Lecture and Lessons Given by Mme. Geraldy (Delsarte's Daughter) in
America.
[Illustration: Mme. Marie Delsarte-Geraldy.]
Lecture
_Delivered by Mme. Geraldy at the Berkeley Lyceum, New York, February 6,
1892_.
Ladies:
When I made up my mind to come to this country it was not with the
object of exhibiting _myself_, but to speak to you of my father. In your
country my father is much talked of. In my country, unfortunately, he is
forgotten. My father did not write anything--that is a terrible thing!
He expected to do so some day, but he always put it off. At last he
decided to do so during the war--our unfortunate war! He did not have
many lessons to give at that time, for nobody thought of taking any.
This gave him leisure to write. His work was to have borne the title,
"My Revelatory Episodes." He had only written five chapters when he
died. It was to bring to you these five chapters that I came to America.
But as soon as I began to speak of them I was stopped. "Why do you tell
us this?" they said; "we know all this already." I then discovered that
the books written on my father by the Abbe Delaumosne and by Mme.
Angelique Arnaud had been translated and published in this country. Mme.
Arnaud's book is the better of the two, but it is not practical--not at
all practical.
I have gathered together what I remember in the form of lectures, which
I offer to you. I have been asked for examples; I shall give you
examples.
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