^ ast ,, pain & $ / any Hind-i Wh « , i were her . sensations at that mpment ? , No sensations pantwulftr-r-nothing , but the ; feeling that she gepera ^ ly , ^ pprien ^ ied when she w ^ s gettin g upiin- the morning ; the feeling of , being perfectly ! well . , IJad she really no , faint recollections of having said , done , or fe ^ t any thing , during , the last three hours ?—aio vague idea , for , instance , of J ^ wng dreamt thafc she had . beea , at , one time , in a , s ( : ate , of , great pa ^? . l ^ ot the l ^ ast l , . ^ h > , remembered putting on the magnetize ^ thimble , # md then ( going . qn with her work after teaj and from that point all her remembrances stopped- It wm always so with her : she never knew , anything about what she did , or said , or felt , in the magnetized state , unless o ^ her people |; ol < J . her . ; f , ' the noisy
. Here pur que ^ tionfi and an s ( wers > yer ^ interrupted by impatience of a little dog in the iftom . The animal was waiting , to go home with Wi and was growing very , Unwilling to wait Ipwgev .. EavJicr in the evening , this dog had . acpidentally produced a very curious exevtiqn of V . ¦; > ' » extraordinaiy perceptive powers , while in the magnetic sleep . His master ( at whose house I wqs then staying ) had . , come in , as one of the guests , lftte in the evening , whep Trr--r had been nearly an . hour asleep . After ft short time , he departed ; and his dog * haTjng followed him to the hoi » se ,
followed him again out of the ropm . Mor « than half an hour afterwards , in the middle of an experiment , Yr ^ - ^ suddenly became re « tles , 8 , and frowned . No one being able to imagine what produced this alteration in her , she was asked to explain , what was the matter , and answered— " There ' s something in the room that annoys me . " 'f What is it V . " A dog . " " Why , the dog went away half-an-haur ago , " criqd onp pf ray friends . A search was instituted ; and , sure enough ,, thf » dog , ( a }\ tp ] o t ^ rr ^ r ) vyaiS found soiled up asleep in the darkest corner of the room . He had follQwcd lu «
master out ; but not , as we all supposed , home . He was vqryfond of me ; had determined-to go home with me ; and had quietly crept back into the room— -so quietly , tliat nobody could imagine how or when he had entered —to wait my departure . Whilo I was lookjpjr , for the dog , the . Count was pursuing his questions with V . " What sort of dog is it ? " " A
littledog . " " "Whose dog is it ? " "He has not followed his master home . " " I ask you whose , dog it is ? " " The dog belongs to Mr . —r— , ** mentioning the name of the dog ' s owner . This gentleman , as I have already said , had only come to the house after V—' s eyes were , fast closed in the magnetic sleep . ; , ¦ W . W . C . ' ( To be continued . " )
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- •> i ,, y . ;¦< : - THE NEW BTAMIiET . I always feel tenderly towards dSbutants , and watch , their performances \ n& A &fferent ^ stagers . If I do not let my tenderness issiue in eulogies such as I read elsewhere , it is , I suppose , that my brother critics are more tended or less fastidious . I cannot help my opinions ; if ikey . segoa severe ^ : % anl asis ur iBd' b ' y . .. my own conscience that tEeir severity is fcernpered in expressiori by a predetermination to do my office as kindly as I can . True , that kindness is strangely interpreted
sometimes ! ' \ . ... If Mr . Barry SuTliyan is to get but cold praise from me , it is because hi 8 MaMtet Wa ^ so very feeble , though less offensive than many of more pretensions . It was a mere reading- of the part , and that reading elaborated , rather than elaborate . Steering clear of all the detonating violence of Gharles Eean , he misses the settled gloom and overshadowing melancholy which make the first act of Charles Kean s Hamlet some ; his sorrow is lackadaisical , womanish , and unreal . The quietness with which hp jtlayfi the vfati Is highly commendable , and shows a fine ambition . It isi . etiyefy a considerable merit that of- not ranting 1 But Uvafagotet fitgoi , as Moliere says— -there is quietness and quietness : if it be more difficult ' for the actor to produce his effects quietly , it is because he must
