New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-21

f,ueton ~ Pau St Victor In La Presse OF Ar 20 Is
very noticeable For brief. genial ingenious appre
citation O! Shakespeare and his work You rarey see Its
like or VII again. Victor HugOs letter and accompa
nyng toast that were TO have been road at the banquet
that TO have been we're published here In the Satur
Ia, evening papers. 10 which refer you. lis large
octave volume entitled W,Aiail Shakespeare. believe
have already mentioned Ia previous letter With GU
liz faults end deiects-of which it has many-it hos.
considering its title. extraordinary merits. 1t
does not eaIlsomely repeat what little wo know OF
Shakespeares history nor OluHinouSy fail to tell Us
What we don't know nbout hiin wastes no pages on
hs printers bunders nor on his portraits nor on ms
private library nor on the orthography OF bis name.
nor III abuse Of other commentators. IL u not com
meniary on bis liberal text. but aseries Of dlscourses
suggested by his spirit; and remotely enough suggested
At thGt except remember the universally OF
Sh9tespeoros spirit ard that any theme may he intro
duced "Glropos de &GkPeGrs," For huro says at nc
very o7eIng Of bis volume it ia rather apropos Of not
on, Shakespeare that he writes
Paul Meurice has also published the versions thas
The strong Government thought il unsafe to let Oe
played. believe II permitted lecturer % say some
thing about the English poet last saturday evening ~
the deini.safe lee,uIcrOcm in tho Rue de ID felx'
though forbade another lecturer Of feared rec cpnl
Ols ~ inter his about Meerc in the same room ie"
evenings ago Also, IL the bill posted On the door DC
proof. some scenes from midsummer Nights Dream
and Hamlet" suffered 70 be hreathed u GcIhnh
az the little box Of German thelter ln'the Slule
beethoven. where and when Madame Kelly Iiuni
doubtless our compariOtic Mrs. Key Blunt I pointed
at also announced TO oin English Lady MacpeihS
sieep-Walking TemOrsc. 90
one of the most interesting monuments to Shakes
pearcs honor founded occasion Of THIS tcrcenten9y
anniversary is the Slakcspcaran library to he placed ~
his house at Statord IL Is 70 be composed o. cope
Of al the Poets works IN oil editions 0lFlha ana
translated, Of commentaries portraits. cnSra'h;s
etc. etc. The Committee engaged IN carrying ont Ills
plan has appointed receiving agent IN fafis WHO
makes appeal 10 French authors md Publishers lbe.e
can If tacy viii make large contributions to the IL
bary. ShaScspceran timos in France have LarG!
CHARGED since 1901, since the days WREN Noltaire apollo
geticaIy introduced Ia Paris salons one Giles Shakes
pcare,' tho drunken savage, the Gus LsFic-
gum trying 10 cover hs uucOntLhc"s WIN gro
tcsqucy ilftiug fashionable pcITuquc and court-sia
dress. Iidert took trucr measure - tho monstiOus
genius buI measured him stiil NJ monster: VIII nos
compare Shakespeare to the Apollo BelVcdere nor 70
the Gladiator. the Antinous. n0r 10 the Hercules OF
Glycoa, but 10 the 81 Christopher OF NO!re Dame.
m'ssGpcI Gisrop Ortiored rudcly sculFUfcd Colossus
but dams leo aEees aHqDs aSus dSser0bs t0as sas que
noHc 'front.' t0.chd sss fd'sits hshfehsts mere Us
phor for YOU indeed. but strong Itself colos-
outstanding vigorously oui and above the pigny dry
or deitanu ieeh!e expectations o contemporary In
giish critics. JoorrEvur "raduced our poet sntire
II was translation with death, ashes tie only sign o.
fire. little lGer Duois naiveiy states ~ the preface
10 his adap'oi on OF Hamlet j a'cHfeH6s pas dnRats
Since 1851 there las not been Winter passed dGIug
which IN more Oftbc city theatres. moIe on ICES
faithful ranScton Imitation adoption one or more o
the poets plays hss sot been performed. His plots more
or - distorted and his pcrsonagcs more OF lees as
PgscT figure equally tle lyric stage. His name has
grown so familiar aud popular rs TO have reached one
OF those reserved SUBMITS Of fame such as SuNerIow
aEO Wei nrtOn arrived a. an boots Bolivar and Jenny
Lind IN hats. A few y,aTs ago ny peTtCoor nelghDof
The GROCER. had displayed in bis window gayy lloeod
botic fall Of spccd and sveotoned waieIed e!clohol
entitled Liqucur shake pcare.
