, 1874-07-19

critic who is sufficiently bold To at.,,
living aud working demigod srch epsakt
please it. because they helm to- to .ona suadso,s ia
mediocre majority, Who feel hnm;1;s.a ;.asola d
fame more or less legitimate Of aon1a = y ta
sons. But when demigod is desd M taF pss
when his bust is placed In the natinn.1l o}aRad
1nter sag'a maoru"; it Is not only imnist.1. g..ga n
tne helgnt o. 1mprudence. to demand th.,' q
make the collection less complies = Thg
have no enemies, they make noboav1 1aa ta', ds.l
they are eFen useful at timea, for H.. leal17a
tion, henceforth unquestioued ~ ssputa.
to diminish the merits Of tbe A1iI r.; ser1s
should. then, have the best possible o-as7 nYl17
singing the praises OF the old Acsdemic.nu ss 70
frankly what think Of him, it ia haos.ss4 ~ ss4 ~
age Of free trade and international sa, IN II
seems to me dishonest to giro fo,atMgs, i
copper-gi1t counter for twentv.1e.gn sgnen
Dame Europa, who is ayex fond ~ 9hc ,,at Piec.
| and finds it to her interest to d'5la8 y
s already ~ purchasing rob IL, imnorteles, ~ .a1 sS i
@ hear her cry with anant comn,s.;.:! a !
this Was wanting, that ehe ahonld .sfs ,aaa oa!l
Janin." Many thanks for yonr pitv 'oss s 'alss
cu7ndrades da pension but reaIl, Il !, mJ dev
tune Of no consequences child's b,ioetu uetos.
his broken its string and got spiked ~ !. Fasa
den ratings. The explosion took ron " ~ me ga:.
prise. Calm yourselves, aud rssurna 49, =! sa'.
pnIsnlss' ID "a olo oots On the Tafy d.y Of ~.
aeGlaens. sn,'e s.;aao,;4. ~, ru,. ~'
merit can b explained in fev words a no = ehist
the first journalist who introduced 49, ~ *aa
into criticism. Thrown BY ssroka y, "1ua!uogs
among distinguished writer's, Via vsss ssoa iuck
ious, correct and dull, Tho used to vsoh t.ssa- wa.
odies and, If need be, vaudevies IN sbs ny
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" n.aeua ~, a4.u 1suaaa4lan.nas, 4, he took n,
WOW OF tne saclea profession. gsya rens 10 i;
.ancy' ana put mo nus feuilletons eres
thlnE thas came INTO 9,: his head. The 70,
astonlshed the pubic without ofendr,
II anu people acquired q taste for rambling ar,.
c1es, when were one series OF pareuthesis, shs,,
the toplca tnat ought to hsve been subcr]ip...
Tere the rum Of the principal theme, and l..
subject Wss lost among heap of pdroles touFvs
Like those takers OF the salons who 5bn.
at small cost becausa they iii
neither words nor ideas, he achi.,1
by stra:agem tho character Of v,t
he used and he abused his reputation, for eom
for bad, encouraging and discoura5;ns
true merit, exalting the true aud the falsa -
cording to the wind that blew. His eulogiun,
which few readers took seriously, were ere,t.
sought after by artists, for he borrowed fra,,
the journal des Debats some portion Of its qrs.t
and legitimate influence. For over thir.v Ya,-s
Janin talked sense and nonsense. ouite a. r..
ease, before tho most select publio Of Pr.ocs
and Of foreign countries, Ha spoka .hcr.
everything uuder the sun. anronoa ~
the stage caressed his frien1s vo,-oi
his foes told all his littIa affairs even h;a r.s
riase, With great 1niuutepess. auoted Horace !,
season and out. OF season. snd took hharta.
with the Latin tongue his kuorjades
If which vas bnt indifferent ThanE, IN IL
,f this. be could pr,claim hImseH I'll, nr,nca ~
critics without exciting any great storm. For,un4
Imilad IN the natpa vanity which hxd ant;r<
,ossaaa;nn of him. This praat -noiiad ch;11
@ whom Ill vas forgiven vas ana NJ H.,
1appiest men OF the daya Hls unportanca nuSs1
,im out yisibly like La Fontaina'a froo- M ~
ast year Of his Ife be reiened absointa. ~ ~
>eiyed aubassies he pernaed netit;ona and nm
,,ications. az he Law On tha xof. to wh;ch aoTt
md ohesity had natfa1 him Anthoro ;o-,.aarsa
la Paasy 70 read him tbeir njacaa .cto!s ~ a1,e..
hair nsrta hefora him Tha Franch sns5ass spsus
.an1e "a seek him in 197n aftar hav;no 1o,,a ~
nstly closad ita door toh;m Tha ;s ~
,ubEc ailowai him to cYiticiae nav werla s;tI'
Mt onittinr his villa mon tha ranorts :, " ~
ain aides-de-camp whom ha used h saoo ~
ha ef1itor Of the De}nts mt him m t5a ro.;-s5
ist in conseonenca of the nnan1none r.n,a,, ,rnO4
Itrances of tha snhacribars. The most nat;ant
10, hat aa,;e drra, raI'' p4''3
Tha true eret;c ioes not xho,y d;a-u;tna0u
Who has lett strong and isstinr
rork- And The noet. too. who. ike Theonh.e
:ant;er has sbandnned 'h;a tine Voc.t;on % md
-r;saa dramatic f.111ieyon still 1aavaa aora M.
vino naoas which outliya Tho men and xorf.
hon be eritioises. But what survives Of boro-.