, 1879-07-04
POMPADOUR.
What the New Edition Of Edmond and
Jules de Goncourt's Book
Suggests.
How Nine. do Pompadonr Ruled--Hor
Story, Hor Character, and Her
Methods III Htato Affairs.


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LoNpos, may 49, pe.,s srcas .t'a'iaAc 20 seo
IN The name Of La rompaao,tr only a rcnc"-
favorite uro pcrsoniaed whole epoch, whole
.ss..a. - Frnno,, novn,,v NJ rrI,i.., rs.,s.,
psete'' y. l.sns.. .s".' Nv s's", ns''o"t
whose consequences "eFo oec'a''e 1of tue iutufe
of Europe.
No doubt La pompadour waa unworthy ol
vr,oh,ur m tnuch in ,hc sc.,c. n, h,.,nrr h,,t
.s., - s,N w. =" s ~. a,s1. .,..a .n .s nas
weigh she dtd: we 90 not claim That she was
but her sfortslghtcd politics have Lad consc"
ourncc. which sspoc,ous obserrora ,enf3flv lin.
t.ra, T.. tho ,.,a., roess. or.n., r5n;n,dnrr
, 'as. ~ w.; 'uss s'", 1A ssmo,,r
[IAencu 1la9euy 'u1ooen "n'tns anu nso..''
on.otsuaa'e.s ~. i.aa'ee' t'a' eons.sna nr.,,s
statesman: TINT artist, who cnarsVeu p'o'v
allcgories with timid aud uncertain hand. has
Impressed her fancies IN deep lines on the mar
blc tablet, of hi,torv.
~ 1. y. a"so. ..oAi, .a, .n.ct.1
1he aonsouss e5othsfs' whe sasae = ...le sp..'e'
study OF tho nrt Of the Eighteenth century,
which they havc Investigated IN detail in
thousand pamphlets and len thousand prints,
.ou1d not fa,I y ~. nnrtfc,,or notice OF tho
eou'o wv !al' " 'a"s ~ .st-ao,,,d- rhn
person VINO so powcriuiay patroh'%ea-"n3' "no
exercised an tncontostlble sosefe'enty oVes-a't
st thai period 10 which ehc has even given her
unmo. We sneak Of
rohfADoun AIT.
lndcfat'eao'c ieFlsscfs' 'o.c'lscnt seeke'e'
the Goncourts, IN 1860, Ind nlready gathered an
amouut Of information on the madonna Of
no.,co jntercs,tnr for thc no,t mart o,,i sorne
hooeot u.o'eets Nv ,'. S y" s..n - sss -.
ot IL very Important wtlch 10 DOW p1esentsu III
new, revised, md Improved edition. None
better than they have fcls TINT, In orlcr to he
living and true, history must be tho setting In
action Of living realities. Dividing into chapters
the thousand -and.one noteo. "nlch uiey aatl
ta&cn they hive psncllea a series Of skctches
showing .Mme: dc romp padour now as dancer
or eonca1an' nom as l.e sauasFssuccn ol
France. no" as q Minister o. stats now % as ar a,
enEIaYer. a. an architect, or az an afpiter OF
The htIck-knacks of fashion. We have put ono
thing to csit!ciss N ,hose v'snetiess: s tney at9
100 aGreeAo!c. iated n roso aa! olaei ect o..
peruasa VIII peasnre' nut, aro' ,. tcnecllm. 9 onG
nsks oneself whether 10 much ignomihg al.u
ylcc had not deserved 10 Do pa,ntea ~ oarAce
eolofe. -.-
4 GREAT AND TRUE PORTRAIT
Of Pomnadour coula be r,yen only on condition
thnf shc st1ot,iff he maie to moyo In 4 ujctl1ro
wh,ch ahouid cnntain Mi lie st,rrounltnrr Of tNo
a,,2inr 9" t%n nInateen rcars of her roicn, Tho
fsvnrf1e .itcr Iii was seconfinrr nnrounre.
t ss, MY. ~, ~ ,,anm,n,,nt .arat,nr .he bn5
h,tt ono i,lnctio1, li,at Of picas[nc. and, cost
what il mIrht, She must SUCCEED III this, She
could exist only on the condition that sho should
carcss his fancics, foreseo his wh!Ho. 1t was
in her conduct III her way Of living that tho
ultimate character, tl,a most sccrct tastes aud
fances OF Louis XIV. revealed themselves.
Mine. de rompadonr afleete,, ospeeini; IN tho
enrlier part OF her reign, 70 hsye herself fepre.
but what Is sultana but the frst SLAVE Of tie
Sultanl Albeit shc was voluntary slave,
Nine. do Pompsdour was mono TIC less =
slave. Louis Ky: was tho, already oblItoratcd
original Of which the rompadour was ,..; ;he
only profile Of Louis XIV, our authors hare
eondcmnsd the%selycs to az po,npadoGar a,.nt q
vague nna & wsak ,1a.. outline. onS 10 qnnGt hnna
some silk dresses With which ther have adorned
hcr. But had they rcprctcnted Louis XIV.
-. IN Ills 1onoDLE HEALrTT
4hcv vou,d l,avc bcen Obliged to emn1ov o,hcr
hr,,.,es md ntl,er coIors ior i Puuloa1p,1r ut
bis si,,c' TT,cv rou1d nat then have shnwn us
H. scrirs of prctry pastels lie pst,ilcrer, tbe
nnryuyor. mil the orimo minister Of 1,tt bt]u.
yWho Wns 80 hau9hty, hut SO IIatiy ccottstjcoi'
dry, a,,I devoid Of ali generosity; hard when l,e
1yfR mt soft. C0yet0EE and 6CynDe-pEnuy when