New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-04

Tsrearst was TO the corrupt moneycns "a w; o.
he time OF Louis XIV, what the Iartagso OF hohere
had been TO the devout hypocrites OF lne ulnc ~
Louis XIV. The inanciers who dreaaeu ~ ia, . o
ing Of their maneuvers put everything a. VIZ ns WI
vent its representation on the stAge. LOUIS NJ
said that Beaumarcheis needed more wit 10 ge1 INC
Marriage of Figaro played than 20 write IT. As ihuch
might be said OF Lesage and IHrcdree' - ,as. Ie
source remained for item, the Insurers WHICH "S
20 nersuade the author 10 withdraw his piece per-
San went 10 him armed with signature IN o'snA,
Which in those days bought all cohso'enosss.
Monsieur Lesage,' said the enoassanor VI .ns
fnanciers If YOU VIII withdraw your oomeu! lo'
the Theatre Francois Won may write over tins sigma
,ure your fortunc-say hundred thous2nd hvres, lor
instance Lesocc had received the I1enipo'ennIy
very grnoiorsly; My dear Slr SAID ne taxing .ho
piece of paper what Is that in comparison WIZ. me
auplause or even the hsses of that good Parslan
pubiicl You may Judge by locking about you tnat
am roor but that child you zee there docs not want
for milk in its cradle. DO you ges more nS",
trough your window than | have through niue
The sun vsi's the table where | write oitener
than the table where you count your money,
for | am lodged higher than you You come
in coach to me, but you come 10 propose an in-
famous bargain 20 out on foot but 20 only where
NV heart aud my mind call me. Masking up the
whole account | am richer than yon and refuse
Before Lesaee there is only Moherei alter Le'ase
there is only BeaalnaIchais.
"RIyARoL Twas an admirer of Button, butt dlt nor
atter all the works Of that great man; he said OF ms
son: Ii is the chapter of the Natural history oil
IBIS father"
UEeEsIPPE MoHrAu-" The Goth of December,
1855, nurse of La Charlie hospital said to the medi-
cal student on duty: No. - has just died. Poor
devil said the student And that was all the idncrai
GRAFTON Of No. 10. Now this No ~ was mar d'y 'ne
pseudonym of a name destined TO glory; - hesesippe
Moreau.
new book by Arsene Houssaye is in press,
"Repertoire az Theatre Francois Few men are
more competent than he to write up to such
title
| ought to speak again of Geo Sands's Memoirs.
The earlier chapters of the work disappointed peo-
ple-not that they were ill-written or treated OIL
topics entirely without interest, but because they
contained tie history of her parents, when readers
were expecting her own history. This is now re-
corded in the second part and third part, so far as
printed of the Memoirs. As an autobiography,
do not know where YOU will ind It's equal in merit
Ii has all The frankness Of the Confessions, with
out Rousseau's morbid Alterations and the accura-
cy Of description Of DichiHag and Udarhe1 with
out the studied caln not to say GOODNESS Get alone
tediousnefs, which it is heresy to mention) OF
Goethe Not TO touch upon its high qualities as
mere literary work, beg TO commend 1t as rare
psychological study The different phases IN she
DEVELOPMENT of nature singularly rich and varied
in e,nofionai and intellectual endowment are pre-
scented in life pictures, where II art DISCUSSES truth
il disguifos itself and as faithful as sclen-
titc ANALYSIS The last chapter published tells the
story of her marriage, very simply and quietly. 1t
is evident that she and her husband made great
mistake in marrying They liked, not loved,
each other and should have remained as they
were-excellent good friends.
A little book of special interest TO military men
and very readable for civilians is Les Zoadres Ct
les ChdSSeurS d picd reprint of two articles hrst
published in the RerHe dcs dear M0ndeS short
time since. The authors name, V. dc Mars Is
nom de plume assumed by the Duke d Aumale, who
wisely and well occupies his princely leisure by
turning 10 literary uses his military studies anu
Agerine experiences. Speaking OF the Rerse deS
denI M0RdcS reminds me 70 call attention 10 the
numter Of that excellent magazine for April 81.
Let those who can lay hold of it read there an ar
: tclc which taking Nettements History OF the Lit
erature of the Restauration for text, sticks to 1t
only long enough to give NJ. Nettement two or
three short sharp critical blows and then proceeds
TO brief survey of French literature from ioIl
to 1880 from purely literary point OF view IL
is but sketch, within so narrow limits it could De
nothing more. but it is q sketch By Gustaye
PlsucLe's severe but faithful hand. Valuable in
itself it has an especial worth as a corrective to
the views Of VI. Nettement, whose standpoint Is
Jesuit pulpit Nottements literary history OF the
Restoration and its complement, the literary his
tory of the reign OF Louis Philippe, are doubtless
Of honest intention and should be accepted thank
fully till some one gives us something better Oh
/ the subject but their titles would be more apt
10 the volumes if they were amended to read
Relicio-polilico sermons modern literature
"bv priestly legitimist." There is in the same
number short article for the use of Dau
hin Williams OF Mr. Hanson's book, not com
limentary to either Of those reverend discoveries
Cf American ex.royalty. Barsnte has given to the
Iublic the third and last volume of his History oil
the Directory This and the History of the Con
vention by the same author, are probably the most
faithful extant histories of the time they treat or
SartoIius Count San Luis late President OF the
late corrupt Spanish Cabinet Council, is said to be
preparing his Memoirs for publication in Paris.
One hundred and fourteen autograph letters OF the
! celebrated historian Muratori have lately been
added 10 the collections of of the libraries OF
Turin They are reported to have great historical
value. An important collection OF rich vellum
Mss. and other original and curious historical doc
uments is advertised for sale in Brussels the com
ing week among the rest is collection OF t,ceniy
thousand plaoaTds-a very treasure of" Dead Wall
literature. A new biography Of Mozart is an
nouBoed by Otto JabD, (German) made up from
5000 letters Of the great composer. Castil Blaze
writes and publishes the first of two volumes with
this promising title, a" Theatres Lyriquc dt Paris,
"I'Academie imperale de Musique,) a Literary,
"Nuscal, Chorographic, Picturesque, Moral,
Critical Facetous, Political and Gatante History
" of this Iheater from 1916 to 1850" Another
volume is TO follow On the Italian Opera and an
other on the Opera Comique. If / might judge
from what little / have read for my sins, Of M.
Castil Bazes writings should say that this book
would not be an important contribution to lltera-
/ ture or to documentary lore. i venture to guess
that old snecdotes-doubtful and scandaloUs-oc-
casional facts and dates easily to be got at, floating
about in OF watery comment that must pass
/ for the original portion of the work, are the com
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