The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19

unwholesome distinctions which. ordinary
eese BssaS Sc
sfrinty with Tie ecneoSrts ' is perhaps Closer.
In Hugo. the gross sides mayposstbly he moro
the case. It is the less. surprising that he
be n % to at
and others lsave the mark d an "epic poet"
Daudet appears TO Impress him. somewhat in
a o' M :, ennuient" bourgeois supple. ,sSStls.
SGSns men, fsTtaiPiy hhs most 4, GENERALLY
generation. Interesting moral variations diff.
gsT aspeas esss SSs rSs s s
Ss violentIy sensual" NJ Lott las Maurice
him) which NJ Barrss docs not exactly admire.
S %s set daTn s 81 n aS nTdts ndSs
"'Mademoisoiie Rcnan." as they, call NJ Barres
IN Paris. has to say about himl One can see
upon him. would have been SC, glad to be able
But FG SS met him. and found that IN %nd as
we'll as in body he Il tun;bellicd; that he still
cngs e g MS feelings Ct personal anim9ps 'ny
pressed the philosophic indulgence and lncon-
fsaf S a Is f tie sp Bsfass
shade Of senspality. which essentially is rather
worse than what gets certain other eminent
French literary geniuses stuck into jail: that
his glasS, at table Is never emGty, and yet
never inll and that IN ot word With the
and his person, he reminds one of the cele-
brated cantatrice who was alluded to as
AN elephant that has swallowed nightin-
Wien vii he speaks 4 Ernest iienan: Il seems to
should wish you to be-aii you ought to be for
the sake of 80 exquisite IN intellect rs, yours!"
Alas! why are we not all what we ought to be?
Why is not NJ. Renan an nscetic, why Is not
third who holds high ,ofllce a statesman. a
fourth S who authoritatiSely critcses litcrn-
4 fact, not a little expressive Of NJ, Maurice
BBarress nature. is that no not only. knows
Churchill II suppose Lord k,ndolrh would say
fess ! could not restrain a smile when he said
that Lord Randolph. speaking with NJ. Barros
@ Td that s sse 7 n vs BID b Rm
abieness. The moral form Of iaundice is EVIL
soH as SHS Sona
them: Dpt NJ Barrss believe; was 5. mainly
says Though he otherwise appreciates HIM.
is not at Ill SO proficient in this respect, OF
which one seems indeed to form some vague
sort of idea in reading certain Of Mr.. James's
lucubrations on French subjects. " Amiable.
gentlHmany man eSGsssast pGsEo e.
NJ Barras's word-sketch of the author. Of
DAISY Miller" The last stroke tmost cruel Of
alD is that Mr.. James takes an eager and re-
spectful interest in certain NJ. Jules Lee
maitre! NJ. Barrns doesnt-nor do |. One rs
obliged to prefer NJ. Anatole France. though his
ypIvnt q nnw at mes scratches
A lunch Mt a hospitablc dwelling where liter
ature is the genius loci, and where the Princess
OF Monaco in the most becOmingly bright yell
low from tip to toe made one OF the small party:
tea in a charming feminine circle the day fol-
lowing: an afternoon among pictures with
NJ Barres is to some extent member Of the
BouIangist party: with dinners here and there.
and more or less en- tete-G-tete. mt one or other
OF those few London restaurants where one
may vaguely think to dine. Such is about
the sum Of NJ. BarrGs's London fortnight.
returns to Paris. to socialism. to a
read at the Vaudeville. to a new hotel he is
having furnished not fa- from the Pare Mon
ceau. and to the need OF general success that
awaits him now as Je,tne homme tout fat
will go on arriving. and am pleased to think
it. for he is essentially interesting and sympa:
thetic. And rs know he is hugely Interested
in the character OF 1Gnatius dc Loyola. l made
him get John Inglesant"' before he went.
One likes people who like John 1nglesant,"
and he is quite sure to like it. for II you will
will discover that he is John Inglesant-a
French John Inglesant-himself
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