. The reminiscences and recollections of Captain Gronow, being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs and society, 1810-1860. e French ambassador at Vienna;) but it wasremarked that she looked like the case in whichMadame de Guiche had been laid, being of coarse,build, and with larger features; though in in-tellectual gifts Madame de Girardin was consider-ably the other ladys superior. She had many great and estimable qualities. Hermind and heart, like her outward frame, were on alarge and grand scale. She was above all the little-nesses that too often disfigure womens was (a rare
. The reminiscences and recollections of Captain Gronow, being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs and society, 1810-1860. e French ambassador at Vienna;) but it wasremarked that she looked like the case in whichMadame de Guiche had been laid, being of coarse,build, and with larger features; though in in-tellectual gifts Madame de Girardin was consider-ably the other ladys superior. She had many great and estimable qualities. Hermind and heart, like her outward frame, were on alarge and grand scale. She was above all the little-nesses that too often disfigure womens was (a rare thing in a woman) an enthusiasticadmirer of beauty even in her own sex, and tookpleasure in drawing round her the women most dis-tinguished for their personal or mental possessed a peculiar knack of making her guestsappear to the best advantage, drawing them out,and placing them in the little circle where theywould be sure to shine and be appreciated ; for shefelt that she could afford to subdue the light of herbrilliant wit, and allow the little glowworms aroundher to twinkle to their own IS 01 < Q uj(/) -HUJ uo Q< a. LITERARY SALONS IN FRANCE. G5 You. were sure to meet in the salon of MadameE. de Girardin all the celebrities of the day, whetherfashionable, literary, or political—Lamartine, Balzac,Dumas, Frederic Soulie, Emile Souvestre, TheophileGautier, with the Dukes and Counts of the FaubourgSt Germain, Orleanist deputies, and the handsomeEnglishwomen who used to gladden Parisian eyesand win Parisian hearts. Every one felt at ease,—the women looked theirbest, the men made themselves agreeable, and thecharming hostess seemed happy in the enjoyment ofthose around her. Any one who wishes in some degree to appre-ciate the brilliant and vivacious wit of MadameE. de Girardin may obtain some idea of it by read-ing the charming Lettres Parisiennes, publishedunder the pseudonyme of Vicomtesse de Launay^though (admirable as they are) they give
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