The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-02 00:00:00

TRENCH. Ll'i U;.11,

Joy,r,-the sPiritt.: painter of Parisian man•.
jters, in L'llererite de la Chu,;o4l;e-d'.intin, known
to the Engliwh under-tit, the of The Paris
ISfieCtattir, and of the Franc • Pm'lenr, .(tran',lated
as Pais Chit. Chat) .continued tai.. Essays with the
signature 'of tht; HitaMlT n GUIANA. We hive
read several of the latter with great. pleature; but
we4(ivert to them now chefly to notice the 'eu-
. rictus fact, that the A mho, has him4lreloibed then
in an English dress. In ...peaking of tbis'produc•
Con the Gazette de Prance says
", Let us reject 011 patty 'spirit while *te agree
that the Hermite Of La ChatAe d'Antiu is a
stork that has obtained the greatest success both
in France and foreign countries. Neut'editioils
ere continually appearing : it has been translated
into several languages ; and when the ESs'ays
Ceased ft, vast number of got people, thinking
the author really dead, Were afflicted, and vv.:rote
to as for the details of his last moments, but they

were consoled wl►en they saw his sticcssor seize

'the pen ; and in fact no one could continue the,
Termite of La Cbaussee d'Antinbetter than the
liermite of Guiana. The plan is at simple es it
° ittgenious.-.. It is certain that a man who leaves
l'rance at the commeueement of the Revolution,'
stud returns at its termination,' must have many
labservations :and comparisons to make; every
thing is neiv to him, and, affOrds'him grounds
for a great -part of his argument. However, let
US now procccd to the -talents of the author,
of which we have the proofs, in his always find-
ing means to interest us by new pictures. It is
veven quite a new idea for the' Hermit to translate
himself into BnOsh. We doubt whether the
(Ivy In that tannage preserves the sale :grace.
of ekpression, and the often poignant word Of the
original, but at least it has always the same
• treading, the local custoMs are wOl;.preserved,.-
Nl'llich is what the author chiefly desires. Fo-
, .
teigners, then, must be greatly Obliged to M.
Jong for his 'undertaking, and his translation will
ulways mliintaio:for its fidelity, .a great, stye;
Cot it y over all others that may be attempted."
Thus pronounce the rrench Critics, kut
pro-
talily thty are not the best judges of a transla-
Con into 'English. We shall, however, be hippy
to see M. Jouv's performance, which will eel.-
tainly possess the chief Merit which it could pet-
sess, namely, that Of beirig a faithful transeript

if the piettire.of Frchch manners as drawn by no
tommisn Limner. This would make ample‘amends
for any
,Gallicisnis or errors of style into which
a tip; ive is extremely apt to NH in translating from
rt fordo tortupr and from wrah it seeins im-
possible for a 'foreigner, executing that, tusk to
as'empe.
There is much truth in the observation upon
die difficulty of preserving the spirit of the neat
turns which its the Prench language so often the
liend sipsin a single word or felicitous expression.
tvery translation of irorks. of wit and fancy must
*offer more or less in this respect.
We are not aware *that rite .English Herinit of
GuRNA has yet Thtmil its way to 'our Booksellers;
. • 'whets le tines it Will fortis amusing sequel to
tine Paris SpeetatOr, of tehieh a very large edition
has been nearly exhausted, and. the Paeis Chit-
Chat, which is t tinning with et ual raDiditythidugh.
*second.