New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-15

such affair would he his ruin. as indeed' was ',c
case When he left Paris in balloon during inc
siege she went to sec him, and her last woris Oh
parting were Above all, my dear Gambetta, ne
virtuous and resist temptation, for victory can
only he gained by self-sacrihce
After the war with Germany she became a
potent political force in the Republic. IL was
she who first suggested and urged an alliance with
Rusda. Gambctta treated the idea with scorn'
and he and she had many sharp discnsslons over
il, Indeed they began TO disagree on hahS
n,int< ard az last she wrote and printed IN her
Nouvele Revue" an artlch oppehy oPpoeins
him. This was just before his death, ana II Is
said that almost his last words were: ~ hur's
me. II hnrt..- is your wound 80 painfui
asked his attendants No. not my "ouhu' ""'
Nine Adams article" was his reply.
This famous journal, La Ncuvele Revue was
founded by Nine Adam in 1879, az rival vi
Ia Pcvue das Deux Mondes" Indeed, she de-
clared that she intended TO XIII OH NV law, :
which WIS 90 dull and heavy She would fill the
veins Of her new magazine with younger o'oo''
and make IL more up TO the times" more lively
ord enternyisinr The pages we're made less
stately. the articles shorter. the subscription
lower, and IN politics the new periodical openly
declared itself 10 bc Democratic and Republican,
~
nanv. bnt Nine Adam holds about all OF the
shares. and. with the exception of a short inter
val in 1887 she has always been the editor 81
bor poriodical Its pages are more varied bnt
less homogeneous than those of the " Revue dcs
Dcux Mondes The Nouvelle Revue cannot be
said ia have a corps Of regular contributors
Some of the university professors now and then
send in an article, but as rule, Nine Adam
collnborators" belong to the rising generation Vi
novrlists and poets Writers who have made their
reputation seem 10 prefer sending their manu-
scripts ~ NJ Bnloz. Even some Of those who'
like Pierre Lott. wcrr drought out ny NINE
Adam have gone over to the Revue des DcnN
MonIes" In fact. the "Nouvclle Revue has not
proved to be the literary financial success 'ha'
was expected. In France it has but rev res"i"I
subscribers, and the sale i, very small. Mos' OIL
It's readers live in foreign parts, IN Eastern ruIoP'
and especially in Hungary and Russia. n''.
in 1887. VI. de Cyon, Russian. became edi'or o!
the Revue" it was rumorcd that the pcriouic'i
had become the organ OF the ST. fe'ers'ure "''
ernmcrt. and in consequence some OF III" co"
trbutors refused to write in its pages Ihere-
upon Nine Adam again resumed editorial controi
If il TIE fact that il docs not pay financially ~
Of no Importance TO her, since she - very ric''
She reads all the manuscripts herself. ana pun
Iishcs the articles that please her, 1ul'c lh"iho'
cnt rs to the effect they may base on the p"oi,c'
Thus when she printed the :" lnsurGc, by the
Communist vales she lost 500 subscribers An
other insurrectionary novel which she accep'e"
was followed by the loss Of 200 more bnt shc
paws no attention to the opinion OF her readerS'
She works from morning to night and VIII oi'eh
be seen in her study at o'clock in the morning
When she feels herself becoming exhausted she
rocs into the country for few weeks pn'' as
she SAYS Il soon get tired of country me- ana
sigh for my dear Paris. whose charms to me are
irresi stihle