New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-17
"QUARANTE ANS APRES''
Jules Claretie's Impressions IN
Alsace and Lorraine.
Faris. September 9.


Forty Years After''-"Quarante Ans
Apras'-is the title Of very remark
able book by n. Jules Claretie, admins
traitor general of the Theatre FTancais
and member Of the Academy, who
evokes his impressions and personal ex-
perience In Alsace and Lorraine during
the war of 1901, and compares them
with those elected in course of a randi
ing sojourn in the same region i'll the
spring Of 1910. NJ Claretie. when serv-
ing as a soldier, was taken prisoner at
Sedan by the cavalry of Prince Albrecht
of Prussia, whom he afterward met on
several occasions F'renchmen of the
generation of 1870 with rare exceptions
periodically and oostinately refuse to
accept as final the result of the war
and the amputation Of the conquests of
Louis XIV. NJ. Claretie's recent visit to
the lost provinces is in the nature of
a pilgrimage. 1t is at once poetic, pa
thetic. picturesque and patriotic.
NJ Andre Hallays is a literary Corot.
He describes the beauties OF the land
scapes architecture, cornfields, forests,
churches and chateaux of the country
within radius of a hundred miles of
Paris, with the subtle observation and
delicate sentiment Of the nasterful open
air painter. En- Flanant, d Travers la
France Autour de Paris" is compact
volume OF more than three handred
pages, enlivened by some forty excellent
engravings. published by Perrin, in
which NJ Hallays relates his week end
trips TO interesting spots within easy
reeach Of the capital. American tourists
cannot find a more agreeable or more
trustworthy companion and guide than
this genial, alert antiquarian and jour
nalist who in the most charming way
Imaginable sauntcrs and strolls through
picturesque France, always ZEN flanant,'
but always with scientific method in the
accomplishment or his task Of making q
monumental investigation Of vast treas
ures of art and nature The present
volume is the first OF a series entitled
lie Voyage Picturesque dc la France"
a hundred years ago-August ., 1SlU--
Maurice dc Gu6rin, poet, described by
George Sand as the Andre Cheuisr Of
Pantheisn." friend of dc Lamennais, OF
Barley d Aurevilly, Baroness de Maistre.
TrebUtien. Alfred Le Poitteyin and Gus
taVe Flaubert, was born at the Chateau
de Cayla, in the Department Of the Tsrn.
Maurice dc Gutrin, author Of lie Cen.
tsure,' one of the most beautiful prose-
poems In the French language. and Of
LIE Cygne de Cayla, is scarcely known
outside of a small circle of amateurs.
He died when only tWenty-nine years old.
His young wife cut off his long. flowing.
golden locks Of hair and wove them into
a. shroud, ir which his body was
wrapped Last Sunday a pilgrimage Of
Partisan men Of letters deposited wreaths
upon his tomb, in the cemetery Of
Andillac, and to-day selection of
dc Guerin's poems and writings
.'CEurres Choisies' compiled and edited
by NJ Ernest Gaubcrt, IS published by
the Nouvelle Jibrairie Rationale. to-
gether with a biographical introduction
and critical notes. This work reopens
ground of lovers of French literature
who recall Matthew Arnold's warm ap-
probation OF the poet. G. l. Il.