then rely up < m intelligence and ^ emotion , instead- 'or lungs ana gesticulation ¦; but ' quietness without those is simply negative . Mr . Barry SuLton ' s personation of the part is not Shaksperian in its broad outlines , nor is-it felicitous in its details . ' He does not present to us a picture of the ^ c ^ te ^ l : prince , suddenly smitten bya grief whichbecomes acalamity . sa great as to overwhelm ) bis reasoni and drive him into insanity . YVe xmojrgo none of those emotions whick such a picture of psychological evoiu-tioii ought to produce—we see nothing of what is passing in Hamlet s mind to explain his acts . Mr . Sullivan read the part with , fair intelligence ( though he should riot say Wemean ) , and played it with what maybe naAlfid TM « ydpietvu : y * ut the passion ; arid the subtlety of the -part are both
beybntt hitri . His gestures are graceful , but of a sort of Keepsake grace . Irideed , thephrase , a Keepsake Hamlet , would vividly express my view of his performance : What the engravings in Animals are to fine pictures , or to Nature , that is his Hamlet to nne Hamlets ^ or Shakspeare . His appearance is prepossessing ; and being young and ambitious , he may yet create a name for himself . We shall see him , however , in ^ a new part soon , arid then , when not oppressed by the weight of Shakspeare , he will have a chance of showing us his quality . Meanwhile , let me call hifl attention to one defect . He has a tendency to screw up his features into a fixed and not vely expressive' expressiori , which is almost as bad a ? Charles Kean ' s perpetual blank look and open mouth , which do duty ioi all other expressions . In so quiet an actor as Mr . Barry Sullivan , the faee ought to-play a prominent part .
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KINO JOHN . On Monday King John was revived at the Princess ' s , and I , liie a sor < of Oxford ^ treet Tantalus-, gazed at the bill ,, but could not feed my hungrj eves with the performance . Then it was I began to feel thewiger o Jupiter KeanL Tlien it was I realized the misery of my lot—banishe ( from tjjat Theatre , —excluded from the contemplation of that great mai and greater actor . Then ; it was I pat in my lonely study , howlinff . Kim , John with Charles Kean , and I not adnutted ! At , a £ * 2 e& . ( You see he'is such , a classic actor , that my very agonies disdain a less lofty expression than Greek f ) ' : T ,, , But there is > a limit to human endurance . On Wednesday I would wo . be longer kept from that theatre , and I went . What I saw there shal now—w all seriousness—be told you . I have dried my tears , and intenc
to lest no more . , _ , , ... nn ^ AltljouKh Kin < f John contains some truly ShaJcsperjan writing , anc characters such as FalconirUge , Hubert , Arthur , Constance , and Kxm John , the effect , on the whole , is very heavy , and the play needs sonv accessory attraction / Gervinus , indeed , thinks it a " tragedy of the pures water "—vom reinsten Wasser ( whatever that may bo ); but he is a fcrcr man , and accustomed to watery dramas : our audiences want somethin ; of a more rivetting interest ; they can enjoy poetry and character in thei study . The audiences in Shakspeare's day listened with hungry ears t . all the poetry and history , because to them the stage was the source o almost all their literary culture ; they wore not reading audiences , anc therefore could be interested by plays which weary our fastidious pit who , as G-oethe says , in the theatre prologue to Faust , have not , indeed been accustomed to > the finest things m the world , but unhappily are ter
ribly well read- — " iJwar Bind sio an das Beate nlcht gewbhnt : . l Allein § io haben sohraoldioh viel goleaen ! " f It seems clear , then , to me , that wo must have some aceoBspry attractioi to replacp that literary and historical interest whicl ^ . origin al hr mad < Siiiiksp ' oaro ^ lusioricftl plays acceptable ; and therefore tlmt'MWfW was wholly right in the principle of his revivals . Scpnery , dressee , trroupinffs archaeological research , and pictorial splendour , can . replace toi moderns ' the poetic and historic intorest wjiich our forefathers felt p thes , < plavs . All these things render Kina John attractive at the . Fnnces , B ^ . No pains , no exponse has been spared to make , the spectacle gorffeouft a ^ o minutely antiquarian . It surpasses everything in the way or tone en
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 14, 1852, page 161, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1922/page/21/
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