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NOTICES OF BOOKS , 419
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Memoirs Of Hacjiel, By Madame De B -. Hu...
greeable comment , but not impossible to this biographer , for she thus goes
onhave ture " We of asser . Sarah have ted ' that in s endea the this above vors ent to en ep t cheer istle e cord a i her ale very did invalid amiable not last sister and long . , doubtless an Malicious d that the correct tell absence -tale pic- s bthe t dt ish of
rounds the of this tragedienne kind , ive laug , it hing as A . we propos , sing find ing of it t in sis his one ter , t , of soon f the ollowing periodicals ecame little mos of anec that d o day te en w without en w t the
at all warranting , we g its authenticity , " etc ., etc . , Then follows a ill-natured story which , as our authoress
herself speaks of as very doubtful , surely need not have been one of those to " be hinted at by a conscientious biographer . " It may have been
that a stern sense of duty led to the insertion of the following anecdote , which is given as true , and , for aught we know , may be ;
but is there not an appearance of spiteful pleasure in the manner in which it is related , as though the chronicling every trait of meanness
or unworthiness was a true labor of love to the writer ? the " aid Mademoiselle of Madame Greorges Yiardot was and Mademoiselle about to have Rachel a benefit the . She present had favorites solicited
of the few who still had time and inclination for arts , and artists . Madame Yiardot had responded to the and call with the good with grace and that willing decent zeal pride of
an artist who understands sympathises griefs would fain conceal from the forward world ' s this eye . occasion Mademoiselle offered to Rachel her of was not
praisewor so readily th in y duced action to , come but she finall on y consented to perform Eriphile doing in a
' Iphigenie . ' " * * * The night arrives and the audience is not large .
" As for Mademoiselle Rachel she lost here an opportunity of doing a kind bouquets and amiable thing laced . Had her she head presented one of to the her wreaths elder sister showered one of on the the numerous stage
, or pon , thing thunders ludicrous of applause in this would suggestion have followed that the the kind graceful and amiable act . " act ( There would is some have - demons of and seemed to her
angered told well by !) the _" But approbation no ; the bestowed envy on Mademoiselle j ealousy Georgesshe possess sullenly :
re second & sed to iece play and in the notwithstanding " Moineau de the Lesbie injury , " announced she was doing on the the , bills beneficiaire for the _, ;
refusal and the p pain Madame she Yiardot caused the however young having author cheerfull , obstinatel y come y persevered forward to in offer her
tempered her services . refusal to make , her deli up g the htful deficiency voice , proved caused an amp by le the compensation tragedienne . " * s
ill-But at every page we see the same malicious coloring given , even to indifferent facts . When she played in the provinces , travelling
from one town to another , and acting night after night in a manner that would have exhausted a strong and healthy person , the remark
our authoress makes is , " It is astonishing what an amount of fatigue the love of gain enabled this irail constitution to bear . She recoiled
before no distance , no labor . As long as anything was to be got her nerves seemed steeled . "
which But , over is - reachin merel g itself the , le too ads evident us to discredit ill-nature many of the of the biograp facts she
Notices Of Books , 419
NOTICES OF BOOKS , 419
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1858, page 419, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081858/page/59/
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