zq6 theatre at PARIS* 



- this is to me ! Pardon me for thus publicly embracing 

 him, for thus publicly teftifying that the man is the 

 friend of my heart, and that I am as happy by his af- 

 fection as i am by his talents." — He embraced him 

 once more, and before this friendly couple the curtain 

 flowly fell. The clapping of hands, and the cries of 

 Bravo, Bravo, now continued for a long time, and, on 

 turning round to wipe my eyes by ftealth, I faw that 1 

 every eye was moift in the box where I fat. Let it be 

 faid, that this was a farce acted after the play : it will 

 always be in my mind an affecting fcene. Where do 

 actors and authors any where elfe meet with thefe glo- 

 rious triumphs ? 



The 2 1 ft, Went to the Theatre Francois. 



It was only four o'clock, and yet I already found a 

 number of people waiting for the opening of the doors. 

 They had thought, as I did, that the croud would be 

 immenfe ; but they were deceived, as well as I ; 

 for the fpectators here fcarcely amounted to half the. 

 number that I met yefterday at the Varietes, and yet 

 this was Sunday. I now fancied myfelf in fome degree 

 able to explain how it was that this mere-comedie 

 watched her daughter with fo much jealoufy. 



The play was Hamlet prince of Denmark, by 

 M. Duels, member of the french academy. This cir- 

 cumfiance happened very luckily for me, 1 as I was 

 making- a fuite of characteriftical remarks on 1 french 

 tafte in parallel with the englifh and german. For the 

 prefent the bare analyfis of the plot of the french 

 Hamlet will fuffice. 



" Hamlet, king of Denmark, is murdered, but not 

 by his brother, nor yet by his queen, merely becaufc 



