Frank Mayo in Davy Crockett-John T. Raymond Col. Sellers "-Lotta as " Musette "-W. J. Flor- ence as 'Hon. Bardwell Slote "- Mr. and Mrs. McKee Rankin in The Danites-J. E. Owens as "Solon Shingle "-Maggie Mitchell as 'Fanchon.". 268 Dramatic Sketches.-Joseph Murphy in The Kerry Gow -F. S. Chanfrau as "Kit "-Harrigan and Hart as "The_Mulligans "-Jos. Emmet as "Fritz "-Den- man Thompson as Joshua Whitcomb "-M. B. Curtis as "Sam❜l of Posen "-Milton Nobles in The Phanix-Gus Williams in One of the Finest... Comic Opera Scenes.-"The Lone Fisherman" in Evan- geline" Just Like That" in Billee Taylor—" The Torpedo and the Whale" in Olivette-"You I More than Turkeys Love," in the Mascot-" Fair Moon, to Thee I Sing," in Pinafore-The Merry War..... Dramatic Sketches.-"The Escaped Convict" in Lights o' London-" Abduction of Henriette" in The Two Orphans "The Father's Curse" in Hazel Kirke- Group of Distinguished Actors.-J. W. Wallack-Charlotte Group of Distinguished Actors.-E. L. Davenport-Eliza Hamblin-J. R. Scott-Barney Williams-Ben De Bar-Dan Marble-Matilda Heron-W. E. Burton- Group of Distinguished Actors.-E. A. Sothern-Kather- ..... Group of Distinguished Actors.-J. B. Booth-John Drew DRAMA, says Sir Walter Scott, is a poem or fictitious composition in dialogue, in which the action is not related, but represented. A disposition to this fascinating amusement, considered in its rudest state, seems to be inherent in human nature. It is the earliest sport of children to take upon themselves some fictitious character, and sustain it to the best of their skill by such appropriate gestures and language as their youthful fancies suggest, and such dress and decorations as circumstances place within their reach. The infancy of nations is as prone to this pastime as that of individuals. When the horde emerges out of a nearly brutal state so far as to have holidays, public sports and general rejoicings, the pageant of their imaginary deities, or of their fabulous ancestors, is usually introduced as the most pleasing and interesting part of the show. But however general the predisposition to the assumption of fictitious character may be, there is an immeasurable distance between the rude games in which it first displays itself and that polished amusement which is numbered among the fine arts, which poetry, music, and painting have vied to adorn, to whose service genius has devoted her most sublime efforts, while philosophy has stooped from her loftier task to regulate the progress of the action, and give probability to the representation and personification of the scene. THE DRAMA OF ANCIENT GREECE. The history of Greece-of that wonderful country whose days of glory have left such a neverdying blaze of radiance behind them-the history of Greece affords us the means of correctly tracing the polished and regulated Drama, the subject of severe rule, and the vehicle for expressing the noblest poetry, from amusements as rude in their outline as the mimic sports of children or of savages. The history of the Grecian stage is that of the dramatic art in general. They transferred the Drama, with their other literature, to the victorious Romans, with |