New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
SAINTE-BEUVE.
THE L0NG-DELAYED MEMORIAL TO h''
GENIUS
A MOTH ~ HIS iLrE AID WORK "'"N 49,
lST,,& or TIL: "tArHE;iES pb inH''
MS iNFI.uENCE UPON TUE ART
OF CT,irIcisNi

MS iNFlIjENCE UPON TUE Afr
OF cTuncIsM
Charles Ausuatin Saint"- oeu'e "as o'"
Uoulngnc- sur Mer in 1904. He died AZ ra''S :"
1sGa The French have waited. 'hr'c'"''' P" !
s..v~ thirty wears before erecting a suitable |
,,onux-cnl to his memory. no" 'ha' u ~
oon,e al last from the siliui hand 81 NJ '".
men of letters ali over the worn" '''o o.
And themselves recalling all the similar rue
,norials in tn, French capital Thcy Try '"c"
,,,,,oet and still they cannot think Ut a Single
an. (which 40 them means quite 81 'u'"'
,r,o ,rorld at larce wants lis statues Id the "r"
,,o iclonr to the world at large. a iho"n"'"'
,o Edolie,c to Dumas. TO DdiZac 10 'ict" ""bo.
appcals to every person entering "''
Sainte- Bcuvc hcIds the aiicctio" OF e"''PA,
tiyc!y few The life Of 4 scholar 'c'"'
the synlpathcs OF the m'i"'uoe-
Hcuye has Qualities which are cer'a" W loo
c;natc my reader of taste who once pcoo'o'
acquainted with him. but he rcIna''s more ~
Icss the exclusive property 't the" u ''
1'hey we venture to say. would tuf" i'o'" a"'
figures save the greatest IN ftcnen "'c'A "
do honor TO Sa into BcuTe.
The long neglect Of the French 10 fa'se '"'s
monument was but pcrpctuaton or the o'o
Injustice that dosscd the crilics ioots'ep' i"'
wears He was not neglected. II Is true. o"'"'s
Tho ba,f-ccntury which witnessed his iaDofs
Almost NJ ,hc tart he won his public. he Kept
q steadily and constantly increased IL. IN spite
nj ,is vari JUS important changes or base ho
WAS read in the "(:lohe.' In the cohsu'u
iionncl" in the "Moniteur' and In the le"ps'
A., io,,.,,Iiat oyer carried his audience with h,m
80 e,;.ic.E ,t,ye carried h;s from one Parsiah
paper IL another. Ills literary Causer'e wa"
looked f.r every Monday 10y thousands. ana we
imagine that If Saintc-BcuVe hah "r"'e" 'o'
Prussan sheet some Frenchmen a. least "ou'u
,,., s,,clioU,,d their political principles ana
suhscrjbed for Il. Yet how they abused him'
II = Al, OYER now but oae cannot help thinking
OF tue Old nnccrs Of the old ISLANDERS. OF 'he o'o
i,ir,,,es as ono realizes that it has taken thirV
wears ror A monument h get itself raised 10 ms
fame. lie lived a lie of spartan simplicity. ana
,h,. aid tb,, n, I,ycd on rich tribes from the
C,.,rrrl.rt lie developed. his opiniohS
cbl...c1 aud thcy Allied him turncoat The
friends whom he had PRAISED IN hI5 youth re-
corded hin. as q traitor when with msrrcr
Judgment he criticised their productions VICTOR
Hugo was one of these generous Souls. Inc
Concourt brothers were his friends. ana '"r"te
alout linn in their detcS. able Journai IN 'ef"is
vb,.b ,Ir.ous,iousiy but perfectly described
their own profound vu!Ganiy. II MAS on'y
few years ago that the libcls by the MALICIOUS
bro,bors were printed From their graves they
L,bpd Al the man whom my N""'' NV 'N-
stand and thcr at,itud. Has not dist aSte'ui 10
everybody French literature during inc las,
decade has been In bad hands 10 thiS lay
Saintc- Bcu.c - not appreciated IN hia own
c,ur.ry 4, ne ought 10 be But the monument
is there and Perhaps a change WI come
n. Used 10 begin work with his secretary On
MONDAY morning. skctchne out The ''u""r'e
which VAS 10 appear L week later "" 'ih not
leave his rooms except At night. unui ThurSday.
when the artl-l. was taken 10 the Office 10 De
set IN TIL. proofs came - hum or ERECTION
They constantly left hia with rev .s'pnA when
the srticl, appeared Il SaS smprccable. l's
facts ,,crc lndisput ,bie It's dates for example.
were n, accurate as laios nud b" The juds
mrul, Srrr the .ourI'at. most sympathetic
thai French criticism had ".'r knO"n 10 iho'
who know their SAINT" I:rny" sell the iInshty
OF his views f. nothing less than marvellous
As you read h.ni you Zee" nat ;hr opinions y"u
are apprchcndins are olI.aur Aimpst never -
Won encounter a wninis.aIty. ana A slupily
was utterly beyond SIin'r-licuv". His admirers
do not find him 50 persuasive because n ~
merely plausible ia argument IT, ~ sure u hts
ground ,,h.u hc speaks aud H. proves - ypu
that h. - right Ii5 compartment entered
l,rr.iy into MA work anI hc has himself on
frshcd how his INTUITION .pr MN" Hug" con
t,i1t.d 1, tI,. nrabnrs, II his -,rl/ 81. i.nl'r-
of her husband, poems. But nohody bilnea
Satnte-I!-ut.. in Gauss. nr Gould not he superior
t. his ,,ulh The period u insecurity Hls soon
PASSED S..!ntc- E.,!.e IN hiA prime. and for al
least forty years wrote Sith authority that
nothing .nuil Undermine H. ~Ls - wise ~ !i"
va luimt.r ,ni sympathetic. iiS ''mp"ri-