The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
FOREIGN LITERART NOTES.

I
and FT-nch literary traditions He was
Greek by birth and his real name was
Papadiamahtopouloa; h asserted that
his father had fought with Byron nj
MiS-olonghi He vent TO Paris TO study
Law, obtained a amattsring Of Old French
and when he began To- write verse intro
dnceds into il words and phrases FROM
the vocabulary % the early language.
Strangely enough. the beautiful early
literature which for two gsRsratiOns has
aroused the admiration and the study
Of foreigners. which has brought out
admirable work from a small circle Of
French scholars and has made its way
into all the histories % literature has
never taken a strong hold on the French
themselves. Even the revived verse
forms which CatuIls Mendas fought for
in his -Parnassian- days. the -ballads.-
-ronCleau.' -vilanelle' aud 90 forth.
found q more friendly soil in England and
America than in France. Jean AloESas
was admired for his eccentricitiea and
self-assurance. and thess we're initiated
by his French followers. symbolists
impressionists or whatever else they
called themselves. His most noted poem.
-l.e Pelerin PassioD4- came out at the
time when Stephane Mallarm4 had his
vogue aud Paul Verlains was trying to
be obscure With them he vas regarded
as an apostle of poetry by . gen~ration
Of Young authors. with no respect for
their language, who were determined
to attract attention at all costs Ivy the
eccentricity sf their writings. MOreaS
at that time defined his talent modestly
with the statement: Il am a Baudelairs.
with more color His followers soon
outdid his psciIliarities; he returned 90
simpler forms % expression. but dropped
out Of sight except in the Latin Quarter.
where like NeTlSine he pontificated a. a
great poet in the cafes Trequsni.-d by
students
! Denmark has a woman hiss orio gTaphsr
royal Her name iH ROsl BrIhn; she IL
Journalist and novel writer aud received
her appointment from King FrsderikIvIII
two years ago. when she reported his visit
Ia Iceland She II Irresponsible for twenty.
two novels. and her newspaper work in
clIdes following up hansen on his journey
through Scandinavia. after his Last Arctic
expedition. and trip To Siam when Prince
Vald.nar - Denmark visited that coun-
| try.
An astronomer noted by his special
study % the minor planets. NJ AuGuste
CharIois Of the observatory az Nice. has
been assassinateSi 10y n relative He was
called To the door % his dwelling NJ night
! and shot down in the street: hs had shortly
before won a lawsuit against his brother
in-law. who has been arrested on account
% strong evidence against him. For
twenty wears past VI CharlOis turned In
regularly a report - new asteroids dis
covered by him and since the Use % photo
graphic methods 81 detect these minor
! planets vas introduced h'S discoveries
! Increased 10 ten or a doyen a year.
The chief distinction % Canon Harry
Drew who died r'.cen'ly ~ Hawa rden,
wss his being Mr. Glad-tone's -on-in-l law
and the father u the statesrnan'z favOrite
granada lighter. Dorothy Drew. lie was
warden 1t ~ D~iniol'- Hostel and Library
Mr. Glad~toue's foundation. which con-
tains his library aud accommodation for
the students who work In it. At his death
Mr. Drew was rector 10 Hawaryien and
canon % ~ ASaphs His daughter Dor
o.hy will accompany her uncle Herbert
the new Vi-count Gladstone II Ianark
aud Governor-Ci~nernl IL South Africa.
a. Der health is very delicate
/ That masculine woman and foe TO Ma
; poleon. Madame de S'asl. will -oon he
COMMUNICATED wv . -iaius ia Paris
arect.A,l Ivy femini-ts and women authors.
The plare chosen j. back Of the Madeleine.
where the Rue de rArCade runs into the
Boulevard Nals-hsrl,.- The sculptor j.
a woman. Nine de Charnoy. The figure
7 il seated. and round the head II the famil-
"a - u
the MINES ~ Mms de Stlsl's bookA.
: -Corinne.- -Dsiphine- and de rAlis-
magne
| A London literary club, tho Poetry
Recital S,ociety. celebrated Swinburn~'s
birthday bv a dinner 10 the descendants
- poets the tern h-ing made elastic
enough Ia include any collateral relatives.
, The Earl - Crews son - Richard MOnck-
ton Milns- was asked 20 preside Among
thoHe who accepted invitations were the
I Duke - Norfolk repre~rr' ing Henry How
ard. sir = e g.. Shelley. lady Lindsay.
( Lord CoIeridge and Ernest Hartley Coler-
idRe. Mrs Maxwell! Scott. Lord Edmund
/ Talbo' representing tine Earl OF Surrey,
} Miss Charlton. a relative % Swinhurne and
q descendant also 10 Chaucer, the Rev. &.
! " WorClsworth Mr. q. Tennyson. the
! Earl Of Lvtfon and persons who showed
relationship 10 Sponsor. Shakespeare. Mil
ton. Edmund Waller Sucking. Dryden.
| wycherley. Isaac Watts. Pope. Collins.
Burns. Southsy. Byron. Charles Wolfe.
Maraulay. ROssatti. Mrs Hs'nan- and
Lady DInerin
| The second part of EictoTien Sar,lOu's
I library has bs-n sold ~ auction at the
Hotel Dro,IOt The sale lasted fortnight
aud brought IN nearly 10000 francs
A biography % the seventh EAri Of
ElSin ~ b~ing prepared. lie was British
/ envoy az Vienna. Br1Iasels Berlin and Con-
stantinopls from I7sO TO IsOa. and is noted
for stripping the ParthenOn nc Athens Of
the -Eigin Marbles which Sr~ nov IN the
British Museum The part r-lating 10
these will he written by the Keeper Of
Greek and Roman Antiquities ia the Mu-
I sssIm. Mr. A. ". smith.
| A. the age - 81 William Michael Rossetti
10 about 10 publish a study 81 Dante and
I the Convito."
! Among the more interesting books
announced a. in prepa ration by the Eng
IisEi publishers IL a life % Robert Herrick
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