New-York tribune., 1881-03-25
.fterwards published. OF an elaborate sketch Of her

Afterwards published. OF elaborate sketch Oh he'
uersonal appearance we can give only part;
In her eighteenth year, she is described as so
mature woman that they could justly pronoee9nSSo nS
her to be one Of the al moSI Tbo camS near her. and
seemed rightfully the mistress OF tne nouse. Inc h
sano authority, speaking OF her appearaaCS ~
her shonlders. her bust, her arms and hands, were
of rare beauty; she had in her men anu neI aea
lures all that poetry OF soul WhSn % sho snn beanti
fnI aha was already the model after Whicn uerarl
painted his Corinne twenty years laVer, haVnE i
same richness of form aud health, the same purify
of Iines-those contours, powerfully rounded which
express a poetic organization" Ionng as sac was
On 1885, she had very powe@Tl9i @ pno;n savs
felt by all who approached her" Her cousin shys
chat She was graceful in all her movements; heI
oountenance without entirely setlsiying tne eye az
first, attracted it, and then retaeo - 5noi or IN
teIiecfnaI beauty No one feature was sallent
enonph 10 determine in advance her chafacter q
mood excant her eyes, which were truly maBniu
cent Int her varying thoughts painted themselves
i'm eyer-varying expression on her race; ~ ,i nag,
therefore. one permanent t tI o Of
Oppomy was to speak. created oy the elnos1u VI
az n,omenf In repose her eyelids had something
like languor but fash Of Thought would lIiumt- Lt
nate her gances with snafen m ss se'I bowoyer
no nn1uiet mobility about her features Klhu VI
exterior Incidence charaeterized her put her IlS
frame, her rn ana wen Girectness OF
her discourse. There was, mearwhlle' sometniius
though exempt from all exaggeratIons. gave an idea
of the picturesque more than OF the mOue or Iaso.
Tho am,able side of the character of Nine do Stael
was well exhibited during the terrOrS OF the Revolu-
tiou Az wife of the Swedish Ambassador she was
in position to afford projection to many OF the pro-
scribed and she did 80 with courage when wins our
admiration. The prosecutions when she suhereu
at the hands Of Napoleon furnish many interesting
paees TO this work. and the chapter upon her lie az
- krNan nf n
canital. The life at Berlin where she was received
by the Court in the most hattering way' was roi'
lowed by the visit to Italy, where she was clever
and enthusiastic observer At COppet, 10 which she
retnrned. she finished "COHnne," which, upon It's
pubIicat,on won for her triumph. There were ad-
verse criticisms in the MoRiteur. written, II was sad
by NAPOLEON himself. but they had no effect upon
the public Judgment.
The wandering life led for many years by
Nine de Stael gives a charm TO any life OF her. She
saw many men and many lands. At COppet ner
cbotean was opcn to all intelligent foreigners.
After all the labor bestowed upon her 'Aiemagne"
by the persecution of Napoleon she came
near To losing the fruits of her toll; the
publication was suppressed IN France Inc
"CorinneD and the "Allemague" arc tho
works by which she is principally remem-
bered: and il may be said that, while her name has
retained its historic interest she israther tradition
than living literary entity to tho present ago.
Those only could thoroughly appreciate her fine
conversational powers who enjoyed them. She was
quite as much woman Of society as an authoress;
and her social reputation hardly secured weil'eS-
tahlished fame,
DE- Stevenss volumes, however will be found eX-
ceedingly entertaining by the general reader They
have the faut4 of undue admiration, and there IL
much in them which docs not add to their value; but
NJ an assduous collector Of De Stael commonplace.
their autnor is emitted to much credit.