New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-29
LITERATURE At PARIS.


n,.bon of Orleans, at the French Academy. A. your
,s.a<rs will recoEect, il IL the rule Of such ooca-
iona for The ne " member TO deliver scholarly ora
.;.n of which the subject or Of least the text t'e
.hs recter Of the deceased acsdemician 10 "no'e
.,ro-chair he suceeeds. NIha DC h'oTt'~s "S'
1nu.p. il Of eourse the understood inouo III "eeo
,s.s and az they occur on an average s'me tarce
=, sour times year. and there is much common ike
80. !, the good qualities of acadenicians, there
-oula be much wesrisomepeS OF commonplace IN
80. suloev To avoid this, the orator may use the
.rnortuty TO d.Gne his position upon some literary
an. .;en of the time And here is the note worthy
nsrtssf N Dupauoups discourse, which circam-
stances rsise as the French soy, to the proportions
" Of AN event" His predecessor, NJ fssot, vas
Professor Of Latin Poetry in the College OF France,
and author among other works, OF an elegant trans
Aa,iop Of Yirgis Ecologues Starting from such text
e Bishop of Orleans goes on at length 70 express ms
ssmis alton for CLASSICAL literature. But the eloquent
defender Of the classics against the recent violent
attacks made upon tien by the Abe Gaume aud the
vltn.reo reaction party in the church. of which the
Able Gsume is The spokesman, and the OHiOers the
an never orgets his ecclesiastical character bis
spjrit ar a Christisn his policy as churchmsn, are
iD full accord with his zeal scholar, for he hads
the Immortal alliance Of divine and human Letters
sanctioned BY the "great doctors OF Christianity
tbe eloouent fathers Of the church-by Chrysostom,
lie golden moutbed, by st. Augustin by Bossue', by
FepeIon. The party known under the more or less
dehnie names of ulramoatane, jesuitcai, resstion,
ETC., who maintain that pagan authors ace 90 any
raoaD prepsga ndists; who would have no literature
or poetry except in the form of sanity legends, OF
bymns. and If homliea; who would roll the world
back behind the XVIII century, where alone they God
the golden age ore sufficiently rritated by the ,on
ofM Dupauloup, as you may suppose. You mayex
poet angry replies TO from that party, who, besides,
are % lov ers of the Academy although they have
among the members of that iusti'
tuition Among the prizes annually distributor oy
the Academy are oe,tain ones allotted to the works
judged poet conducive to good morals AT Its last
yearly session the two highest prizes were OF eq~at
raiue and decreed respectively TO tie Aooe Gratry
for his work entitled Philosophy Of the kno"edge
of God and TO jules Simon for his work entitled
Duty lie Devoir The Bishop Of Poiotiers takes the
Academy to task for this occasion, IN recent man
dament Of whose tore and rhetoric you may Judge
enough by the "sample ends" The Christian
"phiIosophy tn points out the way to Heaven re-
"caives like award with the natural morality Ia mo.
"yaie notsrais0 that ends only OF virtues Of Th'eh
"keH 10 fill"
Journal dr. Marquis de Daugeau, work hitherto
rather famous than known. Votaire edited, with no
remarkable credit to himself extracts from it. under
the title Of Journal Coar de LOni other books
of extracts by Mime. de Genlis and Lemontey, we're
equal incomplete. 1t il DOW to be published in IL
or IA stout ocavos Of which two are already out by
the brothers Didot. This edition originally de-
sirped by the Government Commission Of French
"Leneusge History and Arts;' it ia prepared uoder
the direct IN Of historical schoa whose names are
guarantee fr their fathfulness. The original manu-
script in their hands extends to 81 folio volumes, to
which are to be added The notes and comments OF ST.
Simon now published for the first time Toe Journal
covers period Of observation of SO years-from
1854 tn $780, the date OF the authors death. Ii is
more crcumstanal In s details than the Memoirs of
st Simon, ano said to be mole scrupulou, than that
celebrated work. 1t ought to be. No other man OF
the tine could combine like faculty and opportunity
Of recording the secret history of the court and age
as this favoriie of Louis XIV Born 10 the same
month and the same year. as that monarch, he early
gained the affections of the King, attended him az
Colonel of the body guard, and as Aojutant in hi;
wars, and at other times, when not engaged in dplo
matte services, was always welcomed and honoced a
court The French press could hardly have made, Il
students Of history and lovers Of historical gossip,
more desired gift than the journal Of Louis XIVth'
intim ate companion, who ado cd 10 his varied OK
perienoe. of courts and Campo and cabinets higl
literary culture.
Cbupepiier gives US another book Of Memoirs
first correctly printed from their original manuscrp.
Their su,bor too, was a captain aud statesman snC
man Of letters, and sometimes a royal favorite.
sturdier stronger man than Dsngeau, whether in the
field or at his books, was Theodore Agripps Aubgne
90 bis royal master, Henry Nv, was greater king
than his eranddaug last husband whom Dsngesu
served This edition is made from an exact copy Of
her grandfsihers Memoirs, once in the possession Of
Madame de Maintenon. The hearty-not to say
broad--rheioric of the original which has been ffit
tered and polished off by previous editors, is here re-
stored. The Memories now rendered more com.
plete by full citation Of those passages in his Historic
Unipe. sepe to which the author from tine TO time,
refers the reader. The puritansm Of Calvin, grated
ION the quick and ardent temperament of the Gasccn,
"mskes him D. Aubigrel one Of the most singular
spd expressive personages of his sge althou. that
"was age when strongly marked characters were
"by no means Tie spirit and color of his time
"pervade his writings" 1t is the same publisher,
properly enough, who is issuiDg more complete and
correct edition than has yet appeared of Madame do
NsinieDons writings. 1t is only her Cores ,ondenoe,
in four volumes, and her Memoirs and Converse
tons in one volume that would interest most read
ere. They sold separately from her didactic
works on female edu alton, &c.
To thOse who are curious bibliophie, or jealous
bibhomsniaes, as wtn to those who think that the
old race Of robust readers is quite died out, let me
commend Les Eer'ra'As Psexdonyns, etc, of N.
QutraId. IL Is nov nearly finished, and forms the