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officer who had served under him cried when he saw 

 him, as Seton told us, who was with him at the time. 

 The piece where he appears in this character is called 

 "Kaminar Page." The theatre is very small and ill 

 lighted ; all the light is thrown on the stage, as at 

 Copenhagen. There is very little variety of scenes ; 

 but the house is elegantly fitted up. 



On the quay above the bridge stands the club- 

 house : it belonged to one of the oldest of the Swedish 

 nobles, Count Bonde, and is the best and largest 

 private house in Stockholm. The upper floor is 

 let to the club ; and this is the best institution for 

 strangers, and even for natives, which the town offers. 

 It is indeed reckoned without its match in Europe. 

 The club was originally composed of the foreign 

 ministers and such as they introduced ; but it has 

 become now much enlarged, and the number of mem- 

 bers fixed at 300, each of whom can introduce a 

 stranger, who has then the run of the rooms for two 



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months. The regulations are very good, and the 

 scheme excellently managed. The rooms are very 

 large and handsome, consisting of a reading-room, 

 where the Swedish and foreign papers are received, 

 with maps and periodical publications ; a drawing- 

 room, with sofas and tables; a large ball-room, where 

 cards are played on common occasions; billiard-room, 

 card-room, and dining-room ; besides dressing-rooms 

 and apartments belonging to the maUre d'hotel, who 

 is a Frenchman, and keeps six or seven servants. 

 There is a most excellent table in the French style, 



