New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

=. is justified Almost any."s ras-;sas % 70 ..,, a
ths =, . man Of whom II + PesSio'e 10 'e'' .
s'o' n..,d Of the death OF the Arch
When Ieespha his chief resTe, I'm his as"u usual M
cSosid net 70. ,,ts His courters could find moth,
canes AZ .ase him until one OF tnsni oi
acting the e,osIns boy chosen to take The part
4 erhsaa aa-rsduchess. his face beng markea @ Mlan MI.
chocolate s.nsrsl robes laid on an open bier and
ressf.i =, ,-nsssion all through the state depart
AII. lis in The palace on f'''sh' '''e 's
ne rs' IS chief uiournef-
,,o authenticity Of the tale has been
l,s II Is in keeping with all that is
ea'SN- % the Kings stupid and scandalous mode
80 h'e. Maria Carolina had infinitely more abll-
no ever possessed, and it was inevitable
u ,,s sbould have grasped the reins OF power
p .,e cid SO she must bear her share OF
fH's <,- the intolerable conditions in the king
' @.ct which IS scarcely realized 10y Mrs
'V'' T-h4 truth is that an historical study
,oor Is q distinctly amateurish perform
'D N, the other hand. ii Will serve 10 give
sn'e. -easer a sufficiently a---ing picture of
<.o-fnI and wonderful regime
,,e French salon has been written to death in
s.x wears but Mr.. Frank Hamel has
,,,ss the subject into life again His
ff,.,,o,s French Salons" is, in fact. one OF the
-. ,zooss of the sort We have seen IN long
- II owes its merit 10 the good sense the
a., hiss shown in framing his scheme He
= o,cbt TO make each one OF his nine chap
~ ~ illustrative OF q definite idea, and he has
-. this without anywhere forcing the note
he very Justly treats of the Hotel de
.--,ouil,ct as tyyifying the salon Of manners,
-,..c,,es La Grande Mademoiselie as presid-
,-e, an essentially courtly salon, he shows
: ~,,o, se Ienclos the mistress OF a salon Of
uu+-v and So in his chapters on Nine. de
s,-,,,.,on OF Nine Recanier, he exhibits q
80 ,,base O, social development. An his
are composed with appropriate vivacity-
o,e respect particularly does Mr.. Hamel
a,o,ost a hrrner grasp than is to be noted in
=, o.a;na-v book Of this character The innu-
-.,.,ae rurve,ors OF court gossip are. as a rule,
- -sfailers of anecdOte, and the historical
--.o,ares they .ry 70 paint are not actually
r-oa in their pages. This biographer has
-u,as an honest endeavor 10 exploit what he de-
r..s os .rhe deeper and more human side OF
lin, in the seventeenth and eighteenth
.-iss and the result is that his great ladies
-oa1l,- credible beings In other words. there
:, not So much froth in the book and there is
,.,,. truth We much appreciate. for example
,o Mains the author has taken TO bring out the
,,o-ac,e-istic atmosphere Of the Hotel de Ram
,,,ns. Illustrating not only the grace and wit
:. ;,s bahrues but their animal spirits and fire.
,,eut indulgence in practical jokes Did not the
rolisbA5 yoiture think it funny TO frighten his
hostess by introducing into her private room a
taar leader with his beasts. and was not this
game hurnorist tossed in a blanket as q penalty
IN game Here is 8 specimen OF the humoT OF
the rrdceuse as Il vas once wreakeo upon the
f-orre de (iuiche. gourTnand:
I5e .ndUgei very freely IN mushrooms. during
-aa uirht his clothes were stolen and the seams
eaTr n 50 that he had great difficulty il getting
~ hem when dressing next morning HOW
boaed you are" said N de Chaudeibonne en- see
irr tn, and Others made similar remarks, express
M Themselves in different degrees OF horror The
r.6or f'orute de Guche fastened TO a mirror 2ild
On seeing his figure cried out. -Ah. II is fact
rrrSr rave beeli poisoned by the mushrooms
Ther. was z general stampede in search Of rem
e5ias hut al length NJ de Cilaudelbonne brought
vrtte1 formula which he declared he had seen
rseS with rnfajIfrs success He handed il 10 the
victim and the latter. unfolding the paper, read
~Recipe: Get good pair of SCISSORS and slit up
7oJr coat" The CoEnte de Guiche laughed as
heartily as any one He completely cured
Vel reproduced portraits are scattered
through Mr. Hamel's volume, which is attrac-
lively printed and bound. Ii is & creditable ad-
dition to the literature of the most distinguished