New-York tribune., 1869-05-07

of his horrible provoking case as ne Is ana is Ialy
forced 10 be of the elementary ideas OF social economy
and of the primary element of comfortable HVlng'
ReIgium is parliamentary and class free country,
and France is not But IL IS a Cssses of The
lover fen Thousand Belgians would be better OH uh
der the despot Napoleon, than under the cOhsItM1I M
tiOnal Leopold: Very sad' t"o-loio eau' anu "''
Rnt on the noticai side there is another point to
he consdered The actual King of Belgium since the
recent death of his long suffering BOY, mas no ueoS
heir nor is he likely to have The personal relations
between him and the tenants OF the Iuerles, t hle
fendlyseem to be cordial His brother Is sad nU,
TO care for the presumptive heritage of the Belgian
crown. Hence we discover, or whlm that We u9 ul5
cover in the attempted pretended solution OF I1s
railroad question the esg5ng OF tnG fna s o. Minister
of Foreign Affairs Lavalette phrased IL lnree Je"Ao
ago, of Belgium to France. ,,,.4;o,
omitted inexcusably at the time ofits publication,
to give something of the place if not the appreciation
il deserves TO notice of the drpee et DemOTdUel
small egg-meated volume, filled TO its covers VIII
facts figures and food for thought by Gen. CluseIet
sober but severe citique on the French mlll!ay
system it exists the little volume had curious 1
difficulties in the way OF penetrating nod IrO az tbe
frontier by administrative order with the AuIIuIi i.
traons customary disregard of the letter ana ~
of the law. In the case the Administration haa ~ ~
deal with an Americanzed FTenchman and, thanks 70
the oiciOus intervention of Gen. Dix, the DOCK wa0
finally let in arbitrarily as 1t had at hTst oeeh en
cuded Here is an appreciation OF It's leadlng Iuen
which, brief and necessarily imperfect as 1t Is, VIII
better serve than any, even 80 long waste OF woTGs
on your reporters part to direct attention 10 'n'
sin gularly instructive, suggestive work.
"HAUTEvILLE HOUSE. April Il. 1869.
HoYoRED FELLowCTHEN have read your yIpS wa. war
lent 6SO ATs s the Sne should Suppress the Other
and in the coming time the people must absorb ine % %
bring 10 explanation OF this grave question your en
perence and your knowledge as an ofeer your theory
as thinker your talent writer. Hence guiding
document for the philosopher and the statesman 10
state the problem was In itself great pFosress Sui
book goes further it gives the soutiSp Believe me-
most cordially yours, VICTOR hO"o.
| am the more earnest in sending to you TINS
belated notice of Cuserets volume, since learn by
letters have SEEN from some of the General New
York correspondents that copies OF It, forwarded 10
them by mail more than six weeks ago, have not YET
reached their destination and since, have learned
that suspicious entertained by entirely honorable
persons your side of the water that printed matter
disagreeabe to the powers that be here after
escaping the examination of French post-Ohclas, is
exposed to second examination and coniiscatlon at
the hands of pOst-Oficias in America-whose
Washington salary is complemepted by Parls pour
bOire!
The literary event of the time is the publication of
the first volume of Hugos new romance 1t IS o
notable fact appreciate 1t and the romance as your
taste bids that this one mans one new volume does
to-day occupy French attention like world event
like as no other writing mans Work nearly ap-
proaches to occupying III IN the say - &
create great sensation Booksellers puihng-though
that has not been wanting-has little TO DO with Ihe
depth extent and sincerity OF the SENSATION. me
human feel and the national French feeling, that
no man now lives. that since Shakespeare no man
but Goethe has, lived capable OF producing IN any
form the EQUIVALENTS in presentation and suggestion
of L Honlme Qu Rit. have anything 10 do with II.
The bookseller Lacroix has done very III wlth IT,
He sub-leased the first Of the first volumes as
snred success of curiosity TO another bookseller with
whom he denied this arrangement Mr faTVls uh-
dertook to sell nominaly hundred francs OF DOCKS
old stock dragging on LacroiXs hands, by sub
scrpton scheme, 20 the which scheme any one SUD
scrbng became entitled to the H0Hme Qul hf gratls
In other words take lot of books several OF which,
whatever their intrinsic meritsyOu doHt want, and
if Won did could buy at halfprice, at their original
retail prices to the amount OF 100 francs and you
shall have " Hugo's last for nothing This very
published letter as something quite like sell on him
self To the which letter LacroIx has replied IN the
newsnapers by painfully busness-liko justification
it is part of his plan of getting back the sOOiuO
francs he paid Hugo for partial property IN the
book The disagreeabe result ior the geneia ,ea1ei
meantime. is that he mnst pay an eNoI1ltnnt price
for this wonderful volume. or go read II IN the be-
gassed atmosphere Of Cabinet detectives
The other notable publication OF the week Is the
Hi,tore ds Princes de CoHd< by their descendant the
Prince dAumale. This Is the work that NJ tlahn
called "Persigny," when Minister of the Interior
years ago did Of his good Will and pleasure Sc
1nester The perfectly well-knOwn, never frankly
ayowed motive Of this illegal seizure. was
that the book vas oyIdIns Written BY PFiRSs
supposed at the time that II might possibly con
tain by allnsiOn unpleasant references 70 the
First Napoeons assassination OF the Due a tnghlen
Of the Cond6 House 1t appears now. from these two
fine volumes and appears at the outset on the title
page that the work is purely hSforica and does
not chronOlOgicaIy, uesctId DeloW lIo ocNcnto
sentury. NJ Falin called Persigny's sole motive for
supprcssing its publication, was that II was credit
able piece of literary work, that might do honor III
France, under Napoleon Ill, TO member oil Louis
Philppe's family. , r
another member of that house, the Duke OF Mont
pcnsier shOuld be diminishing Ihe spanish iolks
seem quite decidedly 20 have made up their minds
not TO have him to rule over them, thOugn anarchy
or the Republic be the only alternatives. King stock
is down. The ex-King Of Portugal, whom they want
inst won't The Belgian Kings brother, as we have
seen does not care for the succession 70 his DTohers
shaky throne. Isabella would but can't. IL. n; Is
and his Empress continue 10 be highly polite 20 her
wards and sat at table with her in that females
new palace in the avenue last Saturday. 1he gossip
papers reported that tho Duke and Duchess OF
Madrid were also her guests on that occasion
WhereupOn nv Duke of Madrid, legitimate heir OF Don
Carlos and the Spanish crown takes particular pains
10 notify the gossip papers that he and his wife did
not dine with Isabella, and can't and won't at any
price. ., A.. r., u,
bassador TO Madrid that same Mr. Mercier who main
tanned 10 the last minute and later, when he
and when he had ceased TO bo French Minister at
Washington, that the e. 5. A. would inevitably
triumph in Independence Oh the II. s. Ave notice.
saw that this gentleman continuously pJOlOngs his
absenceIs from his post The French Legation at
Madrid is in charge Of the Secretary and Mr. Mercer
will not be likely to return. His master is waiting
to see whether the PTim dictatorship "A immediate
prospect will lean 70 monarchy. anarchy, republic
TURKEY
RESULTS OF THE GREEKO O-TURKIsH QUARREL
PRESENT POLICY TO DETACH THE RACES
FROM EACH OTHER-RUssIAE LOSS OF POPU-
LARITY IN THE LATE IMBROGLI0-DEYELOP
MENT OF MDUSTRY--IOLDIEG OF REAL ES-
TATE BY FOREIGNERS-LAWS or INHERIT
ANCE.
[FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT