New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-22

,ior,.,pber Of Gauticr than Maxine du Camp ana ''
is not only because the two men were a'''' .'' i,
aud comrades, bat because the one VINO suTNNo'' ~
f,u Of appreciation for GautierS genus vas
GENTLY free from enthusiasm 10 perceive Ms "c'""
.. VOL a, nj, strength. Thcophlc 'autef ""7 )"
mann, re.nc.t. uuauc and ne was one OF th"Sc "c'
II DISTINGUISHED capacity whose free cAplc'''V
restrained and ntcrfercd with by the ileor VI
Circumstances His carly disposition s"o" a had
literary bent He was an ommvoioi' Tcduo' ".'' ,
+ memory which retained all he read I'' III -.
10 va, toward art and he attended Sch"'' VI P"iC
a., Zoe como time Ills youth. however WIS '"'' il.
a.. ,ci,i,g noriod Of the birth Of Eomah''iN"'' ""'
ne a. once fell under the dominion OF tnc ~" ,ira
and became passionate "Hhlrcr Va ~, ,,.,di
when the latter revolutionlzed all Inc 'I'' .,
lion. in The production of Hermann cum "" Wv.
gro. the organizer of the body OF Ntuue''' ''" n
&c.. en-, assembled in battle array 10 c"u''o,"' Wv
,ticio,ted efforts Of the ca>-cls's 10 od''" ' t d
The scene ON the first night was stormy anu ;
,ois,co,t which Gautier had donncd aS SUI W -
80 .,,,iol of his faith was the orihamme III wal "I0'
,,ot occasion and gave him factltlou' ho'''ioN o
t"' ...a a., after wears lie forsook art for her
a. -, . .bort time and found himself thehoeor'"
harneSsed for lie. . ,o,oro oil ose His
,.rncramcnt was largely Oriental lie "'"-''.
,.i and color Nature in her senNno'N "'p0,"
""''T =. hin, His Imagination opulcnt ana HIS
.i,, coll naturally into verse. Hut UcIc WY
.di.tions in him. as Is clearly shown III u" 10"
.ha. bc was charged with abusing the fIc''n i ''-
On his prose romanCe>, ana moi "l'"'"' ,oli,Iv
ouce ~ justification while MS P"'"'' "' ,rf,,
" ,n,,,v ri Canoes" are characterized by pun"
"a ,,orfecton of word and phrase N'dl''N '.'n
,,,tched in modern literature. Inc I'' VI ,ho
,o,,over one Of constant revolt against -,
,re..ure Of iron Circumstance. tIaou ,,oI,od
no,osstv of earning his daily bread ne "'N ,ain
o. live bv journalism. The "fenlle'o" wa ,.o %
e,nnort for forty years lie occupied inc Pi"o
dramatic and art critic for many year VI, . Nopitcur
mil. de Cirardin. paper and later on '"e .n
In'ior nr one occasion Girardin eApre>9c' -"
i,i,,, IN Maxine du Camp that Gautler "' a
who Encw nothing of journalism. ANU "' nis
-, censIre thus Il put fortune III HIS "'
.fopill,ton' ought to have brought nm !" ,n'' nod
forty thousand francs a year. ana nc 'a' .noo,ro
{, ,,r.,tucc a sou for him. There J. h"t 3D.
pa,r who would not have paid HIM ict"'"'
~ t,r favorable criticism That was de """' T''
view ~ the function, Of the dramauc orl,'' ma,
c,utier's view and 20 he continued 10 "o " .ra.-
NJ du Camp SAYS that he received 1To" wv - ua.
49,. moro than ~ix thousand francs year al" - -
,o+ until he Joined the Monitenr tlat III, ','" ,
.v ,.a ,rd thcn bv the ncmlity of LOUIS N"P''eo''
n -ava him 5000 francs a wear from ''o P''''
purse. ,.r,,,,r, moor Gauticr's
TIE feuleton." however "Ver'""- P' ,i, fro,,
aavs with a dark shadow. and preveh'eu W." t,n,
doug the work for which ne was o'S' ,.d ono
10 ,o., free 70 write how and when he pe'S'p w"
.tor from Nj, actual accomplishment ""'' j"
.,. ha,a achieved Even with the mll>''"o W
dany journalism round his neck he mace III ""'"
r,orature both broad and deep for "c wa, 1, j.,
,,,nore,i,l man. lie was scholdr' WEN 80
,uonv lines saturated with early PREM" i''' ',I
~ :. c,,,c,1uo~ proves. judcous ana au,"''do.
NJ $500. - moo. whose three volumes are worth many
,a.ods NJ CONTEMPORARY verse. ~ "'o"'o"' a."
=, ,ras Al hi, best. some Of ms snort S'"''0' ,,
a. La Norte Amoureu>e, for eAdihino' aID
,oa.,err,eccs Nor did he fan III Iont'' .in
,r- ..voacmoi,elIa De Maurin" caused Se'ts'uo"
i, j., orpcarcd and severely CRITICISED i va
-. 80 q vos,n- man Of twenty four however ]"
.,rsi,ional period and one Of eHerVe''eI' '''''
Ills ~Capitane Fracasse' is thoronsmH rn' I,''' -
Uouantici,t 10 an extreme. deheh'lul! - 40
,bo uorioA il i supposed 10 ilu'tra'e-N' "u ''r
ri. that there * really nothing I" Nho" III WV"
century, il * placed full Of a kind OF ialrEla' a"
- and trimming over with the most DrlI'"''
,i+- and the quantc9t and most fa'cUld'lhN u"
-ira,ion The Roman de Ia Nome i anu. t
.anitaI story. though not 10 be 'o"l" .,
Iri,i, r,acas.e9 A. 10 Gauticrs books Of traNc
- Gov, hardly agree with his bocrapher. W. uu ''l
cows mat t,auier went to spain 10 sec tl'e i".' y"
-, c,d ,,,rncador Hs preposNeSsed IN IaN"
81 the old Moorish epoch and the modern 0pi." ~"
mo, rlease him ne wrot" his traVeS from p'''+
.h.,ract and Imaginative point OF vle"' WIN inc
that whie they are emh'I'N
describe Ne real spain at ALL ,,t
- -, -. that Gantier only showed in this ms
s. Cor inst that kind Of writing. HIS bent was
,,,.iectve and this an eminentN "pIe'"No '"'
{, lrbich he consequently failed A. matter VI
rro very curious thing his bioerapher h"'F' dl"''
b., H.. .nonish travel,. GauileT was ec"''o
o,a,rrc who would not have harmed ny WV N'"'
&c GOOD nature and kudlne>'' Ne' III span" !"
Vi -, ,,h , porfcct fever for bull-fghtinc' atrehdeo
on the . courses he could GET to- ana deVelopcu "'
merely a relish but enthusiasm loi 'no'c '"'
.,d brutsl scene, which a,tonshed ms iile""' anu
clearly shocks VI. du Camp. ms Is an "'u p9'
that
coward the sport, of the arena was j. '"So
.a<r, VA. lie moved by the latent gerihceliN
=. mo ,emote Roman ancestor, or dld some TAI
away oriental strain in him respond to the hr't a'po''
of the cruel sport 1t is the only epHI'''"h Vi '''
,i,d in hi, life. Elsewhere he appears ONLY IL inc
laval friend the patient tolicr devoted to Ills ou''
.,-piliuc all his obligations labo1nG Tor DINERS d
,,t,cr vbat personal sacrifices. Here, on sud
g. h hro,ks out "A full -fedged barbarian, 50 jolheh
90 his new idol ha, he actually goes out oil MS way
o. alu.e the poor people Who are unable I" see 'ho
charm of bull fighting. +,
,.,o,,,i,o Gauticr never lost his admiration Tor
,.,,,r lingo The reason j, simple. lie himself was a
w., p,,,n,ic,,t The poet and the contour" united
81 hin, 10 proa,uce this effect, and it Wa permanent
tec,use If wa, tempcrtmoutal. But ms poverty was
o,,,..v. , clog to HIM, and al critical uhea u "'N
NJ du Caup asserts that the Revolution Of
sep,euber Wa the proXimate cause 'i MS oe''h'
,iep in concurrence with The siege of Pall' ana me
-. If the Commune. In the first place he lo~'
roan. Of subsistence. In the second place he lost
bs faith iu the civilization of hi> period. Inc fi'u
Wa tina, he ceased wish 10 live ana when SIGN
49,, ,...chc. that point 1t il all over with him. III
dd moi actually die until 1773. but he Wa decIhh'
ali the time to the end. and there Wa no more Worf
I'm him after the fatal shock.
NJ du Camp has written this monograph Win jung
mon, and disccmment III, criticisms are INC ""'
Illuminating hi, examination of "au'lef' WORK uHu
A. h.d of critic conteur7 and poet Is apprcctlilN
md sufficiently full to convey clear ideas to ih"'
bo are not familiar with Gautiero literary work Liz
many another Frcuchman of letters, " Poor Thee" a
no sometime, called himself began by snccrnc at ih
Academy. and ended by yearnlng for sca' among IN
.rtv PM IL va, not Ia be. Twice he Wa It can
siaa,a .ud inferior men were chosen. The third tim
n DIN Camp think, he would have succeeded had h
moi died Just before the election 80 he occupies. afe
YaIzac and Alexandra Dumas. that forty set
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