The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-17
90, SAND AND FL.UnETr,
| ,..,rLile ola GrsHt Novelist AS IN
i""'' allied to frieud.

.,Ii,r ofa Great Novs'is' AS IN
,eiIcd to a Friend.
r,r.rd King thus writes from Paris
PostOn Journal; Some time ago the
n :, Of Gustave Flsabert, the eminent
DS w., Who died last year, discovered
er., ",,srs written to him by George
Ies o o. e,S The close her career-that Is
pd iowa a iS,.S 10 1868. The epistles are
N nIy;,ntf,l sketches OF character for
q 1 Gap,,.s SAND is famous. She was IN
Pea w, writipc to her distinguished
ps0ss never she felt weary and needed
sis Sn' amer prolonged literary effort.
s,n'es when she had just completed u
4 tu ass would indulge IN q whimsical re-
s,, IN contents, crIliCislng herself and
Mn.Ss in a few merry pages. At other
W. w. srote him OF the theatre and
npon which she was engaged, OF
IN which her friends made grand sue
s.nr noteworthy failures. She seemed
ssys had rather maternal teelsng for
nNsrt always criycisiug his self depre-
nac his fancy that he was not popular,
,hs terrible pains he took with his Style
III moi hesitate TO tell him that he was
osihe rare FrenChmen That remained
,".sionable. sincere and reilly fond OF
,,t neither corrupted by ambition nor
roycsted with success.
hnce or twice she took him to task for his
rdsncy 10 paint the vicious side OF human
,rrs and evidently maintained her anger
he daring experiment of Mime. b.
~, ~ as long as she lived. She could not
;erstaud how Il spirit so delicate and re
sdas tina, of Fl9ubert could condescend
MAKE ANALYTICAL studies OF the sensual in
bmsnity. you are, p" she wrote him under
Its al September n, 1869, decidedly an
kc;nal and mysterious being. | often
We "a great desire to question you, but
IN as am about to do so, my respect for
bn nreyents me. Saint Beuve, who is very
mi Of you, nevertheless pretenGs that you
Il frightuily vicious, but perhaps he sees
I'm his somewhat uucleanly gaze, liz
kat wise botanist who insisted that the *
MUM was Of a dirty yellow"
| One Of Flaupert's fancies was that he had
ely precise opinions on other exlstences in
Ihich he had played role, and George
And was found raIlying him on this weak
Rss Your memories OF past lives" she
|rote him, "are made up of III Infinite
mount OF imagination and erudition. AS
4 myself, believe that was once either
Vegetable or stone. | am not always
|uile sure of q complete existence even
low, yet there are times when feel an i'm.
bense accumulation Of fatigue because |
|aye existed so long" At the time when
llaubert was evolving his doctrine of NATL
klism-a doctrine which has since made
hOrmous progress in the literary world
George Sand entered into many discussions
|ilh him on the subject, and some OF the
bost brilliant pages mat she has ever writ
En are devoted to the refutation of Flau-
erts theories. On the whole, on reading
bese hastily traced impressions OF one
|reat novelist, written in the familiarity
Ind dishabille of leisure Of another great
lOvelist, one is struck with the singular
piritaIity aud purity which seem TO per
ate George Sands inner lie. 1t
Jas only to her professional comrades that
he ever unveiled THIS inner self. Size was
Dnd OF appearing to the general public as a
ynCal and prosaic woman, who had suf-
sred 50 much that she had, like people VINO
ave chronic diseasts, almost lost the senti-
ient of suffering,