New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-02

over any part of what precd.s And go 1ay b sttes
day. have added to my %Hr X rom this nethod
NUN pd .. snre Formerly before books nronsnt
me in such large sums used 10 %ors l.. Litter for
Rsssn N Journal and quantity Of literary a and naw
criticisms for the Of f ioarnaIm spend
sftrnoons in leisure When in Paris am Great col
70 be found in the sn art sd hTe paid for expert
often make very gooe statueite Could any
nstan 6 r at 'e exouise? tell you What
thrill Of pleasure runs throufsn the summer l
al take d !: ii my down hands at MsdaS place
Which bought years ago ago. Tor or s mend such sum.
time TIM wv whe mich have since spent twenty ngS
that amount There. as in Parls' ! "G enent in my
GARDENS or on the island in the Seine oppos ond If
house. Sometimes boat but waIki hr inn in which
sill take as much pleasure as when, wiz, for
friends Battle and Ceza anne aIou uslo Ak w
There is Lourdes,' which have r, to wT pre
i Inn But do not expect to be be
APE to befn writing it Tn' as next or children would
be what / should most like to write, or perl.dipis
out pet sGneme U whch will be quite
different from what has ever been written u" ''''
subject before
THE ACADEMY.
And you still maintain your desire to enter the
time before shall be elected. The Acade-
micians object to my books. and that Is fataI Oh
iection AS to my person they find no fault Ihey
admit that am presentable ehouen III a vi ne
no debts and that | lead a sober decent, re-
spectacle life But they can't forgive me my DOCKS
If have made up my mind 10 persist III III! a..
tempt to become "A member OF that society
it Is more for the novel than for myself
that / am fghting l want the novel to be recog-
nized as the most important form OF literature
next TO lyric poetry of the century Ana the pres
emf constitution of the Academy does not recognize
this fact The novel is still in the eyes OF INC
Academicians what it when novels were first
written, "A literary trifie that sat very low down
AT the table of the banquet of literature. Yes: !
shall 90 on and on. Each time that an Acadeillcian
dies i shall wait the month of mourning ana tnen
| shall write to the secretary and make my dec-
shall continue doing this for years and years as
long i've in fact. The Academy Will not De
able TO say il says of many other men OF let
tiers to whom 1t refused entrance. that II was be-
cause / had not patience and did not wait long
enough If the Academy, in spite of my repeated
years from now my books hold any place In French
literature. she will have some difhcuty In JUSTIFY
ing herself before posterity. ,
Have you still any intention of writing Tor the
stage? :. ,,,,,or
that have at last abandoned reluctant as ! am to
abandoned any ambitions that have formed But
begin to think that have not the capacity that
is requisite for the stage. Thus ! was terrlDN
disappointed at the way in which 'lne, rage
d'Amour,' which is now being performed, was
adapted from my novel. | have tried many times
create myself place among dramatlsts OF
France, and do not seem to have much chance
of succeeding Tant pis. must console myself
wants to say very much better in novel than in
plaV.'