New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-07
FOREIGN LITERATURE.
RECENT FRENCH PUBLICATIONS.


AMERICA.
PROV ys,r ErSuI.R c0!HrsroNpfST or THE rrIarNrl
PARrs, june 1a.-.fcics It icroies; drdn pEsR>, IL
the title With subtitle Of The volume by Victor
lingo. 1t Is made NJ Of all his publicly spoken
words May Of which had the force Of valiant deeds
from his reception discourse a. the Academy IN
1871 to his last protest before qnting France
ssain,s the corp d6a}f 1871. IT includes ms par
hamentaTy speeches ia i"nis Phifppos thMn%r oi
Ieers aad in She Assemblies of the Second Republic
his magnificent discourse on Capital Punishment in
the Assize Court in Sj together with vsTons brief
funeral ora,ious ard other addresses. Whatever
nav be fairly directed - OF the opinions here
oct forth or TO certain pccrlaies in the manner of
,her setting forth H. eds the duilncs or spite 81
party prejudice not so , The noble slir OF see Tie
gorgeous Iianco thu; inspires ana irfa'ha1es TINS
remarkable &" ,,cdy Of cloquencs.P
Excopl;ng al occasional editorial note, marking
Che causes aud occasions of this or that speech, the
only new matter If tlis new volume - an III
PRODUCTION ,ntflci Ic Uy0d 81 IL Loi. Ihls piece oil
orly 20 parcs scryng IN sone sort preface To the
ovcntfu lie a. live ortlI)r ard 20 the di'rourses OF
Che orator is notably Characteristic ofthcUIl;"r ara
The man. j presents sample ends, 30 - speak Of
his n,t generous seI;hn,nts OF nisbrOaA humanity,
and Lis c,irionsls ral10w Chauyinisin: and with
the.c Tt,lc i:or phi, 4, episode Of hS eh'iAho""
m vsi,h a. beautiful scene of IDLY illc Icposc and the
true.f spirit cd Large charity arc combined by tie
harmony ~ t,nt With Hrgn's nnipac ma'trr band.
"Al human .loqucncc. with ~ IA ions IN al
fines limo tile U.s. " is Int The preston of the
ararI,l between Rjehi aod Law. Whom thi'con-
fsi w.h tsiils t"eF more 9nd more - '''ft@s' III
violence il ended civilization viii reach IFS clIWi-
nation: was, surprises. ca'a-troPl's. dissel-ioIs
will be no more. IN Tire segment Development of -
.ic;y unler the reign of peace and goo" "hi, laws
will not have to he niale the laws existing III na-
turc viii only have 80 be recognized. The guiding
-. on MS cv,1ei rod 70 the millennium ~ ~
ifalways has been, the Frach people. and VII he
tho Er-. "a arriNc-frante Will become Europe
so.ao peoples end by sgh.na;ion, IKE Hercules, OF
nv ascension, ike Je-u ChI.it. Il might he s1id
tlat. ~ q gwen mOdc't, D nation enters iH1" sh'
e.lfe ~ cons liatIon: o;heI nations. stars 90 s","
ay gIeatnoes ggo.p themselves about it; aid Il '
thus that Athens, Rome. and Prris Gre p'eiadcs
Gnr.c, trins.aI.d, b auc tho PAGAN world;
poirc tra,~H1uI.l, became the C'.Is' ian world;
France viii hc t,ausisuIcd. and viii become thc
bnnan world The rcnch revolution viii br called
The evolution oi the nat.ons. Mhy Because France
dcrery. M, because .hc h5s 10 sclisln'ss"
IN the conflict between Icht ard written laN
Hn-o hes alsn~s been on the side Of right, Gem
ha..g no. IL, the violation. bu f,r he atrogaiion
AND ia rro'c-; AGAINST tie expiration of lad law ~
the name of justice In bis discourse of reception
.f tee i'r,reh Ar1Arav - Years go The month ="
,,a!r al,, +, variation lrpn thc classical, POI shed
rela.b of commonplace in mode ol such occasions.
