PARISIAN Tmisnuckr.s.
Though the season of London is summer and the season of Paris is winter, there are certain periods at which the two capitals, regarded as places of amusement, coincide with each other. Christmas is a busy time at both places ; and a space rather intelligible than definable, which ex- tends from some point in August to some point in September, is generally barren of novelty on either side of the British Channel.
The record of Parisian theatricals is now just as void as the chronicle of the London stage ; save that the French have a clearer notion of their future. They can look forward to a new work by M. Alexandre Dumas, La Cour de Louis XIV, although they are not yet certain whether it will be in three acts or five; and they can anticipate a grand opera by MM. Scribe, St. Georges, and Ilalevy, entitled Le Nada& We sympathize with their curiosity respecting the drama ; for M. Dumas, what with writing innumerable histories and historical romances of the seventeenth century, must be as well acquainted with the personages and incidents of the Court of Louis XIV as an accomplished English cook with the ingre- dients of a Christmas pudding, while his skill in cooking ingredients is established beyond the possibility of doubt. With regard to the opera our sympathies are less strong. MM. Scribe and St. Georges are good names; but M. Harem though he invariably shines forth at Paris during a repose of M. Auber or M. Meyerbeer, is little cared for in London.
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