Possessing all the gaiety and vivacity of youth, with that attention to the feelings of others peculiar only to maturity and high-breeding, the Count l'Esperance de l'Aigle is universally beloved.
He can talk over old times with the grand-mother with all the wit that we read of, oftener than we meet with; give his opinion of _la derniere mode_ to the youthful mother, with rare tact and good taste; dance with the young daughter as actively and gracefully as any _garcon de dix-huit ans_ in Paris; and gallop through the Bois de Boulogne with the young men who pride themselves on their riding, without being ever left behind.

I had frequently heard his praises from the Duchesse de Guiche, and found that her description of him was very accurate.
The house of the Duc de Guiche is a picture of English comfort and French elegance united; and that portion of it appropriated to its fair mistress is fitted up with exquisite taste.

Her _salons_ and _boudoir_ are objects of _vertu, bijouterie_, and vases of old Sevre, enough to excite envy in those who can duly appreciate such treasures, and tempt to the violation of the tenth commandment.

Order reigns in the whole arrangement of the establishment, which, possessing all the luxurious appliances of a _maison montee_, has all the scrupulous cleanliness of that of a Quaker.
Went to the Opera last night, where I saw the _debut_ of the new _danseuse_ Taglioni.

Hers is a totally new style of dancing; graceful beyond all comparison, wonderful lightness, an absence of all violent effort, or at least of the appearance of it, and a modesty as new as it is delightful to witness in her art.