The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-21
rHRxB VIEW xAMORrALS.


OnO0 moro COmplop0O ItS W 0I0CLlnR
NM Ludovic Halevy. Victor Duruy. and Joseph
Bertrand to the seats loft vacant by the deaths
OF the Comts d'Haussonville. the historian
Mgnet. and the chemist ]. D. Dumas. The
three new "immortnls" are known to fame in
different degrees. Ludovlc Haltvy. the faith
full collaboration OF Henri Mellhac. Is the creator
OF kind Of dramatic literature which has
travelled the whole world over. and which
propose to examine briefly In this lettor. NJ.
Duruy was Minister OF Public Instruction under
tho em pire. and he 10 the author Of history Of
Rome which 10 immensely popular In France.
and OF other voluminous historical works NJ.
Duruy IL 70 years old. NJ. Joseph Bertrand is
. mighty mathematician and a savant OF tho
nrst order. He Is 90 years old. and he Is tho
first Israelite who has been elected member Of
rious to remsrf IN. the Voting for these else.
sao eS 90
ons vote hey hEa not
S,saS Rssl s. FIsas Ts IL ~ s s S
What CIVILIZED man has not seen or a. least
Ts fs L drande buehssse and Bs st,s
In hss u nts ans
able. N. LIloyic Haicvy. together with his col.
asaes sro ATE saS Ha
crazy. and charminKly frivolous kind Of satire
n. sns % Sf
almost on the stage. His uncle Fromenthai
Ny sao Re 81 as
His father, Leon Hnleyy. was not only probes.
Sa e Se .sS %lo,s 5 Hss
yilles which were performed st ths Coincide
doSiS Hsyy wh fEs yet sehoeb9y Ind Lis
entries at the thoatr.s. was familiar with the
ss sse sss 3, sSs q sSa
when he retired, having the previous
ceivsd the ribbon Of the legion Of Honor for
HaleyS wroie little pieces under various psea:
lonyms and in 1856 the real name OF Ludovic
thor sne p p p by o sni
Then followed the collaboration with Meiihao
and the CREATION OF opcreta.
psrfsc, dsyeiopmont operStta. Meiihac and
ISmsdy Of a Vi.
and La CixaIe'' are comedies Of ,observatiop
in which the authors have panied parisian life
with singular subtleness and with Il truthful
ness which predominates in spite Of everything
over ,h e. bSSr!esGne ana comic clements re-
the necessity OF bringing into rsici the Inn.
tastic talent ..e OF some particular actor The
Lying characters and tableaus studied from
sreaf Of snd Wit WA,
matters tho whole II the various episodes are
manssd hat da a9 eG
tenn g., vas as, snasloGons. he e,XasgeIatsd reality
on o on and
IN short, tins unique REORGANIZATION OF modern
tion toward bIries1no. Implies a new, formula
OF comedy. and If natnraiism means tho exact
neers on the french stage have been MoiihSc
and Ha6vy. and not lola.
talent as a writer Of short narratives, studies
and noyeiSttes-n literary EXPRESSION in which
tho empire HaGvy invented that literature OF
elegant corruption and adorable utility which
Ihrisienne and in which his rivals were About
Tame. aud Droz 1t is n literature, 80 to speak
ments Of conversation: the dialogue is rarely
more than chat over n cup Of ten beneath the
opera the toilets are descred ' %h tho co
RICHNESS Of a fashion journal aud if by chance
tolls you What he has inside Ne does so IN
delicate nots E., OF parisi"n dilettanism, and.
document that vii bs % Of ,n!in m II value
to the tHt.rs painter OF soeiSSiy in tbs
beet modern represen,sivs of this kind of it, it,
H Petit Dob" A9,onr du Marriage. .''" and
Plume ct Poll. studies OF the contemporary
nris,ocratic classes that are full! Of Interest to
D to b. sG yet
characteristic OF the writer's oil this category is
Hi 1es sSHT in going to th1 n.mnst mi; Of
lie marked by the in4alyont traditions, Of
rdnma- easd Mo S sr ct M ie The
nal and Les Petites Cardinal are two mas.
.ypes. which hnye alrondy taken thor place in
ddspi immortality n,h I,y; beside E2bert Maeaire"
played all his talent as an observer a Wit, anda
= But, as may well be Imagined. tho severe
d l,,l Of the elder Dumas hecnnse he was al.
Sas sss5ed E%ass t Hal1y o on vi tie
MS pluVant comedies, or his risky uoyslsjtss
n spite OF al thoir wit and elegance OF Style
hand. NJ. IInlGyy is clever and versatile ana
even rather time-scrver. No one could have
Haievy. lie has taken the very cream Of every
ffmGfeIs,the cram OF operetta tho cream Of
enne novsiettn. even the cream of Bureaucracy
inasmuch as his praiseworthy conduct in a
the Legion OF Honor. Indeed it would be am.
cult, to md a man more cons,sptIly lucky and
mat ne has done ms been admirably done.
ana IN tHe season; Three years ago perceiy-
oiists were plunging Sc, qespiy in nnstiness and
pesssimsm that tho PUBLIC was aetting nause-
for starting a reaction. and he wrote the Abbi
SO st9ry gooai had amos, said
pretty, that that prince Of gooly-goody writ
Sr1Sa @e sa R"sf .3yy ssrsa hs
great success with this vrtuons sentimental
wu sns With svir e fa'rS wns he
novset.o The foIiowing Year NJ; HalGvy wrote
ahO!heT aentmahtal eoody- sOOdy story. Cri-
uurttc.' IN which ho depicted an actress OF an.
cello purity TO form II contrast with Pauline
and Nlrgtnio Cardinal. whose purity leaves
Of these two books thai, NJ Hal6vy has
loon elected to tho Ftench Academy
as n protostatlon on the Fart OF that
ansere and glor, GUS body aga inst the extrav-
aGnnr"s Of nalprni'm Just as n short time
ago NJ 1laSime Ducnmp was elected to show
tnnt the Academy.ha no sympnthies with the
Goinmnn.st, party. II Victor Hugo wero
Academy. the immortals would DO elected
purs'y on their literary merits. As 1t is. Other
no conerrsd by the Acaheiny is, often
ability in lterature. Happily NJ iIniyy com.
hines both these qualities. So Tint there is