The morning call., 1893-05-21

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too young. not sufficiently well read. with
out religious belief and not resident of
Paris.
An academician must believe in some.
thing and Ernest Renan was admitted to
the eempapy <9fi thel jRlmortals because
his ideas of. liberty and .conatry- eouateEe
acted his rel IIgons -sperpI ati1ns.. - m
Pierre Lott is The first acadfmician re-
ceived by his nom de plume. Lott is the
genitive of lotns, the emblem of dreams
ana forgetfulness. 1t seems the name was
given him in youth by his comrades be-
cause he was, dlflident and. loved seclusion
like The flower that .hears,t6e name. -
I, Lott real, n alne is ,JuleT ,Vtsud; hiS
wife was nee Franck de FerFieres. and her
family is cele brated in the Department of
the Gironde.
According to the standard of many
Pierre Lott is not serious; in Cnnstanti-
NOBLE be dresses like Turk, in Japan as
a japanese, in Senegal as a negro, and
according TO his, ,enemles.he is .'delighted
TO be academician because the habit a
palmes yertes allows him another dis
guise.' X
1t was Mme Adam who first gave Pierre
Lott prominence in the iterary world,
and no one watches his successful career
with more interest than the director of La
Nouvele Revue. l remember one evening
at Nine. Adams residence. ! heard Pierre
Lott refer tn the accusations concerning.
his ignorance of authors aud their works.
when it is said that i am ignorant must
ackn owledge that | am not well read. /
do not know Chaleaubriand, do not
know Flaubert, nor Lamartine. nor any
writer with whom one, should be ac-
quainted. know only my own soul, and
l often think that writefdr myself alone.
| remember only what see or have seen
myself personally. Lam not familiar with
the refinemepts of, style and compositiou,s
perfected by Elaubert, and | know uoth-ss
n nf litias ~ tr
Carmen sylvia says that Loti's style is
unfin shed, but he attracts attention, SYM.
pathy, then enyel. ps one with charm
hat cannot be defined. He. has always
been devoted aduirer Of the Queen Of
Roumapia, and .Carmen sylvia has re-
ciprocated the adntira ton. Several times
has he visited her Majesty. and once sha
received him with all the courtesy, due a
brother. in Literature, and invited him to
her study, -
Monsieur" she said, IT should like. to
read you The finest work Written in the last
twenty years, and taking The volume froIR
he table. sbe,read frem beginning to end
"Pecheur d,Islande." - -
The sailor was much affected and ex-
pressed his gratitude. by .,saYing,. you
have revealed me to myself =.
Pierre Lofts home is at Roehefort, and
the house is curiosity of the place. The
diniGg-room is in the style of the
fifteenth century, and the djning-room Is
the finest portion of the building o~
The. wonderful Louis XI fete given asa
housewaFmlng will neyero be forgotten by
the friends of Pierre, Lott, aThe invitations
were written in the language of the time.
and the guests were costumed in sober
.colers. accordiDgto the fashion of four
hundred years ago. .fi.s =.
Each guest assumed a name of thu
period, and the variets announced Hubert
de Montiort, lsaure de ,Castabel. I>eult de-
Ixanna, Berengere. de Hs,utferd, Soiande
de Branvile, Jean de Nvelle. etc. X
The music was furnished by the olifant
and the rustic hanth9is, witiIe. guests en-
tered and left the sdinlDg-reem between
two ranks of varletsf who bore resinoua,
torches. .a- satstre e..3g
Pierre Lott himself satnnder a dais, and
at his right vas Beatrix sde Gif (Mme,
Adam), and opposite the duke of Bug.
gundy's jester aud Louiss&E 4 Dhysician.e3
Among other dishes the menu possessed
a roasted, peacock, brought in by fouR
varlets. preceded by q knight and foj1
lowed by four pages and IN Hsicl ans. a
minstrel sang Il, song with lutte accempani~.
ment; a prisoner, released from his chains,
ceiyed Inns from each guest ,setc.. =
All who read lie Marriage de Loti.n
'Mnn Frere Yves" Lies Trnts Danes ds
la Kasbah," 3 JaponeEtes B. a 'Aatomne,yl
"Eleurs d'Ennni." "s..Propbs d'Exil." lie
Roman dun SpahR aud '.AiatelOt" find
tHPSe -eActlHss &C cfiV ltUHdtl SVlEies. luil Or
charm. although their sadness is most COM
tagtous. es's s~-is-Frs a. sgs
Pierre Lofts descriptions, of course. ara
incomplete. but. iI spite, Of his defectss
who but he can tell us how they love fh
the-old quarter of Staniboul2, Who can
tell us OF the deserts and fiery heavens of
Senegal, 0fthe Island of, Bora-Bora, with
Is mountains of basaltTisibg7 to heaven.s
and who can write anythiug more ex,s,
q1Estte ,,ain conception sthan Peehepr
d'Islande?
BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR.
Paris, May ..