The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-23

The purest maxims OF religion are un-
folded with the charm OF the increasing
tints of the rose as 1t spreads from
the bud to the blossom. sublime truths
are on every hand bur never thrust
against your sensibility with an approach
to rudeness. she never enters into con-
troversialism, but when she gives wing
TO the Imagination and scars above her
usual flight she floats IN Ene sublimest
heights as II to the manner born. These
letters from mother to daughter have an
advantage Of all her other letters; they
surpass both in ease and eloquence all
others not wrote to that dear daughter;
In her other letters she wrote but in
these spoke to her daughter.
The old battered edition. from which
these few letters bearing on lie Grande
Msdamoiseue. are taken was printed In
1901 at London for ]. Seweil J. Cathell
and six Others and bears on the hy-leaf
Of the first of the seven volumes the
autograph OF Mrs Kirkpatrick, Mount
Pleasant Isla of Wight This edition
is exceedingly rare, and expensive. The
readers of this, story can say what few
others In Alabama cau-they have read
three OF the original Letters of the
Warehouses de sevigne to her Daugh-
ter-The Duchess de Grignan." There
are 626 letters In this edition, nearly all
to her daughter.
On page So, volume 1, Memoirs of st.
Simon, l find that he also was of the
opinion that the Duchess de Grignan
was utterly unworthy or the almost
idolatrous love of her noble mother He
says: Madame de Sevigne, so amiable
and of such excellent company died
some time after at Grignan. at the house
of her daughter-her idol. but who mer-
tied little to be so.r Alas, it is often thus
| the purest and most unse1nsh love of
daughter for mother, or vice versa, Is
but poorly returned, sometimes positive
~ rebuked by the unworthy object of
an idolizing love.
Letter No. II.
Paris, December 15 1910.
To NJ. De Coulanges
1 am going TO tell you a thing that is
the most astonishing, the most surpris-
ing, the most marvellous, the most mir
aculous, the most supreme, the most con-
founding, the most unheard of. the most
singular, the most extraordinary, the
most incredible. the most unforeseen, the
greatest, the least, the rarest, the most
common. the most public. the most priv
ate till today; the most brilliant, the
most to be envied; In short, a thing OF
which there has been one example for
ages past and that not a Just one Meth.
er; a thing that we cannot believe at
Paris; how then will 1t gam credit at
Lyons2 A thing which makes every
body cry-Lord have mercy upon us,
a thing which causes the greatest Joy to
Madame de Rohan and Madame de
Hauterive, thing, in fine, which will
be done on Sunday next, wnen those who
are present at 1t viii think they see dou-
ble." Then follows the news that
Madamoiselle is to marry Monsieur de
Lauzun next Sunday
Letter No. IL.
Paris. December Is, 1870.
To the Same
What is called falling from the clouds,
or from pinnacle. happened last night
at the Tuilleries; but I must take things
further back. You have already shared
in the Joy, the transport and extacies
of the princess and her nappy lover II
was Just as I told you; the AFFAIR was
made public on Monday. The Tuesday
was passed in talking, astonishment, and
| compliments Wednesday Madamoiselle
made a. deed Of gift to Monsieur de Lau-
zun. investing him with certain titles
names and dignities. necessary to be
| inserted In the marriage contract, which
was drawn up that day. She gave hin
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