New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-16
CONSCIENCE, THE NOVELIST.

P,.IcecIe TfHer I-epteTlOCT -.
Before 10 O'Clock this morning numerous cP " t%o
t;ons we're arriving on the boulevard in front OF te
Northern station to take part ~ the ;tina
honor of Henri Conscience. 1hers were HocI5eio'
fro,O Holland and Germany and French FLANDERS,
and from all parts of Belgium but eSpeci'ny Go
Flemish provinces NJ. Conscience most heiI InS
cbeered rs he drove along was escorted ny inc los
cortcgc 70 the Bourse, where, alter ahOCer spocOn:
testimonials were presented to MN III INC r le y,
his Belgian admirers, and from mos IN from
magnificent album, cOhlalnIhP Con'ii
UondricL CONSCIENCE the representative or flcm-
ish literature is properly speaklns, hoI Of Rnsnp
AT all His father n Frenchman, b0rn al Dcodil i
CON Who after serving in the French navy, anu
being three times taken prisoner by the EhSlsl anu
confined in the pOntOonS, had sett!ed at AutWVip,
where he obtained the place OF su -lsPectTI VI o
I,nncrioI backwards There he married leining,
and i'm 1912 Henri Conscience was norm re WI
delicate sckly child scarcely expected 10 r'acH hl1
seventh wear; his health however, improved, anu
he received such instruction "a was given IN III
nnhc schools of the time At ten years old ne lGsU
bis mother and his father marrying again hau
numerous second family, which he had great d iI
rnIfv i'm providing for out of his small Saaty' me
two elder bows had therefore, at an early age 10
earn their own living Henri, who had always peeh VI
a stndious disposition, became under-maSttr III
scbooI at Antwerp. while his brother was aPpieh-
tirrd 10 a carpenter. When the IcNolu'lOu jim
AM Constance though still far from robust ana
having nothing martini In MS compositions JolllcI
thr Belgian army rs volunteer l"r SIX Nea,S ''',,
tLr part he took ia the events OF lh0'e Jays -
r,.l,tet IN his "OmwcniclinG van 1850, or hcNo-
linton of 1880 His time was nos !oS ior I'
plht fourier as he was, Gale by ms comrades,
ttvhom he used To- delight with MS talent rs
.torv-elIcr at this period laid up store 9l obseT-
yations of men and manners OF when ne hlalc
good use latcr While IN garrison al N,n'oo ne i
,noI. b3 first steps in literature, wiring them In
French In his return home alicr serving HIS
time he was elected a member OF thr D'y"H y
that old institution Cf the Netherlands the Chdn9'r
49, RLrto,irk and soon after in 1887, produced MS
first work " Heb Noudcrjaar, the Year OF Won
dcrs tale OF the GmcuN ana VIC A'a ,c. ecoro
nonuIar and have kept their pac" ~ standard
wor's HIS father. however, dld not Slle III w, H
nuIic admiration. He wa, on the contrary gr'at
inccnscd ~ inst him for writing III tlenlSh, anu
showed hi, di-plcl,urc IN so many ways lhiI louuE
Conscience wa, obliged 10 leave lbs nome IouSn
Lil friend Wrappers, then becoming ''l'iri'cu rs ~
,,,irt.r lac obtained place of go year IN pilp-
liz Office on which he managed to I'VE t!iI' glhg
way To di~couiagmcnt for the pr"hi1 ARISING nom
MS hooks ldrd little 10 his inc me, ne threw IL up
md a., a,,d himself o. assistant 20 hoitlcut uIlsi
lie was not al owed 20 remain long an TINS obscure
position an opportunity was iounu 10 prdns ,i t
once more before the pubic IHi".s u'-l'.u - -
brighten he received an order from the Government
I, write history of Flanders. and was named SO
r.,arv OF the Academy of Antwerp, III. $40 WIN
tL {cy oi cotutcractng the French roiltIcalagents
who were rndcayorng to prepare th' b'.sl"nn t,oP'
Tor luncyatInn hc wa, named tonlhlN'l't AIL"iil-
dl ,emcnt ~ CnuItray All Tins ,lne ht N'a PuI'!-
ing on an average a couple OF books every l''l, nS
t1Ic. had become popular m Germany, "h9r' ono 81
thcn had been translated by the fu"ct biSnop Oh
Rr.s Iau Alexander Dumas the elder had also IntI"-
'u,c INN to the French pubc in manner peculiar
Ia that prolific writer lie ~ iC 10 "7N i'"'i ,'
io translate 4 tale called w hat A".heI can
Sui,.r" "a request which was cEccriuily grantfd
After :, time appeared another, - l'u 81 HahIr.
mar Alexander Dumas With preface IN when NJ.
D,,,,4 lck uowl,dg,G having borrowed some Ol ms
Lc.f rLapt.rs lIOm u. tOns"l'UcgS toNs'llpt,
and stated that out of respect for TIC author ne had
ycu the nae of ousclcucc 10 The hero OF ms novel
,,Lirb same move! appeared few DAYS alter IN =
new dress with new title, tousclenCc innocent
aud without any preface. This had The cHrCl 81
Jrov.in, attention To the Flemish novelist, ard Leo
10 his making arrangements loI inc Pho''N"'l"" VI
all hls works m French. ,
CONSCIENCE wa, married in 1912. y daughter
Madam, Auilrulis whose husband il well known
~ Flemish poet l. sole Survivor OF Ina ihltc clll-
lrrr TWosous on, agrl twenty SIN thr"ti"f tN'IN'
both died under peculiarly painful circun'ian'cS"h
almost the same day. 1t was ~ IN'' 1i' E'lI l,'
Nt,llId fever was u,gingi in Brussels. lh"NouhEr7'
was attacked first, and his brother was immediately
s.,,t nt, Ia DNmulr where he carried the germs "I
tI, Ial m3l4iy with him. tn" poor father, VINO
had bc-u ll.cd from sick bel Ia thcothe aiteT
cloSinu tine eve, of his eldest son AT DlNnuHr had
to return home - perform The same sofroWill once
for the other. Reduced to DESPAIR by thlS dIrdIII
Nov Conscience collected all his valuable papers
bi, correspondence with celebrated persons, ms
oies and Souvenirs his unfinished works. sci llrc 10
them and d,siroyci them. Happily, more resigned
frame of mind succeeded tins violent bdlri g" EIlcl
and he has since resumed his pen, ana I'M, year III
"Gcld en- Adc" has presented 10 the world ms nun
ON hearing that Conscience had been named Com,
,,i ..pirc Acknowledgement NJ COUItr3y, small
tailor at NaIuos was heard to cNclalm, W nav VIII
become of NET Now hc IL 50 well OH he wiz write
ma more books Conscience wrote Tor the people,
aud with thc purpose of raising their lnt'ucc'tal
Icycl and hc has been rewarded by the popularity
of which he has to-day had unmistakcaOlc eVl-
IpuCe.