Hence arose a peculiar grace which was visible to every spectator, tho' few were at the pains of examining into the cause of their pleasure.

He could soften, or slide over, with a kind of elegant negligence, the improprieties in a part he acted; while, on the contrary, he would dwell with energy upon the beauties, as if he exerted a latent spirit which had been kept back for such an occasion, that he might alarm, waken, and transport, to those places only, where the dignity of his own good sense could be supported with that of his author." If some players of to-day will take a lesson by this description, the judicious Booth need not have lived in vain.

His soul, like that of the late lamented John Brown, will go marching on..