tostee's

Updated: May 9, 2025

There was something fascinating in the circumstances and auspices under which the united Irma and Tostee troupes appeared in Boston opera bouffe led gayly forward by finance bouffe, and suggesting Erie shares by its watered music and morals; but there is no doubt that Tostee's grand reception was owing mainly to the personal favor which she enjoyed here and which we do not vouchsafe to every one.

William Dean Howells - Suburban Sketches