Another (at Brighton, by an Ancient Mariner who sticks to the "Old Ship").
"Bacon wrote Shakspeare? Well, perhaps he did. He was a clever chap, was dear old Arthur Bacon; but still, somehow, I don't think he wrote Shakspeare. At least not all of it."
INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS. No. 54.
THE PARLIAMENTARY CATTLE-SHOW.
ON THEATRICAL PICTURE-POSTERS.
Sir,—I used to be a very regular attendant at the Theatres. I am not so now, and I find that by staying away, I have time at my disposal, which I never had before, for reading, study, and social intercourse. I save my money and preserve my health. And for this I have most sincerely to thank the Managers of our London Theatres, who, within the last few years, have adopted a style of pictorial advertisement, which, though possibly attractive to simple-minded folk, or restless youth, exercises a singularly deterrent effect on the middle-aged playgoer, and on all imaginative and timid persons, especially of the feminine gender.