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sy,ura thesic and spontaneous. But tho
experience MAdame nudevant bad been lee. FORTY
Having + e. xo9s sxaT 9ass
tho ycars passed. she had boldly shaken it od and in
doing had freed herteh froza an forms thA. were
c9me tie centre Of tho most brilliant circle Of Paris
dIsto @ Of literary he xa. forced to recognize
tho fascination Of .ptEt 90 strong and 80
brilliant snd 80 ged out ~'tnat t 80 cnaes s ~ a1o R 80
ny n to autumn Of 1887 Madame Dudevant went to
Chon;n val ,terjng severely from disoazo Of The
iroga. to which ho WAS victim tor 20 many Year,.
Hoping to find relief from tbs ma @ sir 81 tns @ Meae1
i: a ruined Cazthuaian convent In lonely and sc,
Guided part Of the Inland. at II tho most beautiful
s1st rhnre ever lived in" wrtas Madame Dudcgant,
HanS ous Of The most beautiful have ever seen. La
Caartreu.ei picturesque under It's festoons Of
tho aove1s goT so end ths sea 50 bne he
Ths nicturo Is poetic one nan, lonely, md an
artist. woman who is artist too and IN whore
tender eye he reads the secrets ot his own sool3
quiet spot Of rureet beauty from which tue glare ana
heavy Win tho perfume Of orange groves the far-on
dreamy music OF the sea, the simple LIE with ata
pleasant details the onngs i o. nsg goissrs
The one absolute sentiment Of bis life WAS un-
doubtedIy lis attachment to Madame Dudevaut:
For etoht years she watched him In Illness With
unweary1ng care, comprehended his genius, under,
Hood hfs capriccs sympathzed with bis aorroTs ana
sustained hn, by strength foreign to biz own. He
lad no nmeGiats ties and every hbre Of his nature
Woman. species Of emotional eptcurtsm, not un
nm1nnn 10 tcnaperaents Ike hia, might lead him to
toy with feeling to fSp hs 3nc n III.
ono cup Of into1icauon 10 perllons Se' 30 1041 u
charm.
His individual aud musical characteristics are
thus summed up BY the writer:
1~.f~n~ 4nk kx4f1 k7nS1
vna his misfortune, IN with all poets aud art
lists who strike dominant Yein He couio not "1ite
for the multitude any moro than saeuey coaao aor ns
He never attempted anything epic or dramatic never
produced or an ofato.o Or Any worf o. g9o.t
ina national OPERA but they carried into
execution; indeed, it is a matter Of great dount
comnoser. Ho could not sufficiently comprehend pas
eon ns It existed In other minds. lie could not forget
himself. Tho world gsvo hex rcaeeaoR 81 ms osn
aonsmhis Etudes, Waltzes, Poonaises, MazurEaa and
ina. nnd mirror peculiar civilization; but
| thsy Iack the elements that would <:a,;as mske
them household words could not ?e1ose d re iesnns nn
rer did "a Mozart did, all popular poets and arsta
haye done "He leads us into region fnI Of elsn ne a.
choly and mystery" says one Of his cEthca; " nut We
cannot remain there long s1pertenee feeling of
suaocation, we gasp for ai s sanr tnto
ina,nee ~ thoee expros.t7e words Of Bossuet, "At
the bottom Of everything one hnds emp'sne1o anu
Another reason why his vor1s eau never become
universally popular Hes in the extreme dmeny o.
about biz own rendering that det,as al successinl
Imitation It requires poetic ssnHo - nue. s"a''
md penst1.ttng as his own.
I HREcEST LITERATURE"
which. in the hands OF Nj Howella, ia one OF the
most readable and instructive departments ct
| the Atlantic. and o very model OF What literary
! criticism should b. has notices OF hllddle-
" Backlog stpa;s CRa6,e' II FnssS RudisB
Literature Literal = 1.-THE Woods and By-Ws5s OF Now
England" BY Wilson Flngy "The Minnesingei
of Germany" by 3. F: Kroeger; Modern 1u, Inr,
Eafley 2oaPey Rs HenES 10 EgyMR'
fu Harmon, no, D.D.; "Tho clssa~Room Iaine.His-
tory OF English Literature" By John Fiske
aud i" Modern Leaders" by Justin Mccarthy
Mr. Howells' views Of .o.n
and her last book are nav and noteworthy. III
says:
inspired critic have not said what Is really ne mo- oo
mt thug about her No doubt at such ah opn
lon thoussnds of her admirers would hold up the, 81
hands n hozEor "Inaptred crt1c!" they Noalu , es
= ciai1n Ahow author OF angular o1amanc po"
e.. sud Of Equally singulAr power Of human define,
don. be called c7itic7" This, however il the que
en ess 9 a 5 sers Is IT.
Is folly 70 sa5 that she is primarily critic; @ ~, ~ ~
think shs has not. What sno has done n2s 0 t-on;c
: force. the thoughts and feelings Which, ~ NJ
: der der sivsn eecumntaneos. ...t certain k,n -,
e e su I'll Rsas po..sy Of H.
spesf more accurately, the reality OF the report n
sides this, she h.s wonderful @ o. =. f.ijar. o,
rstbsr With Which her audience ia fsmili,ra iaea1t
which to u.s. At least not M sacr0on Vic
cones Of observation and general power Of h
That this il true may be oceaasonay , aee9 an,t xnS
,ns+sna. of he medieval 1t.ian barbershop in " u
is.a shop II which feel too acutels sensible
The daylight the English inteec q .ao Eos
hnmor to make ourselves quite st home Even IN y
Eneeh scenes has been well sad ny seeen .st -
aes W es ttor1hics Who mike reheettona fe and
esch other are after al, only masts 'nfo1sn "DN
"asosss ss,a3 Got ct these u vouos esc
ot aKnow thysel1 aud things in general ,xn
taken profoundly to heart fnd sSshsie Is erad
to auc % no one else dreamed o. Astos3
H. AT literature language she il mistress o.: opon
es r. saa tbs Il studies
ID ton is 1lwsys beginning never ending annoes
writer. divided, as Goethe some~nshGs sno ~ :,
nj no those who are born to s4y sono one tnlng
duce some single literary flower and die ano ss1 ~
nf whose life is constant deIsopmean n,nuetion
included In te late1 class. Gnthe himself o4ont e.t
u Tans sss' Inc eSsnss
er, | tween man ouo 0as'ao "A4e'' ~ ~
i i to introduce.
r. Religious Phcnomena In lha.nAa ,.'1,. !,
ad~ Rockzth tfnd} Correspondence Of e t'st0 o'~
lis aid.
It ntora has baa,, a singular phenomenon
,ou -: -ai;o;ors ravir.1s in this Parke) conl
Ing teuunle ~: s1+ 1,+ar verv similar to what r
the known to the eary settlers Of thls - s1ss9 D.
nd Kontucky, as tho jerks 1asnti9nea @ n go
.ast Csrtwright's Autobiography" me SAe sa;