Chapter VIII
Reading edition
Charles Kemble—His Daughter's Tragedy of "Francis the First"—Recollections of John Kemble—The Opera—Count Ory—Sir A. Barnard—Secret of Happiness—Visit to Mademoiselle Mars—Her Residence described—Memorial of her Theatrical Career—The Duchesse de la Force—Madame Grassini—Anecdote of her—Visit to Orsay—Its Situation—The Princesse de Croy—Hamlet of Palaiseau—Drama of La Pie Voteuse—Family of the Duc de Guiche—The Vaudeville Théâtre—Scribe's Avant, Pendant, el Après—Its Dangerous Tendency—French Ambition—Parisian Shopkeepers—Their Officious Conduct, 78.