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ly concealed, and that the judgment might be entirely fair. The Princess then sent it to Berlin, where it was acted and had a great success, the incognito being strictly preserved. From Berlin it passed to other theatres with great applause, and then, when acknowledged, it was acted here; but the embarrassments and explanations, and apologies were necessarily manifold and mortifying. It is now one of the regular acting plays throughout Germany, and no doubt deserves to be so. . . . January 18.—A grand dinner at the French Minister's; more good taste, and quite as much elegance as at the Russian's; au reste, to a considerable degree the same company. . . . . I sat next to Count Circourt, This was the beginning of an acquaintance which ripened into intimacy and produced frequent correspondence. Count Circourt is well known in all the intellectual circles of Europe as possessing prodigious stores of information and a marvellous memory. His powers of criticism, his habits of r