New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-06
oUB pAREs CSHREsPONDENCR.
TIC French ThCater.
r,sm Our OwA Correspondent

;ths,anding the changes made in the quality OF che
er.cuages in their translation from the novel 70 the
sage. has been condemned by the Committee Of
oramatc Censorship. This Committee is some
that differently constituted from what il was in
1890 but q sentence in tie preface of Hermann pub
Hshed at that date, apply characerzes its present
uctions That uquision of the intellect which has,
IKE the other Holy Office, its secret judges, it,
masked exeCntonerF lie oItures lis gutilaiious and
n death penalty. "Vicoi Hugo wrote this from
bis experience under The Restoration. About two
gears later, the ncraing after tue Grrt Performance
II lie ROi s'iWuse, lie io;ormsd thai the further
fepTeseitaion OF that piece was Suspended by order
ola Minister Of LOUIS liiiiipe. At tie time of tie
coKp dttdt both his sous were undergoing IN the
Conciergerio tie penalty OF having written articles
favorable TO political freedom and hostile to capital
punishment. Every one knows that lie was driven
into exile az that time for not cons ming against tie
Republic with Louis Napoleou; though some folks
made haste 10 forget thai of Bis most eloquent
oraiois was Plea for the repeal OF the law that,
from 1915 20 lsiS. condemned TO banisLment from
France lie present Majesty, rs well as all other
members of tie Bonaiarte iamiiy
The pretext for refusing 10 the drama OF Young
Hugo access to the foothshls oi the Ambigu Comque
70 that is contra boaos The reason is that
young Hugo is q OF hs father aud that both
have deplorable political antecedents The
speech OF The latter az the Brussels diCner, the other
DAY ON the liberty Of the press, weuid be alone
nie.ent cause VI iDterdction IL earlier auteccdens
were wanting. as the rovel was euDitted 10 cirou.
k,ion in fianCe, and rs W hat most objectioua.
bic in the novel 10 the powers that be bad been
toned down or omitted Ia tbe play, the c.ase and
reason just given may insults eusly 10 PLAN
Zoe reicc iion Of the Latter II would be easy 10 de-
nonsreie that the Ineonnsiepoy In The is more
ADJ aren't ban real, although, happily Authority Is.
by neoessiy forced to Inconsistency in rs aois Of
impression. Bat emitting deHlonstI a,ion, which
would ouigo the hmits oi letter, not 10 say la.
ps,ieLce oi your reaCers, 10 most of whom it would
X sermon preached 10 the converted, i briefly
ao,e ew indications.
DESPITE Tie price o. $50 COO demanded for limited
ec;yright the intI.ntIc neriis-aud even the ntrin
Ge fsults-of the work lei alone givenstious cIreum
dances hardly less favorable to hs irsi sale, its
tatEcStion wac ncsi tempting speculation. And
yet no Paris books leg dare uuceTtSke II, fer fear
cin,erdici aud prosecution Once published sb broad,
Lierdicl Of sgle 10 FrlDce wogid have been d Gov
eElaeut puff 10 tie celebrity OF the book, would
have added 10 public SYMPATHY for the writer, Gnd
would not lave prevented IA large underground cir
sulation OF the woIk in his Miiestys d0minions.
Twas the staples. wisdOH o. the par, OF Govern
rleni 10 make a virtue Of Dsoes-ty and TO gain
credit for h1eralI.y IL does not willingly exercise
ty assuming an iudiereuce il Gees not ieeL The
uvtea classes OF the Frcneh--I mean thoee who ere
ov,ermost ia bTains-hayc much 0i that enl1usIasm
fr the literary glory II France that al cssses nave
for its Dili:aIy glory And LOUIS Napoleon, auto
ta, though lie be, wss Obliged TO freely let
The lOnuueus oi the exiled poe.s fame be
bailt up still higher, ior tie admiration
o. his countrynen, by these ten volumes, much ss
the restored bourbons were Obliged TO continue the
tulsing Up Of the eailed Emperor mon nUnieDi, the
Arch Of Triury yh. Wlthal, book that Costs twelve
dollars a copy Is no such advertisement Of iis nu
IlOT 6 name 10 tie people, "a play that may be
published Tor huLGIed nights together, for twice
Is many or baf Cs may france, to new thou
sands every night, crowding boxes ead galleries.
