New-York tribune., 1905-04-25
LITERARY NOTES.

The note on the originals Of the leading char
acters IN Madame Bovary." which our readers
VIII remember, has been followed in the pages
of The Academy" by some other odds and ends
regarding Flaubert For one thing it is stated.
on the authority OF DR.. Felix Dumesnil. who has
recently made the novelist the subject OF a
thesis for a degree in medicine. that Flaubert
was not an epileptic. DR.. Dumesnil maintains
that the familiar story spread by Maxine
Du Camp out OF malice. when the two had quar-
relied. The doctor adds that while Flaubert was
the sworn enemy OF the bourgeois. he had HIM
self many bourgeois traits. Like his rather
and probably Ike his fathers fathers for many
generations. he spent thirty years in one room.
engaged in hard and most methodical work
In the s'dercure de France" n Robert Du-
quesne has this story 70 tell OF an interview he
had with the wife of the original Of the diligence
conductor in the novel:
The woman guessed what we wanted. and greeted
..Ah!" (clasDng her old wIthered hands,. You've
come 70 talk about this Flaubert. Please don't
speak OF HIN to my husband. That always makes
So We had no need TO explain and she politely
save US the infoTination Whlcn 51 We Soee novels
from Rouen FOR her. That was what turned the
Elan1a. in fact has left very definite reconeehons
IN tne country. where az the residsnts OF tb tbe
period deyoured the novel reading between Inc Ins
lines. putting the dots on the Is ana the names %
% nc portI2slts ana iadoa sqPpeHe'is ''''"
An old neighbor of Nine. Bovary tells me ne
sI,ite 5t3nr: I1fnraa one Teel-day without rhyme
reason. dressed up her little girl IN her SunGSs ~
time. She also had her own best dress. ana the
two went out together. ,... .,.os .ba
You are going 10 q party. no DOUBT asheG ne @ It@
neighoor. much impressed. las you are not IN your
Emma drew herself up ~ ,..o
''Gadane," she said you should really, really Kio"
The same neighbor told that Nine BoVary
was extraordinarily beautiful
Quite ike a doll, she put IL
c. P Putnau's sons have just brought out the
fourth and fifth parts OF the first volume OF
Percy Macquoid's History Of English Furnl-
ture." the elaborate work which We had occa-
sion 10 praise some time ago. Part four opens
with a picture of a superb state bed. prepared
for the reception Of James ], by Richard, third
Earl Of Dorset. L cost that hospitabe noble
man the tidy sum Of $4,000 The contrast be-
tween this couch and its occupant must indeed
as NJ Macquoid says, have been startling if
we may take as faithful the following descrip-
ton Of the King written by a contemporary:
He was Of middle stature more. Compliant
through his cloahcs than in his bode mis- c!oathes
eIeL 6Sng mace large ana ease as 5s N gTesf
pleits end fun stuffed. his eyes large ever rowling
s bei-g - olt ~ y,1feI]t-3la. his beard Very thin:
his tongue TOO large for his mouth. which ever
made him drink very uncomeiy as II eating ms
dIinke. which came OUT into the cup on eaca sioe
Of his mouth; his skin was a. soft as t2fleLas
sarsnet. which felt because hce never wash I
his hands cnely rubbed his fingers ends slightly
with the wei END Of napkin
1t is for this sort OF thing much for his
fund Of informa tion that Mr.. Macquoid is 10 be
commended. He is an historian not only Of fur
Diture but Of manners The illustrations TO his
work half-tones and color plates. are, as We
have previously noted, altogether satisfactory.
The April number Of The Burlington Maga-
Eine' Robert Grier Cooke) opens with lne
plate after the portrait Of Philip " attributed
TO Nelasquez, IN the Boston Museum. about
which so much has been said. This is one Of
the illustrations TO an article by Mr. Francis
Lathrop, who served on the comr2ittee Of ar
lists invited by the museum authorities TO ex-
anime the work He is convinced that il is gem
uine. and that il must always be precious 10
painters and 10 stUdents Of Yelasauez. both for