New-York tribune., 1922-06-18
rGrsTE MAoutT. pro

IGloIL NhRNfi' P''''
n Of history, collaborhtcd with
~ Dumas pere in the fHbrie"-
Il n ton Of most Of the inn
rortant romanees published %
.he great novelist HAPPY
Dunas's service. he never maae ~.
attempt % push himself ior"Aru ~
literary circles. nor IS ne known w
nave complained against the appohi
arce Of Dumas's name alone on w
titlr.rages Of their novels. ho"eVet'
,- fgtg and again in 1859. the frenen
coyr,, rccogniz izcd officially the eollabo-
,.,ion Of Maduet. They took account
=, tho same time, Of the agreement
si.,ed he Maquct IN lSis under the
terms NJ which he ceded his name and
his rights 20 Dumas IN return ior
nccuniary considcrations "hleh the h'-
ter never fulfilled. Maquet was Ap-
parontly too casy-going TO protest Nlo-
iently during his lifetime, but ne re-,
qucstcd in his will that n be aeeofden
equal sicnAtory rights with Dumas al
tor his death. and that his heirs share
tho ROYALTIES which he had never re-
ccivcd.
The complaint Of tho heirs Of Maquet
has finally reached the courts. The
defense maintains that the ccssion made
bv Maouct in is4s constitutes com
nie,e abandonment Of rights In favor
OF Dumas and that the common intcn-
ton Of the parties and the definite
character Of the agreement are beyond
doubt A decision is looked for within
ten years.
Discussion il rife in Paris about the
80 4 FIf
n book published anonymously the otner
day by "L'Emite du fauborg SAINT
German" The pseudonym is not a
new one. Querard. in his "Supereher-
les ltt6raircs devoilees" mentions
such n hermit as the author Of a vol.
ume Of "parisian observations and
usages at the beginning Of the XIX
century; sequel 20 Mr.. de Jouys
Collection OF French Manners. lie
gives as its author Oh. Colnet. author
OF THE Art Of Dining in Town, etc,
published in 1925.
But here We have. imagine. vol
ume Of different kind. The Monde
-socicty- nowadays Is conglomerate
and Heterogeneous mass OF parliamen-
tarians, wine merchants, dramatists'
bankers. actresses and great ladies.
Their names nrc freely recorded and
ore thinks OF proust in reading OF la
Trcmouille. Castellane, Polignac. Nun
Fle6s, d'Humieres, Noallles, La Rocne-
foucald and their world.
Our hermit knows his world Of the
Third Republic. His process is the
sirplN one OF the classic lecturer. lie
varies generalizAtions with anecdotes.
His style, fluid and easy, belongs 20
Al Z IL ~sf
ltains the coquettry, the fnesse and
the inAexlons OF brilliant monolo-
guist I am not sure that this is not
a quality rather than defect. II most
OF Us write badly IL ia very probably
because few OF US speak as well and
rich aural experience is denied US.
This book constitutes. under an air
Of skepticism and detachment. sting
ing and ferocious diatribe against the
world Il por;rays.
NOU will remember that last year
Il the time having come for the publ
cation OF the final volume of the Con
court Journal. the Academic Dc Con
court refused % permit It's publication
and the Director Of the Bibliotheque
Nationale received instructions 70 pre-.
serve the manuscript from the eyes OF
the vulgar Many explanations were
current in Paris. the most plausible be-
/ ing that certain personages In power
were truthfully and unhatterinsly pie
tured in the journal. What may have
been written Of Messrs. ClemeneeAu.
Poincar6. Barthou known now as Bar
,houala) and others may be surnised
after a glance at the portraits pub
lished in earlier volumes. IL will be
recalled that Taine, following the sec
ond Magny dinner and the publication
OF the first volume Of the Journal, re-
fused n accept invitations which in
cludcd the Goncourts.
In August. Of 1921, the editor OF
"Bonsoir" received a letter from the