The morning call., 1892-07-03
A POPULAR NOVELIST.
ChGFhuloZ About 10 Publish a New
Story.
Characteristics Of the Famous Euthor-H
Home Life and His Literary
Successes.

Victor Cherbuliez is preparing novel,
to appear in few months. This book will
interest American women. CherbuIiez Is
one of the few French novellstS whose
writings one can read without bushing.
His last work was a study called "L'Art
ct la Nature" and when that appeared the
author was baptized Swiss Octave Feuillet,
a Genevan Georges Ohnet, only he has a
more finished style than the latter author.
Some manvaises langues assert that Georges
Ohneps Serge Famine" resembles 10 an
astonishing degree certain novels OF Victor
CherbuleZ. published years ago. But
mauvaises laBgues are found everywhere,
and CherbulleZ Is so correct, so seduiSant
that any younger writer may be pardoned
for having n modeled his style upon that OF
the author of "Count Kostia," and "rAven-
ture de Ladislas Bolski''
Victor Cherbuliez is 63 years old, and was
born in Geneva. His father was French
man who had taken refuge in Switzerland,
because of religious persecution. Son of
professor, Victor CheTbulieZ has been from
ms earliest youth a student of literature.
For years he studied Oriental languages
with Barnouf, and SaDScrt was his passion.
His studies in philosophy were made at
Berlin, and after taking his degree Cherbu-
lleZ Travelled extensively. visiting Constan-
tiEople, Smyrna. Mount Ida and Athens. 1t
was IN the capital of antique Greece that
CherhulieZ planned lie Cheval de Phidias,"
book that appeared I'm 1858. Georges
Sand was so pleased with this book that she
introduced CherbulieZ To BuloZ, and he ap-
pointed him on the editorial staff of the
Revue des Deux MoOdes. Some of Cher
buleZs finest novels have appeared in the
Revue des Deux Moudes, among them
Meta Holdens."
INTERESTING ANECDOTES.
CherbuiieZ once told me some anecdotes
concerning the editor of the Revue des
Deux Mondes. Meta Holdenis," said he,
pleased BuloZ especially, because the
heroine was a young governess well
educated and good tempered. AS he had
been obliged TO dismiss his secretary, lie
thought OF replacing him by woman, and
exclaimed, What good secretary your
heroine would be for meP He read my
manuscript Just as the pages were sent hin.
but when at the close my heroine was no
longer heroine, he tried in every way TO
make me change the termination of the
novel. That refused, and | d. not think
Buloz ever quite forRaye me. | remember
another aneedote; during the summer Buloz
lived at country place near CbambeFy,
now occupied by Edouard Paileron. Some
times visited him there, and one day his
secretary said, Why not sell the mush-
rooms growing In your park? There is such
an enormous quantity you might make a
fortune
Do you know mushrooms when you see
theng replied BuioZ.
OF course do
shall see
Al dinner we had an enormous dish of
mushrooms, and BulOZ said:
Strange locking mushrooms! Are you
gong TO eat any, Cberbuliez?'
Why not? Ii L am poisoned YOU will
only have to pay for my funeral
he then served me, but the moment |
lifted my FORK lie exclaimed:
Wait, you have not yet finished your
Buloz, himself, was in this phrase. He
was always in terror that he would have an
diminished novel on his hands 1t seems
that Jules Sandeau had once greatly en-
barraSsed him in this way, and Bulez could
never conceal his feelings. lie became
angry very quickly. but was always
| wiling TO make an acknowledgment il he
were 10 the wrong. Perhaps sm the only
writer on the Revue who never had anv
d1neulty with the publisher. Buloz loved
Alfred de Musset, bnt quarreled with him
continually, and BalZac. after lively alter
caiiou, lett The Revue never TO return.
THE NoyELISTs HOME LIFE
Victor Cherbuliez lives at Combes Ia
lie, not far from Paris. His neighbor il
fencoIs Coppee, and Doth writer's are en-
lhu>asilc amateur gardeners.
Seine one has said: "CherbulieZ Turns
around his thesis ike a eat around a saucer
ot milk. His women are always sphinxes.