New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05

e., ,,are cor1plete for the publication on
Nav % Of NJ. Bazin's latest novel Inc
o,.,nor was q member Of the French Com
mission 10 the Champlain Tercentenar!
and was probably in taXicab at the mo-
man, his American publishers suggested
although in which direction the taXlcaD
might be going at the moment II Would DC
GiGicult TO tell. The French commissioners
were very busy with a dejeuner at Ihe
belmont. for one thing, and an elecuoh Oh
officers at the Chamber Of Commerce. ana
changing from formal clothes to traVeiAhs
er;,s so that really the only thing TO 90
would be to 90 to the hotel and walt
THE NOVELIST MERELY SIGHED
This was done.
NJ Eaziu was discovered in the lobby OF
tho Vanderbilt Hotel He was sorry II
seemed. He writes about purple faIo"''
long brown fields. silent, unquesuonihe
roasants. His books are calm and slihPie'
His prose is ever bordering on the most
delicate and exquisite poetry. Inc iooDy
NJ tho Vanderbilt Hotel was such a poor
place in which to talk of peasants ~
Rain did not ask 70 be excused; ne mercy
sighed.
he began writing fiction quarter OF
q century ago. he said. with ferVeht ne
lief that beauty disengages itself slowly
from the heart of things, if only we look
az them with patience and love" lie had
robust determination to devote himseH
70 discovering and proclaiming the virtues
Of the people Of the French provinces-a
section Of French life which seemed to him
10 have been strangely. sadly and almost
all
real talent
lie IS attempting 20 prove 'hd' ',''
French is the most moral nation on earlh'
lie is spending his life to that END. me
task Is generally conceded 10 De great
HE PREFERS RURAL LIFE.
II. Bs.n said he passed part OF each
year I'm Paris. bat that he had never cedS''
10 he closely identified with his native prov
ince OF Anjou lie was born at Anger"
ngs,. and. being a delicate youth spent
mast OF his bovbood on an Angevln tar"'
He studied and practised law at Anglers
where he has held for a good many years
professorship Of criminal law IN 'hc
Catholic University.
At home his study looks out upon grove
Of magnificent trees.
81 work there" said NJ. Baz!n' every
dsy. When I am tired Of writing ana OF I'll
ting at my desk. | walk in the garden 'o''
tinunS my train of thought as walk OF
mount my bicycle and roll lcisurey an"
silently aIoug the country roads.
rttIc hard for the imagination 10
eiss=. there In the lobby of the VandcrOht
Hotel among the whining pages WIN u"-
delivered kilograms. and stolid faced cNrhS
behind counters that were also marble
HIS NOVELS READ INCREASINGLY.
Edmund Gosse. in The Contemporary
Review" has expressed jos and surprise
over the discovery Of living French nov
ehst whose works might be recommended
without the possibility Of blush. lh'S
novelist was Rene Bazin.
Critics say that for this reason VI. Bazin
should be welcomed and acclaimed az
Vei!ta5lc benesactor by the sorely embar-
fasked teachers OF French ia our American
schools. Who are constantly getting into
not water through the very natural ten
oency OF their pupils 20 supplement ths
scrupuously chosen looks admitted to the
Classroom by other books by the same au-
thors-io follow uQ Liable COnstantin'
Tor eTamolr by Monsieur ct Madame
cardinal
ASKED 20 summarize his literary theories.
%. Bazln did so. somewhat as follows (he
Speaks no Englism:
The society novel has been done re-
oohe, oyerdone. done 10 death. The per-
ie'tal occurrence OF adultery In the plots
que 10 Intellectual Incidence. The typi-
ca soe.et! novelist IL actually too lazy "