New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-30

tr,ters daring tlo seven months ending Oct 81 1867
wtIe l6sa SIS francs and % ccninrs For the roiIc
fiancs I'D ccntinesG do like llo old ccmes; they
give such an air Of raliy ard rhadalnantlnc accuracy
Ia tie statement as isfactory tc simple Ind ~ 40
lore filling auality If the round millions; tueY help So ~
cItrfn that hca,iful. uriifncss, Toy,hally aitrb-
, Tho ,,certs fnr October 1861 The lat aii u.osi pc
drc,ivr ~ the Exhibition Tuulhswcr' 2s7G .CoGncs III
November they frll 10 ll2l,2io lfaHcs. =.
Tie same cause II 10 made Tie season 80 prohtabr ~
managers s one 81 the cu,t5 tlH has Jet 10 be poorer m
Isst one 81 lie casses for there is another steadily
working and preventing. aid gtHdna.y bdt idtily r.
nrt restricting, bClttlrue, suppIes.ing nee ava INC
only true Development OF literature - an s hiSLoI Sc
rortmeuts. There pcrsOs-eNcn among the numpcr
of the readers OF this letter 10 have readers VII be Sch
pcrsohs-wh0 cannot see why simc iiiat suppress
political liberty IN us p'r THo nt ~
AID tend to snlTs -, a p "r,ysl ,yh Inyeh dr,.
matte, ike every other branch ~ FreAeh literature IS
sinking Compare the books published ron lsto 10 isC'
with tie books published between 1870 and l5i or DC
tween 1880 aud 1887, AID tihDk 1t over But ths Is
episode, ...,,,,.
ors that flowed into Paris from the Provinces and from
foreign countries during the Exhibition period MAT spec
taclcs in ali senses merericos ard plays that had ran
their hundreds Of nights, would not draw the hahnal
Paris theatcrgOers But before saying WORD or Two 81
SOME OF their late attempts attract by new plays let
me say a word or two Of original plays OF Tire Jnt
past year and % one or two notable reyyas In INC way
OF opera VIC have had Don Cdr'0S aud Gounods Eonco
and J,{iciic; nothing else News Truly enough In Tee
lyric crama TO assure long lie. Nos Ions nidVcois,
10y sardOn rs cleyefly trckcd any ~ lii pieces, phG
not So likely to bold place for The few next years on
the stage as Nos Iniiies or the BcHoins Nothing has
Vet COME from his clever pen that likely to live for
generation. Young Dumas never w0ie more thoushlu
drama than his Idcfs &c NGdHe aubrey IL has not cEou,
phiiCs sophie thought 10 mako IL really philosophical
nor so many touches of human nature as s ls
aud in essence his greatest drama In pane dtI Cut
iasthat too grown already faded and patiently morbid
IN art deposits Its CuuDingly rOugcd false sentiment
Some OF the rcvvalS were rs new us novelties fliet %
hest of them WINS aud is Hueos He,7ani which tonight
will fill Tie Theatre FraLeas; proof that the play gong
puhc viii "patrOnize" The higher forms O1 iDe tfha
If only fhev can mad IL 10 "patruze" Our strong Gov
nfIti n of
bygOBc drama Of 1859 and something, DC itleo Oh.
eifrw,llv gur,sg tat tastes had charged. and TINT
after the first few nights OF curiosity aud real or p.c
tended interest that 1t would be- Performed Few more
nights to empty boxes aud ended. ly ia means lhc
really intelligent public Indifferent any possible pDlit-
teal bearing Of tho case do s crowd ~ The end OF four
months to listen 10 the great poem Ard TIE trong Gov
eminent alarmed at the unexpected results OF It's cu
mig magnaimity Enthusiastically sliy shniues of
couple OF months and finally refuses The application 9i
two other Paris managers 10 put two Other Oh uugOs
Thn Old Winanis having been dead aud buried these
200 aud years. the strong Government cannot get up
the face To bar Hamlet from the footiShs mhdelnoisec
Judith has been partly hg the roe meyer i.uIed Oh
aud listened the Jhcr ngLt ut her counterfeit present.
mcnt OF that disirnsht plosophc Danc. not satisfied
performance That better Historian, DANIEL Bandmni,
who sat next me, Was less content: ventaISa 10 na
the French version Of that wonderful pOem' in lnhg
boh5y he letter Of sakespcarc's English Hamlet We
find this that passage OK Merce ana Duhhss Sereoh
raiculou-ard why Are we moi sHno,leS 10 ui,1
and its nCouruy lin she original but al our eohduy
imperfect translation from The French ana rs lncoI
CRAFTY with the Originate We bcing-lct us guess mod
est yneary ns ircapabs of ruhSlntng our Thoughts
ard tastes and whole life habit ipio DnmaSs fItncn as
peare Tho Question: mind, II not whether Dumas
has FLY translated Hamlet for us but whether he las
dtly translated 10 French acceptance and the second
question being. not solely whether Dumas ana meutte
nicely co,npFrhended their ongnnl. ont ~hetn,r W.
speak a. 1gely comprehcnd them But To lei ih9se
IN he ila IS
persons followed the performance on the stage WIN
parallel course d reading the 'ea csed o Nv
that passn g where Hamlet tc third scene fourth eon
his tathcr with his uncle aud describes ILLS Latter
NJ
sus.purS- II the Umpire aHd the rule, tse
rhs rupe m the French version us follow and you
see how the lines back with the quekncss Of French
NOT ~ 1864 aid the Emp ddaE
Unroi carnsrali qpi sloat, Ia lei
5. TspSe ~, "a asia ls ,rars !. eScIoch-
H. lsnoa as pud,tr la ourrv dsss "a pocbsi
Dunss the elder has Just closed an arrangemement
With the cement Of the Odeon which secures The
Of his Eean. English subjects abound u late on
he Par ian stage have already mentioned Nui'ver,
Irou ght bis ast week With due approval ron The
rstics Should remsrs here that the "Iaying on 81
& nP.a To rs hr e S ar I is
entail Office Of lie critic HIS title etymcpecay
mporis, To discriminate The Theatre Lyrque - . lar
u,roso Ibonas's Hcuief Is promised for the opera
Jdck Shepherd Is Just run odt its eecond revival al tc
Aubigu Ohcnbachs Robinson Cf1tsoc ID In Iul iavor
at he Opera Coniilue.
, For tho present season, We have nothing new ron
Dumas the younger or sardOn, or Balntre or CCtafe
FetllIet. Emile Angler has completed play on h"nd
but owing quarrel with the management Oh the
IL Will not bc brought ont this winter Al
Iite second lass ihoater Mallele has had his LES
oc,oHeS tolcrably well acted, and listened TO nightly
for the past days by ns large public ~ the house
can hold Here another striking proof OFT readiness
The public 10 prefer very superior literary merit To
Of really Lig literary quality. les SeepqDes, like Les
Meros Rfpeniies aud two three other works Of this
slowly celebrating. earnestly thinkng sincere urhap
Il ono OF the not very acting plays" that II
worth reading aud Onco read 10 recall the reader
IL q second pernsal. .,
Ne VI week he goes TO London " ill engagement which
i,e begins with NGrcissf
For tbe firth or sixth thereabout time the public
tgd by tbs welnforncd Newspaper par
agraphsts Tat Inc Patti is To be- married. Their bride
gUu Tor ner this time Is the Marquis dc Caux one Of
the EnpeTors grooms, and most eminent gcntoei
Lancer IA high society.