With a good delivery he combined a presence of mind that enabled him to be always ready with an improvisation when another player forgot his part.

A clever Polish actor, Albert Piasecki, who was stage-manager on these occasions, gave it as his opinion that the lad was born to be a great actor.

In after years two distinguished members of the profession in France, M.Bocage and Mdme.

Dorval, expressed similar opinions.

For their father's name-day in 1824, Frederick and his sister Emilia wrote conjointly a one-act comedy in verse, entitled THE MISTAKE; OR, THE PRETENDED ROGUE, which was acted by a juvenile company.