15 DECEMBER 1838, Page 11
That abomination Jim Crow, which we hoped London had seen
the last of, has been revived at the Adelphi, by the return of Mr. RICE. We are as much at a loss as ever to account for the extraordinary popularity of this vulgar and humourless exhibition. The prettiness of the air, and the outre grotesqueness of the character, will account for a mode. rate degree of success ; but we incline to think that the ridicule of the " Niggers" was a principal cause of the Jim Crow mania in America. Truly, VESTRIS need not be disconcerted at her rejection by the patrons of" Jim Crow."