Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-11

Cdiut tflucUl.
1t Is a curious fact that never hav,
so many interests combined TO throw
dIscredit upon any literary work
When they surreptitiouslv appeared II
Paris 10 1917, the publisher wa
thrown into prison aud the issue sup
pressed aud destroyed. The inde
pendent printing press was ther
a feeble institution and the mon.
archy was all-peryadlng in IL,
influence. They not ouly suppressed
the .nem1irs but found members oil
NapOleon's staff TO dlscredIt them and
even literary hack To confess Il
authorship. Yet here to-day comes
testimony which seems TO clear up the
whole situation. To quote the dOcu-
ment given in the August Cosmo
pOlitan;
"My father wasJ sJosephArchambault.
lie was born in FOntainebleau IN 1896.
and became a member of Napoleon's
suite when boy of about ten. lie
went with Napoleon to st. Helena in
1915 and when the opportunity offered
was dispatched TO America with the
manuscript Of Napoleon's defense of
his life and policy, frequently
heard him speak of the manuscript
and Of his delivery of it to Joseph
Bonaparte at BordentOwu. He said
that In order to deceive British
authorities he had used 1t as wrap
ping paper around things in his trunk
l also recollect that my father showed
me book which he said had been
printed from this manuscript.
Signed Napoleon Bonapart Arck-
ambault. Witness: Priscilla Ring
Archani bault."
But that is not all; the search which
was Instituted by The Cosmopolitan
has resulted in finding the most posi-
tive testimony, dating back to 1919,
contradicting the statements of Gen1
Gourgaud, upon whom was the main
reliance for the discredlting of the
memoirs. The entire account of tue
maIy months research made by the
Editor forms an interesting story in
itself. The facts bearing on both
sides are stated In way to allow the
reader to judge for himself From
every side has come the expression of
belief that no one but Napoleon could
have so deeply comprehended the
situation of 1S00-l5 and SO clearly
analyzed the problems OF the time.
Those who have held these opinions,
and they EN- brace generals, econo-
mist aud literary mer win, be delight
ed with the many facts which 90 to
prove that they were right in their
Judgment and that there was in 1917 |
no man in Europe able enough to have
penned such an epitome nf the great |
events OF his career exec pit Napoleon.
1t is announced that Horace e.
Scudder withdraws from the editor
ihlp Of The Atlantic Monthly,
The new editor is Walter II. Page,
ormerly OF The Forum. The manage.
nent under Mr.. Scudder had attained
In unsual brilliancy, The July and
August numbers are easily at the top
" the wave, If not the seventh wave
tself, In The American Literary Sum-
ner Surf. The poetry In the August
lumber Is superior in quality 10 that
# any other magazine, and il seems
S If the literary artist is drawn to the !
Atlantic by an irresistible magnetic
Orce and it is become The American .
literary "ArbIter Elegantarium."
"Bobbie Nc Duff" by Clinton Ross !
S as pretty book of adventure to :
lhlle away the tedium of summer Y
ours as one could wish for. Gypsies ;
nd Russians, English nobility and an
american heir, with mysteries galore
re deftly woven together until the l
ero himself cannot find his way
mong them sometimes. The book is I
eautifully bound, printed and Illus
rated, on handsome margins of >
eckel' edged paper by l.. G. Page & h
o., Boston. "Bobbie McDuff" has a
ght and graceful quality of style on s.
hich the author is to be congratu- q
ted. lie tells tale ia such man
er that the interest does not flag,
NJ chapter invites TO chapter. D,
The Philistine magazine for Au- it
lst is as full of take-ofrs ard rip-ups 1t
I'd hot-roasts asian egg is of meat.
here are also leading critical articles v
Michael Monahan, William Nc ma
ltosh and Ebert Hubbard, which re
ree are, we suspect, one and The 9,
me person.
"The State" by Leonard Fowler of
icoma dated July Goth shows good all
owth as a literary aud critical mag eS oS
lne' 1t has twelve departments pi,
d is No. one OF the second volume. ST.
editorial department rs on a high
lne and too independent for the ~
lgazlne 90 exist any great length of dri
ne unless there is public in the pre-
ergreen state different from any en-. ISn p
lntered In this world so far. The ~
tor has the boldness to say what
believes. So he is dead again" tina
terialism and imperialism and wa
ler low-lived 'isms. There are !.
NETS by Ella HiRginsoa and Frank tin
rleton Teck far aboYe the average u,
magazine poetry and an unpub.
he'd poem by Celia Thaxter. The Mol
tie Is one VI year aud thoroughly Pal
'onent of the only northwest in lhe =
rid. - ''e ,,l