Itess books are not exposed 10 the legsEzed law
ks.noss OF the flexible compression OF the law OIL
the periodical press; poP TO tie Theatrical censors
fon whose deo1ions, tssed on their lecnbar VIE Fs
ci morality, there IL no aplea except 70 The S.ins
Ter OF the Imperial Hoase hold, Count Waewski, the
sorDetiule moral friend Of Mile. Rachel.
AparI from politics. these gentlemen have quecrly
strict lotions Of ethos. When, some yesfs ago,
Emile Augier, who had formerly been Of their mum.
Der, presented his LsoaAe PaHrre, tue ceisors Oh
jected Oh the Of morality, that lis vicious he
rome, when last by the public ia the fith act
IL ss handsome, richly dressed, aud nefetrioiousy
happy sc ever. And they eravey proposed that the
drsnaIist should Otyla this beciiOn by introdnc
Ing statement ia the text that the ba1ghty beauty
bid been puBished, in the interval OF some weeks
between tie time OF the fourth aud nth acts by
disGguribg attack Of eou1aent smallpox. This Is
sn bistorical fact. Fortunately, the objection was
set aside Oh an appeal to the then Minister, M
Fou3d, supported, If l rightly remember By Prince
Napoleon, AID that acute analytic study III dialogue
Of the manners Of the time was presented M the
Vaudeville and won deserved applause. new
hve-act comedy BY the ssme author is promised At
the Francois for this Winter; Us title Is L fs dc
Gtboyer. Giboyer, you nay recollect, i. prom.
inent character in las L<s Egrontes Ausier has, 10
degree superior 10 that Of any cotemporsry writer
Tor the French stage, the Aris'opbanesque quality
OF holdRg up TO society the mirror oil its i0es sua
It's vices. lie is indeed more satirsi than dfamtsI
aud lis stldes OF are ef interesting 10 read
"a 70 zee and bear actedeIcept they acted 1t
the FfaDcalis.
yjctorien Sarlon is to open the Winter campaign
st three If the metropolitan thesefs, where lie rs
expected 10 renew lis isst years trinnpbs OF the
Vaudeville aud the Gymrase. Eoug years ago liz
name was hardly known TO the public. To-day bis
numerous stage successes-have won bin the sobr.
Quet Of SirdOn PartoUt. Americans who arg lot
silly enough to walk about in the world wHtoct
skins and angrly whine over their bleeding yat1Ot-
isIn, will pleassniy remember hir LES femma
Fortcs where be cagcatufed French feminine strong.
u.isde.inees and masculine weakness ceyerIy and
nnsparingly as their American couelativcs. Ill.
SaIdou is not 20 witty NJ. Augier Is, nor - wise;
rot 30 vigorous, polished, but more vivacIoas
His themes Ii yhter and more hg6tiy Treated
He does not pretend 10 hold the mirror up 10 ha-
ture or up 10 society for profitable reelection,
but q rather foatsstic genre picture up 10
tie house for iLs aInuseInent. Cntics charge
him with the rare fault Of excessive ingenuity,
certain trckish ceverness in the coInposion OF hs
plo.s and stage effects. lie remains imneasurably
tTuer 10 nature and healtiul ieeldg than M octave
Fe1illet the sentimental Gramaiist with bis pastel
pretlinesse- and sham India-nk "values.' Octave
feuiilet unlfeike dr0h.0fs DeTS0nG-e. g., tLEt
toor creature, the JeuHe Uomae IoaCTe, always
seems TO me like galvanized fashiou-pIaes cut from
the Eg-cnd VI IL cheap monthly magazine, itpTed
with sentiments borrowed from the litte tales and
pretty verses OF the preceding pages. HIS faculty
requirements and his mGs,ership Of rciined literary
style are now turned 70 the completion OF n live
set comedy for the GymDasc.
For tie same scene Young Dumas, accustomed 10