New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-11-27
FRANCE.

FRANCE.
| EFFECTS OF THE WAR on Publishing INTERESTS
| -LITERATTRE OF THE WAR-A BATTLE OF
| THE BOOKS ny ARMY OFFlCERS-MORE ABOUT
BENEDETTIS MISSION.
IrRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE !
PARIS, Oct. 3l.-The photographic de France
weekly journal whose principal feature is it's list Of
books, pamphlets, periodicals. maps music engravings,
printso all things in fine publ she'd paper in France
have spent hours In look through the numbers
OF this periodical issued July. 1870 The dry cata
logue becomes interesting as chart Of current literature
Starting from the point just before the war; when, III
deed the volume Of the stream becoming even more
shallow and impure it flowed through Imperial
bounds. already encroachcd on by growing political
prescriptions il curioisy indicates the RAPIDLY re-
strctive desiccatnc influence OF on letters. Until
the very of these. the minds Of saNans and elc
giant writer's AL absorbed by the greater Interest, II
they write at all. their thoughts seem hloodsho and
their ink all red. Our photographic which already III
August lad shrunk to IA single sheet and hiwcchly
issue, threw up It's pompoSitor) hands with No. ~
The 10th September. No. 80 not appearing Til the I'd
Of the following December. Excepting the stately
Rcruc dos Dtux Mogd,s whose fine old slvcrGray dig
nifty forbade its going when II rains. and the daily
papers that cnjoy shower like Young :"ads, ever
that first Leaf Olive Branch issued from above
the waters, brought the sensation news Ia Noah. with it,
displayed dove heading. which " doubtless considered
alone worth years subscription. there was hardly
Paris observation-disclosures. scit utitc. religious, or mixed
that did not follow If had not anticipated the example
photographic. scarcely revived TIL after IL"
Commune. Several. If not gone Stone dead st await
their resurrection.
Even daring the second si'cc. however the dew
Unhtcr'sj SIN found wolk Ia a." for colnrus-
ols hands Idc else Ola "n dIN> r" rampant aud other
military duty. The thGttn "i the Emperor, h- SI,
ator> and other servants. hl Victor Huge" of the
pieces winch book waiting yet for their equal com
NIL Va
joo ItG. by the saline author. rs, presented them
selves French public through the open door Of
M French press, The sale e>pec tally "i The tAHm'"fs.
-, i- ;hai forccdly limited Icy the fortIIica-
t.,iI>. t'ormol- l. irving the second day after
public atom and ever since. 1" "itan copy al ta hr>t
,dlioii che first Loo lS0np. and remain n'>uC
,c->ful OF any ortiua publication of the natcria IN
IuI;;ncc of N"iunc the printing Of whc.! Was
after 1t September ls7o have II" recollection.
Medical c>>l, manuals of military cXic.Sc. paiio;Ic
songs. copies q; IaIi" v'r>>. occasionally poe 'i,al.
I"o-raI l al maI'. or les intellectual snI mel
h;,nt "vcw>" t.; ways and means al opening th' do
fr,, o.; trumlIuty closing the wai, ~ treating The
Woudcd. ahuHnd d; iva stil not worthy timely
1o.;,- u: c,.hBdr do, un' ica HING how To i!y witod
unuri.lI: nra or { urhr the rI">: g" tie neGn' i
re-, gor> act-. "rusn ih.n and cEcr ,"rt {" >ldrt.
La nour.ucit substitute ior the plentiful Lack Of
canal VI,;ua. God fo'h!d that speak ~ mockcrr NJ
til Of widow rcirf When n cost lCo francs
| Q
hbpng 10 k,' t'ia' AID hrr SOU together: 10 mediate
iDc -ond %: ti inexpensive tc. produced hv fat
md 4 H. pra!cI ~ >d"t t!u>it Sa.tc FTi~tu
tA.i hu fivr SOILS W don lI>. bread alone
i,t Of all hy tilv sriin,n~ "f IT, and s,rh qual-
IT, H. wa, ra"uci oui H. the ,>t fortnight Of the siege
What. pIo'a'lv wa> ur.rin- to-day. III general l.
tlit al! tlIc l, h"i!'S "''" t"r''drc CcrinC il"In
the PlI pres in he books ha> c.a;ed t" hc
and may al ina - IN" ni rou>. wei ui- rnlcr,>~
rr'nt> '"l"icd o. u'c."r,i carratHrcs. ETC.. sn"
thing IHorc than Of ..>,y bad forticr
VII oi W., artistic cc,tiu, -, o
!,,ci,s. Among he rcilaln.ne tcnth gems, and
{" Wiz. hn"I (Which oll those profoundly lrn"-
;.tn "i what the count q" Fab las and N"iditnc
a'!y foo,Ay dispute the ros>cs>"n of 10y tine
French IL p">-ihr national Im!iyJ and profoundly
gave intellectual opinion oppressed b! iori'Sih" '""'.
