The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-03-20
&C E ORGE SAND"
For the 'Star ofihe No,th."
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GEORGE sAND.n
MADAME DupEvANT, who under the above
name writes five French books in year, is
the personiication of that impusive temper
ament which characteristics the French peo.
pie and carries even French waywardness
10 the extreme. She is afast" woman in
"fast" nation and a "fast" age-a creature
all nerve and passion-to whom. reasoning
is Greek, and cool discretion ell Hebrew
Not that her impulse is never reasonable nor
discreet; for impulse may prompt 10 good as
we'll as to evil. But her impetuous spirit
never stops 10 question reason or discretion,
and therefore consulis them rather by acci.
dent than design. Her plots and pictures
are no, always consistent with themselves,
for evidently her pen only catches the faint
outlines of these pictures as they fly through
a busy, restless mind.
AH honest, healthy instinct is generally
a safe guide, but the moral sentiment very
easily becomes morbid and sickly when it
does not rest on the basis of mental convic-
ton and reason. In this country "Fanny
Fern" is the imitation oil "GEoRGE SAND"
and possesses all the characteristics Of the
"fast" French woman. But perhaps we
| should not say woman, for "George" has no,
only the name aud all the boldness and dash
ing assurance of the hero sex; but as even
exceled blooming "Youug America" and
dor al he of in E, Sha
was first assumed by her for The sake of econ
omy; because she could not then afford 10
be walking sampler of silk store, and
carry on her person small jewelry shop,
upon her income of fifty dollars per month.
The activity Of this lady Increases with
her years. Ia less than twelve months she
has finished her Memoirs, written cosmical
romance entitled Euenor ct Leueippe, written
and superintended the rehearsals OF Maure
Fauilla at the Odeon, Lucis at the Gymnase,
and Ffaneoise at the Comedis- Francaise, (not
yet played.) In all, fvs works.
10 GEO. SANDS last piece, Lucie, young
American is the hero. II is the first time
American character has been introduced on
the French stage. Heretofore the English.
man stood the biunt for the entire Anglo
Saxon race. John Bull on the French stage,
| is classic character. An evenings enter.
tainmen, in French theatre without the ap-
! partition Of clustering Englishmsn would
scarcely be complete. Neither would q
theatrical company possess the requisite en-.
/ saxabIo ,xy,thont rttet hn nnrld
esy "Yes," "No," "Zank you, Zlr |" every
goot," and every WE'LL"
| Yet it must have astonished every one
that, with the French love for distractions
and refinements in the arts, they had not be-
fore thought of separating the American
from the Englishman on the stage. The
American character, or especially the "Young
American" character, shows itself dis!inc-
tive enough on the Bonlevards of Paris, not
to be confounded with the English character,
aud all French writers have themselves made
the distinction. But wheherh be for ridi-
cule or fatlery, we hail the innovation of
Madame Sand with pleasure, since it is
recognition Of Nationality, apart from the
| ELtlSiiou. hs uiS Et|hOu Ahooho CASt'o u
wide influence, the installation Of the Amer
ican character, whether well or badly rep.
resented, cannot but operate advanlageously
in na!ionalpoint OF view.
The piece Of Madame Sand is the history
of quiet, chaste, severe family, without
any siraining a, effect. A young seaman
returns TO the pateraal house he finds bis
heritage devoured rvant.mslress during
his absence has taken possession of the head
aud heart of his father. A child is the re.
suit of the relations with the servant, and in
place of this child, dead-born, they subsil.
tuie the daughter Of an old huntsmau, the
interesting Lueie, whose dream 10 to restore
TO him whom she believes to be her brother,
his lost property. All this work of capiation
ls hid behind the curtain. The action, from
the moment II commences, brings only the
sweetest emotion. The young sailor recov-
ers his heritage and naturally shares il with
his supposed eisler. This result causes q
lively displeasure TO young American, vi.
olsntly in love with Lueis. The original ele-
ment of the piece is in this parsonage. Mad.
ame Sand has given him phlegm purely
Britannia, with an obstinate pretension to
the most volcanic passions. He is, no doubt,
her most perfec. conception Of an American;