ossible to make any further observations, which his performance in
other characters may have suggested. The most interesting character,
perhaps, in which we saw him perform after these, was Nero in
Britannicus. Every person who has been in Paris, since the collection of
statues was brought there, must have remarked the striking resemblance
of Talma's countenance to the first busts of Nero; and this singular
circumstance, along with the admirable manner in which he represents the
impatient, headstrong, and profligate tyrant, rendered his acting in
this character remarkably interesting. The opportunities Which he
enjoyed of studying the character and the manner of Bonaparte,--who
never forgot the assistance he received from Talma, when he first
entered that city, where he was afterwards to govern with such unbounded
power,--must have been present to his mind when he was preparing this
difficult character; and if it is supposed that he must have been, even
with this advantage, little able to imagine correctly the manner and
deportment of so singular a character as the Roman Emperor, none will
question the judgment, on this point, of that extraordinary person,
under whose tyranny Talma so long lived, and who, as Talma has often
declared, did actually suggest many improvements in the manner in which
he had first acted the part.

Mademoiselle Georges, the great tragic actress, was reckoned at one time
the most beautiful woman in France. She is now grown very large, and her
movements are, from that cause, stiff and constrained; but she is still
a fine woman, and her countenance, though not very striking at first
sight, is capable of wonderful variety and intensity of expression; her
style of acting may be said to be intermediate between the matronly
dignity and majestic deportment of Mrs Siddons, and the enchanting
sweetness and feminine graces of Miss O'Neil. In the delineation of
strong feelings and violent passions, of grief, madness, or despair, she
will not suffer from comparison with either of these actresses; but we
should doubt whether she can ever have inspired as much moral sympathy
and admiration as the one has always commanded, by the elevation and
grandeur of her representation of characters of exalted virtue, and the
other daily wins, by the interesting tenderness of her manner, by the
truth and energy of her impassioned scenes, and the overpowering pathos
of her distress.

The tragedy of OEdipe, by Voltaire, af