Let that my bictI lotuIrty, The peculiarly cihoc AN"
Iac,tlou>" fltuic historian. secure himself c"iN "i
Chariror for instance, a. primary document I" '''
ously con suit. yronounclnr lis OPINION On
people and the irving transition period th'y passed
through, whom and which '""mi"F'iS i"i"!ln'
tie,Idc. se.fcOnstitntc' Judges lave been ih''c il
months - lt-> lud- lncut Withou' Nam lhg y'
v:uc-~c, Ku' in III, daI i~ co.r-i day. Of III" -Ic,
! g., prs. IL p.ol,,'> inmate ai 'u.tI:ct q"Ioh
>,n>c and iolc aLG sympathy 80. I"I and
! with the I, E,,n 81 e E,q0 a.. IJo, perhaps. hot
! enough insisted or l't"r ct th,.r vitality "r
qllitc fl ed e., iu'I.u'.' / :"Ic ~ W.. reaches
: tol mary Of VOC: read, W. h.Yc hc"i graiH.d
,,. h,n he Ia. Gathered II. New N"'F or i'-'" tom
y"lr cay -ong i'.I''t." evening '"-s,. diraGfuil
u.l in II ion Il ever tlII>',. ~. crowd ttr
ir.c spaces III, cd i"'c - MnDn ihcdt'r. u Htc
e-- than year az" tin the III codh'~>" tue h"rc
hearth aud tie s,aunc,, E" the hons i,.'r i'.r' 't,n
! IL the sI1 aca;l,h a. a I'm. u;' i',iaa! APP rte.
A'~dcr'i.,, I"-"uvo VI, another "i M 'c'nrI> ~ho>'
d.s,olr, die" al attrIaH,c ri ;.nr ic.. t'G>
combination OF lch,d vii sentiment ANA
III classic party OF di'ti'i; Wi. ''hN'ffit!""h r">s Al
!arc ItcrN al eli t"c thcaIt.s va ned for the
uc, Of ambulance tr th I""i q: tn, ~ tha Acr"n
d >eIn,ni or oth,I charitable IdIl"s,. IA, rrfoIu-
auc,, CONSISTED Of rrciiai"- Sor hn,> q! scene or
two from Ec.uc othc. tis GIdl.h-:. iaI! q! az
cntIc play from the H'"i'ir repertoire. never 81 ne"
! play Tntrc new plays written Whilc tine at
wa. dran. going OF. O.c a!jeIE""u 1T iL' Fiar.
,ai~c. thr Programme made up ron N''"r l,hc"'
narrative. lyri, and dramatic I"!n> IL "Il;r .G
10 Errtho>cn- music. sang by rraidc VIII a"cod pam
mont Pasdcoup, or SRA, rests rarely peasant
among tho memories a. that Winner This 70 rfofII.,n,c
wa gwen FOR h,cft OF the Ann.:b," established
rs the Franca> Company in par Of the IN One
OF the actors o. that aii hot long after nroIght
la, h. IN h. National Guard costume. thcI, his
wounds
la December. III photographic rc,rnc, pnhhcatou.
thou III only IN broken way tor N" moth. After
the >Irzr. h""ls about u n'cdh /" APPEAR few Of
them siI.i worth reading consulting 'I
- another. The fir Ise:'d aud most adalc l.,
Pm IHrT' sst""S 81 SOurnUS Iti rdrI>QU
saIcoy. We'll written. unIrcen'iou- mainly truthful
H. descrp, on c rather above cOIu.o place il
reflection; volume of notable good quality. hut asO Of
II notable I! pea defect. Let tuin down hat ID
paccs OF the 80 and you Will hardly discover III
all the rest much indication that ". Sarcey
souvenir had impression Of the -cla-
tons Of the working CLASSES 10 The siege. He has no H.
Will toward thcnI-TccOg1zcs their existence indeed
but. III apparently honest, UNCONSCIOUS harrowness ig-
n0rcs the existence of their community OF natural hu-
manity, citizenship, and capacity Of emotion with the
The noble. generous suffering, patriotic peO