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132 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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of literary sain all t , preside s , orts gray s and — for I I have e have rei no g them color — all for in it their ' Kitty c turns Oh' B ; said then I I have call , one it par dun ty
-, .,, ' ducketty mud color . '' # She laug # hed , and adopted it . " * * * *
harp and " - while Dear case friendl I with was divers y writing Mr . Warden exclamations him a no sent te , his of I saw 6 bonne 3 fon her Dieu to eye inquire s est fixed -il if possible on we my were ! little comment arrived Irish ;
done P I , looked up at her , and she answered my , inquiry with ' C _' est un petit dead mort child , n _' est that -ce pas I , Madame travelling V ' S with he exp f lained the honor that she of thoug tombmen ht it was t in
my Pere-la-Chaise ! It was was now my turn to exclaim , or ,. c 3 fon Dieu en et comment done P and her answer was ' MaisMadamevous autres dames _JLnglaises 7
vous etes si droles P The drollery , of travellin , g with a dead child !" ******
Lady Morgan ' s social success in Paris equalled ner literary renown—vide what follows . **
that my and " surprise The mentioned Paris nig has ht to most before find that my I di I should stinguished rooms was at crowded be a r at eun ; for home ion the th at ere next on the was Thursday famous nig in ht one , and Benjamin evenings group certainl in . Constant the y Imag with begin ine all ' s - , and the de
ning of the evening Denon , La Eayette , Constant , Jay , Baron the e Stael very . _ISTo and seemed one all went so amaze distinguished away d t till o fin near d so one man M o y ' Constant c peop lock— le a collected thing said that unknown at the this moment here season ; and of it
was ye known ar , I opened my salon in . the . evening , I should have half Paris ment trying to which get admittance I submit to , and unwilling they have l persuaded as we are us so to get a larger I had apart some
-Frenc , h women , but only three English y , —Mr . Hogers , snug ( a college . friend of D M awson organ ' s mo , ) Mrs ther . Lang to Lord ford Brook Cremorne , of . our I fine never London saw women acquaintance so deli , hted and Mrs and . g
societ so grateful before , . Thoug and seeing h some so time at famous Paris , they le had together never was been a great in French point ,
I mean y , however , , to keep as many clear of the p British eop as possible , as they are . neither profitable nor amusing . "
****** pretty " Went to a soiree in at ite Madame of the Sop rivalry hie Gay of ' two s , a beautiful beautiful writer daughters , and who still
were a in attendance woman , on sp her all the night , Madame O'Donnel and Delphine Gray , * still in her teens , but promising celebrities to surpass her mother ' s full and -blown dra
talent . * * * * There were many present , literary - the Directory matic Directory j one : _particularl it ! was A La y Princesse fine struck me de — man Chimie a fragment stood ! Madam beside of the her e Tallien supreme : it was , a Beauty puissance her son of the the of
present prince . I very was presented young to her , and had a few minutes' pleasant , young conversation , and . plainl Another y dressed , a simp in le white and silk elegant , without -looking a sing woman le ornament , no longer , and black hairbut such !
seen only they a bandeau were never binding to be her forgotten beautiful . I asked Madame ; Gray who eyes she was once ; she " hesitated Then , ' said , and I , then ' those said are , ' the JSh eyes bien , of e ' est Elvira Mademoiselle !' Mars . '
future * Del fame phine . G Her ay , as novels Madam are e Emile too well de Girardin known , to fulfilled need all commendation my prophecies . " JLes her illustrated Parisiennes b " is said to be her had best ; and among her She died edies in " the Lady Tarfcufie of her _/'
life and talents y R . achel ' s acting , a great success . prime
132 Notices Of Books.
132 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 132, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/60/
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