New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-23
MATTHEU ARNOLDSEyTID1TE OFGEORGE
SAND


Jts Jc,ier 10 Tir RAJ MdV Ga,oHc.
To-day q statue of George Ndnd j. unyclcd
whore .hc lived she could hardly escape statue hut
The pre- cni not ncr hour ana me cut no, b ,HEg
fhc uafutaI.t- ana IDliltt, OF tc great "Wt' ~ u "a
clupd and -old ant of blllac, which ". paua"t aud
otrf rIpoa tc cont uc. uot oi the work of human
iailu. ana draii-t- lc George sand nnd her master
Iou..rm The work whether of idcoli.'s or of rcol.e
must stand iog fhn ~ 90 worth. and must lmt the pen
nty ~ b.. detects Gcpr,c sand has admirably stated
trc c1uai ior- uhdrt Wurh E"n-,nnH WOE M'- I,"
lurod: l;oue-tu hrd within MIN the ioy "I f""lI''-
nud the rn'msinn io ne'u,l anu 4' n,I n ,,i,1
has prolonged tlO childhood ~ uis split hr'on1 tine
S Ssi oaSra . IN IL. SGtid Of "@lai t,'ni eit
out the IN uher "i dh'} "i"P'lhe,, I"" GNU more
cJitc That liberty vas NOT nl ana in philosophy must
be % yitiuc. religion, social hN ..,.,.
tuu'dg9 ti|1 ,l, l j., iri .r,t o md i,a' ni
wrdSi giirh n oro.r. lnults of dcclamaon faults Of
icrctltun. fauts of cstrvaeauce Hnt do not let ns
deceive oniset. 40 9ol ItL ui Ir",' i,ai ,s' AXLE
writers are inspired br the love oi eoolnrs ana the de-
sire for braut} ana not according 40 ne approved 20
,ipe ~ iresent i nisin'erDscd curiosity 30 mot let
ns assu ihat thc volb Of the irri@s is so1-tmt tine
wUth uf nilfur i0r instance VII -!nnd u th W0it o
~ andpi win stand, BECAUSE 81 is in@phel l5 dsntef
W. b,st son. tte vott vhleh ehomes has not been
motive ~ disihiet ol eufiosIit ierent pIpiirt of
90 weit - hntN ~ 't,h pls hs h'"n ~ .''f.
90 tBpttn Fol tiil ttr ramn holie. n, 10 mig
az ne Hasiri thoH4nt al ihe hUunh u thn tnd"'iHh
at Homer dim NutIiitlte tiailr Hud hnitt tihernu
ana HsniFr smd VAN all ihr dihe'hf'7 "l manner,
power and io'uuoe hrtN,ru lhrse makers, iit GOV
.in4 thuutht and m0tNr Is ne same II is lhr moi,
oAuucatcd 100 The burden "a the fIHous chorus ~ The
"Ashmemnon D." Iet the good prevail lnlli TINS Is
connect the word morality with preachers aud horcs aud
is lttc of preacher and bore shakespeare
seize the morality Of Shakespeare The same with the
work OF the Older French writer's Moherc, Monlagne,
tfa -ftrfl
p,cS,aU "A t, result h." tl,i tIev deal Vim fe ie
Oi an Of usthc life OF man IN It's uue-s and greatness
The motive OF BnlIac Is curiosity. The result Is that
tie matter which he operates bounds him, ana he de
lneatcs not the life of man but the life Of the French
Ioane slsuci moycn Bllzac deals with this iiic de
Incatc- il with splendid ability loves IT, aud Is bounded
by It, He has for his public the lovers and seekers OF
this life everywhere. His imators follow eagerly IN
his track and more subducd 10y the material In
which they work more and more imprisoned within the
lie OF the average sensual man, until at last We can
hardly say that the motive OF their work f. the sheer
motive curiosity, II has become mingled motive Of
Balzac IN their turn. have some of them high ability
aud they eagerly read by wbosoeyer loves and seeks
Rousseau with all his faults yet with the love OF good
ness and the enthusiasm for beauty moving him. Is even
today more truly alive than Balzac. his work Is more
than Balzac's real part OF French literature hundred
pow. And hundred years hence George Sand, the
disciple OF Rousseau. with much OF ROus-cas faults,
George sand to whom the French literature Of to-day is
backward TO DO bonOr-GeOrge Sand will have estab-
Rousseau In that strenuous and mixed work Of hers,
continuing from Indiana" in 1892 to her death In
Jean de la Roche. "Nalytdre," characteristic and
representative points, and reading these novels
shall feel her power. The novel II more superficial
form OF literature than poetry but very account
more attractive In the literature OF century II the
work Of Goethe Is the greatest wisest Influence At
the work OF Wordsworth IL the pures and m bst poetic
the most varied and attractive influence U.s. perhaps the
work Of George Sand. Bfen dire, c'est ben senffr"
end her ample and noble style rests large and lofty
Qualities. To-day, with hali-hearted regard, her
Inv
the meedows OF the poplar bordered lndfe. the river
which she has immortalized-
Still glides the stream and.shall not cease TO glide
Eho che, like many Of the great. the mighty and
yhe wise" seems 10 have bad lei hour ana TO have
Passed eway. But n her case shall not err II We
ADOPT the poete faith,
And feel that she IL etn afnr linn WA knnw.