his death, in the year 1700.

Nearly a couple of decades afterwards, in 1716, Thomassin made his
appearance as Harlequin, in pieces written for him by Marivaux, such as
"_Le Prince Travesti_," "_La Surprise de l'Amour_," and in which he
appeared with great success. So daring were Thomassin's tricks, and in
such popularity was he held, that, fearful of losing their favourite
like Gherardi, he was obliged to discontinue them.

Another competitor now arose to take the crown from Thomassin, and in
the person of one Carlo Bertinazzi, commonly called Carlin. Our actor,
Garrick, was an admirer of this famous Mime. Of Carlin, M. Sand
speaks:--"Like most clever buffoons, he had a very melancholy
disposition, and, as with Dominique, his gaiety was what the English
term humour. It belonged to his mind, and not to his temperament."
Carlin also wrote a book entitled, "_Les Metamorphosis d'Arlequin_." In
1783 Carlin died, and his place in the favour of the public was filled
by Galinetti.

The French view of the English Clown is interesting: "The English clown
(whose nearest representative on the French stage is Pierrot) is an odd
and fantastical being. The Florentine Stentorella alone resembles him in
his jests and tricks. His strange dress seems to have been taken from
the American Indians. It consists of a white, red, yellow, and green net
work, ornamented with diamond-shaped pieces of stuff of various colours.
His face is floured, and streaked with paint a deep carmine; the
forehead is prolonged to the top of the head, which is covered with a
red wig, from the centre of which a little stiff tail points to the sky.
His manners are no less singular than his costume. He is not dumb, like
our Pierrot, but, on the contrary, he sustains an animated and witty
conversation; he is also an acrobat, and very expert in feats of
strength."

M. Blandelaire gives a more poetical description: "The English Pierrot
is not a person as pale as the moon, mysterious as silent, straight and
long, like the gallows to whom we have been accustomed in Deburean. The
English Pierrot enters like the tempest, and tumbles like a parcel; his
laugh resembles joyous thunder. He is short and fat; his face is floured
and streaked with paint; he has a great patch of red on each cheek; his
mouth is enlarged by prolongation of the lips by means of two red bands,
so that when he laughs his mouth appears to open from ear to ear."

The Pierrots--not only in France, b