New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-04-12
FROM PARIS.
W-ench Ideas OF Liberty-Victsi lingo ana the
Bnrber-His Method Of Literary Compo'''
ton Fnrndols Reception speech -"S
Interview with OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DIS
eus.ions-The Emperor on Literary L'o-
erty- Theatrical CenscrshfF-New Freneh
Translation Of the Bible.
PiR1s, March 81, ls66

ia inccnsed from nksands and months of Frenchmen OF
all pares-the most retrograde exatng its excel
lence for their party. But when they come TO dominion
of the word application of the thing Liberty, the diner
ences among them are extraordinary. victor hugos
notion of it, for nstance-inhnaedi IN remarkaDie e'-
ter addressed to the editor of la L5srfe-and "heh is
quite as remarkable Published in tina journal last Sa'uI-
day without bringing down drertfSemen on tha'
daring paper-is curously different from Napoleon Ill
his notion of 1t.
As there is pretense of continpens thread ho'uis
these loose lines together make 10 apology Tor breaking
it TO insert here an ebbreviaon 81 pleasant anecdoe
about Hugos literary habits. 1t told at greater length
in the Pate Rcrue by O neiehboI of his, as long
ago as lsis when both had chambers on the Place
Rovale and occasionally met Of Brassiers, a
barber and hairdresser Of the quarter .
Monsieur Brassier how is business today Excellent,
Sir excellent; III fact almost more than can attend 70,
Balls and parties everywhere. Here you see, is list of
hrty ladies' whose heads 70 be dressed between now
and evening" Dropping in al Bassere few days after,
asked; "And how did you get on with your thirty lady
customers the other day e. "DOnt spcsz lit could
attend TO more than half of them, and Just lost dozen or
so of good customers, all along OF Nh victor lingo
But how did Victor Hugo have anything to do with IL
"Why, this was the way of IT, Sir: iye minutes siter
ysu left in he and seated himself m It's very char
put the napkin about ht neck and wss on the point OF
putting my brush 10 him, when, suddenly waving oil
my hand, he cried ont, Wait minute AID with iha',
he took out his pencil and began fusbhng IN all his
DOC lets for something he did not find Then all at once
seeing sheet Of paper on the table there he took posses
sion Of il and fell writing In spite Of The hurry was
in willing to wait for him 10 finish; bnt be- with
out p1ying any more attention 10 me than nou2h had
been az the other end Of the town, kept scratching Oh
stoppiD, now and then 10 bite the end OF ms pencil
Write away, said / TO myself, but If y0u can read
it afterward you are a lncky one. 1t was horrible
scrawl Sir you may believe And they pretend DC IS
good writer Then | said 10 him respectfully, when
yGu ready, Sir: in a second, Gays he and on he
goes with his cribbc stopping for minute TO look W
othhe ceiling and then at 1t again; meanwhile you III
derstand with brush and soapcup IN hand and ready 10
burst Finally, ventured to say; Beg pardon ST. bat
! au extremely busy to-day %, busy are you says
be- 90 am L. and with that he got up and went out.
lyon YOU have forgot your hat, Sir, said l. Why TO
be sure says ae with a smile, and clapped 1t on and
went away without being shaved.
"'Now boys / called 10 my jourreymen, 'you have
not minute to lose; you will 60 straight to the ad
dresses give you. The list hcrebut where is the list
What have you done with the stP IT was on the table
there q moment ago. said one OF the boys Are you
sureP Perfectly. VIII you believe me- Sir, ii was on
the back Of that LIST that NJ Victor lingo had been
writing and he carried it of with him al covered with
his quail tracks and that the way he lost NE my Gus
toners" ,,,
What the lovers Of poetry and lboT'y have gained by
NJ Brassers loss tic narrator OF the aneo1ote ~ not
able 10 tell MS According TO another authority, Hugos
present method of composition is scrupnlousJ mehod
CAL and admits numbeess changes additions IIunlgs
and pOshngs Of chapters sentences ana sns, WORDS
between outline draft and manuscript ready for TIE lnter
Bazacs processes Of rew0king first proof with add
tons excsions etc. 10 the extent Of making worse Tor
he nnters than an original manuscript well known.
