The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-20
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Adam. who b . historian and an author
of ttsnty publiehed vc;udsse. h chotce
fell upon Nine. Daniel Lesneur - candidate
only she hessslf disscntine 10 the nomina-
Nine. Issosnr 10 a problem novelist.
She has thirty published worke 70 her credet
and . successful play. entitled Marquis
de vslcor.-
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tesse De Msrel.' She has pubnshed ninety
I've volumes Of sattrto fiction.
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Of her oompstitons. for the Dext on b List
|: NINE; 0so'ss De DEP p@s In1s0ns so'Inv sstf y
the Confess do Pulega. who ties Nine.
Leeneur with thirty. ~
Many Of tho women writer's are titled.
Besides those already mentioned are the
Bohan. the Duchess de Roche-0uyon. the
Baronne do Baye and the Baronne de Pierre
bourg. whose published works consist chiefly
Of poetry and essays. n-....,
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Alphonse DAudet has won considerable
fame with eight volumes Of fiction; Nine.
Edmond Roetand has publishsd . volume
Of verses which y much praised and Mime.
Nine. Femand GreEh, tbs Baronne do
Baye, Mime. Am4lie Mesureur, who q pub
lished ten volumes; Nine. Felix Faure-
Goyan and Mime. Andre Corthis have
r~sScsninsd stsndins IN petty; Nine n., MAI
studies. Her -Maison du Peohe' made .
sensation about five years 9 and was
translated into almost every language OK
Mme. Gabrielle Reval and Mime. Jean Pom
merol arc also analytical. Mme. dc Re-
Gnier, who has written four books under the
pen name OF Gerard d'Houville. is famous
a. a stylist. She 10 the wife Of the poet Henri
Camille Pert ia a sociological novelist.
Severine In q journalist and Mime. Maxine
Gresac. Nile. d'Orliao and Mime. Judith
Gautier. also a poet Of high repute. have
written successful plays. Mme. Gautier 10
now collaborating with Pierre Lott on a
Chinese play In which Sarah Bernhard 10
to appear as an Empress Of China
Nine. Daniel Lesneur ID not pulled up
by the honor thrust upon her as candidate
for a seat in the Academy. She 10 already
a member Of the executive committee Of
the Societe dee Gems de Lettres. the great
mutual aid organization Of the French
literary world. She 10 the first woman TO
hold this position.
Interviewed by another woman. Mar |
Ruerite Provost, on the Academy question,
She said: The successful candidacy Of Q |
m for the Academy 10 eventually pos |
able, even probable. But some one will
have to break In and I don't care to do |
that. And, let us rec. are not We women
happy in not being academizable? Have
you considered the lot Of the unfortunate
candidates?
sAiI their lives they are hampcred by the |
academic pose. All their lives they write. |
they talk, they think for tho Academy. |
should We, who are happily Withdrawn from
this torture, attempt to seize itp
In truth 1t Ia an opportune zeal that
has taken possession OF us m Don't
you $50 II the Industrious ban should con-
sent to receive any OF US every on0 of US
would become . candidate, deserving or
not. For my part l confess I would be |
embittered i'll didn't win. and all the others
would feel the same way. . /
The change would make all but o very
few women Of letters unhappy, and still
u~nhappier the men b woul have to make