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Md the fifth Duke de Choiseul- Pras-
I'm really survive his alleged suicid"
IN nrson In Paris on Aug. "a, 1S47,
, ,b awaiting trial by the French
chamber OF peers for the murder of
rho duchess n daughter of Field Mar
sbaI Sebastiani? The questin has been
once more brought forward by the au-
thor of The Martyrdom OF an EN-
nreys' in her latest novel, Emerald
and Ermine, under the Harper inn
print in which the most interesting
rharacter-namely, the Hermit-is
Mainly identified with the fifth duke
ma IS portrayed as an old man who
lad survived the tragedy by nearly
twoscore years. 1t may be stated
That the author is peculiarly well
equipped, by reason of family con-
nectons to write with some authority
about the matter though she probably
dil not anticipate the controversy
which has now been aroused by this
particular subject, in England as Well
as in France. But it has had the eff
feet Of bringing to light much that Is
of interest bearing upon the matter, all
tending to confirm the story that the
duke survived his alleged death in
prison. and attention has been called
10 the fact that in Augustus Hare's
STORY of My Life" which has been so
widely read on both sides of the At
lantic there is the following corrobora-
ton of the intimation in Emerald and
Ermine" Under the date OF Dec. 6,
1856, Augustus Hare writes as follows
"Luncheon with Miss Seymour to meet
Nine. du Quaire, widow of the Nicomte
du Quaire. who talked of the Praslin
murder She was with the old Du-
chesse de Grammont soon after, and
Nine. Alfred de Grammunt was there.
They began to discuss the division of
money apportioned to different mem
hers Of the family, according to the
Fcnch system, and they spoke of a
member OF the Praslin family whom
they thought stingy. One of them
added up the different expenses of this
Inember Of the Praslin family, ending
with, Et puts les miles francs pour
iAngleterre tAnd then the 10000 francs
Or Englandl 1t was then" said Nine.
du Quaire. that | first learnt that tho
Due de Choiseul- Praslin was alive, and
that they knew II. The next day the
Due do Grammont came to call on me.
and | told him OF this conversation,
adding, I now know that the duke is
alive He neither allowed ii nor de-
MED IT, A few days after. however,
the duke came again. and said I have
favor TO ask of you. 1t was that |
would never repeat to his mother what
had said to him, since 1t might up
est her. OF course | promised But
then knew the duke was alive
The duke. it may be remembered, was
supposed TO have killed the duchess
with sword, for the sake of his chill
drens governess, who, free from all
completely in the matter, came to this
country, married the Rev. DR. Henry
Field, brother of Cyrus Field, and lies
buried in Woodlawn cemetery The
eldest son and successor of this duke
married Miss Elizabeth Forbes Of New
York and died about year ago.
The arrival of Mrs. Humphry Ward
for the first time in America, on March
ls, on the Adrintic. has aroused more
interest than the visit of any English
novelist for long space OF years. Mrs.
Wards uncle, Matthew Arnold, in 1883,
came to the United states for the first
time, and repeated his visit three years
aiterward. The present hostess and
cousin Of Mrs Ward Ms. Frederick w.
Whitrdge, who is the daughter of Mat
thew Arnold. was likewise his hostess,
and the Whitridge dwelling at l6 east
Eleventh. street, being one of the older
mansions of New York is the same
ina, Arnold visited then. Mrs Ward
has been besieged 10 tell whether she
and IN reply intimates merely that she
cannot help but get them. That Mrs,
Ward hnds one OF her own novels, The
Nesting Of Diana Mallory. running IN
HaIpcrs Magazine contemporaneously
with her visit is OF special interest to
her great American public,
One notes of the American Nation; A
History recently completed by Har-
per a Brothers, that western scholar
snip IS consplcuously represented
throughout the series. Some Of the
men among the "a who We're associat ted
y The work arc Evarts Boutoll Greene,
md Of the Illinois State university;
heuben Cold Thwaites, LID. secro
ttaarS OF the state Historical society Of
wisconsin; George Elliott Howard. Pm
ID, OF the University Of Nebraska;
N'auae llalstcad Van Tyne, Pho, OF