The author Of the We de Cesar not being Republican
Of Letters but owner OF an Imperial press, does not
troable himself with the ordinary technics Of prooread
ing but corTecs first copy printed IN broadly separated
lines by nterlinng and full marginal writing, as the
humber 60 over Their manuscrlf'.
What as notion of Liberty is hard 10 guess 70 say
that il is opposite 10 Hugos IS not definition, only
patent negafion Something else more important coming
In the way made no mention in my letter Of two weeks
ago Of Provost Parado recepon speech at the Academy
and NJ Guizots reply 10 it-fnc pieces OF pure literary
work both Of them and matter Of town talk for day OF
two. fact this last by the way 10 De set 10 lne eIS'
account Of these frivolous inhabitants Of Napoeonye,
who despite checks the freedom OF speech IN 30 many
high directions and he Interest license Oh such attu-
dnaran and provocative themes asTheresa broad songs
the Bich an Bots and low broadnesses generally do
readily turn deepnteresed attention TO whatever good IN
literary other art can yet be suffered TO be offered 10
them The text of the new Aeademleaps iI2ugura as
course is you know the intellectual life and works the
euogy Of the deceased Academcan to whose armchair he
succeeds. PaTad0ls predecessor was Ampere Anperes
best works Caesar and Roman history generally.
Aupere having 20 TO grind, searching into and
suscitating old Rome and its men for old truths sake,
not for foil and sanction to more or less wise potieoper
sona "proyidental7 buzz saws and modern Instances
was inaccessible quote from ParadoPs inaugural
discourse TO the SYSTEM to al important portion of
Roman history, now in vogue. Systems, however less
than suppose. Seeing that our own udcons
Montaigne wrote in his time, when speaking Of Dion
Capius: "He has such morbid sentiment respecting Ro
man affairs that he presumes TO maintain the cause Of
julius Cesar against Pompey and the cause OF Antony
against Cicero No such maady gentlemen could faint
the moral purity, the mental integrity Of Ampere."
Of course Of the crowded auditory ~ the lnsti
tue no one of the readers that evening Of the printed
discourse, could fail TO where this shot hitNapo
leon, reading IT, felt well few days after as
the custom is the Academcian presented at the
Tuilerles VI: Guizot being his inroducer abbTeyate
report OF the interview which passes for veridca IL
is curious. After becoming compliments TO Guizot the
master Of the housemind that IN his own house-turns
70 Parado and regrets that gifted man is not Of his
friends T. reciprocaies regrets, courtcously bowling
So far, good. But now NJ in his house goes
We are not agreed about Caesar Mr.. Paradol, but AIN
glad to know that spoke Of him most handsomely
five or six years ago, in your Essay Universal His
tory Our opinions then were not contrary as they
seem TO be now Then. turning again 10 Guiz0t, he
made it the occasion to quote an observation adj
dressed by Fontanes to the First Napoleon "Sr, leave
us liberty in the republic of etters and added empha
cally OF his own motion, Yes Monsieur Guzo, in lit
erary matters absolute liberty Of opinion"
Now what meaning could the master Of tho Tuileres
and of the press aud of public speech in France attach
this word Liberty In bis combined character of sovereign
and man Of letters he had just given tauntng provoca
ton OF discussion 10 the man OF letters ParadO who,
subject forbidden by paatia etiquette 10 accept the
discussion 1t like duel where the challenging party
alone discharge his pistol. Whether the challenger
had off best i'll free fight Parado approved surety
Of sight and quckness the trigger enable YOU 20 Judge
hat chiefly eped youngest Acadeician tOAmp6rcs
vacated chair the fact that he has been condemned
fine and Imprisonment moderate political pamphlet
which NapOcon's Government found it easiest to answer
hat way. The Academy is conservative il literature but
Opposition" in politics.
That poor creature the political editor and toolnchef
VI the COnsttufi0nHei conceived it clever thing few
lays after 10 take up his little the Imperial
,harge Of inconsistency against Parado. Now tie fight
free and the conditions of it quite changed Paradol
smashed the poor bully with the initial phrase Of lis letter
response and then the PROSTATE. disreputable
oulcss little corpse Of Master Paulin Lmayrac, dealt
wnging side blow at bis Imperial hacker in this wise:
The usriOus author Of the Pie de Cesar has con-
called the fact that in relating the story Of his hero his
mind was occupied with he chief Of his family; II is
lot less natural not oss eXcusable that having speak