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change. A small house is better adapted than a large one for a p which is after all a sort of genteel comedy in ancient costume ; and th is in Mr. Phelps a,genial discernment of the picturesque capabilities play, with a hearty spirit in bringing them out. Altogether, the somew lengthy work is produced with so much neatness and elegance, that, contemplating the series of agreeable tableaux, one forgets the disp tion of the poet's treatment to his basis.