The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-04
SOME NEW moons.
Tho WORK. OF Mopsicur Arsenc IIou-.r

Doctor OF Divinity, especially commended GER
tain number OF the Tribune because. with
other things. 1t contained letter from ARsENE
HoussAYE. This naturally excited a desire to
know something Of that letter writer. to what
sect he belongs, whether he is in orders, what Is
his rank in the church. who is Ar enc IIous-
sayeg a Frenchman. Yes, but what Kind Of a
man Is hep a literary man. PiOusf He often
speaks Of divine things. True, but what Is
known Of his moral and religious Character He
is the chosen correspondent OF Mr.. Jay Goulds
scientific. moral and religious newspaper. which
strongly advocates the stock market and pleads
for pure literature. Has he never written any
thing else than these lettersY Yes, some novels.
Rcligious2 ltwould seem 40 from the number Of
times that he'll and the devil are mentioned In
them. Does he talk Of nothing betterf Certain
". He speaks even Familiarity Of the Almighty,
treating the sacred Name which the Jews
might not even utter. as II II was that Of
boon companion. But how about his morals?
lie revels In picturing unchaste women, be-
tween whom and the angels he appears
to perceive no essential distinction except
certain physical differences to the formers
advantage. He says the odors Of some of
these women divine, that their hair and bo-
SONS are adorable, "a are also their arms. feet,
and legs, and declares that their eyes, that is,
the eyes ofsome ofthem, are The infinite Majesty
himself.
ea Edi''' l00Syou arc whole world are lnnni'y are
You regard the love Of man and woman as
holy and divine thing. See how well he agrees
with you:
MADAME. when am In society am not there with
ny passions Of tue night before. Would you know my
the heart beat s that which has no 10 morrow I viii
explain myself To NEE, an adorable woman IKE You,
dream together that Goa has thrown uron earth to
Tue merry clouds of our soul suddenly Hmorouf, male
drunk 10y supreme Kiss when tht heart s preclgat"d
there Is nnhopcd.for felicity An hour passed thus !.
It y rcmcnbcrcd throughout an ct,rmty."
"a tomorrow perhaps. day after TOMORROW. may
ye pas, Pqi what would you nay lover do who I'm
sccmly. fyQu liked VINE, would compare il 10 those
rncorked' In that da9on which contain. love that
liquor q cod t. T. only the nrst drop which gives the
Then he describes 10 you. three volumes fur
Their on, the operation OF this love between the
man into whose mouth he puts these lofty SEN
timents and one OF many other women how
the clock Of the devil struck; how the duchess
gave a start how she consented to love this
man for one hour; how at the end Of sixty min
utes the devils clock struck again how they
then bid each other an eternal farewell and
other things:
Tout coup Ia pendule soma tros heures
La duchesse rrssalilt, la meme pensee await ira.
verse son anne ct Tame d'Ocrlyc
une heure moi se dismi.il
So e"gpr,abt 9 Sc y isy prtt les mains de IA
duo lcssc = ia reeards aycc de- ycux aiiant. dams
h en- enc ee ysugi 5Sr son
File von III sc Gcsagcr Mails la douccur des mains Ia
octave emhrassa sur e. cnevauHi levrcs teartes
Ia nature reprcnait dros anne ttait 6toudte la
I'm bien! oui. dit;cls dams son tgaremcnt je veux
tamcr pendant toule une hcurc
File rtpluult rc- CnCNtuN dor sur front CONNIE
C'dian lhcure dn di,hle Interroecr Satan II vous
racontcrq comment on nero c clcl
Qaa,re heures sonnerent leur doucc souncrle Ia pen
Cette douce sonnere tut pour la duchesse l, from
hondc ailait rembler que les 6ioies tom6aicnt dch
| MATS ron navait change autouf delic Ellie lev, IA
ttle Ia Verge du Peru-n Ia rrgardat ouJours lie
Ad,sH ditcle octave nous ne nous reveuons
Janal. dit Octave qui voulait pas les
maine, "a stvtrtG herpidque.
| In the same work, two volumes further on, he
| tells you what this love is:
II one loves love so much because love particle
OF innnity. u ~ the abyss without Dottom u IA heaven
WITHOUT BARRIERS there one throws oneself and thcre
heaven, is to be dissolved In imInensity.
| In another part OF the same work he quotes
the holy Gospel to prove how much merit in the
ewes Of the deity has this love-ths love that
begins and is finished in one nour when the
| participants OF II have the swiftness of such
| lovers as VI. Arsene Houssaye has the genius
TO produce
.ishcd to say that virtue j. not worth what It costs
10 goa eti.fys that n3d nae condemnsa Sonal To-
tue Nords ~ the Gospel II shall be- forgiven to Ter
Mo ~ .sNe 'Yt u, iV .o,. , noat u' a.
Your ewes % shelter one. troubled soul N soul u
even for sscent IN Para6sr ios "a" VI ''D''''
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DIVINITY aud religious newspapers The words
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woman. "A great lady, "A countess. Hut she L. the
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chpouhheht OF no eNVcP'lohh 'ue" VI her sex
| az regarde ed by NJ Arsane Houssaye. princesses,
duchesses. marchionesses, countesses. baron
esses. untitled gentlewomen working women.
professional prostitutes, figure In his books.
All have the same notion OF love and an equal
lack OF virtue. or all the women. and they are
very many, who are shamelessly exhibited In
the work. from which the foregoing extracts are
taken. only one is truly chastc. She Is young
girl who has the expression OF youth which
knows nothing but G Cd but which searches for