, 1870-04-17
GEORGE SAND AND EugrErF


fVpn az fuN Nall Gdsette
ssaa 1ne MF, Msso5F, under tho title OF .'Mslg7etout
49, r1e1. me. ~ T. Jeo1Ec ssnd has Just brought /.
G GeuT :aondes, has caused some e1c;tss,e,t" ~ s.
nc literary c1Ecles aud salons nf n..;s ~.
l ~ 5ns SI'tsooleal charscts1H, lsesutifn1 en.,,
% ale. uEtoea, fs mAde 10 trace 4 noltr.;
tanSsa lSai. ~. Mmeh many readers assert WA IL
cT-s. Truea s. LOT tne Empross EuSenie. Rumor h.,
! sone eTen 80 fsr a to say that In sn;ta ~ =
rome Te5T unaatscring .ouchea, 10 Epau,res sar1 2
IL. on tho whole, bsen 30 well nicasai III ~
90 PoI1nsHc that she meant. h, rrtn1, :.
III ~ ger influence to obt1tn the eiect;or
~, me. n T. eand to ono Of the fire soais nov Va.
49, ~ ~ .1e french Academy. It ia ven moHu
Th..e4s, % s i1ptsss-Ake most Homon at healt,
aE:-~ould Gle to see the ta!enta I'M, IN,
het1Is o. pS1nons Of her own sox Obtain
ths. ho t1ootH ot men: ana 1t may bo remembered
tsa.s tuaa some sean Ago ehe took advantage OF bor
tempos1sT regency dining tho Emparnr'. %
vas.t to MSclia-to bestow, cnntrxr L. n w., ~
etn eTdent the c5oes Of the Legion Of Honor an
Aue- Hoea Bonhcur, the auinnnt n.;a.sa W
ConndG1ine, however, thst Nine. sand chsrses
ttes1ea t I'VE, dortosa a "3ne an,6itieuss -
ior glory, and does not eyeu dRhi{v nnaas ~ sasse5
the et7lhsncr Of the part shs ina to nis1 ~
tl1nk II would show some humility m ths n,,9 -"
oa the imperial lfdy il nhe weto as fattared ~
eooae people say At having inspired e,,ch ! nnr.
sea ha5e Is Muo. d'o1tosa, witt the9 snbitian, II, l
III II pes aopee, painted by hezreN:
mean to marty man rich. vnnne .,a
hAndaome, who ahall b m.dly in lore n ~ a
he must ever remain subject to nv iufiuonce
Ana ne must bear with honor m ifin.t.;o,s,
pane. He NUS, therefore, poasess noTsr
2 he muss be htng, IN Enpefnr, or 1t lesst m
carr @ ;111Thsnre, IN ha a, q Ietgning Prince. All my
out, and when hAvo discovered hirn a,n s1-s
% take possession Of him, for nv educ.t;on II
20" complete have 10 1aar of he;ng e.c.
oEated myself, for have now ae1uirnd II ma
stp;.s1 Sns s1ah1ing n n! eas1E tesehing- I hsIe
seienea;.i poe poesess r. Ss!aaition md political
people, ! know tho seczetn II J;p,oT.
ae!, and Ill tho nairae. A.
oEerJ s9rt Of ambition. Ihox III the man f of /
noie, al the women Of power in the nast and
u Il 6 e .he hsss sSs 5s.s s.en The %
~ come when can be ~ nseYal to : sovaE.
'aen ~ could be to-day to = vpu,xn whn
olEht Aak my advice about hnr f}resaL T ,aaTn
2 Attach ~ great importance to t1iaoa, but pno-
pig nttle guess what serious Thoughts occup7
y M.an m,na they III know 4 later when ans
nsend, atter having plsyed : brilliant t'] MI n
he world, to ehine forever In hisrory. vii
1ot disa pnear, Ike any common achpss, It
20 M sa%o tins ume as my youth md my beansy;
,,,v WIZ "eae = crown on my white
sIo nionaot ca e .,1 aazzle msn with the
'uuEglcs, OF great perils even The scs0oId
'as strange fascination for mo, I1fil nevnr
lcccpt e1i!c; I will never resort to fIRht: +
~ ners1 be caught or brought back On The
oad 70 tarcnnes VII not lose ny senses In
ne ra iaaass q dlsastsrs I win have The moet
,opnls5 lion: viii not quail before him, and
nom than uncs viii chin him 1t nv fcef
Ntef ~, the popu1aoe groTa 1ngv' II Il
sea1ee, y y It m.S saHy my head On PIKE. 30
70 ~ tnaf Ftu be the day OF suprenae sulen-
of, ND ny p1e head. doubly erowued BY
1c1nnry Of mankind
a considerable stretch of imasinstion il m
ulred 70 recognize tho Empress Eueenje T.,
be intellectually powerful M1le, d'Ortoss ~
1e 4ese depicted; nevertheless, thera 40,
9 doubt, sone tsaite in the ricturn vf,ich !,
'l8ht, nth little effort, b made to sunI7
I'd Which would, probably, Aatter the Em. !
resa secret Feetensicna. The list paIaR1anh.
speca1y, seenaa to etubody hsx Hell-no1p
ltaEet1on ! and Sympathy for Mario Antoinetta | !
ne Pos1nt E9 haEo quoted ia contained in :
q also find description Of the pe.poul an
'ar.nco and manneis Of Nile, d'0rtoea. tka J
'aa1ah oddres.tstie iere-for such she is, We
eaa gnilty OF having tead vely euparacsalIy 4
= conclusion of +" Nalgrrtoat" In tie number .
the 1esh Of March. It is Qua Of those hsIf- 4
EpIopcIt hAlf-preachy stories In which Nmn. q
nd deligglts, but under which, personally. Q
a7e impatient Bnt wn think ve have dis. II
yered that Nile. TOrtosa becomes insane =,
ON On Defeated ambition, and tho p.nga Of :.
aole, We do not think that Nina Sand, should =
10 aspire to academicl honots, can reckon on I
0 support Of the Empress. It Ia difficult to y
'sgine any Influence powerful enough, any Q
eoluuon sufficiently radical. To obtain admit =
nee for WOMAN into the French Academy: y
I it ia still more difficult to suppose tia 4
ere tho thing possible) the mozt popular nd Il
'st gifted writer Of France would think bor |.
ne enhanced by seat among tho immortal q