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100 and Pœtus, represented in 1702; Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, in 1703; Tomyris, in 1707, and the Death of Cæsar; the fifth, named Joseph, was never either performed or printed. Her comedy, le Falcon, was brought forward in 1719. The three operas were les Fêtes de l’Ete; le Jugement de Paris; and les Plaisirs de la Campagne,

The friendship which subsisted between Mademoiselle Barbier and l’Abbe Pellegrin, made her enemies attribute her theatrical works to him. But as her wit and poetical talents were before conspicuous, there is no reason to suppose her incapable of writing them; and their success with the public, with their number, rendered it improbable the real author sacrificed them to her. F.C.

the daughter of Adriani Baroni, an excellent female singer of Mantua. With less beauty than her mother, Leonora excelled her in the sweetness and power of her voice, and had a more profound knowledge of music. She had a good understanding and a pleasing talent for poetry; and, what was still more, her conduct was without reproach. In a treatise on the Music of Italy, published at Paris, in 1672, she is said, from her knowledge of musical composition, perfectly to have understood what she sung, and to have pronounced the words clear and full. She sung with modest confidence and