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A poor little farce, in which the mysteries of "spirit-rapping"

are set before the audience in a very bald and inartificial manner, has been pro- duced with success at the Haymarket. But successes of this kind do no good to an establishment. Altogether, Mr. Buckstone has not been for- tunate in his plays. Elopements in High Life, Colombe's Birthday, and The Mousetrap, were all works by known but not hacknied authors, all received the fallacious honours of a first night's success, but not one has made a real "hit" The same thing, in every respect, may be said of Mrs. Crowe's Cruel Kindness.