716 
while M. de Varenne and Adela confider 
the whole as a new proof of the arts of this 
formidable ieducer. 
At length, a refufal to continue an in- 
trigue with Madame St. Bertin, and 2 
duel in which he engages, on purpale to 
VWindicate the honour of his fair relative, 
convince the family that he is in esrneft, 
and all doubts being now removed relative 
to the loyalty of Cezanne, he is of courfe 
reniered happy by an unien with the ob- 
ject of his affections. 
_ This comedy of three a&ts was perform- 
ed by afters who affect to play no other 
theatrical pieces than thofe which repre- 
fent the maaners of what they tenn (2 
donne fociéié) genteel company ! 
"The following fentiments are applaud- 
éd: = 
<< jl ne voit quelle (jaz ewante) au monde, 
il Padore et ennuye. 
Tl féduit vingt beastes, les trompe et les 
amufe ! 
Et le feul changement, c’eft le nom de nos 
belles ; 
Cela dézgouterait prefque d'etre infidéles. 
On parut fenfidle pour voas plaire, 
Simple, doute; on devient exigeante, lézére. 
Vous avez dix beautés pour une en un inftant ; 
Li pour changer je veis quill faut etre con- 
fiant.” 
“© La Suite du Menteur,” &c.—The 
Sequel to the Liar, a Comedy, by PETER 
CORNEILLE, retouched and reduced to 
four Ads, with-a Prologue, by An- 
DRIEUX, of the National Inffirute; re- 
prefented on the Theatre of Louvoii>, for 
the firit Time, on the 26th Germinal, 11th 
Year. Svo. 
It was in Italian farces that M. Moliere 
found a number of the moft ingenious 
fallies to be met with in his comedies ; and 
before his time, the great Corneiile had 
already laid foreien authors under contri- 
bution. The Spanith theatre furaithed 
him with the fubject of his admirable 
tragedy of the Cid, and it was from the 
fame fource that he derived the principal 
materials of Le Mentewr (the Liar), the 
fir regular comedy of which the French 
ftage had any refon to boaft. 
‘Tre editor, M. Andrieux, has made 
feveral alterations, both m the text aad 
the fcenes, and bas endeaveured, upon this 
eccafion, ts obliterate fome faults, fuch as 
the trivial pleafantries of Cliten, Xc. He 
has perhaps been fwayed by a hint from 
Voel:aire, who propofed, towards the latter 
end of his life, to retouch the ancient 
French poets, to correct their verfions, 
and, in fhort, to render them as nearly 
Reirofae& of French Literature. —Novels, Romances, &:. 
confermable to the reigning tafte as 
poffible, without disfiguring fuch va- 
luabie produions. 
** Rendre enfin au public, de nouveautes 
trop las, 
“© Un vieux bien qu'il pofséde et doat iln’ufe 
§ 
‘© D’an champ abandoné, 
champ fertile.” 
The above three lines are taken from 
the new prologue, by M. Andrievx, 
which is fuppoied, after that of Am- 
phitrien, to be one of the molt keen 
and poignant ever fpoken om the 
French itage. 
_* Une Folie: Comedie; en deux 
Aes? mélée de Chants,” &c.—A Fol- 
ly: a Comedy, in two Atts; Inter- 
iperfed with Songs: the Worlls by J. 
N. BouiLLy, 2 Member of the Philo- 
technical Seciety ; the Mufic by Me- 
HUL. Reprefented for the firft Time 
on the Theatre of the Opera Comique 
National, 15 Germimal, 1eth Year. 
Second Edition. , | 
The plot of this piece is, as ufual, 
confecrated to the ftratagems of Jove. 
A captain of Huffars, fees and becomes 
defperately enamoured with a young 
orphan, who happens to be left under 
the care of an Italian painter, at ence 
cunning, jealous, and malignant. The 
lady herfelf, who is often employed as 
the azedef of her guardian, evinces the 
moft fincere defire to enfranchife her- 
felf from his tyranny; and fhe, with 
the aid of herlover, is at length enabled 
to effect her deliverance. The tricks 
and intrigues of two walets, belonging 
to the principal perfonages, afford the 
moit ample fcope for laughter. 
NOVELS, ROMANCES, &C. 
cef— faire wa 
«¢ Mémoires d°Athansife, par Ma- - 
dame GuENARD,” &c.— Memoirs of 
Athanailfe, by Madame Guenard, Au- 
thor of Irma, &c. 4 vol. 12mo. 
Madame Guénard, the author of this 
novel, hes already diftinguifhed herfelf 
by her ** Irma,” and her “ Memoirs cf 
the Princefs de Lamballe.” : 
The following is a brief fketch of 
the plot: Lord Walmore, en Eng- 
lifiman by birth, tranimits a letter 
from London to a female of rank 
and fafhion, whom he had formerly 
known in France; telling her, that he 
had been fecretly married, about two | 
years before, to a lady of fxteen years 
of age, endowed with beauty, talents, 
the graces, and a weil cultivated mind. 
He iurther ates, that he is a an 
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