Instead II sulogzing his predecessor Le cl'lo9izei
IL caller /, is;l,e o. tAc frs n pre ls' epoch
uit.,,d - wear. ago thi- month in Louis Ia'lip"
Chamber II Per, G.riaulcl 70. the lr-iJ hal;shcd
Ponalnrt,s fh,r ri yt Oi fcturn 90 rance In JAY
Is5f from the tiihuac e ,Ae Lei ais Assembly,
a. dc.auuc.d Loui. Napoleon Is p con4! at'r
arl',.f the IL Of the Republic. An indignant
IL, fl..l. mt are IN
.alumniaiol.7 That same dicnant voice grew
presently g,rtlc. and sof.ly uttered his oath -
fidelity 10 tho oat breaker IN b. )ning one OF hls
Senators NJ rs OOO per annun II vas VA the same
,pecch that the orator uttered the phrase Ndpo'eon
d pc,it which lSayiHg wo.'i then raised 80 mons!
= t.npcst 81 iriious protests - So reach Tie Gag
Ui,ning ear # n crowd gathered in The Port lie Ia
COucCIGc that day.
Il il customary with persons of common sense 10
mock AT poet HUGO as politician. IN She narrower
immediately "practicll7 beMing Of the "p;h't h"
spr.lv offer. snail claim to II. Bnt, considering tee
sonfrmatory gloss Wh,a practical events oi the
hast twenty ycars have gwen 10 his revision ~ tins
piffl littIcness OF the third Naposon, il might Re
come the shrcNd, practical persons OF shc''sishted
common sense t. 'noi rat" their morkcry.
In ,his Introductory cssay, the writer frankly ~
lnowlcdccs and apologies for soue li-ddPis'd
.xcesses of the orator, adding what should 90
snrp1isc most readers OF the voiu4c that all the
parliamentary specchrs were mpr0'tsed. thmh
that the general imps,s sion, encouraged surely hy
their rhetorical force, haa been that Hugo spoke
from The tribune after wrti,s compositions learned
Nv heart. ils word that they were not 80, -
enough. Hi, ,lnation Why they were NOT inter-
esting OF the prominent idea Of every ono OF them
and Of the supporting arguments. his mmd, sup
po,ted by his feeling bal long been studiOusly fur
The writer's plctic,d dealing With verbal forms
Furnished him readily with apt expression rs fast a.
called for Here is another point, in different
order Of ideas finely and strongly urged against the
VULGAR sneerers and their Interpretations OF
HUGO as an extrayagant dreamer: Are we to attain
thcn the final stage % progress! No. Death mCStnot
he made useless. Nan will be complete only in
another life. approach never arrive; that is The
law. Civilization is an asymptote.' Nor is this
statement OF promise to bo omitted, for assuming
that Hugo is M Impractical idiot. certain lesser
men would have him. che inner life Of him touches
rs closely lie savs: "The man who to-day pub
Ishes this collect ion icc3 e IUr0ie, ana VINO, ~
these volumes iraRt yEGic thc present Published
unel Pendant rEoie Icpai, fE(}e cities OF the two
volumes 70 GOMEZ, freely lays open his life TO his
cotcnporaries this man has passed through
many errors. He means II God grants Linn tinic to
l.lte the varied incikLts of his life unaer this
title: History of the Interior. Revolutions 81 an
Honest Conscience.
In Pgincips, q (Oadr''c Emile Olivier presents H.
with the fruit Of his studies and reflections On the
higher order OF political questions. The work be
Lmcs to a CASA good way tOvn--Of which tLspd
de- LOIS stands AZ the beat. Bu thOnah 30 Montos
,,uien Olivier j. ca.iv ut thc head of an living
Isonapar;ist puhlicists many o whom, however,
pudiate him and his works., anl has sat forth here
I'm ripl Ia,