New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-31

oyou, character betray no signs OF the desttut'on
in "a b;cb thew had their origin. 10 1905, Beranger
Ga sn,,o,ment as Q contributor to the Annates
\. Mvs,, and in 1909 obtained the appoint
,.n, of Secretary to the University, which
.Hce he held for twelve years. At first,
ii, ,s,ary was less than $3.50, and it never
exceeded S4Oc. This small stipend, however, was
ample for his modest tastes aud simple habits. The
liberal sentiments in politics. which characterized
him through life, were cherished from early man.
hood. He would make no concessions to arbitrary
power, nor receive any favor from its hands In
1871 HE influence upon the masses Of the people
bad arisen TO such hight that he became obnoxious
to the Government, and be was thrown into prison.
He here composed some Of the most famous of toe
spirited odes which have given bis name such dis
tibsurhed eclat among the friends of popular lib
erty. OF there, La Chase, La Libe,h Ma Gusri.
son, fOmb,e q Anaerton, and rEpuaph de ma Muse,
excited the highest admiration, showing the eleva-
ton Of his genius by the baptism Of persecution.
In le2S he was again arr ested, and sentenced to
fine Of $4,000 and nine months Imprisonment.
The revolution OF 1880 gave free scope to the
genius Of the poet although be steadily refused to
accept any favors from the ruling powers. He
Rad no love of politics, averse to Office, and in
order to escape the importantly of his freads, he
retired into the country living first at Passy, then
at FoDtainebeau. and finally at Tours, where he
.oaced bis leisure hours by making new cslec-
ton Of bis tongs attending to the cultivation Of
dahlias, and trying his hand at the bowling alley.
At the revolution of le4S, he returned to Paris
where he has since resided. He was elected to the
Constituent Assembly but after taking his seat in
that body he pleaded his age and the claims Of his
art as an excuse for no longer continuing his at
tendance. During the last years OF his life, he is
understood to have been engaged in the preparation
Of Historical Dictionary" embOdying his per-
senal recolections of the most eminent of bis CO.
tepporaries.
Beraneer has been surpassed by no modern writer
in the freshness, vvacty and exquisite grace OF his
songs They are admirable specimens of the flow
ing melody Of hch the French language is capable
Inspired by a noble love of freedom, an indignant
scorn Of ypocrsy, baseness, and oppression, and
generous sympatby with the cause of Human progress
they are at the same time models of felicitiOus
si6catioD alternating between the gayest flights of
40 exuberant imagination, and the melting touches
of gentle and tender patbOs. They are dOubtOss
open to the censure of fastidiOus readers, on the
ground of an excessive levty and they often border
on an ndelcscy that is repugDant to refined tastes.
But they are always animated by the true spirit OF
humanity, and contain few lines ut WARMTH the high
est instincts of genius. The first collection of hts
poems was made in 1915, tho second in 1921, aud
the fifth and last in 1888 A fine edition of his
complete works was published in Paris, I9i7, with
illustrations. 1.-TWO hundred Of his Lyrical Poems"
have been admirably translated into English by Mr..
William Young, distinguished member Of the press
in this city.