a tour in other countries was followed (1856) by a fresh visit to paris, when ristori appeared in montanelli's italian translation of legouvé's "medea". she repeated her success in this in london. in 1857 she visited madrid, playing in spanish to enthusiastic audiences, and in 1866 she paid the first of four visits to the united states, where she won much applause, particularly in paolo giacometti's "elisabeth", an italian study of the english sovereign. in a letter to "the daily alta california", humorist mark twain attributed ristori's popularity in america in this later phase of her career to "determined newspapers and shrewd managers".