nation of his cure of souls.
This is rather narrow minded, I think, for this free and
enlightened country. Think of my mother's dear old friend, Dr.
Hughes, and Milman, and Harness, and Dyce, and all our excellent
reverend friends and intimate acquaintance....

To-morrow we act "Venice Preserved," on Tuesday "Much Ado about
Nothing," Wednesday is a holiday, on Thursday, for my benefit, "The
Stranger," and on Friday "The Hunchback." On the 10th of next month
we act in Philadelphia, where we shall remain for a fortnight, and
then return here for a fortnight, after which we go on to Boston.
God bless you, dear! It is past twelve at night, and I have a
ten-o'clock rehearsal to-morrow morning.

Ever your affectionate
F. A. K.

PART OF LETTER TO MRS. JAMESON.

NEW YORK, September 30, 1832.

I am not sure that, upon the whole, our acting is not rather too
quiet--tame, I suppose they would call it--for our present public.
Ranting and raving in tragedy, and shrieks of unmeaning laughter in
comedy, are not, you know, precisely our style, and I am afraid our
audiences here may think us flat. I was informed by a friend of
mine who heard the remark, that one gentleman observed to another,
after seeing my father in "Venice Preserved," "Lord bless you! it's
nothing to Cooper's acting--nothing! Why, I've seen the
perspiration roll down his face like water when he played Pierre!
You didn't see Mr. Kemble put himself to half such pains!" Which
reminds me of the Frenchwoman's commendation to her neighbor of a
performance of Dupre, the great Paris tenor of his day: "Ah! ce
pauvre cher M. Dupre! ce brave homme! quel mal il se donne pour
chanter cela! Regardez donc, madame, il est tout en sueur!" But
this order of criticism, of course, may be met with anywhere; and
the stamp-and-stare-and-start-and-scream-school has had its
admirers all the world over since the days of Hamlet the Dane.

I have not seen much of either places or people yet.... This city
is picturesque and foreign-looking; trees are much intermixed with
the houses, among them a great many fine willows, and these,
together with the various colors of the houses, and the