Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1)
LETTER XXXVIII.
Opéra Comique.--"Cheval de Bronze."--"La Marquise." --Impossibility of playing Tragedy.--Mrs. Siddons's Readings.--Mademoiselle Mars has equal power.--_Laisser aller_ of the Female Performers.--Decline of Theatrical Taste among the Fashionable. 371