The French Plays have received a most delightful acquisition in
the handsome person of M. Felix; one of the most easy, agreeable, and elegant of actors, with force and passion at command, as well as gayety and grace. It is a treat to see him bow and smile, and hear him utter compliments or sarcasms with the tact and address of a polished gentleman: we have no- thing so refined, nothing so genial, on the English stage. There is a cordial bonhommie about M. Felix that is quite winning, apart from his finesse as an artist. In Les Memoires du .Diable, he plays his original part of Robin with a mixture of malicious pleasantry and grave humour that is very' fascinating, but it is as the man of fashion and pleasure that his peculiar characteristics are shown to the best advantage: he is an impersonation of that oft-named but rarely seen character " an ornament to society." Madame Doche did not join the company at the St. James's enlist night: she is just the lady for a cavalier like M, Felix—very pretty, easy, and lady-like.
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