New-York tribune., 1899-11-18

laure has said, II would put kifchenma'o :"
| The b,ush The same commentator observes
that Charles De Cosse, Count OF Br,ssao' anu
MarshaI OF France could barely scrawi on
paper the letters Of his name" AS for Ann0 NC
Montnorencv "by BIRTH wealth and position one
OF the first men OF his age and Constao'e y.
Franco under Francis J." he could neither reao
nor write.
T. "a q diverting transition from the medi@Vai
atmosphere of the Paris OF Mr.. Hopkins u '"e
"pa,p,tating modernity" OF that which MT ho''
row describes. The latter author. win the oo-
v,ous,y indispensable aid of NJ. Cucuei' mas sue
ceeded very we'll in putting the physios"o'i'
and movement" OF Bohemian Paris between 'ne
covers OF a book The artists OF the Latin guar
fer are presented exactly as they are IN ali 'nei
,eck,ess 1ayety and joyous brutality. Also the'r
.ny,ronment is vividly sketched. Mr. MORO"
tells lis about the lodgings they 1--we in' 'he''
dailv mode Of life, the manner In whlch 'hey
.,o.,, ora n,av at the studies. their favorite
"a fes and their pranks therein, their cnarac'ei
,stic festivals-like the bal des Quatz Ar's -
-, ,ha code Of manners and morals which they
follow everywhere, upon all OCCASIONS MT MOI
row is not without that naive Ignorance OF 'ie
true perspective in which the Latin quarter anu
its denizens should be considered which seei'iS
inseparable from the youth who has been ih'oA'-
.o,oa ~, bis discovery Of artistic life in Paris
n. tho hall 20 which we have alluded he says:
"rbe Noulin was indeed n wild scene Of Joyous
abandonment. and from an artistic point OF view
GRAND a luminous point In the history OF mod
ern times. Here were a noble background or
surrounding temples, altars. statues-a wohoer-
ful spectacle that artists can understand and
appreciate"
We have heard this sort Of thing, fatuously
jejune before. To the proud participant IN the
Bohemian revels Of Paris their garingiy ignopie
SIDE their crude vulgarites. are not even visible
He leaves the consideration of such matters 10
those whom he jauntily dubs "prudes ana
fools" The sacred name Of art" In his opin-
ion glorifies types OF men and kinds or pehaVlor
which are really insulting to art. MT Morro"
has the amusing complacency Of his predeces-
sors He takes his Bohemia very seriously ana
plainly thinks II very grand thing. We'll, IL IS
not grand. II Is not by any means worthy OF
men devoting themselves sincerely to the STUDY
Of art But with all its baseness and stupiditles
IL is nevertheless fact, and striking one. we
smile al Mr. Morrow's enthusiasm. but we must
admit that he has painted the scenes he loves so
well with unusual fidelity. We may say OF MS
book what we can very rarely say OF kindreu
productions-that to those who want TO know
what Partisan Bohemia Is like 1t offers thor-
oughly trustworthy and sufficiently comprehen-
sive picture NJ Cucues drawings. which vary
in technical excellence from very good to merely
tolerable. are uniformly successful In the nota-
ton of those little things OF dress and demeanor
which separate the types Of lie BouF Mich
and the cafes Of Montmartre from their fellows
in the great French city. Bohemian Paris OF
To-day" will do very we'll until some writer
neither prud!sh nor too complainant. but with
experience. humor and sane faculty for esu-
mating the ways of human nature. arises ana
treats the subject with appreciation al once OF
Its externals and all It's inner elements.