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AN AMERICAN LADY's OPINION OF The OPERA: HE
QUEEN.-Wc had the ballet La Gitana after the singing,
and Taglon No praise of her grace is exaggerated =
There is music every OF her arms; and If she
wosd restrict herself within the limits OF decency there
could not be exquisite spectacle Of its kind than hel
dancing would give the rawlings of her admirers and
allow that her grace is Gods beautiful gitt and that fitting


should be used But could this grace be equally
demonstrated with skirt few inches longer and rather less
transparent To my crude notions her positions are often
disgusting; and when she raised her leg right angle with
her body, could have exclaimed Carlyle did, Nerc
ful Heaven where will it end - Familiarity must dull tho
sense TO these bad parts of the exhibition; for Mrs --
quoted French woman, who said. of Taglioni One must
bo dance like that. should rather have said
differently And would div dc the world, not our witty
friend -- does, into men, women, and Mary Wo>on-
crafts but women, and balletdanccrs for surely
have forgotten the instincts of her sex before
she can dance even as Tagioni does apt you
know my dear c., tilt against public anluScmcns
but hold this be cxccrable and, ii my voice
could have any influence would pray every modest women
and modest man-for why soud this virtue be graduated
BY different scale for the different every modest
man and woman, then, land dscounenance Its ad
yancemen there. If we have not yet the perfection OF a
maured civilization God from the CORFU .ons that
prelude and intimate its decline


Miss Scdgwck's New Work.