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The Surer Dore and Golden Ladder, at the Adeiphi, are

the only brilliant items in the introduction, and the pantomime is unusually de- ficient in transformations ; but the venerable practical jokes of smashing Pantaloon and cutting off Ms head, provoke laughter ; and of cuffs and bumps there is no lack. Harlequin IlAtivev is the most lithe-limbed and agile of any, and his dancing is peculiarly light and graceful : the Columbine, too, is an elegant dancer.