After _Rizpah_ he read the _Northern Cobbler_ to us, also with wonderful effect.

The difference between reading the printed lines and hearing them so read is truly that between looking on a black and white engraving and the coloured picture from which it has been taken.

Another thing also struck me.

The provincial dialect, which, when its peculiarities are indicated by letters, looks so uncouth as to be sometimes almost puzzling, seemed to produce no difficulty at all as he read it, though he in nowise mitigated it in the least.

It seemed the absolutely natural and necessary presentation of the thoughts and emotions to be rendered.