, 1879-05-10
Jules slmon's Ponderoue Work
'' on the Government OF
Thiers.
p,.uoh Political Affairs from the the 9th
s''r ~ February, 1871, to the oath
Of May, 1878.
,,,,rnu,ionut CopJrlght---Thc London
.trIu,cs" Crillclsas tia Plan OF
Harper s Bros'
rs. Origin Of Dow--asologioal Cycles
'A' eolf-Dofaase Among
Plants.
Hot., on 1itoratnr'' ART and
Eotouce.
r.... on literature, Art, and
Sotouce.


II. rn.s,, n nv, The end of the Franco.G Gorman
i'. .od the beginning Of the prussnt French
Republic ,. ,,,,., l., .,.o rtoh,.or,h
,..,.+, tn French history In tho Nineteenth
csa,H+r csaH IA to emerge from black, thundery,
us, .N.sa..trous night 10 wild dawn, cloudy yet
s.an,,.,np and lighted With brfghtest strcnks
p'ht ,hot rart Of the horizon where sunrise Is to
~, se',oosod for At ono moment, It seems Us II
~ had already broken, coudlcss and
sg t.;,. =. another, as II darkness had
.nst l,N,sa In ugn!n, tho course Of timo
ssa hssc reversed, md midnight Ind superyoncd
w. 49,, morning. But We have always M abiding
t.I,h that The cougsc OF time mover Is reversed,
',,h,, in Nature or Nations; and thnt "Tho
pover not ourselves that makes Tor good !" docs
increasingly shape the destiny Of the human
II, 11no.,,allsm was cloud that broke In thun-
a.,s n defeat niid showers OF tears at bcrcstna
I'D Waterloo, and ngan at sedani Royai'sm
~. c,o,l that was blown 20 tho winds in 1880,
and nr,ln In ls4s; Communism wns cloud
th,t vanished III flro and smoko Ia 1871. 1t is
th, last storm, and the calm tllat followed It,
,h,, c,rcs OCCASION to NJ. Jules Slmon's book
nov uuder consideration.
Il. Simon, tho author, was himself member
a, the {;ogernmcnt whereof be writcs. This is
m advantage nn. disadvantage to the book
mixer: he Is fu1ty Informed Of bis subject, but
h. /, a PARTISAN IN writing about 1t. He nnrratcs
r,rnts most Interestingly, and he explains md
,rc,,e, obout them most tedLously, Doubtless
M' Tbters was great and good man, and doubt
Ia, N. Jules Simon WIS highly priced by him,
and doubtless those who differed from both
xere quite In error; but life Is too ehort to en-
courage us, individually. Ia wading through
hundreds Of pages devoted to illustrating those
f,rts. Noah and Mothusclah might have been
claa to forget themselves for century or so In
suth sludcs; but things hayo changed since
ahetr tlresomG da5e.
Resides the unnecessary dIffuscnots In trcat-
tns the subject, It must be confessed that, cx-
cent tho 1nisdccds Of tho Commune, the mat
ter Itself Is not picturesque. Virtue Is less
thrilling than eri,nlnnllty. The demolition Of
The Vendonc Column was greater spectacle
than It's rebuilding could have been. The fo|ltes
and extravaganza, .of Louis XVI. q hundred
Years ago nre seantlalous chronicle, ard there
ie,e "good reading IT.; but tho establishment Of
free and peaceful Institutions Ia rather lfko thu
growth Of our crop Of cereals, Infinitely impor-
country tt.at has no history" but unhappy tho
man who is compelled TO read tho history ofn
country that a,as none.
To Us who Iinyu been born and brought up
rt2ubIIcapE apl haye been nourisheu on SELF
government as on snotler's milk, there is SOME
Thing almost puerIle In the violence md cxcita-
bill! Of the French. We have learned to sny
to our political opponents: Il IT you outyoto
Us, VIC submit, Of courao. You'll soon Bre the
error Of your ways, and come round to our
views" But, TO tho French, everything Is lifo or
death. Fullgrown Freuchmcn beflage them
Eelrcs like some children, who say: "1f you
WORT play my way, sha'n't play at ALL" Not
oncc, but score OF times, docs NJ. Simon
gragely report n. Thtcra as rising in tic Assem-
BIZ, AMI, nmtd wild cries from tho members, car
syng bis point by such egot!st1ca! hasangues rs
tbs:
n. Thlers t,mil deep stenecl-''I ! ask the An.
