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We don't know what to think of it, hut it's on the record that Dr. Landis' tragic impersonations attract enthusiastic and large audiences, while those tragedians who are not doctors meet with but poor returns. — N.Y. Clipper, May 12. 1877.

Booth nor McCullough can't compare with Dr. Landis. — Pittsburg Gazette, Sept. 1. 1877.

To be appreciated he must be seen. — Pittsburg Dispatch, Sept. 1. 1877.

The most versatile of living actors. — Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch, June 21. 1877.

His Richard III. is the wonder of the modern stage. — Pittsburg Chronicle, August 30. 1877.

He has given some of the most original acting ever gazed upon. — Pittsburg Gazette, Au. 20.77

is undoubtedly the veriest original tragedian now on the stage. When he says "Conversation" his voice runs the gamut up and down about twice, and he manages to give a corresponding sinuous motion to his whole body, as if the word started from his feet and traveled through his entire anatomy before it was finally uttered. — Cincin'i Gaz'te. Dec. 11. '77.

Garrick, Kemble, Kean, Macready, Forrest, Davenport, Booth never, in the zenith of their power, acted as he does, and couldn't had they tried. Dr. Landis' style is peculiarly his own; he is no base copyist, following servilely in the footsteps of greatness. — Cin. Enq. Dec. 10. '77.

In fierce, impassioned acting he has certainly no equal. — Taggart's Phila. Times, Ap. 22. '77

Never in the history of the writer has it been his pleasure to observe such a truthful portrayal of nature. The elder Booth and Forrest are no comparison to Dr. Landis. — Providence Telegram, R.I., November 4. 1877.

style is his own; he copies no one. If his acting is liked, he deserves credit, if not, he is responsible for it. He possesses a good voice for tragedy. People should give his entertainment a visit and judge for themselves. — Boston Post, Oct. 16. 1877.

Barry Sullivan's famous original readings are eclipsed and pale into nothingness along side of Dr. Landis' immense strides away from the conventionality, and traditions of the stage. Landis stands alone, unique and wrapped in the mantle of his own originality. — Boston Globe, October 17. 1877.

The audience, which has been swayed like leaves in the wind by the doctor's powerful acting, felt inexpressibly relieved, when the tragedian was slain. It was simply immense; no words can describe it. — Boston Herald, October 23. 1877.

All who have seen Landis as the cruel Gloster, unite in saying that they have never seen his like before and do not expect to see anything at all comparable to it again in this world. — Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch.

His conception and execution of Richard III. were entirely original and far beyond the comprehension of groundlings. His support was not adequate to the requirements of the great work, yet he stood out in bold relief—competent to play the great work alone if necessary. — Northern Budget, Troy, N.Y., February 25. 1877.

without doubt, is the most extraordinary and unparalleled tragedian that ever figured on any boards. — Washington, D.C. Herald, May 27. 1877.

Richard III.—Dr. Landis' present engagement has been a perfect ovation, and the largest audiences ever seen in any of our theaters have filled the house this week. — Wash. Critic, May 31 Dr. Landis is the greatest tragedian living; he has no equal. — Washington Capital, June 21. 77.

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