On this page
-
Text (1)
-
264 A RARE OLD LADY.
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
_ — Amon G The Curious And Unexpected Th...
her But So , " if letters Ah no m . amm ! little my directl a little ' g s irls pet g would are irl and would allowed when like like to she go to to can thither go see tliere read tlie , she beautiful unless nicel must y tliey out beg city in of , can of to a Paris book learn read ? . , y ;
day opened she The sliall Full her _apxoeal go first persuaded to , Paris so attack artfull with she on y papa the would made mysteries and , Ibe was mamma stopped irresistible of . the " at tlie alphabet ; gates and th of Caroline at Paris very ,
and . sternly y prevented from entering- the city , unless able to read fluentlon her arrival therethe child studied so diligently , that
before y the family readied their , new liome , she could not only read wellbut had learned bheart several ages of prose and verse ,
which , as she was y she recited with p such purity of diction , and so , much young artistic feeling , , that tlie passengers in the heavy
slowrolling diligence were all delighted with the child , and gave her the name of " la petite Merveille" . This unlooked for success decided
the From parents that to moment bring her the up cultivati for the on theatrical of her career . with ecial powersesp
reference to their development , upon the stage , was carefull , y attended to bboth the child ' s parents ; and at a very early age Caroline
app . e y ared on the boards of la Comedie Frangaise , as the leading theatre of Paris was then styledin various child-characters , which
she sustained with universal approbation , . The parts of Louiso ? i in the Malade _Imagiiiaireof the little girl in la Fausse _^ . gnesand of
Joas in udthaliewere , among those in which the youthful , actress was most lauded _, But when she reached the age of ten years ,
her parents app considered . it time to introduce her to roles of greater importance . She ino longer appeared in childish characters , but
began to study with care and discrimination the characters of the various _chefcVceuvres of the French stage . Strangely enough ,
however , Caroline Vanhove , at this period appears to have had but her one parents desire , that resiste of d enterin this wish g a on convent her part and ; and becoming her artistic a nun training . But
was carried on "with all diligence . The actorDorivalwhose friidity of style was proverbial ,
but whose intonations , , were exceeding g ly pure , and whose diction was excellentwas chosen for her master in the art of declamation ;
and so rapid , was her progress that she was admitted to make her debut _i when scarcelfourteenin the Iphige ? iia in Aulide ..
y , It is asserted by the critics of that day , that no debut at once so precocious and so brilliant had ever taken place on the French
stage ! Bachaumont , in his famous memoires , and various other contemporary writers , state that the young actress was equally
( successful in tragedy , comedy , and the drama ; that her grace , flocke pathos , in and crowds power to , excited admire " her general " and enthusiasm that , whil e that she w as on Pari the
stage , " the public applauded incessantl , y , and bravos and bravissimos
were heard in every part of the house . "
264 A Rare Old Lady.
264 A RARE OLD LADY .
-
-
Citation
-
English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1859, page 264, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121859/page/48/
-