In ~ sIlceorical con position painted the vaul
over the 20 the Theatre Hs'0r2ae established
under tae auspices Of Alexander Dumas-lt af,efwari
became The IA,0gre LyTgns, and torn down ten
years Shakespeare was the presiding figure
On the front Of the ieFy-bu. Gsias Theatre, Hamlet
and fGsqwn arc ser Up a. symbols Of the dram. pro-
senied within instead Of the old sham-eiassie tragedy
and comedy
Dufar tits rsue period since 1851. checp popular
edition Of Lnrochcs tIaasiaon ~ our poets complete
d. IuGt.C wOrSs E8s found ready sale Young Hugo
Frarcis Victor o. the last volume Of his prose traas
lati0I. te ircOapsraDly faithfues Of oil Of The CON-
llete works, 10 Which bis iather's work mentioned
above j. 20 serve IS sori Of grand general int oduc
q md eleyaiDg pGrnei course of reedl1g Tie 30
called Guz0t tran laoa VAS ira Published IN ls2l u
~a bcsed On he praplrcse ~ Letournerr q 10 50
rn"h written Glnrt il the NoitAre and In HMpe cor
d!rs Ia Lssr.ci irimas. and Hamlet In which lait
,~is cid tg historian laramie. also young 10 those
days IT, irst were done over b. Amedee P!otot. Ia
1851 Tx Minister Gn2ol aged ~ undeTtoos 1orVuGl
rci. Ing Of his youthful work and brought Il fof.e
time since to literary and pccuniuiy srccc iu ter
mnntioE-a rather Formidable labor Tor scy.uaCenn.
rim 20 enter on hut what cIe slOnd be expected u
he Vigorous Old man. seeing that IN his young aplTen-
tccshp 90 literature he prepared himself fo tho II rs
laton u Glbbon by rcscm; over tho Decline ana fe
s.x times IN the orsigai For purely French fronoh
man. quite Ignorant of English Guizots tran sGiOn 10
the beet OF all cxtaut for any Frcnohrnan who knows
something o. the English Ian guage. and appYehends
eu,lgo ~ the genius VI tie literature and geIils ~
=
tie English people young hugoo IL past comparison
better
o. lranslatons. limitations psgepfFases &C., Of sep
Gras plays made dnIing the brief period IN question:
for e stGeo and closet tie Et alone would he to- long
Ia give In Ibis letter 10 fay nothing Of the pfeiaccs 10
them and the notices 81 and cflrquo5 them ~ lolr
nasin Next como volumes Of essays and et1dcs on
and about tie English poet, him aud hi times ana his
what 1ots. Guizot Ne2ercs ard others being ruihora
the ESSAYS and nes OF bgiefcI compass ~ reyiews
latest among which is noticeaby Ingenious one on
Shake peIes rehCions aiming to show that II was less
than Catholic, only Roman Caholic-in tho !ad number
bat one Of lie CorTes2o7darf Thenbu space fails 10
enumei aie further proofs If French familiarity and real
acquaintance with Shakespeare. Not perhaps thai hs
name hos yet become quite household word Two
young unprotected lsdies made funny remarks at ny
elbow the other day while they stopped with
tic crowd 20 look CT KaGlbacs scenes, from " hacn.
bet exposed In Goups Boulevard window. Ny arts;
friend J. (nOv fighting in OF the Union nrmice).
at work copying in the Luxembourg hong gallery,
nearly thrown of the center Of his stool, iDFounti
Ty listening 10 an Engishspossing ra.a ar p'ace VIC
lad STOPPED bis Fuelbh party Of Bqusitive treyeols
before MullcI's Lady Macbeth On tie somnanibuic
scene): This IL Lady Mckenzie. and MGfs her doc
tor In 1858 the 1nteI national Exhibition year when
oil the world and his wife came 10 Paris an indii'
ferept company Of LondOa sctoIs came also and de-
}orIed some OF the Divine Wihamss dramas ~ the
Haliea, There at tie time, hanging IA tie Fine
Arts department American section) OF that same Th
bition very qreery executed picture which its author
bad entitled picnic. One night friend al mne went
TO the Itsens the English troupe murder Duncan
and Macbeth and 10 tho composition Of the house.
Next MIN Sat two FrenchInen One Of ttese much puZ
zled to make out tie meaning Of the wltcho9naion
scene, asked the ether for an e1paniton " which ne
In few Ma fo 10 ien sails reni cest une espoce de
piquR nique AmeTieiine je cfOis.
AOWsver end here is tho hunor 81 it, II shakespeare
naDo bad not quito grown To be quite noie wo.d
up 10 es Saturday. his expulsion from the hithd Hotter
las gwen q Inc advance siLCc, Which - VIII Aoid
Re.oiusion iH our MouSc OF Represent