New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-05
DEyyErY IND JULES TERyE.
From lie Figaro.


D'Enuerv, like Victor Hugo, Is noble example
OF lie well filed with work. Erect and slender,
he walks firmly hut not slowly. with grave anu
measured tread that one would say was the cadence
of his thoughts. IL he pauses, 10 is that tle scene
be rs working ont Is not coming Oh well II he goes
on it s that the play IS unfoldng itself In u MS
perfect proportions n ne burries lt is that he has
come to the climax and he hastcns to meet 10.
HIS hair Is white AMI long carefully brushed,
thick but tine; glossy not curly, hut tluIR I'D ioS
rinelets. Beneath a tace full OF repose that repose
winch reveals the distracted concentration OF
fixed idea. A retired General, who has fenouhceu
the military CUt of his bar and enjoys I'D p'tc.
his wcl-earned rost and his well won decoratlonsf
No: the most lanou0us dramatist OF our tunes.
Early riser, be awakes with the act begun Jester
dav which I'm, spent the n Lht under ms pillow.
Together they Ike their toilet; to-ether thty 20
~ The window and breathe the morning ar. CoHi-
pan0ns through the day, they pass the hours ii MS
study shut out from every '"uIii 81. .Av mace
ing of the sUarrDws and the distant mum OF the
Champs Elysees At breakfast, IN visits, or busI-
ness errInds IN the afternoon. no Gunner, or laeI
even in the evening there ~ no moment when
D'Euupry ia not latcuInC ont some brood or IDEAS.
Like the painters of the middle ages. VINO painted
tbem4cves In some Ou6 of the WAY corner of thelr
pictures. D'Ennery has put his own portrait IN
several Of his plays. Internationally or on puf-
pose me has introduced IN his dramas me Wpe OF
the impossible septic Without Nsc"lhE 10 Hh'l
in these figures Lls moral couDtcnauce feature lot
feature. % d. impossible not 10 compare MN WIN
certain If his own creations, uu'ou,c ou-ly, per-
haps but transparently alike. Moro than anyone
he is the prey OF his emotions FOR thiS debulah'
Of half a century ago, each new piece Is iI'sh
debut After the last rfntdI@ll0 it ~ ~ 'i-C ',i'
same man. Anxious, uneasy, his S5cP I'D ms ioh'H
walks becomes more unequal. On the hlElJ OF the
frst performances, IRON the rise 20 the IAN OF lhe
curtain. this strong lie seems DOB suap pSe ana Il Is
NOT t tre next day that his smiling face takes on
It's accustomed expression. half ct dehlnt mocking
OF the world, half Ot modest confidence III himself.
jules Verne Is about htty-twO, with me, hand
some head Once q blonde, bee wears ms beard
fulI and his hair Is cuIled in hIphaIarl fashion
His features are more than regular they are me
Ills eye bright. OF clear Dlue "riiLahb' ana yer
moist. His dominant cNDreSalon Is sweetness nut a
firm sweetness like rosy steel, which does not bent
HIS mouth, whirh say, such charming ann clever
/ things -nvs les ana 40 with the same smlle
But rs OF No., 30 is lrrey ocanlr. breton OF
Nantes Jules Verne has Kept the religious tddld0n'
of Brittany but rather like painter Who preserves
the impressions OF ms travels thdh liAe ehlH Oh
the soil no would die Tor bis ldth. lite Is nj Dot
tom mere of u sceptIc than DLnn-ry 10 one
would stand up more bravery Tor "a doctrine put
| no one would d moment after, make Il more ques-
tonable speech. In politics 10 Is worse, Tor BE
never voted IN his life.
law Ills literary tastes led HIM IN another dlrec-
ton. but nevertheless he was admitted 10 the par
lie then became secretary 10 ii Ferrin, VINO AT that
/ CONTINUE and OF the Theatre Lyriquc. AFTER TINS
he followed the bent OF his tastes more freely lie
contributed number OF articles 10 the Muse dts
Ftmtites. and aDout this time wrote piece IN one
act. Les Paiics ROmpus.' with when AleXahdIe
Dumas was connected, Tor IT was nc VINO Had IL
produced 80 Jhe Theatre HlstOriqUe and 10 VAS ne
who bought the inst copy diier H. Was printed
Nft.r Lon ,.perirucc in the stock market being still
in love wl,u literature, Verne pGutlshed ms Ir-t
book. Five Week, in q Balloon Ii went OH like
Lor cakes Enough II was only trial. But the
success great that u appeared to f!etzel that
here was % new road 30 literature when ueserN a
Ia be followed up lie made an engagement win
Verne fuf twenty years on What Jhen appeared
splendid terms. but which have since made tAe
firt..u. OF tie lucky editor After tIc puD.cdtlon
of FIVE Weeks i'm Balloon he announced to las
friends one tine morning that ne vas a""I' u" -el
married. and then disappeared. ii was thr ouF
sgn of info that DID, vile has ever gwen. SINCE thrn
hc has led the sane life of stuuv, 81 travel ana OF
Intcrluiulule production lie passes his NE be-
tween Paris and Amieus where ne has % splendid
hou., when uc 10 not exploring soine% here OF
other On his famous ooaJ, tuc SAINT Michel, On
y.b.h most of uls stories are written. As Tor tae
REST hr is On, most charming man Imaginable,
motcsty earning his 100000 francs 70 year to- say
nothing Of the great fortune the stage seems TO
promise him.