The sun., 1916-12-10
THE FIRST 7EAAPTA TON or ST.
ANTHONY.
Mr.. Huneker Reviews an Early Version Of FIauberts story Translated
Into English.

of ceremonies, Oblivion. There /,
talking pig In the first version vh,ss
gable Is amusing, lie is not pre.en,
In the second. possibly because Tisu.
bert discovered that II was not Saip,
Anthony OF Egypt, but Saint .\nthon,
Of padua. Win paradcd a pig in uts
back yard. drops has remembered ,nc
animal In his etching Of FlauDer,s
much prosecuted monk.)
The Anthony Of 1856 has n NOR.
modern soul: the second Saint reveals
the detcrminism III F1aubert. II, il
phlegmatic. almost stupid. "a sitpino
Faust, incapable Of s%elf-irony. Ev,r,.
thing %rcvOlves about him the multi.
colored %splendurs OF Alexandra. tie
Queen Of Sheba-delightful doll Sa.
tan. Death, Luxury; Hilarion. Simon
Magps and Apollonius If Tyana tempt
him; upon the unresponsive cars OF
this p%rotagonist fall the cnchantir.
phrases Of the eternal dialogue be.
tween sphinx and Chimera. We dr,am
OF the Songs of Solomon when rradiu.
'.Ie chcrchc des parfuns nou\rai>
des fleurs plus largcs, des p%lai.irs
ineprouves'-the speech of Ch,ncra.
Flaubert knew the Old Testament
rhythms and beauty of phrasing wi
ness this speech OF Death: "f.t IN
fait In guerrc ayec de Ia m%usiuuc. de.
panaclles. des drapeaux, dcs harnat.
dor . . You overhear the golden
c%onuuering trumpets of Jericho.
Tho Devil rctircs bafiicd at tie ma
of tho first version: h. is rath,r ia
fashioned and INDUCES in Mophi,'u-
phclian operate laughter. The boz
of 1874 Is more artful. Evidently he
has read Faust and I;enan. IT, shows
Anthony the osmns yet he t. not the
victor in the duel. The new Auiu,uv
studies the protcan frnIs uf lifc ar.
is ravishcd at the sight Of protopiism.
so bliss" he cries, and longs To- be
transformed into every species "
energy and matter. Then the dam
like the upliftod curtains u
4 Tabernacle and in the dis u
the sun shines the face OF Jesus
christ. Anthony makes the sign 4
the Cross and sun his prayers.
Thus ends the 1874 edition. a book
~ irony. dreams and sumptuous land.
scapcs. \. sense of the n~othingnoss OF
human thought. OF human cuialNor
assaiis us. for We have traver~cd a'
the mctaphy sicai and religious ideas
of the ages. have viewed all tho gods,
idols. dcm!-GodS, ghosts, hcrr>i,s.
hcresiarchs and superstitinus from Ne
fore the Sumerians to ~unsCI"u'lto
christianity; Jupiter on his throne,
jehovah. an angry voice in TIN" clouds
I,rahina and lSuddha. and other Erds
If eld: Jesus and IN" early wariiu-
Christian sects-all. all, vanish into
smoke. crumbl" into the gulf II meant
There is no new thing under tn" sun
not even this same plititude OF
most venerable pa,impsssts.
\ vivid episode IN the lN16 version
is omitted In the deiinitivc. Vt tho
close of the procession II the gods
truly n twilight. of the icitics. Ia
saviour apears. ~" H. Old. whit" ~
hair and weary from the burden u'
the Cross and the sins of mankird
Many mock Him. lie Is ~reproached o.
kings for p~ropounding the equality ~
the poor. But by the majority he J..
~unr-cognizcd: and spurned, tn" -
of Man falls into the dus. Of IL. i
poignant page. the spirit of which va.
he recognized in some latter d.
French pictures and in the eloquent
phrases of JrhHu l.ictus.
NJ. Bertrand has pointed out tha. OH.
lSl? version contains both culur .I
imagery similar a. the Legends les
Siac.cs. though written ten yc'r. 70.
Tor" Victor Hugo's poem. Tn" T.m,'
ton of Saiut Anthony was n''I'r
critical nor a popular success IN lNtt
Now France realizes that in lllI.tH'-
prose epic her literature l"ss, --. ,
masterpiece Of intellectual pUw'i pro.
found irony and unsurpassed ue.
The reader T. All, juHtrly r'UnIf I.I .
the Apocalypse, of the grim aud .H-
visions OF Dante and of ccrlil. I,.
in the second part of Faust.
Since Goethe would iv "a .i,..,'
title for an essay ON the cpi,- -
have been written after tn" q i'0 ".
the modest German Of them COL.
list would De- small. In Franz, t.,.. 90"
only the rather barren rhct"r.,a. ,Nor.
ciscs Of Edgar Quiu"t's Nla..'ru'
the insrr""ct!nnnry poems ~ ltI-'
and the "a Iltl'ssly friGid p,. Ga.
ance of Lccnnto d" l.ls," SAT .
worH uf such depth and hero, i.'re'
as Faust there l. not. rA',4' IT,
Temptation Of ST. Anthony. N..u r
So im%pregnntcd 10y the FHustl,u spa
though poles apart from IT, Co
man poem n its development tia
when we learn tho youthful Gl>ta''
was n studeat and pass nat" almiror
90 Goethe. even allr'~si8g 81 ION,
poem in .NcNlndv,uos 'u li, iI Nl'r'
.t.. A,, ,,.s ,,. Z ~. H.t.. "a . ~