The New York herald., 1879-10-01
JULIETTE LAMBER'S REVIEW.
PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST GREAT REVIEW OF
THE FRENCH IEPUBLIc-MARKnG A NEW

PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST GREAT REVIEW OF
THE FRENCH IEpUBLIc-MARKIEG NEW
AND IMPORTANT STEP IN IT'S ADVANCE
The frst great republican review started in France
appears this morning in Paris under the name OF La
Nourele Rece. and under the auspices of Mme Juli-
ette Lamber Nine Adam]. writer of great distinc-
ton. whose salon has long been frequented by the
most eminent men in the country. and who has
listed among the contributors to her publica-
ton all the leading French writer's Of republican
tendencies who feel that the Revue ds Deuz MoRdes
has too long held the field of scholarly politics 1t was
in 1858 that Juliette Lamber first came before the
public. ''M Proudhon." she then said represents
strength, for he is man. represent Weakness for
1 am woman. But common vanquishes the
closest diaiectc. The that defend will van
quish Proudhon's. Yet not without labor and not
without q struggle" Her pamphlet was called
''Idees anti proudhoniennes pamour la femme,
ct 10 marriage" She followed up the attack with
certain political tractates Garibadi and the
Papacy and in 1860 set foot firmly purely literary
soil with novel. "Mon Village" remarkable study
of the annals of a Pieardy village. which made
you feel that the author had seen what
she described. Indeed. Madame Lamber
born at verberie in the ACCOMPLISHMENT Of
Sens. and passed her early years at Chauny. where
her father practised physician. In 1860 she also
produced LIE Voyage d. un Mandarin" recountng
the travels of young Chinaman through Paris, who
cricizes with infinite vvacity the manners. institu
tons celebrities. arts doctrines and systems of the
metropolis. Next came Lies Recits dune Paysanne"
carrying with it Whit of country air. full of poetry
and freshness and then falling sick. the authoress
sent to Cannes and there described her wander
ings among the hills in "Le Voyage Autour du
Grand Pin." dainty SGT of travels. in the manner
of sterne and Xavier de Maistre. bright with
shine as the country which serves them for
o frame. The two works that followed were
written with q purpose-"L' Education de Laure"
being the redemption by love of a juvenile blue
stocking. and "Sano ct Sauve. the story Of young
woman reclaimed by the same influence to the re-
igion of the domestic hearth. In 1870 pub
lished lie Siege de Paris" when Nine. Lamber's
political tendencies for the first time clearly
shown. She had married statesman of some ability
in the republican party-M. Edmond Adam. Prefect
Of Police under the Government of National De-
fence. who elected Deputy OF the Seine in the
election Of February. 1871. then o Senator. and
whose recent death has been gravely deplored. She
continued to live in the country Of lie Grand
Pin.' in villa called the Chalet des Myrtes. where
statesmen and men Of letters loved to gather Here
the project of the new review born and here 1t
came to maturity.
THE CONTRIBUTORS
The two most noteworthy articles In the publica-
ton the Eastern question by General
L. Turr, and the Interoceanic Canal. by
Ferdinand do Lesseps written in reply to the attacks
made upon his scheme. General Ttrr breaches
reconciliation with Germany. There was q time"
he says. "when together upheld on the summit Of
the Carpathians the torch Of civilization To-day let
forget the passions which armed against each
other. Let us climb anew the Carpathians and
kindlo the fame Of our traditional policy. extin-
guished for moro than century that the nations
on either side of the Danube may see it
and find in their old allies.
Like those sturdy statesmen Of the West who
proclaimed the doctrine America for the Amer
icans.' let cry be. The Orient for the Orient
ais Between us and neighbors let there be no
petty dissensions. Let unite and forbid all for
egners to set their foot in the East For whosoever
among shall aid those foreigners forges fetters
for himself" NJ de Lesseps is content to argue
once again in favor of the Panama route "It is the
ne." says he "of Lloyd. of Totten. Of Garelle. of
wyse and Of Reclus, which the Congress has
claimed. 1t Is half as short the Suez Canal and
has an excellent harbor either ocean, the vicinity
OF two cities full Of resources. o well peopled
country and we'll managed railroad And frankly
declare that the Panama canal will be easier begn
easier finish, easier to keep in running order than
the Suez Canal