The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-08
A PORTRAIT or rALLEYRAND.

tCorrespondence Boston IournAi-I
 le the third and last volume of the memoirs of Bazoe de vItroIles. vhfch is sc appear in this cify in fev days, there is remarkable skeech of Talleyrznd and aa aIlnsion to the autobiography of she distinguished dipiomafiss, which, t will be remembered. was eot to sec the light unnl long period of years after Talisy- rznd's dezfh. From the proof sheets of this interesting voiume take the fnllow- ing story of how Talleyrand came to write his nemoirx; and the train of thought which he zsowed cE this occa- sicn enables us to fosezee what the chaz- ac.z of the great mans revelations sill be.
 ~ One day, :" said the Baron de vifrolles, ''I was alone with Prince de Taileyrzrd, and could remember the exacf date if I uo~ded by thousands Of persona vho were husxl'- 7 each oeker, and 6ghtng with weapons 10 more dreadful than umbrellas or small canes- The throngs swept back and forth from the Pons Louis MI, some crying. Flve le Rois o;hezs, Tive Ia Charte " Because of this tumalt the gates of the courtyard of M. De Talieyrznd's hotel had been closed, and l sas alone with him for several hours-
 -afses ~e had gssed for a time a, the moos in the square he suddenly said to me, without prezm bic:
 Did you ever no,ie: that. ID examin- ing divers epochs, one always finds a man who, because of some particular re- las k. -k sk <>f h,s time. becomes the type. and, so to speak, the representative Of kss century {: am not speaking nov of men like Leon |. or Louis XiN 1 will ,Aks Il aa 3 more restrained sense. There are ees.sin ,rai,x by which il Is easy to fecosnsse .sexe plastic figures. The puosic pays them a good deal of attention, knows ali the anecdotes about their careers if ix con- sidered the thing to kros them one is anxious 10 know what they think, and all their bon mots are cited. There is always a man of that importance. Nos in ony genersfton--or almost so--we have had M. de Choiseuf xftes which the Due d'Orleans Philippe Egaliiel Grouped around these men one hnds the yeritsbie history of theiE nme. IL was for this reason that 10 trace the character of my geoeratioe l wrote the two volumes of the Memoirs of the Duo de Choiseul.' 1 then made book on the Due Orleans, and then wrote My Memsirs.'
 :" And he rAn." cootpred the Baron, to ses a number of manuscript volumes from which ne read me perhaps sixty or eaghsy pages Such was the manner m xhich these famoas memoirs were iits, communicated to secocd party.
 In the portions of the memoirs relating to his own career there were many s;ngu- lar passages, among them the one relat- ing to ise great intrigue of Erfarth. When he read II he smiled malciouSIy.
 lou know" he said, .. that everybody has saved France, since il appears ,ha, she IS saved four or i've times every year. bu, at Erfurth |, is pretty clear that I saved Europe from the general upheav- aI.'
 This little por,rAi, of Talleyrand's is worth copying
 h socieey he was extremely reserved. nevsr oeing in haste to speak, and never his lips without saying some thing worth hearing. He avoided -;ia care all ready made phrases. vulgar com- parsons, trivial loca,ions, and to his lat est day he deses,ed the Comrer, sous. pariez vouS He never used the phrase and never ans~ered lt-not even 10 his physician, fancy
 His choice of anecdotes vas always feiieltoas he introduced has own person ality only when |, vas quite necessary, and his stories usually had a moral which he did not need so point oa. Outside of these reciials he rarely vent beyond s~o or three phrases. especially on Sc ricus topics. He never entered into discussion. even in the councils; his opinion vas contained in iex words
 ln the course of business he wrote little hlmseis, and only private letters, au, he chose his ads sith skill. When he wished despafches or dramatic notes written he explained in a fe~ words what they were expected to contain: and when the work was brought him he examined it with great attention. If he was not entirely satisfied with 1t. he folded the paper and handed i, back to the author, saying: That is not itA or, This is not qaite it, or perhaps, That is not exsctiy it, without further explanation One had 10 guess his way until he finally oosained the approving Ina, is it.'r
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