New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-15
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
r1rvpI pOCUErORT's NOVEL.
uADrNoIsELLE BISMARCK. From the trench H.. "a
utSKl RoCHEFORT. By NiRGiNIA CHAitLAN A'4'


Inc the name of Henri Rochefort must offer to many
lovers Of fiction. the publishers announce that IN
this work the daring French Journalist ms l"""'
free with the characters of two OF the MOST n>,ui-
yuished personages in Paris. II is qnlte U"e .'''
Se bos taken this liberty The salon of Nine Adam
is evidently represented in the picui lawn by the
novelist of the literary ana political ATOMS q, 'u'
APARTMENTS of Niue. Mauuor.' But II VIII perhaps
a;s,n,oinf the public 70 know that the sketch 3
not in the least ilnaturcd. aud that MIC
Maunoirv herself makes but brief and shado"y
appearance in the narrative The most int''',''nN
passages devoted 20 this part OF Tie SUBJECT WI" '0
found in the following extract;
A, that neriod the art salon. which every year Is
onened nj the Paais dc llnduStue, vas nor lno,'
constantly and certainly not more hiiIi'JnlH ,;fI
tended than the political sdt0R Whl'u 'h' "' .,
Nine Maunor opened in her apartments on VIZ
Roulevnrd DIES Capucnes. She resolved I" As,'''
under her roof all the celebrities OF iara Wi9'lI
they were residents or merely sUJourneis; ana siio
had ia a great measure succeeded ,,,t,,,
After be ginning by giving readings "i heI Dull
,e,yeen NO ems Of tea she had. hy remarkably
cicyer transition passed from intellectual 10 20,
litca matters aud made IN, iarE' l",' -. r,,.s
i'm the Moorish STYLE where she received every Us
Jav evening a rendezvous tor all the foreign d'p-
ioIaatists an search of news 10 transmit 10 INC"
ben1tics of republican opinions even Of very
different shades. met there and were soon I"'"' ga
by Senator's aud ON two or three ony porIo'n,'
sons during the acute period OF certain Inii'ti,
tary crises which might have become serious ,lV
salon of Nine. Maunoir became centre -. ~,
and the refuge of statesmen who had fa'hci '''
their bearings. -. .. =, .-,4ot,,.
OF the pretty woman nj whom Lep'Hn S"'S'
Fcl@ belle Fl puete u deuX petite trav"r7
Ellie fat visage ct ne fat par se' N'r''
She made her own verses hut dI nor Hnh' H.a
face. which nature had beNto~r' ~ as t 'r-
merly the ease in the house of Nine. lal l,h ~"
Mme. Rccamer, il WAS now III heI nous, ,h ; a'
istrics pulled o pieces ana Ca''ur,1, Ia III
The oninou generally accepted 10y Tire pubuc ti'1
a nolitical man could not secure "rlI"ii' ~ ~"
Cabinet without passing through Mime Ma'h".i
.,ion bod increased in sitting proportions ire
throng which crowded in at her doors on h'r I'''P
ton days =. .o,....r.,ti,r %
in appearance: aud among tine ha5itH,s 4" lie apart
ments In the Boulevard dcs CaPucn'S al Seeii'" -
be and many were. seriously nm love WIN yer ~
p"onle naturally imputed to her more adventures
than bishop would bless: but scandal having in
be directed to 50 many persons az "lNr' '' i,i
of the number of her visitors, the. most "a. " W.
slandrrrrs became confused in their reports; ana
Nine Maunoirs reputation finally pass" Ilu!'pn
antIv through the crowd which VI. dc A@'''t
briand called a vast desert of men. anu after Jew
stormy discussions. she proclaimed 10 ue
Diana without an Endynion 80 :,-. ....,.,
She had Just published at CharpcntlT s''"""
volume of poems. which she called hi~APl"'1
ments"; for women, however well th'y may s'""-
in public favor always experience th'r''
The whole press which sometimes differs even ="
warfare over the results of a ballot peac'i"ht
agreed about tins work which proN@h. su'I 'i
ontburst-like that o1 Wati>l"u, a." rJ
of enthusiastic articles, that She cHdid h"lo' i''''
or return thanks for, tlem AL. t.t t..
