New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-03
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l a. .n,h,, m, ,pnl,usc Of wits and crtcs-or the
~.,,. NJ Tho ,rrai Cardinal Rcbelieu-so lsvishy
ireaea NOV the smos Of Court, nor the osressee oil
lrzpsn nor the homage which al that infant hour 3
krsiue al paid 20 the intellectual monitors OF KAN
Ia could lead him ssIsy from the even tenor OF his
4, or corrupt the native simplicity Of his childlke
vsrrr Aner having read his play TO his sister Mar
:. who sserward became the mother of Fontenelle,
!, .lr.xs hurried as fast as he could away from the
ssrd scenes Of Paris oityife to the peaceful bosom
syth., Rouer home where he was born in 1900, and
Ab hc never lett untiltow ard the end his life, when
4. brother Thomas andhis connection with the Acad
NV and Court induced him 10 reside at Paris The uni
s Of Aristotle pervsdod not only his tragedies but his
ssly life and formed part Of nature craving Tor per-
sc,sol in every ak of thought and action. lie was
cot more absolutely sublime as dramatist than ao'
spluiely simple as a man. As dramstst ne io'eo -
sosr above all in elevation Of sentiment As private
ctren he loved to place himself on Level with ali oy
humility Of feeling. Where vice went ABOUT unoiuSn-
- II bcb places he worshiped virtue in his writings
NOD exemplied il in his life. AT an hour when raiery
s,d soeptcism regned supreme, he protested agains.
he ore by the chsste sefrespect and tender regard
for Others 10 transparent in every word; and he mani
ted his disapprobaton of the other, so revolving 10
ne deep religious feelings which he had imbibed at
By recrimination but by constant unwavering love,
section and reverence for all things noble, sacred and
boly To see him walking through the streets OF his
native town. quietly and modestly without pretense
or oonceit few could believe that be was the immortal
author Of " the Cid
Although "The Cid" was the first production which
acquired universal fame for Cornee yet be had sew
esl years before in 1890, produced his maiden drama
Like 90 mSuy gifted children Of our own land ne be.
gan BY studying law but be soon felt the Promethean
Gre burn too eycely for the heavy parchment atnos
pheYe of the Rouen Doctors Commons. AS it has SO
often been. it was woman worship that fed that noble
sre Az Dante had bis Beatrice, Petrarch his Laura,
Tssso his Eleanora Boccaccio his Maria so had Cor
rei too his inspiring lady.love, and to this day her
house is pointed out to those who visit Rouen In quest
Of traditions of her great beau. Miss Miet was the
name Of this Norman belle, which, changed into the
less prosac and prettiy sounding Mete, gives US the
title Of Comedies first play, which was received with
great applause by the Court and country, and stu
greater by the pretty Rouen girl, who saw her little
name deserved in the casket of his genius for the wer-
snip OF nuturc generations. Whether the "reminiscences
Of this early Irritation fosted around him. or whether
be wished to pay homage to the alLpowerfa code OF
saantry OF his age certain il lie that love has the same
large share in all his tragedies and comedies which it
holds in the play of tonight, "Horaces" which was
FIRST performed in Paris in l6i, and in spite OF the in
trRuee of Richelieu who had conceived al the Tune
violent jealousy for Cornee received with uHbounded