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them BY heroic deeds, and their exquisite
songs from one of the gayest, richest and
most enchanting fields Of litcrature-some
most exquisite specimens of which the
Countess read with an apparent feeling OF
the spirit and rythm, and a modulated ca
dencc, which made them seem rs poetic
and romantic rs when they gushed brook
like from the hearts and lips of their gay
and chivalrous authors. She told ., five or
six "tales Of chivalry and romance through
which the Troubadours and tGeir pictures.
que or tragical loves loomed rs through a
golden haze-flinging around those centri.
ry-old stories ",he light that never was on
sea or land"-the illumination of genius
and in which light they will glitter and,
glow so long as there is poetry. in the hu-
man heart or romance to turn the human
head. Her recital of the. adventures of the
luckless Vidal, the profanely loving Guido
Cavalcanti, the murdered Cavasta Qever of
Marguerite, wife of Count Raymond,) the
modest yet poetic William de MaIfry,, and
the discarded lover of the fair Ermengorde
were informed with the true spirit of the
| old troubadour chronicles, and were deliv-
cred with charm which would have
brought every Troubadour in Proyince' 10
| her. feet in fifteen minutes. But every
here andthcre sparkled a diamond point of
wit, which had an unmiStakable flavor Of
the nineteen century, and was SO received
by the attentive audience.
A contrast between tile elevated char
acter: Of the men. aud women of the mid
die ages with the aristocracy of the profit
gate court of that, roue, Charles H., of En-
gland, followed, in which quotations were
made from the poets of the days of the
Restoration, to show how chivalry had de-
generated iuto voluptuousness and crime.
and galIantry into sensuaIity aud brutality.
) Louis XIV, and Francis l.. end their
courts were discussed. Francis was the
gallant gentleman, the brave soldier and
splendid monarch who on losing the: bat.
tie of Pava, sent to his mother tile laconic
message, ="Allis lost except our honor
Yet, with all the gallan,ry of Francis (who
Spring without flowers) he once inscribed
on a window with diamond some verses
rather sighting the;merits Of fthe beau se.re.
The ladies Of the Court of Louis XIV.
were alluded to-La Walters and Madame,
de Maintenon, and the fair speaker called
them "perhaps the Jcst women in France at
that time" after which Spanish galIan-
try-a grave, chivarous, solemn affair
French gallantry-a fickle flirting, l,un,bug-
bging business, with. no heart in IT, and En-
Igiish gallantry- chivalry of'shop keepers
We're all dealt with, in rounded periods
and sparkling paragraphs. The hollow
ness. ofmodern gallantry was dealt on and
Mary Walstonecraft quoted in this connec-
ton. Lord Chesterfield was taken as a
type Of modern gallantry, and that preur
cheualier was utterly 3 demolished by the
bold speaker. His confession that his van,
ity Offended him to win ladies hearts when
he did not care a,.pinch of SNUFF for them
was called infamous, and the Countess, de-
clared that that was game two could
|.play at, for the ladies of our day often led
through vanity to entrap gentlemen when
they would not care "pinch of snuff" for
threesacres ofsuch lmen, Butt need > not
caution ladies not to treat modern gentle
men cruelty for there is,no dangeref their
blowing out their brains : if they sigh at a
rejection twill be taken an immense a.
mount Of trouble, and they will 60 right off
andscom fort themselves, with a bottle, of
tehampagne and hundred oysters. Long
/ continued rounds Of applause:l Close. on
Eahe5 5heelso Of this .denunciation sof. modern
| gallantry with DEPRESSION ofsympathy for
kthe disnembered kingdom,) came sketches
tcf the marriage andtthe sescapades of the
emperor Nich5las Of Russia, Of Prince Paul
Sefhazy, and q couto de rosec .eulogy Of
Louis Bavaria. Louis was eulo-
$an Utmost Republican King, a per-
Wap, ,salmosts las careless and un-
zdfess as Horace Greeley. hay-
I'd green coat which he boasted he
orr eight-years, a mdni6cente patron
stR fnishedi CLASSICAL scholar, and a
sdespoet of q lighsorder! IS @sS !.
{ American galIantry closed .tlleslectnre.
Ihtthis couut1yywe are too busy for such
gasiantfy :; sfora 3 man is counted rather
4 slow who eaanot win gladys hear, make
5a thopsand dollars; and establish 4; bank With
/ asprospe ectiye capital Of three MILLIONS all
before breakfast, land, who smay NOT, before
lsnpper:tirn lose The heart and sthsS moneS,
land ses bis bank go ali 70. pieces q Great
A laugR Rter anb ,sappl planse.1 cts still tlisre
4 sdEswas q Dayy Crockett. 9dasti about Ameri.
Ecap. galladtry, which wasFrath her E9nmentla
4 blss n Noxhefei6 ths world except insy the
\ United States vii gentieInan. .gises pp his
= = seat In ans somhibi 10 IN lady On a rainy
4 day. Adj Amer ssn Wills aige the ,sdeepest
4 and cofus sba Siesss Sc snY IN. man in' Che
world san9 thsapeah thought the nation,
bsaa the Who fatlieS colnplehd She
SE apetsd AElsIlsf of alni6 Franklint