ssany to s.cnsc . ths en,otlon feel, which Will
llfe. uav and night. to tho service Of my country
xss x,ta a''iueres'e4ness which believe is pro.
tFtom great number Of benchcs: t'Yes, yes,
~ esss5 one u gratofu! to yon for tt."'
y. Th'ess-'' Exposed to every danger. nov
ssi. ~ % s fs
j: ThttFB-"I maintain The wo.li"
talo.o marmnse aud npptnuse.} ..,
At. Thicfa-''Ics, gentlemen: when, f0reoce.
lay !nsf.tltudo, not lo1httng that l must moct
With IT, ideyots NY life 10 The public service, you
osght at least not to weaken MIC. l can.
tcsiRnatIoh Is ready"
And 80 OIL. We have shortened by more thuu
eoe'l'alt the turbulent and childish scene, bui
enough rcHains to su9gest tlu temper ana
dignity ofa French Legislature. Fancy Gen. sher.
man, or any other ot!lccholder, parading hte
"sacrttlecs before Our Congress, und threat
snng to resign to punish the "ingratituda +" ol
ne ne membcrsi lnc1t!nguishahlc laughter would
Illuminate hta patlIwny to oblivion.
ll's "En1e'0r.sun frnmn. Of mind is {
RefssdtnE Characteristic OF the exeitabe aut
ynMHpnatlc ynHp aauls. An Anglo-Saxon looks at Il
70 loio" to tleir families n,ll tsrcsldes euct
u.atsels and mons.rositles Of humanity
u u tl'e individual Communists who shoi
Ppnsonefs passs md fired buildings when IL
ionse, sstme y e.; esidcnt tint they could n:
%Sms Sn,s Ihcy aIe at!ll nilyo: have t1!ey wives
auspinda-cht1tlreu-h -homcs- frientis-hQpcs
a.tlh a5e lhsy mortified Mt their mistakes and
s'TTaaaod Ta o1 tcir cr!lnes1
r.aa aae oooE opens on Jun 90. 1871, with tho sur
tStaasf tSa ol ratts to tho Frusstans; at which tint
s. suoss T. nstd yet orderly conauerors, with Bone
f fho.a hsInarek at their heat, consented to thu
.oamaHon of popular Government strort
noaRa 70 mako terms ot pracn with them, l,ul
H'en \ 9hcir blood.moncy, ana let them 70 hoinc
va With tlle 'Goycrnn.ent nf National Dc.
tsaes'3a a Council hayng jules Fayra at IL
seau-shas the Germans inade this prolnloar,
r.m,niSs r,Se'hehts md tho next step WAS tile ct,rl
W. 'ra'ns " National Assembly, cleclet
W. m.. seo y, 1871, BY uniyeral suffrage, t.
1ss 1t.., % Hotdcaux on February II
1i.ls e. .hls Tine thtre were 100000 French sol
!" tT!s sl!ller prtsoncra In GersnAny or refugee
ins snn!l1eflAntl; uld one-thrd of tranpe. tnc1ud
FITS, was IN tho lAnls Of the invaders, III
NJ, nv" nntofctNlnents being administered by GET
sIeaa % rejects. 0Ae would think that these wcr
~ hh,s9Rstanccs Wherein minor differences nigh
teoai11RS ainsRSottsa; but evan now there arose q
oof,a.;eea oofIea discussion - TO whcthcr bonspart!s
oH''s"a H'a's should or should not bo eligible t
fr.ss' II Maa dactdeA to lenye all canlildncls
H. oat n. Gambetta and others, members {
sS,H Heoancll, actually resigned therotrom FAthe
rhrt' t unst Tie election 10 the unEestrcsc
e4moSe me o. thn people.
n,sas 1ae o. TIE trw g!aams Of humos In the l.Oa
ffsxss ot y. Simon IL tho dexcriptIon Of Un
3eaux II this time; 'p>'1'' - A''
lhs MeN'd he difficult for eny ono who had not sec
FIssaI OF uotdeaux when 1t waa the Capitsi :
crossS ~ V tofM M tGta Of tho busy and buatit,
tSroraamsT mTa'ch at thst time rti!rd tho hotciH an
Iin'.xssso no t!Fccls. i. Tho ali, ,puwerf1
j|lti. ~, enjoyed M privacy. When he. nesded
liz ~ Ha'etnrts hn took Frfuqc behind tclee1
dtnn,..sfA Aua!encs 10 tho crowd on tho balcony,
b. bekaa'lohs ksa Ut the ataiE-head, aud 10 indltidna
ths"eaa sas door, Tho grand staircase nj