Excerpt from Mary Goes First, Vol. 5: A Comedy in Three Acts and an Epilogue You seem to take a perpetual enjoyment in your art. It isn't work; it is just a pleasurable activity, which infects all who watch it. In these days of long runs, how often does one notice a decline of the actor's interest in his work after the first few weeksof a successful play. The general performance is apt to grow stale and perfunctory. If it is a comedy, it is forced into a noisy farce; if it is a serious drama, it loses its freshness and sincerity of feeling. But an impersonation of yours continuously retains its first bright, eager impulse; it remains spontaneous to the end, and kindles a responsive sympathy of laughter and emotion as surely on the last night as on the first. Gratefully and admiringly yours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.