ABSTRACT
OPINION was divided upon The Land of Lackadaisy. Some of the critics held that it was the most brilliant and biting satire that had been written since Swift died; others that it was a mere rollicking, fantastic comedy, with no under-meaning whatever. All agreed that it was the wittiest and cleverest play that had been seen in London for a long time, and everyone flocked to see it. The offences against conventional propriety that shocked the prudish and gave food 104for thought to the discerning, passed over the heads of the general British public, which sees nothing unless it is hit in the eye by it, and never penetrates below the obvious. If there were any who saw what the author intended by his suggestions, they were too pleased with their own perspicacity, and the humour of the situation, to complain of it.
