tion -- Dumas and his son -- "Leave me a hundred
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CHAPTER IV.

Dr. Louis Veron -- The real man as distinguished from that of his
own "Memoirs" -- He takes the management of the Paris Opera --
How it was governed before his advent -- Meyerbeer's "Robert le
Diable" _underlined_ -- Meyerbeer and his doubts upon the merits
of his work -- Meyerbeer's generosity -- Meyerbeer and the
beggars of the Rue Le Peletier -- Dr. Veron, the inventor of the
modern newspaper puff -- Some specimens of advertisements in
their infancy -- Dr. Veron takes a leaf from the book of Moliere
-- Dr. Veron's love of money -- His superstitions -- His
objections to travelling in railways -- He quotes the Queen of
England as an example -- When Queen Victoria overcomes her
objection, Veron holds out -- "Queen Victoria has got a
successor: the Veron dynasty begins and ends with me" -- Thirteen
at table -- I make the acquaintance of Taglioni -- The woman and
the ballerian -- Her adventure at Perth -- An improvised
performance of "Nathalie, la Laitiere Suisse" -- Another
adventure in Russia -- A modern Claude Du-Val -- My last meeting
with Taglioni -- A dinner-party at De Morny's -- A comedy scene
between husband and wife -- Flotow, the composer of "Martha" --
His family -- His father's objection to the composer's profession
-- The latter's interview with M. de Saint-Georges, the author of
the libretto of Balfe's "Bohemian Girl" -- M. de Saint-Georges
prevails upon the father to let his son study in Paris for five
years, and to provide for him during that time -- The supplies
are stopped on the last day of the fifth year -- Flotow, at the
advice of M. de Saint-Georges, stays on and lives by giving
piano-lessons -- His earthly possessions at his first success --
"Rob Roy" at the Hotel Castellane -- Lord Granville's opinion of
the music -- The Hotel Castellane and some Paris salons during
Louis-Philippe's reign -- The Princesse de Lieven's, M. Thiers',
etc. -- What Madame de Girardin's was like -- Victor Hugo's --
Perpetual adoration; very artistic, but nothing to eat or to
drink -- The salon of the ambassador of the Two Sicilies -- Lord
and Lady Granville at the English Embassy -- The salon of Count
Apponyi -- A