New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10

type In the handling Of the common t,s.-' -'f
Of expression. Altogether an Inspiring ,o-.at
The same epithet may perhaps be- AMI,
70 W Jusserands Literary History -
English People" In reading the r,,as, = ae
ment in the translation 0f that work
recognized once more the gift ~ ,Ai, ave
critic for taking his subject out Of g, 80
PROFESSIONAL atmosphere. The truth fs -
could not b. solemn n H. tried If a..
scholar. and one Of high accomplisbr,s,,
IS also lover Of letters. and. like p-,e,-
DuH 1Nho wears his ttI- Nitbout av.- 49,.
il too s~ri,usIyJ. he is forever thi,<i,..
books as the outcome Of Hfe-and if. -,
Thus. in approaching Shakespeare the -.
hero Of the present volume. his stud, - -.
poets predecessors IS not pursued q, Ola
ton. through intricate questions Of .f.r. IL.
drives largely at conditions and tbs 80.
movement which led up 20 the creation 30 -
plays lie makes much Of the ..sniGoa,.
public taste. Describing tn EUzasefhar d.
aires which he calls drama f1ct,ria, ,..
speak. where artisans Of talent and s,r,....
men Of genius. all Of incredible f,~,,.r.
ceaselessIy invent rhine and stuff with jneit-
plays which however numerous. scqr~er, -
fee to answer the Demand he gives ell
10 the fact that neither the nobIerne,
frequented them nor the queen who --,..
occasionally command 4 court pe-f9rr,,-
could be regarded as determining the ~.
Of player or playwright There the potent.
| factor was "the common crowd the Enrrs
people, and throughout " Jas--rsui s.s.
fast 70 its genius.
His choice gives him the -at " his H.
rative and admirably serves o. keep hi. -r..
quarters with Shakasreare. For The reader
search Of a brief study u che poet there s-.
divers authors To BE- commended o1t We d.
not know where. after ALL be could End BE-
ter monograph than the one embedded in N,
book. Common sense is its keyno.. Tax
for example that Withholding which h,
betrayed 80 many Shakesp ear.ans the q,sa
ton Of his sources" VI. JGsserand vii nj.
allow trihing resemblance o. lure hin 81
upon this or that vain chase. H- once sent t
SuIIy Prudhornrne passages u his own ress-.
bling some which he had found FIJI Grsyin. Dr7-.
ton and Crashaw and asked him Il these u.-.
cases Of imitation. recollection or reinysnto,
The poet replied that when he wrote Ae b,t
never read any Of the hypothetcaI modes
So. instead Of ioundering in a morass % c9a.
lecture as 70 Shakespeare classical or Jths-
learning. VI Jusserand wreaks himself On IL
poets essential originality. Again. instead b
striving 70 say something new about SHAKE
speare something new and profound he sin
giles out his dominant virtues in the f0lI0Wr-
simple but none the less clairvoya1t analysis
one Of the qualities that Shakssr-a-- rece--
from nature OversnadOwS all his other gifts an
makes understand how. DESPITE the changes g
time OF schools. OF literary I1etl~. despite an A.
Compartment Of enormous defects t.s iid nothing
By halves. his fame IN all lands, should have g0r.
irf.rs T. han. Ia.
ally the TareSt *. in him. the Predominant one
more than any poet. Of any -im- be- 4 .fe-glga-
vt his creating breath the dead leave -l.i- graves
heroes win their victories lovers whisper tone
soft that the beloved one must lend L-- 20 Dr..
ceIve them, in accents 50 pene-ra-lDE AZ hear
chronicles or stray pamphlets. from -.- stores %
stage properties from fdIrvllud from the DIN r.
CeSSes behind the scenes, the E0ttir-. the a1St--
idea. the clumsy sketch. the wooden pIuu-r
coarse clay out Of which he Will fashion 81, c.zr
aCter. and behold, the indivIslll springs from
hands. lives moves. speaks is crowned y. .-h -7v-s
laurel. sinks into irr-tri-4 r.- 1tistr1urr
ErStWhIle puppet. now man of flesh and b.lGL
whose eve flashes and whose ta.~- beats. ---
ShakeSpearIa0 parsonage follows l-sc.r.
through light and darkness t~lv-~-.-E the ar
gulSh. the terroTs and the joys That $50. know H
thtt await us, puppet % ruluut" ago. Row on.
brother. Sometimes. il Is t-I-. while The p.8J
goes on the heart stops the hand becomes dr.
and hard again. and The wooden DOLL r-l.rears
the poet is thinking Of something else his --.s
SlumberS5 he gives life and takes l- away.
This is typical Of the imaginative power vl..1
has enabled VI. Jusserand u get. as i- wer-
under the skin Of Shakespeare, and IL denote
also his deep intimacy with the ideas and EN-
tions Of the English people IL is curious u drl
a FrenChman graspinS the sUpram1cg Of SHAKE
speare with that instructive conviction that on
as a rule. expects only in "a reader born % t-s
IaDo1taoe C-f0siDg his lang dis.-.--..-- If -..