...ad never before encountered. To comprehend an Englishman, he says, follow him to the fireside; a Frenchman, join him at the opera, and contemplate him during the performance of the ballet, of which France is the cradle and the home. Though no practitioner, he adds, I am yet a lover of the dance; but the attitudes and contortions of the ballet are disagreeable and tasteless, and the tendency of such ...