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London, England, 1868-07-17 00:00:00

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ENGLISH AND FRENCH MORALITY.

Ws English are, as all the world knows, a pro-
verbially moral people—

We area moral people, and we know it,
Without the aid of too sincere a poet.

Words and things, plays and novels, modes of
dress, habits of life, that would be deemed per-
fectly innocuous and conventional in any conti-
nental country, would fright these fortunate
Wee from their propriety. We are always being
" shocked " by something or other when
we go abroad. Our sense of decency is
always on its guard, and always prompt
to take alarm. Don't let us be told that
we go to see and hear La Belle Mine. A little
theatre at the West-end is crowded, it is true, for a
few nights with a very choice society, from the
Almanach de Gotha downwards. But observe the
uncomfortable and bewildered looks of the ladies
in the stalls. They don't understand the lan-
guage of Celebes ; the gestures of Helen are an
enigma to their fresh and candid souls. Other-
wise, of course, they could never sit it out. They
go to the performance of M. OFFENBACH'S master-
pieces as they go to see those admirable satirists
of humanity in a favourite department at the
Zoological Gardens. There could not, fairly
considered, be a clearer proof of the im-
pregnable superiority of English morals
than this naive homage of the highest
mothers and daughters in the land to the unre-
stricted graces of Mdlle. &moms& But need
we go to the St. James's Theatre for evidence of
that ferocious virtue for which our country is so
justly distinguished? Look at our streets by day or
by night ; peep into the law courts, skim the novels
of the season ; take a look at the cheap ro-
mances of the million, and then go down into
the country towns and our quiet villages, where,
under the shadow of the old church, something of
the feudal relation between the peasant and the
squire ' may still be found, and note how the
cottager. are housed, and if your truly
British self-complacency is not satisfied
with the results of the investigation, come
back to Exeter Hall, and on a public plat-
form avow yourself a Philistine and a Pharisee of
the finest Britannia metal. Or rather, go to
Paris and buy the new edition of the plays and
stories of M. AtExexnaz Duxes, the Younger,
and take a lesson in morality from the con-
verted author of La Dame aux Caml:Use, La
.Dame aux Perla, Le Film Naturel, Le Demi-
Nonde, Affaire Clhnenceau, and other works
of equal vigour and virtue. The titles
of these productions may not at first
sight appear to respond precisely to the severe
intentions of the ingenious author, as
be describes them in this new series of pre-