The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-06-05
TIE FRENCH NoVELIsrnr


No''-''. =" '"e 'i'ofning was so mani,.a's
worse that death was regarded as cas.nll
take place within few hours. WI WAN 70
, became known Cardinal Gulbert arohs, @s
of Paris, sent specially to Hugo,s re.,s slop
Offering to visit him and administer S",
aid and the rites Of the Catholic cb,,ot p"ilau
Leckroy, the poets son-in-law. who Nj.
attendance at the d; ath bed wben
dlnaps proffer came, replied for Hupr :, =
clining with thanks the archbishop,s t o. ue
and saying for the dying man, "victo- uef,
services of priest.n ue Tie
Hugo passed peacefully away witbon.
fering. be government has proposed SUI
funeral at the expenses Of the staff cTl
newspapers appeared in mourning Ia. lie
lieved that iugo's funeral will be The ~ ~ oe-
st scene in France for century. Sxnd'
Victor Hugo, the great French ma.
novelist Of the present gener .tion wa - nd
Besancon, f. b uary %, 1902. BEING ,hs I'm h {.
OF an officer whose military duties csllsd
out It France, he was carried In cb;IdSue MN
oa, rtica Switzerland and I,slv 80 %
1909 to Paris Here for two wears viii nau 10
der brother. Eugene and girl whom he 20 =. e.
forwards wed. he b'gau his class cal a.. AT
ton under the exclusive supervision osI
mother aud the care of an old prisst Tk u"
his father having been made general srd dnen,
pointed msjor-domo to King Josheph R0 sp
parte, Of Spain. he entered the sem;na' l.
n.bles In Madrid with the design of becor;sa
page to Joseph. which wa, howeysr~ as
fested by subsequent events In 1872 he
turned to his studies In Paris. WbsnW
empire fell Gen. Hugo and his wife separa,ss
ana Victor was thenceforth under the asaso'
sive care of his father Entering nr hua
academy to preysre for the polytt clinic ,cbo"i
he evinced stronger inclination tov,,5
poetry than mathematics, and his ia .hsr ~.
persuaded to allow him to follow ts,.
ture as vocation. In 1917 he mr.
sented poem on "The Advantages Of Studd,s
and afterward won three succss,;,.
rrizes at the Toulouse academy of FiorJ
first volume of "Odes and Ballads" wb;S
Gre .ted q sen,ation. Two novels "H4
dIslande" 1929 and "Bug:Jargal' us2A
showsd his forcs aud originality in pross LIZ
his prediction for the horrible and mon
stross which psrme atss his greater work. In
1926 appeared his second volume of 30 je, and
b Llads About this p'riod he Joined other,
IN feIming literary association, the Cenacs
In whose meetings literary and artistic doc
trines were debated. They also estsbli,bsd
. periodical, La Muse Franchise The DRAM
OF Cromwell" (1827) was presented as sp,c;
men of the literary reforms aimed at nv
the new school; but the preface was more i'm
poriant than the drama itself, being trsasi,a
on ssthstics. Thenceforth Hugo was tn RoT
knowledged leader of the romancists, who
warred fercely against the classIcsts. III,
claims to thus distinction were strengthened
by the publication of Lies Orientalesn in
1928. Between that time and 1912 he puh
liahed sixteen volumes of novels, dramas and
political poems.
Having re, ched the highest distinction IN
literature In 1871, election to the French Ac.d.
my in spite of the opposition Of the d
classical school, he INDUCED In political spi.
ations which were grati6ed by King Louis
philippe, in 1916, who mad, him a peer az
france. On the revolution of February. 1913
le was elected deputy to the constituent a.
en- bly, and voted with the conservatives. On
us reelection to the legislative assembly be
ecame more democratic, and in vehement
peecnss denounced the resctionsry tenden-
les OF the majority and President Louis M,
oleons secret policy. On the coup d. etat'I
,sc 1881, Hugo was among those deputies
mo vainly sought to presere the constitution
nd MAINTAIN the rights of the assembly.
or this he was prescribed. and took ref
ge IN the island of Jersey, where he contin-
ed his opposition to Louis Napolean, pub
shing Napoleon let Petit" (1S52) and his ~
liter satIres Lies Chautiments" Two yearssA
tier he was compelled on account Of somsy
ostile manifestation to the French govern Z
tent, to remove to the island Of Guernsey
I'd in 1859 declined to accept the amnesty
fer ed to political exiles
In 1866 ne Published Lies Contemplation"
1859, ia LsgeDde de Sieclss," and In
'6!, Les Missrables," the latter limulta-
sously In nine languages and eight cities,
Les Miserables" il unquestionably his mos
opular if not strongest romance. ChsnsonS
30 Rues ct des DJis =" Lies trsvailleurs do Ia
Ler," and "Homme qui Rit" followed
spectively In 1855, '66 and SO. In 1869 DO
'ain refused amnesty at the hands Of Louis
apoleon. He published In the Rappel
otest against the plebiscite of May 8, 1870,
trying the new reforms Of the empire. the
olence OF which caused 1t to be officially !,
ndemned. After the fall of Napoleon and
g proclamation of tie republic Hugo 70
rned to Paris and soon after issued an nd.
ess to the Germans, urging the formation OF
German republic aud friendship with
'ance. On February s, 1881, be was
,cted one of the forty-thrse repre-
natives of the department OF tne
dy he opposed the pari ameLtary treaty
pe'cs with Germany. Tais arg red the
rty of the right, and when he attemp:edtc
dress the assembly, on March 8, go violent
IS the opposition that he lott the tribune
d resignei his seat. Returning to Paris as
9 outbreak of the Commune, he vainly pro,
ted in the rappel against the destruction Oh
VcudOno COluluut huQ bOOu dtbCi
ussels where he wrote protest against the \
lrse Of the Belgian government in reesri 70
3 insurgents of Paris, and Offering an asylum
the soldiers of the commune. His waru
IS narrow escape, through polics interven
n, from q mob which Surrounded MS
use The government requiring him
quit Brussels, he went 20 London and after
condemn .tion Of the Il aders OF the rom
lue he returned to Paris and v. inly inter
led with M. Theirs on behalf OF Rochefort'
ssel and others All the radical newspapers
scented him as their candidate at the cleo
n In Paris January z, 1872, but be was
eated. In 1872 he published volume OF
ems, "L'Annee Terrible" and on May =
of the same year began, with his son
ancois and others, the publication
LIE Peuple Souverain, democratic
raal. His novel "Ninety- Three,
oeared in 1873 1t related to the war IN
Vendee, introduced Robsspierre. Danton
Marat, aud WAS published simu.tsne
I'll the principal modern Lar gusges. His
ncipl works since have besn "Aots and
,rds, (1874.'77) Legends Of Ages" SEQ
SERIES 1.-THE Art OF Beirg Grand
her and The History Of Crime" ls7Tl
he Pope" S'S), THE Supreme Pity
79), and 'R -ligious and Religion" 1SSot
o sons of the poet, Charles Victor ana
lncois Victor, obtained some dstiootion =
hors. The for mer died in 1871 A. tho Ages
Is, and the latter In 1873. aged 4S.