The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-12-03
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Heroic DrnmM-Theodore dc Bmavilie-A
Lyric Poets " Souvenirs - Mons. scribe.
PARIS, Nov. 2O.-Yesteriay morning tho
pale November sun deigned to cast a welcome
brightness over Paris. 1t had been raining
heavily all night. and the streets. washed clean
by the rainfall shonc brightly and tcmptingly.
There was a mild westerly breeze blowing. II
was n III orning for an autumn walk. The temp
tation was too strong for mo. and so. laying
down Theodore de Banvilles now volume OF
Souvenirs" and resisting tho appeals OF half "a
dozen other volumes that were awaiting on my
desk their turn to DO read I started out and
traverscd Paris from north to south. from tho
Park Monceau to tho Luxembourg admiring
the golden tints OF the few leaves sti left
the trees in the gardens and on the boulevards.
marvelling at the turgid and turbulent waters
OF tho Seine. which had risen almost to the
level of the arches OF tho bridges. thinking how
useless and disagrecable an invention winter
was. Still literature was not altogether foreign
to my thoughts. 1 had interrupted the read
ing OF the latest novelties from the book shops.
why not make the acquaintance OF the novel;
ties in preparation. why not so to speak. read
tho new books before they are printed almost
before they are writtenp Would not this DO
the height of Parisanism2
At 3 Avenue de fObseryatoire knew there
was book In preparation. and book des-
tined to be one OF the great events OF the
novel. L'Evangeliste." which will be published
in the feuilleton OF the Figaro next month SO
to No. 1 went. and found the romancer toiling
away with his secretary But no matter we
had not seen each other since a chance meet
ing. Ave months ago. at the railway station.
when we were each on our way to holiday
haunts there was no longer any question OF
work. Alphonse Daudet. in excellent health
and spirits. produced n wonderful little clay
pipe. one Of those famous cays that the mighty
Gustave Flaubert had made sibi ct an,icis; on
my side rolled up . cigarette. and so the talk
began. After hearing an account OF the ro-
mancer's holiday adventures and duly relating
my own. came to the point at once-how was
The Evangelist - getting on? All! thank
heaven it was finished; they had just been pol
ishinR up the last two chapters; in another
ton days the last proofs will have been
read. But what a hear of trouble the book had
given him! You know the subject" continued
Alphonse Daudet. Yes" l replied. you told
me vaguely last spring something about it. 1t
is study of Protestant fanaticism in France
in the nineteenth century" That Is 1t. the
abduction of young girf by the fanatical wife
OF a Protestant banker. The young girl be-
comes n proselyte abandons her mother. who
almost goes wild with grief. and goes of to
preach the Gospel. The readers of the Figaro
will be astonished to find such subject treated
in their journal. 1t is not an amusing subject,
know: it is not sympathetic. l shall be accused
OF improbability don't doubt that some pso-'
pie will declare that am mad. But listen.
You know my manner OF working-awnys
from nature. Well. every fact. every character.
in my novel have verified. have observed.
here nre my hars tb neTs + .9s
letters here isa book OF hymns Translated by
And in the excitement Of his anticipatory de-
fence of n work which he expects and rightly
showed me his documents. The first was
q slip from the Figaro Of 1871 announcing
ing out ON account Of the fanatical prose;
hls 'sl Wife. %ho had est"biished IN them q
Shers they % s r a or
young girls and boys r with view to to-. making Ing
tho charge Of an old hospital nurse. who in re.
cnicitrant cases. ad ministered a APPROXIMATION Of
Doctrine. The heroine Of AlpSonse baadess
ssnsties. As she speaks English German; and
thanks hsy nd h her useful Of ySsn
sheS b. bae P ali the IL
- 1t is not my, intention 70 abuse Alphonse
rssder'. interest," By ap premature and inoo% M
plet- analysis OF the plot and Of the leading sit
ee bow tSs ssry M be 1sSf
WILDE from oil that the author has hitherto writ
exrsrisncsd in Writing it. he has renrssentsd
81 5se has as %s%e b- of @ Sa n%
a centre Of mysticism from the earliest times.
Win r. hs ss d e
south of France Daudet had the psychology OF
Of Protestantism in the heart OF Paris, the iiis
Of a Protestant pastor the evangelical mission
sheds in out OF the way quarters Of the
town the seminary a, p2r, san-
iigious frenzy. of hystero.epilepsy., of ali tho
other strange nervous aTse,nns .hat sfsom
and then the comic aspects Of these cir;
s"Y the eencf Of human emo,ons S ana the
selfish , emotions Of fGnatie.m that can cause
misery here are new iieIds and lsssh ex aH
riences indeed for so essentia,ly Partisan n
wh" the a"hor has taken the he eSaraeter o ~
his her9ne is in sp S bon In
guided by the dissertations Of the celebrated
to- ALL % 3Rs p
lists" will be deedicated. / need not predict
sse %f Ss 80 ssrf"E'y
sure of success of the most complete kind.
% e4 Me siG the Sa HES
Les MSTss EnGmes az The Ambisu Theatre
from BORDEAUX to Paris tesS years ago. git git.
ed with strange and almost efreminate beauty.
His first publicati on was a volume OF verses
"Phil2meia which contains al 1s the 9uin'ssscncc
rhyth ms .ascesrd by konsara odd!iss
!ici-n, Of the future French, Parnassus. cstuiIe
in a legend analogous to that which is attached
said OF Menlas:, u like that young man he
has every vice" Only Mendes is moro e,c
burne, and he has n sense of business
ad a como to P RsHsr than he asnS
ed II review called la Rergr fanaisis'e among
whose contributors We're Gautier Gozlan Ban
willie. Baudcare. Champfeury 1Ioussaye. Al
nhonss D9ndet. Augusts EacGueric. Since
then Mendcs has constantly boon editor OF
some review or another and besides founding
the Parnassan SCHOOL and teaching the art 81
ycstre. Hercdia Stephnne MailarmG Maurice
Roliinat and. in short, all the young genera