New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-04
EE.GEs PARKS.
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FANS, April il, 1870.
An easy transition from politics proper to literature
presents itself in the late election OF two rev members
10 tie Academic Francois wherein politics played 700
iarcey Tire election Was held TO M those Of tie 80
arm chairs vacated BIZ thc death Of Alfred d. NN poet
and novelist and Of Amrere historian and ess'yis''
There were four candidatcs Jules Jonn ard Provost
PaIado N.Y. AulIau and Camille Dolcet &. these Ilsi
two there is no need now to sa! anything; 30 year
hence no one will have anything to SOY ahoat HEM
The poor little fact hat OF them q laeky the
other The uuuciy sui.or FOR membership II co1pa!
which, in theory is composed Of The fist best iOhi
efaiy men France viii be the only faint trace the!
will have left Of their existence Camille Doucet mas
written two three pleasing little plays cr,ction'
Of bdmeess mcdou.ty that have had theif ltie sue
COS dcf,re Mr. Autlan IS said 10 have written some
Mlmolos5!y correct verses IObody rccolecI WAat
su,jec
jules Janin is not gcuiusbut never pretended to
he one Freedom false prcenso is one o. lis many
virtues Man II letters in tie best sense " lie Woi IN
all good honorable Of the phrase ho IS and has
faithfully, lovingly, laboIiously been flr Tie past 40
Years. nearly For so years. without haste without
rest hardly missing any one in tic 81 yearly weeAsc
al that rcrioL-hc has written his graceful, genial,
honest acute often crudite always readable and emf
ucntly literary weekly (rleoH Of record and criticism
Of current lc.aturcoeg ccally Of dramatic literature
Beside these Js4Glaons, DO ins published some half
3dogon volumes; none ofthcm il Is tue is masterpiece
rofiuvcntion cIclt creation but more that master
IN ht not sign. One Of them Is like % wait long Tor II
caua il is only Translation, and prose .rahsatl'n
( Al that of "a poet. With those FIcncAmen who can
rcaa original its surprising merits are eekno"i
edged To those Americans WHO done read TIC oHki
tna and know enough Of French oF ems other ansuig
TO be past the .preter Of "rc4dins IL IS vel "s
English but not speaking IT," jules Jauils tFans.a-
ton u Horace is much 90 be commended.
I SIR. Provost PaIadol, TO whom al loyal Americans
owe a debt Of gratitude is young man IN literature.
iis literary "laeaoge site Ircrch FAY. has been al
made up within tea years and contests almost solely OF
Editorial articles one small volume treating point d.
EEuelsh history admirably written lkecver thing that
colaes from his pea has 10 large historical value Boz
Provost Parado Laa leen since bis entrance on tie ca
rcor Of journal sn the olCyerct ,ii.ulcst shlrpesi
critic on Government Of III o0nstuonal.st opposition
bncwspsper mer There is 10 other such cgnr g. com
plce aItfccr Of pure French syebrcpthng his sharp
sthrusts a Napocons regime with such brilliant DO" en
OF rhetoric ike the roses OF Horm0dus and Artistic
yrl;on. Tor Of Dis articles lo drew on himself inc
add Imprisonment. bF othou De h-s drawn arniags
and suspensions Tie Journal I'm Which iley were
splncd. IN TIE last election D. was candidate iof TIE
Corps Iegslunf in ore u lhe Paris Electoral Wards
tho fayorite candidate q TIE Orlearts and defeated
Suffering as man OF hs mind must s want n free sr
IN which give it heaithn cxeTcse. ne oouto mp!aod
more than seeking il abroad a England wita vs.
lie was chosen tie other day over Jarin by 10 votes
ttol4 The halotng g. secret by rgltll every one ln
town knew how each olthe Acaicuicls Aai voted The
toppositon political Acidcmiciaus Chcy al arc ocdl
cnough IA opposition those Acadomioal Po..tclans)
tGuizot Thier' and the rest carried In Pagaio they
ubordinated their proper literary quly 70 tbs rare
'oppolt4ay Of free expression Of poAt cal man1,ata
.;ion An Acalcuical election is OF 'hc very few
socca q action eth possibl, 90 Franco over v@f
lGogcramcut has no control And go Bishop Daponlour
who docs,s the YoilGirlaasm Of ParlGo. ara doubt
ess has fine us, soase Of Jnniu's far superior claims
10 tho armchair Of deceased Immortal" votes fo
raradol all thc sane b. way u political manlfe.inion
6Tlcre Is another circumstance which, If 1t d.d not hell
b. secure Paradols election is largely counted on by
,bo pubc T. augment interest Of hs reception aDe
Tho Grafton he will have deliver that occasion.
need not tell YOU that tie life and works Of lis I'm
mediate predecessor necessary there's Of the dis
course OF the incoming member. Nov. NJ. AmpeTe
last occupant OF the armchair wherein NJ. Paradol y
now about to scat himself wrote elrnedly aud wei %
tbe history 81 Rome and especially On tie history o
,thc late Julius Cesar. And so all frcnchmen O
terary tastes awaiting, with raised eyebrows on'
on the tiptoo Of malicious expectation, the lose
hwrcathed pungcnt direct trust that Parado viii give
TO His Hocstys famous volume Of cuogy and apology
for self and Cesar through the SHADE Of the deceased
b. EAmp5re.
! Meantime jules Jauin has taken "a charming reyenr,
on tie Acadcmician8 who ionook him and Ills riGleoui
flitorary clams to their SURFACES and their proper
tonco for the sake Of futoss political manifestation
He had dream he writes Tao 10 una! Ge' D,bs's d
X Monday lie dreamed that be wls admitted TO Tie
Academy and then gives the inaugural discourse which
he dreamed he delivered succeeding to the chair Of
Alfred dc ygny. With the eulogy o. his predecessor
Cow. in panoramic view Of tbs literary movements
kycTitble royoutoU-lrom 1926 onward aud prcsenta
4. ton IN honest humble pride of bis right 10 the
Bhonors he has ut length achieved a Kind wo-d fof
evory body who desires H. 10 harsh word TO anybody
tgrateuI with singuarly graceful modesty TO the body
who bad crow ned bis ambition by admitting hin ono
of theirs in due recognition Of his long labor Of love for
llcttcrs. distributing compliments TO ALL 30 driicaiely
seasoned and never grossly adulaioy, 80 dclgl fully
tcontent with them and himol and then be wakes T.
Gnd himself still outside the Academy.
On reading this delightful Jeu fer. one Of those
sAcademcians who refused their voices TO Jdnin but
should bow their heads-ab0u which De has lighted gur
brilliant lambert flames Qoo hind Ia heap Goals ill
shame supposng that such respectable old baldneses
are susceptible at this late day OF any snch moyomont
Tie success OF Janin's dreamed inaugural, mean.
while. is complete. aud he 10 chosen by reclamation oi
overwhelming majority Of all donizens OF the French
Republic Of Lctcrs 10 the Fory.fr Arm Chair whose
upcrority any Of the forty Arsonc Ioussayes
wise and witty book just gone into its eighth edi.
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