, 1869-08-08

Madrid, one IN Pa,s, one in Harana; In Forth
guese IN Listen and R.o de Janelru; ln Russiln o.
81, Petersburg: til Polish IN Warsaw; Ia Hun ga
r1aa In Pestn; In Czeehtsh In Prague; tn Swedish
IN Stockholm; In Hollandun tn Rotterdam, md IN
the Greek at Athens and Constautnople.
It's 3 cnroua b!t Of Statistics, and suggests
how many AwlutlJ disappointed persons saere
must be.
AZ runancer, he made Ills great fame by " Les
Alserat,es " and Les Trayniearsd de Ia Aef ''wns
eagerly looked sor-we nil krow how It wearfed
Us by is nat otten pEado1tcat, endless soctn4 end
polit,cal reflections. The new book. . l. Honme
Qui Int," Is introduced to ~ In Characteristic
lashiou In the auihor's preface;
AIN England everything is gseaf. even what Is
not good, even the oligatchy. The EpVtt4h pa
t1ielAn cI1ss u the patttian ctaz. IN tho fullest
sense q the Wosd Never ain 1nsss e1 ssIs moIe
We acknowledge Ibis feadaliant has ~ certain
times been useful In Enyiapd ths phenomenon
OF the aEtstoc1acJ IL TO % studiet a. one mast
study The phenomenon Of the. empire In France
.1be better title fer tnis book would % Tue
A,tstoe1scy;' Another book Which wlll f9iso% s;.',
the nnlhoE would uane 'l19a'"
The book, as we nil know. II Il coarse satire upon
the English nststocracJ and IN certain respects re-
zen bles EiuGo's 1sst rom2nce, Metre Dame de
PunA" Why Will a MAD write down ths fatltnEs
Of age, and yet 50 many Of our best E1RtAh au-
49, ~ w., r,.o- uba1 n rat IN earlier won
lAurrls.
Victor Hugo wss born in February, 1862, IN De-
eaucrp; his father, then Colonel, atttAjned IN
der Napoleon to the rank OF General. HIS mother
followed tho army, and Victor, when about
y+ara Old, had already been IN Eba, Rome, Ma
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'an.rdsn, rn,r,cter .nl !, IA rp1,ted nt hrr mar
.: IN P,,-ts hnnted pn,,rstL;tner.,
~" r',.xin ho 1.ra tho ,,-,o v;c,or hia nrzt .,az-
We ~, n. .,fh.lat yhe s,,c. of Snno,.on d,s
eoue,at eo1e N. un,otnnn,r nan and h. W.. tnca
a,a erote, The nra,r .noears tn have m,6c
n,,tonod nm, es,ion nnon The rhtlt- and
he ,Io,>n1r 1r,upcIny,-. II maitc htm Rnvajs, N,
man, limo years. In ISL. the father VIZ, in Ma.
IT., h,rh Il, fayor uith Jnsenb 1,nnaoarte mi
r1on returned to Paris. After ihe Hundred Days.
| f;4nrrn, Hinge who con1d M 1onrer endnrc The
r.,.itaJ Royxlsm Of h!s wife. procured a divorce.
! mn, ,,.ta,rpd exclusive rontro1 OF Victor.
50 eariy AZ 1916 Victor wrote 1yrtca noefus. and.
! unat ls vorse. they were read with approyni by
m. pub1,c. From ,be Academy OF Toulouse he
..ttred the th,ae t1rsr nrlzrR for the heat ne+ms
| w,,tt.n hrtBeen the yesrs 1877 md 1sea nndno
IN. y,,ter ye,r h. nnhlisheS nnmters of fdcs Nc,
! ,,.y,Y,,k which r,an him extremely ponular with
The Royalist party and secured pension Of three
'ponsuuo t1anes 'totu niuk noaiA 1oa
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'.o'oau osoa 'e .,..ts-s.,aaa 80. n.s 49,
peachaupe Houlauger began 10 estimate him ,1tgb.
Is. A rear late. bis nCromEeu appeared, her.
| aided bF the bombast.c prcfncc: - Everything 10
nature belongs to art; tho drama coaslsts IN a
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10 1os4 won n'tn q psi4'anl iepuIat'on' 1ne Hoss
I1omlhths OF thtse are A"eamn Lfdees. songs y
tie 1N'ttght shadon ono Sunbeam, Coasotssio" and
hhuaFd Fctrffr some OF them mo7t DlllllahL H.
| stances OF superb style and poverty OF thought
The first drama which met with much SUCCESS
I was IL, nant tlsSD followed with greater seDsa~
| t,On by Narian ikl7Fmk. Tie third, The King
.Amu4es lrtsei( tls3s was suppressed bT The Min
h,ry the INT day after Its appearance GU the stage.
| Then followed those previously mentioned, the
| TloFEia, de-, all characterized by thas genuine
Flehch Sensational tmpEobabllltT md fantastic in-
cieni rather reEoftlng to cultiEated American Or
EHg'thhnian.
The 1roat significant OF ali OF the author 3 ea1ly
wnrks Ia the tutnauce S.frt Dame de I1yi, usal).
! IN 1871 he became a member Of the Academy, IN
.-s5 was appointed Peer Of France There Is
c,tiuus little stary connected with his latter an
| reDttpcpt JEHu the ,lay OF his uo;nluattop Vic.
| tor IInco was at ihp Tuier1ps md. ps WIS fouls
| I'nt,tpney custom uftcr l1nper the latter WIS
walk ING I'm AMI down n long gallery connected
,rh thr rrceottor rno,u IIc tbvtcy tIuyo m toio
INN, md The twn entered tnt A lively cnnvrr.a.
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