The sun., 1916-10-02
THE FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH YER.
SION OF STENDHAL s "LOVE."
Mr.. Huneker Considers the Thesries Of the French Philosopher and Wit
In the Light Of His Experiences - . Lover.

iIoii u NerllIIY Nv Othar
writer's n without acknowledrnep,
Stendhal and ~Schopcnhauer con-
have shaken hands on the scors q.
their unpopularity with their pub,,c,
Not founded on physiological truth a,
Is the love doctrine Of Schopenha,.,
that of Stendhal's is Of wider Soon.
II deals more with manners ~.
fundamentals. II Is a manual NJ "a,
tics In the art Of love by a sunerlo.
s%trategist. His knowledge Of WOW.
on tho social side IL indubi.ah,o. IT,,
definitions and classiachtions are A.,
Keen. as deep as those of Mlche,a, ,.
Balzac. women. women, yop A.,
always the same" he tells p fair 20.
respondent. 1t Is a cardinal truth ,b,.
few before him had the couravo -
c~lairvoyancy to e%nunciate. Crouch,
with crisp epigrams and worldly n,
losophy-Human, all too human
S~tendhafs Love" may be read ana
reread without exhaustlng it, Hisdor
Its machiavellianism.
With all his boastine and n,,,h
OF worldly knowledge Stcndhal rea,ly
loved but three times. This s,a.enar.
may shock his more naive adn,ror,
who see In him a second Casanova. Va,
a study Of his life will prove II "a,
had gone to Paris from his birthn,ar,
Grenoble. with the intention OF be,or
ing a second Don Juan, comical a. ~.
may seem. Experience soon show.
him other aspects OF n career. He va.
too refined. too tender hearted. 10 IN.
dulge in the designations Of ado,escen',
The lunar ray Of sentiment was in b,
brain; II he couldn't idealize a voms,
he would leave her. II was his m
fortune. the lady's fortune. who.,..
she might have been. and the s,od
luck OF literature. that he never ma.
ried. As a husband he would hay.
been a resounding failure. Me.ari.
Guilbert-Louason was an actress in
Paris. who after keeping him on N.
tenterhooks of jealousy accepted n,
addresses. He couldn't marry her No.
cause the allowance made by Ms ,a,he-
did not sufice for himself: besides. y.
had a daughter by an early union. n,
confesses that lack OF non was =.
chief reason for his t!midity VII,
women. A millionaire. he might ha,s
been a c%onquerinR and d~etcstahle herr.
Stcrdhal always feared interruption w
a stronger suitor. and his fears we-.
usually verified. Nevertheless. no ven,
with Guilbert to Marsei,les. whore eye
acted. and to support himself took A
position In n commercial house Ass.
loathed business that mean for him
n grand passion But Louise married
a Russian. Baskof ny name. For SCI.
eral weeks Stendhal was inconsolable.
How he would have applauied to
ironical cry Of Jules Laforgus's Ham.
let: stability, stability thy nam
N woman" Although h" passed his
days embroidering upon the caH"as =.
the Eternal Masculin" portraits II TIE
secular sex. Stendhal asserted. deny.
ing a certain French King. that women
never vary. In this hcsiesing drsfs
for continual change no reveals h.m.
self as the male "sport" IN the DAr.
winian sense. And IL women are g
pitifully inferior. why dtI ~" sr"ri j.
life in pursuing them. in writing s'rI'
them? Truly an ideal I~hi.1Hd,ie-'
He foil int abysmal depths - '''o
with Angela P!etragrua ~ Milan mo
Petra Grua, as the English trsusla.
tors print ~. He was then a dash:ne
soldier. and II Angela deceived Rim -"
was youthful enough 70 su-vtv. -"
shock. Eleven years later re- revisited
Milan and wept when he again saw We
Angela. He often wep' cop:ous,y. pos
sibly a relic OF eighteenth century scr.
sihility. Angela did not Weep How.
ever she was sufficiently stirred -
start n fresh afair with her :t!'Nt
F%renchman.
He did not always onio" smoN'N
sailing. There were a dozen women
hat either scorned him or "'s" re
mained placldly unconscious ~ va
sentiments. ono memory rent.r"d -
the last: recall his cry .: ress
as French Consul at Civi'a N'-r.'a '
am perishing for want q. ,u'" H.
doubtless Thought Of Mtti.do. we O.
General DemhowskN, who ~ Miar
from 1878 10 lS2i-let us no. concern
ourselves II these dates coir'il" y"
or overlap other love affairs. S'e7tNi
was ever versatile neither engolrss"
ror discouraged IT,. ardent csc :
infatuated was b." 'lutt ;" r"s'tc''
his chances with ;hc actress Nl"r.
also with Countess ko,~""'. Mn
Dembowsky. who later al 49, ff''
80 cruel 10 the cansp,rntor Ico Zee
colo. allowed Stcndhal IN" lr"st.0laNe
privilege OF kissing her Nau' u 'c'
like a schoo, boy and ira ell '''tT ~
heartlcss II from Milan t. t'.''f'
from Florence 10 ROM.
The gossip that he was 80 'o'
in Paris Of the singer Pasta ''IS'
Madame Demhowshy to deny I'M nm
hope. He was sincerely a''u" sd
her. Had she said; "hi.i yourself
he would have done So SGl' 49,
mantle was lie, she va, n'r" W.
contini. and separated FROM lr' H"'
band. a brutal soldier 'hu-ha'is nr'
always brutal when separate U
their suffering w!vsN. No. ,'I''
Madame Traversi, hated sos.
was the obstacle that k'uf h'. gov
his passion. We actually h"'"v'
he would have married M''ild' -"
died at tho age Of 3S n l>I' 1'' '
happy affair was pO~.'l"j ~
the salons Of rar.s Milan ''' ','"
Because NJ her he bad t-p
norma N!gan0 when S." 't'
him "Reyle, they say 'h,' '' .
in love with me-" 'T.', $50 7''
fooling You" For t',S D." &C.. '-''
forgiven !; is n cAHr1,' '.S'
of frankress- S'erlha'. W. rover
celved any ono but hin',o''
That Other great ,,vcr / y. H'
10 --- Md .. $50. A.Lt.'N .