, 1877-02-17

-Ndf!hSt tHE IALHtF III FeDEFC4G AutHOIY Als
Erncft SaV!l1e. The unusual talents exhibited
by the young peasant lad awakened tho kindly
interest Of his employer, who gave him an ctu.
cation and sent him to Paris. lie there entered
printlng-oH acting first az typc.sctter, and
working hts way no TO the position Of foreman.
by making tsanslattons from the English he
succeeded In accumuIatfng the sum u 10000
francs, with which hc purchased the Nts1r des
Dfux-4Ko7d "then little, vAlucess monthly
brochure. devoted principally to geography, and
hear!nG for lis alternative tile the words,
travels, Literature, and History"
The indomltAble energy and resolution Of Bill
1oz enabled him rapidly 10 improve the financial
condition Of the Rtrat, and in 1911 lie was nh'o
10 become The proprietor Of the Ntrat lie par1s,
publication which proved 10 have little Vitality,
and enjoyed but efiort 1tfe. For several years
rcslnnlng The place In 1873. /, wns under lis
administration that Rachel achieved her must
brilliant trtumpls.
In tho conduct Of the Rer,< N. Bulox was
Hes1 mi e III liz ss kneWcse s e Il tSe nssas s
and tho tastes Of the public, aud 1'ts recognition
ot the merits Of literary productions, attached
to lin and hls periodical = large and faithful
elrcie Of tho most talented writer's in France:
tinaparing censorship, rs, for example, Alcxasl-
Dire Dumas Ills and A1ptionsc paudet;, but the
majority accepted his terms, and 1nottcIel their
hr.iu.tlpns1 ?, ~. IN asco.dance with h,s stigges;
less dlsagreeablc,, Bulo1 would have been
!cas successful editor Of the Lcvns des Dtuz.
:uomdet" Among the authors who continued
loyal 70 the editor. were Mlgnet, Ch. de Rcmu-
ST, GcorHe Sand. 4. de Alusset. and lieinc.
Others, alter serving hin for tiDe, became
weary Of ila exactIons, and finally abandoned
him. Among these may t,e cited Balzac, Ste.
Reuse. J. siuon, Maxine l'u Canp, aud IL.
Tainc.
It vas not until 1913 that the hout wa. es-
fabltsle1 ut'on 5Etn pecunlarY baets, II having
three times heiore that date ab,orbcd the ru-
yontnied prosperous, and latterly returned to
N. Bul0x an Income OF 315,tN0 fraucs The
monthly tditfon 10 tn!d to have bceu 20,U0
tuptes. NJ. Monod, from whom we hare these
particulars, relates In tue academy that the
death ot ueorge Sand FASTENED the lcccate of
me-" was Ills cor,stant cry. VT was The frequent
acknowledgment VI George aand. that tu tile
encouragement Of n. buIUz, md the place he
gave her In the Ntrtst, was alone due tho fat
That sshe had not despaIred of herself and Of
IN forera.tlpg the future OF the Rts7e, now
that Le who ~ long stood at It's helm bas
passed awuy, ". Monod remarks: "Doubtless
u Will lung continue even to prosper, thanks tO
the impetus It has received; but we may ven
turc to predict thai It will slowly lose ground,
through the ever.growlng prelo1'nancc of the
scientific over tue lftcrary spirit. Writers and
READERS alike, every one Is erOtnlng specialist.
We snail ccasc little by little to write and to
read hsgli-Slass populnr articles, such as those
Of the Herat des itax. .nondes; and It Is proba-
bic that there will soon he no medium between
tae daily papers Or weeEsy reviews, With thci.
the special rerlews deruteu to research and to
original work."