EDWIN BOOTH, perhaps the foremost representative of the modern drama, responding to an invitation from the editors of the Christian Union, expressed his views on the theatre question in a letter from which we quote: “My knowledge of the modern drama is so very meagre that I never permit my wife or daughter to witness a play without previously ascertaining its character. This is the method I pursue; I can suggest no other, unless it might be by means of a ‘dramatic censor,’ whose taste or judgment might, however, be frequently at fault.” Here we have a man, himself an actor by profession, who does not think it safe for his wife or daughter to witness the performances of the best American theatres, without previous investigation as to the character of the plays. This testimony, from the pen of a man like Booth, careful and guarded as it is, is a stronger condemnation of the theatre of to-day than the most violent denunciation of any Christian pulpit can be. It is a testimony from behind the scenes, which simply confirms the patent and notorious fact that the theatre, as an institution, is corrupt immoral, unsafe, destructive. Manly virtue, and female purity are not safe in its foul atmosphere. It is unreformable. It is a satanic trap to catch souls. It is “the illuminated and decorated gate-way to ruin.” The only safe side the theatre has is the outside, and this is the side which every wise man and woman occupies.—Evangelical Messenger.