New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-06
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
rnr LEAnERs on FRANCE.

In ans ronrint of n series OF papers from London
daily ieurnal the position and character % se'ei"
,,rominent statesmen and men of letters In france
are sketebed in brilliant If not exact colofs' Inc
writer deals with his subject in style OF great ooiu
ness and freedom, his air of assurance gives GER
tain plausibiity to his statements and his personal
aDolvsos Though sometimes defective in their his
tor,cal details show clear perception and acute
determination Of character As a rule the sketches
sre remarkable for their pregnant brevty avoiding
fnllness of illustration, and dispatching in few
pointed sentences what less effective writer would
have expanded over many pages. Afavorable spec'-
men of his manner is found in his essay on the
younger . ...,,,s
About ve-andthrty years ago there began 20 oS and
IN the house of that famous spendthrft OF MONEY AZ
genus, called Alexandra Dumas, boy wn3 now
but whom his cOtemporares state TO nave Ve triin
served adIproud aud preeocouIt was len wears old
and came home from his school on suhuays .' iS IN
70 be shaken hands with by his father and thsn S 70
was full OF literary tOades, Bohebths' ni co,rt
S1S sd 9csuse nSr his face ate his dinners borrowed
his money, and forgot TO repay IL ec P1Tositv tbat
was 10 be admired as petd3g Inat wS 70 an
No youth as the author "a 10 Seen Worse brought MP
Ar scboai the colossal popularity Of his father-ior
was 1 ne disncve an object for curiosity aud i'm
norfHnate questions he had always been dressed ia
d the easy manners OF the ladies in whose COM
pany he was thrown and the base crnglng OIL tle IG
rc who lived on his fathers prOdlgaltleS early tlngeu
MS thought with streak Of that bitterness winch une
never quite In this fashion tne Lao grew up
roll of bank notes his hands aud spoke IN this patet
dys 6Imos he should lead the life of prince dine at
the Cafe Angais, and be generous win us money 1O
s shI have more. II YOU contract debts 1 will
pay them" Nothing could be palmer or more
self Readlons into the torrent of Partisan hfe ran
obedeny into debt drew, without stunt or serPe on
ms wepeased father and was never lectnre3 Dy Ine
father save the meanness OF parsmony. But TINS
healthy sort of existence must necessary @
checks when father and son Doth lea9 IL
elder practced all he preached ana Dy degrees
the cashbowls his desk s money was never locked
up in drawers, but lay IN DOWls, open 70 an CO,SiI
began 70 be and more often empty one day Wheh
were nm pOssessOn OF the ba along with the rest OF
the houses furniture aud though bis father cried TO
and that money fast earned as spent yet TINS
little episode set young Dumas t1nkhg tha II ne S
10 face with MS debts and his fathers possessed OF
no assets and no profession and, beside all this having
ssteT Ia support ii may be that some less material
thoughts mingled with these and told him that the ne
he had been spending not very noble one and that
man has other missions to fulfill than those Of rolling
about bOuevards in phaetOn and signing ms name TO
OF one day aud uudnchingy adhered 10 during several
years revealed in him hrmness OF character aud an
honesty OF purpose which could not have come nom
parental example, and must have been innate lie
covered himself completely from his former mode OF Nv
nc ria friends aud associations lie discarded his
phaeton and grooIns, subet his fine lodgings sold on
creditors told them with frankness that he unable
10 pay them then, but that If they would give him time
the last arthng One would have been glad to record
that the creditors met TINS assurance IN beHevns
spirit but the fact is they tried to lodge him IN Cchy
lie euded them, however, took refuge at fOntaine-
bleau in a small Jun rOOm for which nc paid 80 sous
a day and there during years worked Ike
a man. He had already written a hoVel, an
Femmes ct dun Perroquet" He now changed his style,
aud, perccyng that he had not Imagination enough 20
to the minute analytical PoTtray OF sncn social man
erv ooses Of social spheres La Dame aux Camelias"
was the first result OF his observations. This novel
SS version Of the tale and submitted it to
lis father, who, not suspectng him Of having much
baius startled at the dramatic power OF the work.
sna Tp II for ne Theatre MISFORTUNE That theaer
however, like many other undertakings OF the great
mans, at this on the eve OF bankruptcy, ana
young Dumas obliged to set of with his piece
on a round managerial visits, which lasted two years
oddly enough, il in most cases his name which
damaged him. Alexandra Dumas the elder, having been
the most successful author OF twenty preceding years
had naturally accumulated very SATISFACTORY c9lee
would be only too delighted to hit blow at the father
TOOK alarm al the immortality OF the drama and this i'm
morality also dsquieed the authorities for when La
Vaudeville its performance was prohibited by the Home
Minister NJ Leon Faucher Is IL 70 TINS tIaI We must
iro 6ob been estoblisled M de MSr1y actively be-
stirred himself get the piece licensed and, OF course,
succeeded He had nice little theory Of his OWL this
piece was acceptable according to notions so long as
ftexcted the public talk other topics than politics.
Bias not So The moral piece therefore performed
IN 1882 and took the actors who played IT. the manager
the audience, and soon the whole town by storm IL
was the most startling success on record. NJ Dumas
astonshed creditors emerged rom Their lars bounced
upon him, and had him arrested elght times within
fortnight But the manager was there to pay for the
Young author had become in one evening almost IA
nous a man his father IN thirty years.
Avery good article is devoted to Bishop Dupan-
loup who is described as prelate with the ascetic
manners Of an anchOrite, the piercing eye of a
soldier and the combative eloquence of crusading
monk standing in point of talent at the head Of the
French episcopacy and in his diocese of Orleans not
only bishop but king. 1t was thought at one time
last year that NJ. Theirs would raise him to the
Archbishopric of Paris but he was too gladatorial
In his tastes for that Office, and the President pre-
Ierred Monseigneur Guibert, who isnOt gOdier but
aqmeter man. The personal habits of MOnseigneur
Dupanloup afford the subject of lively picture.
BISHOP DUPANLoUP.
The powerful Bishop OF Orleans is not prelae Of the
wOsey Rcheleu tyPeln nor is he Mazarin ne Is Du;
panoup that is priest who VIII leave MS i2dy ~
icaI ambition allied 70 private sanety which this cen
tSst tbey esd sanity lives in this instance the saying
would be no than strict truth Frugal as her
monks. aud rising at four Summer and Winter, Mon
seigneur Dupanoup supports existence which would
Read an that Victor Hugo says of Bishop Myrel in his
fMserabes," and you viii get notion OF MOnsegneur
DupanOups charity which so munihcent as 70 have
left hin occasionally in very stratened circumstances
Recall everything that has beer stated OF Fenelons
Qulsite Of voice and urbanity Of demeanor,
and you win have no exaggerated conception OF what
Monselsneu mn hi. - me nnna1o1n of nriTate life
him sweep up 70 his throne IN the Cathedral OF Or
leans with his head erect his body clothed in lace and
ieWeied vestments, and Fesplendent procession OF
ihurifers and priests chanting before and behind bin,
hin as proud prelate OF the old school, who arrayed
himself 10 violet cashmere and canbre aud would only
ory OF gold plate. Nothing Is 100 rich majestic,