New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-08
RENINISCENCES OF HEINZ.
AN INTIMATE FRIEND TELLS OF HIS EXPERT
ENCEs, Hrs WIFE AND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF
FRENCH.

AN INTIMATE FRIEND TELLS OF HIS EXPERT
ENCEs Hfs WIFE AND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF
FRENCH.
In n recont issue OF the Revue Beue.7 according
N tho Berlin Boersen Courier" Eduard Greiner the
French dipomatis and author, published an interest
Ing paper upon his "reminiscences or llahrlch H''h''
the great German poet. GrenleF was an lhtim".e
friend OF Heine during many in the French cap
tal and can speak authorlatively regarding him ana
his pccularities.
"I'pon returning to Paris from Germany In le3s,"
saws the au hor among other things cone OF my HIST
problems 10 find a reading room win herman
papers, where at least ! could follow from aiar
the literary and political development OF country
which l had left so unwilnngly. discovered one IN
che Pace Louvois and visited 1t regularly. one u"y
I sat at the green table which was covered win
pap.rs between two strangers whom at first hardy
observed One Of the men. however. soon attrac'eu
my attention by a hard cough which seemed Us u"'
besrable to others as TO himself. Ny other helt"oo'
became restless at last. and after an especlHhy IS
gravating spell Of coughing. took pains 10 liSS le
coughing passed by and spell OF quiet Followed Du'
soon the moor fo broke out again. and again came the
loud Kissing sound The sufferer turned TO the ran
ger and asked anGrily DO you mean me WIN your
hisP Tie second neghbor let his paper-""1i uo
had held close 70 his as though shor'sgn'e" 1''
looked AZ the her with expression OF genuine
or assumed surprise and answered On thoueh' II
Was n dog | was forced TO laugh aloud, snd ga2eo
upon the author OF he ready reply with curiosity JIG
was a man almost forty years old, OF rneoium sDe'
rather heavy-set, bcardless with long, Dioha man,
high forehead, twinkllng eyes held hall closec ""en
reading His appearance upon the whole was not
rstocraac Nothing IN the speaker betrayed the poet,
srt,s, or man Of the world. lie looked HE Wentodo
citizen from the North with slight German accent
II was Heinrich Heine
.Ueine,s conversations" adds Grenler, whose ac-
ambulance with the poet dated from that day. was
Oft ha
French with a bad accent, and Someum's NeF! III
correc]v MANY Germans will be surprised when
! add that although he spoke our language nuehu!
md was master Of many OF Its hnest po'hVs' Hc
wasn't able to present his writings TO iTe"'n
u,blic without many corrections. have reccNcu
humorous letters and notes from him. not one
among them fails TO show in construction or neglect
that the author was of foreign origin. AS 10 MS
articles which appeared In tho Revne des pPuA
Mopdes' know from experience that, al'honsh inv!
bore his name, they were transla'eu III" i4'".N
from the German by some one else Ana WIG" Ho
himself took the trouble 10 translate them he! "ee
always edited and corrected by some French antof'
Before myself, LOeurWelmar ana Gerard ne nerve"
helped him; and after me, saint-Rene' laiiialu'er
and doubtless others whom | do not know
"Heinrich Heine" continues the writer, also
possessed tho art OF dlapng himself rather 10 nom.
IN his own works Tic Germans might c"nSiuer
lin genuine Don Juan, Byron of the srstocratic
q.
hat he was introduced into very aristocrauc houses
IS IN fact are all clever forsigner But despite
bic mind he made no con1uess. lie wis neither
htlt nc an Adonls despite T. Gauucr's statements
,nr were his clothes those OF q dandy. Ills
celebrated Mathdc, Frau Mathilde,' whom lie
married and whCnl he represented to the Germans
as the type Of the elegant and clever Partisan
vomcn was nothing than good creature Of
troploal beauty whom he had found somewhere on
the streets of Paris. lie fell IN love with her
became jealous, kept Others from seeing
her. and Naturally welded her ut last. she was
without mind and education, beautiful! and mdii-
ferent as an odalisque. She could not learn WORD
Of German. She lad indefinite IDEA tha' heihe
was great poet, but doubt much that she Ahe"
what a poet Is
rr 81 In the early part Of Of our acquaintance WAS
naturally very much nateied BY the friendship OF
a man Of such In porance. ! believed mat ne lo""u
some pleasure in INC personally. and in my cchvcrsa
uon NV eeoism wished such explanation but
soon learned the true of his visits SOmA hleS
Il was a poem, sometimes article OF the 'Aues
Gnrger Zeitung' which he begged me TO translate tla
he might give It, he said 10 his frend the Prhfes9
and on that account l swallowed the hook mat Is,
translated poems and articles out OF sheer lriendi
ncs, Later. much later, ] learned ior whoW 1 ns.'
translated these articles Of the Aue>orgor Le'uhg'
II was moi for the eyes Of the beautiful Princess
81 was for the eyes OF NJ Guiz0t. Heinrich Hele re-
ceIved annually 5000 francs from the secret uNua,
and he was Obliged to show the Minister from tine 10
tine. that he deserved the high reward The pap,rss
found In the Tileries In 1913 explained tne Secret
Ileine never Introduced me 10 the fTliCess'