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316 But while the gleams of passion flash from the eyes of the beautiful Empress and play on the black form of the negro, like decoy lights or curling flames, he thinks of far more serious things on the execution of the most infamous intrigues, and his answer forms the rudest contrast to the impassioned appeal of Tamora.

was in the year 1827 after the birth of Christ that I gradually went to sleep in the theatre in Berlin during the first representation of a new tragedy by Herr E. Raupach. For the highly cultured public which does not go to the theatre, and only reads that which is strictly literature, I must here remark that the Herr Raupach referred to is a very useful man, who supplies tragedies and comedies, and provides the stage of Berlin every month with a new masterpiece. The Berlin stage is admirable, and one especially useful for Hegelian philosophers who wish to refresh themselves by repose in the evening after hard work during the heat of the day. The soul reinvigorates