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riors in this line to any we have ever seen. They far outreach the usual small range of excellence, and leave their rivals far behind." "The Philadelphia Inquirer,"-- "So great was the rush to see them, that the sale of tickets at the box-office had to be stopped half an hour before the performance. They are unquestionably excellent." "The Philadelphia Record,"-- "It is estimated that at least one thousand people were turned away from the box-office last night, unable to obtain tickets or entrance, so great was the rush." "The Cincinnati Commercial" says,-- "They have drawn better houses in Cincinnati than any white troupe." "The Brooklyn Eagle" says,-- "From first to last, all are absorbed in admiration." "The Cincinnati Inquirer" says,-- "It is an unusually fine company, and superior to any that visit here." "The Baltimore News" says,-- "There is no approach to vulgarity. Their audiences are the most fashionable. No minstrel company can compare with Callender's." "The Brooklyn Union" says,-- "They are superlatively excellent." "The Memphis Appeal" says,-- "They are masters of minstrelsy." "The Baltimore American" says,-- "All other companies are tame in comparison with these." William Lloyd Garrison writes,-- "It is gratifying to see that no imputation is brought against them of presenting any thing offensive to the eye or ear." Mr. P.T. Barnum says,-- "They are extraordinary, and the best I ever saw. They fully deserve their large patronage." Said Dexter Smith, the eminent song-writer,-- "Boston has unconditionally yielded to the Georgia Minstrels. If you wish to see the brains, beauty, and fashion of the musical metropolis, a peep into Beethoven Hall will give you an insight of it. Never has a minstrel troupe created such enthusiasm in any American city as the Georgia Minstrels have done in Boston." And the Boston "Folio," that excellent journal of music,-- "The Georgia Minstrels, who are nightly appearing before crowded houses at Beethoven Hall, deserve more than a passing notice, on account of their excellence, and the utter absence of aught that could offend the most fastidious. 'The Traveller' expresses our sentiments so exactly, that we cannot indorse them better than by
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