Dramatic Feuilleton

This Feuilleton is written by "John," a man from the country who has recently visited several New York theaters on his wedding trip with his wife Mary Jane. John opens with a discussion of how the loss of Figaro is "no great loss" for the Saturday Press, but sympathizes with his downfall, which was most likely caused by having to praise plays and actors rather than being honest. John gives a brief account of his and Mary Jane's travels around the city, including their disappointments at Wallack's, visiting Niblo's and the Winter Garden, Mary Jane forbidding John to go to the Olympic, and John's fascination with Barnum's.