Like George Sand who set the ta>h"n %. 'hHl'
mo the literary SEX She signed her pro '> WIN
the name of a man, which to everyone vas "-'i'
an, pthe RonirVard De-, Capucnc, SIZE was Mmo.
Maunoir: at ChaTpcntrr- she Ms fhlH'.T H'.'I''-
But if NJ Rochcfor has exercised "a pont reserve
I'm writing about Mime. Adam. he las certainly NOT
placed himself under any severe r>tr l't in u'i"4
with NJ Gambetta The French leader '- pres htrI
under the name OF Talazac. Malice itself could
no IS Et.f ff
an enemy than TO make him the irro Of STORY IN
which he figures as the vain dupc o.. an eighteen
year-old adventures The innoralIties of laiaiac
are Touched upon rather frcely-Huch too irc 3
for the taste of any neutrality-suspicious. community.
Here. however NJ Rochefort only alnus"- himself.
The real point Of his attack l. not IN making
Talazac immoral but in making him ridiculous
keeping him in an absurd and shameful position al
through the story while at the same tie' ny " i'
fpeIucnt of cruelty tine reader Is never suffered 2"
forget for a moment who is covered ly the tim
disguise of the fictitious name. Nile. Abbott Inc
heroine of the book. first sees Tilal1c at one OF
Mine. Maunoir's receptions 10 which she has ODE
tanned an invitation nv an audocious strn'1c'n:
Rut while she was passing in str cite. review inc
troops which composed Nine. MannoiTs hHItaut
siott She did not lose one of the remarks, exchanged
around her and in the midst of the most varied COZ"
ycrsaiions she heard repeated 81 unequal intervals
by many men and :, ycTal women the apparently
insignificant phrase:
viii he come this evening"
Or this other. which evidently belonged 10 ihe
. DO YOU think he will comet For my part do
not believe he VIII" ~,
Who was the person IN que ton Autoinrtie my
not know whom 10 ask. ilaailN late IliE i'I 4"
was nearly eleven. and She was about Ia ofd,r iir
Angeyime who was ia the autcctamber. to can l"I
her carrage-caus,d her 60 take her seat again ana
ibc words II Is he II l. hc Iuadc her turn l"f ears
and ewes toward the door OF be Sd'2', where pas
sage was made al once. IN spite oil cro"0ihS I-e
l,tek 1ttr sI >
H. Mas The man Of the day-thc orator who held
crowds hanging on his lips. and vi o,c name Wa
whispered a. If the future ol hin Who bore II were
fun Of mystery. Tall fair and slender he would
have had a distinguished appearance h3d IL h'i
been for the carcessncss OF has dfoss winch perhaps
was due Ia great absent ullndedncss, perhaps ALSO
to his lofty position, which permitted MN 10 say 10
= need not trouble myself for Others, since am
welcomed every where.
liz. made his WAY where the guests were most
crowded who instin,tyclv icl back m Inc; auh
shook hands right and left. without iooIlh9 10 see
whose were The palms he mc' ''3i,'.i.y sl'''/',' -
The lady of the house pushed forward -ia' 'nS
armchair, which with The addition OF p "d1' W 5iiD
have passed for tlrone.-onc al those I1co. .;
arnchairs which one feels mnst lac used "uIs 10y inc
person To whom IL Is resigned .
- We had given you up Mime Maunoir said 70
why. pray. when promised would comet
because il is O'clock"
" Bah! thought II was only ~ me la I;
IN the world"
Twenty arms with twenty glasses OF syrup pnnch
and lemonade stretched toward MIN 81,
lie took one flied with something REQ, swauoWeu
n mouthfnI and returned il to his next neiehbnf;
then he resumed as if the right 10 lead the CONVEX
sation cond belong 10 Onc but himself ana began
To discuss the attitude of Russia which Gid hot
large sums was indiSputabo. In the towns 81
Afghanstan the chiefs made payments IN RUSSIAN
money only.
"Who is this gentleman :" asked Antonettc.
leaning over toward young lady with q J-k
dress and complexion, whom the appearance % tho
Of fla dov IN hay IN. cd al