The herald., 1897-03-14
EMILE zoLA

between intellectual superiority and
neuropathy. Really, the book is study
Of Emile Zola, As 1t Is from the deductions
Of the author and the facts stated by
him. that Lombroso has gathered the
material for the shaft Of scandal which
he has shot at the novelist.
Lombroso says, in speaking of the
book and its contents, that the work is
q criticism Of the theory he advanced
several years ago of the relationship be-
tween the second self OF a person, as
some Psychologists term 1t, the so-called
Authorizations Of the Individual, and
genius 1T IL a remarkable fact" said
Lombroso, continuing, that DIR. Toul-
0use does not draw from his own facts
seems afraid Of them, and to deliberately
shut his eyes so as not to see them
Toulouse shows, for instance, in the
6rst place that Zola was born of an
Italian father, q skillful engineer, accus-
toned to applying himself with exact
studies, ana q French mother. There
IL also another interesting admixture
OF races among his ancestors, Zola's
grandfather on his fathers side having
been the son Of Dalmatian, who had
moved to Venice, while his grandmother
on the same side was Greek. What con-
cluBion may we draw from this mix
eure or blood?. DIR. Toulouse asks, and his
answer Is: Nothing that is at all GER
TAIN
I'm My Man of Genius and Political
Crime I have shown that races and
families in which there has been the
greatest amount Of crossing, furnish the
largest number Of men Of genius and
revolutionists. Thus In ancient Greece
the lonianS were superior to the Dor
sans, and thus In the orient at the pres
snt day. Japanese are the peers Of the
Chinese. On the other hand. in France
good scientists are more numerous in the
French provinces. where there is a con-
eiderable mixture of German blood
Lastly. in my work on this subject. I
have quoted Zola. Gambetta, Mirabeau
Tennyson, Browning. George Sand
6winbourne, D. q. Rossetti, ETC.. as d.
rect proofs of this fact.
I'm Zola, there Is another condition
favorable to the development of genius,
VIZ: which have described under the
name or climatic crossing or rather
grating, that Is to say in this case, the
removal of Zola's family from Greece
end Dalmatia to Italy and later on from
Italy to France. DR.. Toulouse, in fact.
meptions that Zola from childhood was
OF serious disposition, as in the case
q children Of aged parents, peculiar
lty which may even. according to Mario,
90 Is far AZ an early melancholia.
Tn the case OF Zola, however, third
hereditary influence made itself felt, his
mother suffering from heart disease.
arthritism, and nervous crises of hys-
tero-spileptic nature characterised by
globus hystericus tonic convulsions.
after which contraction. and then more
extensixe convulsions, followed by
complete amnesia. Sometimes the au-
thor adds, these were followed by SEN
sorry attacks.
''What were these attacksf DR.. Tou-
louee's statements ARE not very clear
On THE point. Did they consist Of hal
fucinations? This IL Of great impor-
tance to know because during the last
days Of her life Zola,s mother Is said
to have presented confuse delirium.
Among other members Of the family. on
the mothers side GRANDFATHER, grand
mother, uncles) the morbid Character
l1tics appear to have been certain pre-
4lspesftion to heart disease.
"Passing to the personal history OF
lola. Dr.. Toulouse tells us thot at the
age of two years he had q very severe
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