, 1877-10-26
PARIS.
Victor Hugo's New Work, The
History Of Crime
A Widowed Monarch to We'd a
Scc0ntt-1snte Singer.

FPtda' coF's.p'ndfneS n 7as Tribune.
fAR1s, oet. 4.-Mr. diattttonc. speaking NJ
aotty described thjs nation as astonishing. The
wofu might 20 laken literally: not n .ay pass-
r tsn % tc rnr rid sntt" NJ .ea."r ar a.on
B1lmcNt. am not spcakinR Ut ctr rulers Just
now. wctj1 conc t,, thntn hy.on,.hy Int of Wiz.
,,r fturo ~. ,,,.t s,tonf.1tnr ,,nrnrv rcntr.
~ .IuSo. s"s '''ost ao.o'..os !, s
1l'nR. a. an agc "nen ,'os, 'ne" mr. "Sra'ea
tci1ectual vigor ia intact rs ever. It was but
tho other dav ali Paris lnsrvelcl nj tho tfo,luc.
IT,, ~ a ,,uv r,iuo,c NJ tbc ,t1 ,cucnd ~ I'm.
t"l ", Ivy '.a" 'u.""e H.. s~.,,,sa.,a,, ~ ~"
Agcs, while icscd thc enmp'cl'oh
Of tho veteran poets 18TH year;
and already anutl.cr work from Victor 1lugo's
mexnaustlbIo pen ia eneroesIne tho adtnirin1
.......a., ~ e 49, ns., H. io,.. nrntnn.tn,,
10 llterary OF political culture. THIS time we
have 10 do with historical Narrative, "T1e
History Of Cr.tuc: The Testimony Of an Eye
,vmnas, :. A." ina o,on,,crtIv rails ~
The crime IS that OF thc "a o. nceem"et'-sho
day mat1o memorable and fatal I'll tic annals OF
France by tho Third Napoleon. or. tic events
which nrcnorcd thu wnv for and attended tho
ossrt,,rnw ~ nv NJ tbo seconi Rcnubllc. most pcoplo
have o'' an ilnpesiees anu eonlusco luea' ~. "
work, they remain uncnlfghtcncl, It wilt be
isE own fs Te st p'ns nt,, ely ws
arc pr6tnscti tho second aud last volume on tho
I'll OF Deccmbcr. 80
Apart from the historical vnlno Of tho work
(which +. Of so.lr.e, immense, for ~ u vas wTt
aud terrible scenes il .lcscribesl.
RS L,rERtnr FUwEn
would aIone mike It famous. feature which
Viii not taii 10 strike ono in reading ii Is thu i'm
-.
tic brain Il, or.lcr to understand. This is a
lain. ,.nvnrnisict tale. toll With The natural
force of genius. Vlctof Hugo suys what le has
10 say, r.,l,i no tnnrc; nor docs TIC narrative
lose INV Of II. nbs0rbiug interest for being
lnc,,bctl.hctl by uccl]c css appcA al captantfMM
uyxlI,m, Amnngst many j}ne na.taves arc tlosn
! which describe lbs death OF tbs brave Dcputy
Baulip, shut at the defense OF the Barrt-
cadc 1t. Antptnr. IN 1851, whoso laet
words to tue ,,Iuckng troops opposing lin laY
bsfurc now served ns a war-rry ii tbc Liberals:
| NVous nllcz yotr Comment on EIcurt pour
ving.:cing franes!" "YoM shall ace how we
tcr oi century llas passcti since then, but Dau.
dfn,s spirit lives stiii, or II. Ueruai Cassc. the
| cx.Ucputy OF a Paris ou,(lsacnlc,lt, was IN
MI rfrciornt tncctipr. that Ile was prcpnrctl, il
necessary, 10 rcsst to tic bitter end, nutl, like
EalltIi1, 10 earricc his life for The gGod of Lib
crty.
4 norAL SCANDAL
Censorjuus tpuisucs aru bl1ter than ever With
a certain Nvya] scntldnl, i sexare,lur!ar,
tnonarri,. recently brrcayed OF nj, nu,jnhlu md
viri''o,s w1fc. il On lis noInt Of tnarFyt,its w
ogaIn. Tho futurc Queen is MI cx.sfrrcr.
Win in lately gained urccariuus IiyclitIouI on
ths boar,ls Of sccond.rvto r,royinctul theatres,
| Mile. A.. now better known by tt.u title of
| CDtntrsse d'A-r, bestuwcd On hre, with
tsthsr fnyors. by hss sfatuatv Of IL. is,,ctther
yu,nrr ,,or ia;1tl,l: Il ia nIaticLuaIy nssertct1
TINT The blood III her veins might Lc p1rcv, aud
Lrr nnteccIcnts more snotIesa. / suppose,
no one eIsu has much, right to com.
| plain, except maybe Ills subjects; mud, ns lie