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come his shyness. The mother plied him with questions ; 

 the daughter was gay and talkative. It was fun to them 

 to observe his extraordinary grimaces, his general boorish- 

 ness, and the fact, which both the ladies lament ex- 

 tremely, that he had never had " a master to teach him 

 to eat cleanly." The younger lady made an obvious 

 impression. She and the Czar exchanged snuff- boxes, 

 and became the warmest of friends. As the evening 

 wore on, his heart opened. Music was introduced. The 

 Czar tolerated Ferdinando and admired Quirini, but 

 admitted that his taste ran on ship-building and fire- 

 works. He boasted of having worked at the former art, 

 and made the ladies feel the callosities which labour had 

 produced on his hands. When the wine began to take 

 effect, he became more jovial. Before he stood up to 

 dance, he hunted in vain throughout his train for a 

 pair of gloves. But the want did not dismay him. As 

 midnight approached, his mirth ran " fast and furious." 

 He sent, like King Stephen, for his own "fiddlers 

 three," taught the ladies the dances of his native wilds, 

 and, in the fervour of his joviality, handed brimming 

 goblets of wine to the members of the Electoral Court, to 

 his attendants, and to the musicians. The attendants 

 repaid the liberality of their master. The Czar and the 

 ladies liept up the entertainment until four o'clock in the 

 morning. The attendants then adjourned for a more 

 private carouse, and Coppenstein earned a superb pelisse 

 of sables by sitting up all night with the principal Mus- 

 covites, and by the care with which be toppled them into 

 their carriages when they resumed their journey on the 

 following morning — all dead drunk. Many pictures 

 equally curious might be gleaned from Mr. Kemble's 

 admirable volume. 



When noticing Dr. Bliss's Reliquia Hearnianw, we little 

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