*The popular demand for perfect ball playing, has developed such marked differences in England and America, that a short comparison between base ball and cricket may be of interest to some readers, and may tend to greater toleration. Here the professional has been brought into undue prominence, because of his recognized skill, while the people ignore the efforts of the amateurs, and cannot be induced to part with their *quarter* to see a *comedy of base ball errors,* or witness the efforts of the undisciplined cricketer, to amuse himself at their expense.*