The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-25

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Tae historical r5rns1ce. w5th is knight
srrsusFy ard raxaans. with SIS mad hero
fas@. sts dar5ng ssLtssnApsAsg ard Is
sM8fzne soxea sill e1oz 0uiF - found en-
re shsyves Of rsassgn heraE1es; Il re-
Isaga 20 3 dag tas4s Is dead. 70 TINE
vixen tae great and controlling passions
ef human nature aaFsna}le9 themselves
vgsh s certain 8lxalyy, 5Fesss-a Ike seu-
fgsrrsn aE3 were fFseI3eatiy z&zts@4l-r1
b. srsyxity ard sell sacrifice
Ttss@g " :, Rave the political novel, ~n$ca
deals with still the Same human naiaFe
but ssrfegea 0s al rs sn=sgTsla. oepFiFe1
Of Iss xnls atty sword ard el0tsnifs {" -
suK gfa Nay tas beat Suits ttA KeAl@a1
fhreEgA tbs motley fak0le WHICH Ecw ar
saa Up 10 the very footstooi q cs'ice
IN Hts Exeeilescy" xaia Sagicis kA3s
state 81 things al only ne IS able. Se
exyossa ~gIA great accuracy tire system cf
government whereby the tnirG Napoleon
c0atfiyad 81 sustain . position, Ire ne
s1.sG.saa ef which wiis sEaa9 forever re-
g.a.sresi AZ one 81 the inexcgsa bic crimes
81 history. ard with a mastery toucn re
saaC~<sIs tn deaGalag all NE characters
OF any single trait which might appeal
re tbs sEa&xfDasica.
This Is 4. superb satire Fer authors
woGsd haye ysntgrea 30 safrfiice ali arr
ard imagery and stiil fewer could have
accomplished tae daring feat. and yet
terest and power.
The temptation to make his work bright
with motif ana ~elor. 70 III cat the ernpfl-
ness In human character. to redeem the
fgnl-.irarn by one aspiration. and the IN
clean bs ute righteousness has been egl-
tlsely rejected hy II Zsia and he has in-
vifAa 10 face the nlons;Fozltses OF bG-
yaAu life ia their own twilight. limbo
inhabited ~ the utterly commonplace.
Victor Hugo. Ii IL EFge. gives Us tire
Fame Invitation: bst there Is this sreat
distinosion between the two great masters
which IL may be will 10 note. That great
apostle 81 the wretnnrd has often depic.-
81 the uitermost hell 10 which human
character can retrogress. bat he leaves
always che clue 70 the forward path. even
in the hands Of lnfamy, ans. suggests scfle
radeemiag touch. or excuse, or act. by
the light of which IL may track it's way
back 10 the fecs OF God.
His figures are pathetic even IN their
crimes and hts faith that even for them
Chris, did not die In vain Is never ex-
t.ngHished.
Uuf when xoia introduces 20 us his hu-
man monster cur ayst exclamation must
be. Heavens. What a dull monster" This
monster has no idea OF making criiae
picturesque: no Is intolerably bored by
sentiment, he has 10 place in hts make
up fer hsroies. even of the cheaper sort.
his pasittes are those OF a hackster with
has wares. ard We do but Insult the holy
name of religion by attrsbuting TO him any
essits possibilities. III Zola has In His
Excsllency." shown as very clearly a
fact, not always understood. namely that
France under Napoleon III was merely
puppet show. The people were aitern-
hteiy amused by a pautomime OF empire
and excited by Intellectual wars Parties
were paoaHed by the most ignohie means;
politicians roso and Tell The victims of tho
suc.esg OF system Of bribery for person
al ends uisreiosmed by loyalty To any
cause. end tho emperor himself by sys-
tanatiziGg such methods only succeeded
IA hasterng the unparalleled msfortunes
which at last dispelisd the deiusion Of
Imperialism.
Our hrst Impulse on reading His Ex-
oeiiencv.'' IL 10 r6aiixe that though II pre-
Rnniss 10 deal with the imperial and nigh
pob0cl circles OF Paris there is not a
lady or "A gentleman betw cen the covers
This OF course, may ho said or many Il
good story. but NJ. Zala's personRges have
not exactly missed the opportunities ac-
corded by manners and education. hat
have merely ceased TO accord any appre-
rsshia yaluc to tho n!coties OF life and are
fsade 70 ask "a auoi bon?' BY their
every vnisarfty the crowd that surrounds
tle efuparor and empress are such
crowd a. gathers round street show. Tho
FAuhoufs 81. GerinAin has long since re-
tired behind closed doors and the French
arissosrat monrns In the deepest seclnsl On.
W Eile the Parlsienne bourxeolsn trails her
hodraggsed skirts through lobbles and
aute-chamtsefs and Easgies fot. herself
and her friends By means Of the most
no1keyish intrigues and the most TN
chast@ bargains
That irauseendant faculty of descrtp-
ton which permits No poetic depart are
from the dreAriResN II depicts is seen
most powerfully in the character Of his
Excwslency" himself
In hc beginning and ITO satisfy his
fsSegul craving Ger power" NJ Rouxon
fnses as thn "symboi OF a principle In
IA" end. and stiil as ever 30 satisfy that
satne craving hr does nas scruple To ..tv.
tbs lie to al his form political ufe. Ana
u IL n this patet that the womau-fha
oaY sentiment he has ever admitted into
his *orffd lfe-Admires him most and sin
eercly compliments his genius.
Nnat shsativ satire on that dreadful
republic 81 sex ana ideals where the No
man, no longer angai or even siren, hu,
just manNtfss CaaaFsde." sits down with
man IN the cutters Of Afe ana frankiv
waliowS wsgh him therein
fot ~" Tv*t the character Of Ctorirt3e
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any ~ toe greater emotions. she has a
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tPp@~t - she brute passions az mas,
het. ia word ClNr}nae rcslress.g, ~.
re "y Wcrs~'} whc has absolute r>sgssr
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