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NINE. HENRY GRE\ILLE.
A SKETCH OF HeR LITERARY CAREER
BY THEODORE STANTON.
The Successor Of ..org. sand Tn.
Origin of Her Pen >ams-Women
of Letters aud Their Ns-cu-
line r>eudonNm

PARIS. Nov. - Mime Henry Greville,
turer, Saii,d for the United States re,ently
and will Ia with vuu 10y the tim. th letter
appears in print Mime Gr.. ill,' ha, such
Interesting history, she is gifted with 80
much real genius n writer and i withal
such a clever woman that | hasten 10 tell
YOU some Of the things know al-,ut her that
YOU may give her the hearty welcome that
She deserves
II has H.rnme common a practice for
famous Eugl~hmcn ami sometimes th' -r
who are not very famous to 90 to the
Ntat.," on lncturin- tour AMI the lIk,., that
MANY Americans would not L.. aStOniShed if
it were announced that Her Majesty herself
intended raliu- selections from her works
before truu~at.autic audiences But the
same tlin- cannot l., said Of Fpnrhmrn
Capoul and Judic and Hrrnharit may cru-s
thu ocean in order I" sing and art h"tOr" You,
lut 1t i very rare that Il native of this cuun-
;ry gu,- 10 the | Jnlre,t States to lc'tur'. Is
the Ca-s With Mime. Henry Gre, lille But
this l. not the only r'a~,n why signal this
visit Ii is noteworthy more ESPECIALLY t.
cau~a Of the HE. character and writings Of
this successor of George Sand
Mime Grkville jwho e maiden name was
Alice Mari" Fl"ury i the daughter II VI.
jean FhUry. professor tat the University of
st Petersburg, and native If Normandy.
She was born in thu Rue dr Gren~llo, Paris,
on October II, i~i2. and l. consequently to-
day in the prime Of life. Her husband VI.
Durand tfrrvillH. who accompanied his wife
on mission from the minister OF Tin" arts
TO examine" AMI report on the art treasures Of
America. was for long tim" professor IN tn"
St Petersburg law school. and u - gentle
man of parts trust Tint V"nr amat~urN
Of PAINTING and srnIPtur' viii throw open
the doors Of their galleries 7" VI. Durand-
Er@vili" that he may -" all tn" art richC>
scattered over III" nltri Stats, anl thus
~ able on h'S return nome, :" remove 'h'
ignorance ot his i'tl"" country m"u concern
ing American iinr an cui'mc
II VIII have hn"n SNi that 'h" name
henry ''r"'i!" Is nom u" plume II l.
very rar" thing for a French h'"rar! woman
I" put h"r real name on III" uti" pa@" "f
femlnin" l~''id"nvm Contrary :" III" PRIV.
al'nt American P""u"", the French f"uhi"
a>prrant tor literary h"n'"- nff"ar~ IN liter"
tur" a" man ih'H" L. brilliant SaiaNN
"' thr~' n"n women ~ t''"FH III ''m'h'l'F-
airy, A. well A. IN rh~', fr'h'h hhfa'"r'.
ami many reader ilN'N AMI dies under IN"
mpn>'lnn 'hi We ~"'a'''"' MS leisure h""r~
brain.
here Is IN" history "t Nine Nh''' pulanhs
s"hrI4uet Her father : '"hliy are natives pi
EreNlle. a little pta'r near 'htltrurE,
whence comes the n"Erlie's surname, While
tine christian name hruiN i >hnpiN the mas
culne OF that "i her daughter Hrnri"tte.
While a child Nine. nuranl used To spend
the summer at 'Tr"viilr. which Is on the ~ea-
shore. and AZ Ia'"r i-r:"i she fought
strip OF land adjoining IN" bach, where the
fur1e~ and heather gr"" Wild, AMI whence is
a fine view "f the lnr"lIin- waves Since
making her literary reputation, she has
often spent the warm season at Gruchy. IA
title village i'll the township Of Grevlllc. liz
he granite built peasants "ottage, where
Francois Millet This nom he plume, there
fore is intimately associated with many of
the dearest memories Ot the authors life and
family.
This independence of character showed
itself later. IN Russia under graver circurn
stances M!le Fleury was then a teacher in
a Russian family living in th" country a score
6, h. 1,
before the abolition of slavery in the cars
dominionS Thr lady nf the hnu>. was Of a
fantastic disposition, AMI requested Nile.
Fleury one day 10 90 and cut some dahllas
which had teen frnStbtten, and give them
to the cows. As there were not less than
fourteen gardeners connected with the eStab-
lishment, Mile Flaury objected TO perform
ing this mrnial work The lady insisted up
on her doing it, and, at the persistent refusal
Of the teacher, flew into passion and ex-
claimed: AT You do not obey Inc on the in
slant will give orders 10 have YOU whipT-i
10y my slaves With perfect composure
Nile. Fleury answered: Have IT done -
thoroughly, then, madam, that | die under
the knout, for If breath OF life he left in
u'e' al EU' o"i'' u" I'i$''' '' iN'''i'eH "''H
your conception OF hospitality. You know
there Is telegraph office forty verSts away
The lady hesitat'd to carry out her threat,
and Nile fl"ury escaI-@i from real danger;
Tor IN a distant province, where there was
neither newspaper nor strong CIVIL author
ity, the death OF S"N' rli'Se In the secluded
home OF wealthy an" aiI-p""ertul person
age might have hapr ueh without the crime
ever reaching the ears "l the outside world
In her ear lc>, chlihh""I Mime. GreVlue
showed thai strong independent character
which became a dXet feature OF her nature
She was a hard worker at school and took all
the prizre- When years old, at the moment