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PARIS. Feb. .. 1912.

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You can spare attention from this whirrng play
q, ool,cs you will be glad 10 hear that Lsmar,nes
. condolences 10 published in book. It is neat,
s,od.ome volume Of 500 pages, uniform with the
Rauhse" Yesterday i,s publication IN the Peuiileton
o the Prssse terminated and new novel Of Alexandra
In,us. replaces H. commencing tomorrow. ! saw
puua,a few evenings since sitting In box a, the
II,.,.n Ooera. lie is a Hquidoyed volupiuous Yves,
I,d,.p-wi,h al the lspgud orien,ssm Of Creole In
nj. mien The luxurious appointment Of the dress
circle At the I,sisp fitting frame for him Oppo.
,s "a, Lsnartine grave sweet and graceful lie looks
oldsr than bic portraits generally make bin. lie Is
,e,rv 50 wears old His hair is grsy-hs head large,
Ibi, brow grsndy srched and his eyes and nose OF
,ene,ou, greatness finer than find IN the portraits -
Tbe mouth /. arge-the lips somewhat fsllon and II 10
heresbou, the mouth that faint feeling Of vanity "a
| visible Iii. manner 10 that OF a man accustomed 10
| honage-which was offered him this time, by lady
| and tyo gentlemen who were In constant conversation
With him The party rose and eit before the cOnclu-
sion Of the Opera
am not cure that shall not have another volume
Of the " Condolences" That now published is not a
biography 1t began TO be that s not detail OF the
s,epts OF his life, but a series Of romantic passages
from bis experenceso romantic indeed tina, they are
| ,upposed 10 be drawn from Imagination. Yet II so,
ths, Imagination is very unequal which one month
syes u. Raphael" and the next the Infinitely more
tender and beautiful and complete romance OF era
,snsp-a romance for the reader. but true Tragedy
tor the author because II must chow him fatal defect
NJ hi. nature which in s fret free development was
,oun,table and untrue. Looking at him, and remen-
bsr,ng this Naples romance OF Summer and Sunshine,
of which hint OF profound passion was the SOUL the
p.e phantom of vanity that haunted hs lips became
more visible. "Grszella" is delicate sketch. Moth
Ing in Rousseaus Confessions s go touching and true
| .troke of female character But IL was ROusseaus
mi.for,ure never to have met very noble women
There are other Interesting portraits In the Conn
denees Of men Of msrk during the last ball century
1 extract description Of Napoleons personal impress
\ sion upon IaInarne, then young "Garde du koi OF
the exiled King Louis XvlIh Lsmartne disliked the
Empire and the Emperor as undoing all the work of
the Revolution and 1t was during the Hundred Days
| ihs, the sketch made.
IA saw the Emperor pass a review upon the Cerrou-
o., Itneeded the prism Of glory and the Illusion OF IA
pscsn to see in his person tna epoch the ideal of
Intellectual beauty and OF innste royalty with which
the marble and tho bronze have since attered hs i'm
ace that we may adore it, His head was buried In his
shoulders His large and liyd checks overhung the
ught collar Of bis uniform His complexion, yellow as
an orange seemed to sweat with Iiis brow was
wrinkied ythe snxietes OF the situation. Hls eye,
deep ss and unquie ranged restessy over the troops
sad the people. His beautiful and well modelled mouth
smiled mechanically upon the crowd, while his thought
was vsbly elsewhere. certain air of doubt and he's
tsion betrayed itself in all his movements. One saw
tina, the earth not solid under his feet and that he
wsvered upon his throne with his fortune lie did not
well know If his entry into Paris was success or
-. latl h.la IA
cried .yiye rEmpereur' with the concentrated accent
despair The people Of the fauboures prohered the
same elamors in tone more menscing than enihusias
Iue The spectators were silent aud exchanged 10"
words and glsnces OF intelligence 1t easy to see
tina, hatred coveted and espied fall in the midst oil
the display Of his force and of his triumph The police
watched all faces Cries Of liberty mingled themselves
with the cries of aduatioE and OF servude 1t resem
| bed rather AN Emperor and a scene of the bss EN-
! plre,' than the hero of Egypt and the Consulate II
| was the 18th Brumsire which revenged itset
There are some personal details of the Court Joseph
de Mountaineering 10 those who know the grave
and profound genius of the Catholic and Conservative
ofhis century After describing his appearance, La
MARITIME says: " lie knew nothing but 10y books, and he
had read very few. Thence his marvellous eccentrl
city Of thought aud style II rough but great mind
I-an intelligence little regulated but vast-a rude but
strong style Abandoned 90 10 himself all his philoso
Iphy was but the theory of his religious instincts The
fhoiy passions of his mind had become faith In him
i lie made dogmss of his prejudices. His isi'f
was an antique virtue or rather virtue rude and Of
the great features of the Old Testament such as the
Noses OF Michael Angelo, on whose form remains ye'
the impress Of the ebsel which dashed them OF Under
the man the rock Is perceptible. lie was
Issvsse Bossuet. and an illitsrate Ter,ullisn'
| The book ends abruptly at period before his fame
Commences and every one will be disappointed who
expects nnd In than aseres OF pencu sse'ch
les Of picturesque passages in lite. His public career
las Author and Statesman is probably too much inwo
ven with other living personalities to permit the puoh
Ieaon of its secrets-for Lamsrtine 10 always gentle
Imam first of all The last words of the Condolences
Iars See Raphael as II that In some sor, the ms
ul companion of the book 90 iustiiying the general
suspeon that the latter Is history OF his own heart
The constant recurrence of lsrmcs" becomes ludic
rous Lsmartine believes that all great things begin
and end 10 tina. he seems rather to weep and
BOB than to write the book, and the swimming resdeT
rises last drenched in tears-no OF bis own shedding
Bat 10 valuable contribution to modern French
literature because Just book snd full OF real iee
Nns The fervent passion, the proud protcst-ihe o'h
liant and sparkling satire and langud lust oil inc
various French genius does not stea IN 10 STAN snug
spsse. do not to condemn such stains They
are Indications OF profound power which Lsmartne
never reaches lie plays with passion. It does NOT
lAy with him aud that not from the soaring superi
~p Of his genius, bu, from the lack OF grandeur
vteh We do not observe because |, is 80 finely rinsed
ever with subtle sentiment lie Is publishing for him
eel all his works IL is bold undertaking but Il Il
Thought that he will succeed In IT,
II The eighth volume of Thicrs's Consulate and EN-
jpire Is just published. Beyond these, and novel Of
endless Dumas, and political psmphleis-smons which
ans upon Hereditary Power has commanded sres
"le-nOshius new sppcsra The lights OF the last ga
~asgse are extDsushed, and Carnival Is over There
=" no masking upon DiRaaeAs sras-the spirit oil the
\ nonent IL too serious for the ssiurnais- CIV. C
DISTRESS AT sEk.-Thc French brig l.. ol
Bordeaux, which sailed from Msrsedes on the I'd OF
August Last put into Fays lesky and sailed from there
Ia l-fh IeSr fcrN .kara ain am