The New York herald., 1922-08-13

ere v titnuc anu GOutdlIS "A oCcu0
in which Moliere, then little more
than a strolling player. pictures the
dreams which he cherished. 1t is q
| work that shows a remarkable uns
| derstanding Of the genius and the
temperament of Moliere.
A writer who published commend-
able fiction and charming verse was
Louis GalIet a native OF valenceL
where he shares with Augier the
honor OF monument. Gallet V 10
the great public chiefly known AZ n
unusually capable librettist. II was
he who wrote the libretto for marI
Of Massenet's operas. among them
the Biblical opera Marie Magda-
leine." his ''Cid" and his "Roi de Las
hore." For Saint-Saens he wrote
"Ascanio" and "Etienne Marcel" and
many other French composers were
greatly aided by his intelligent oo<
operation.
L 30 W sAtAo iAAhhN aiCnNt h08
erected another monument to a poet
son. For among the many writere
that France lost in the last war waa
the gifted Jean Marc Bernard, wha
belonged to a group of young poets
scattered through the, country fron1
Paris to Grenoble, but united by the
invisible bond Of subtle imaginatioa
and known as "fantaisistes." Bcr4
nard had just begun to attract attens
ton among serious critics. He figS
ured in the Almdnach Litteraire O&
1914. but was not to attain maturitys
he fell at Souchez the following year.
| Another Valencien, Louis LIE Gardens
mel, is mentioned among the most
| talented of the younger generation
of lyric poets and has even been
noticed by foreign critics.
But the greatest loss to the literary
Dauphine of to-day was the death Of
Adrien Bertrand of Drome. He was
| only 20 when he made his debut with
the volume of poems called Les
Soirs Ardents,' which was followed
by studies of Mendes and Brieux in
the collection known as Celebrities
d'aujourdhui." La Conversion" q
one act play in verse, was given at
the Theater Femina. Then the war
cloud burst and Bertrand's next
work was written while in service.
1t was la Victoire de Lorraine.
Garnet d un officer de Dragons.s
which received a prize from the
Academy. Another play in verse fol-
lowed. la Premiere Berenice." also
crowned by the Academy and per<
formed at the Theater Francois. A
novel, "L'Appel du SOL" received tha
Goncourt prize in 1916. More fiction
and lyrics appeared that year, but
in November, 1917. the author died
of his wounds at Grasse.
The Dauphine has given France
many a name inscribed in the honor
roll of her history: Bayard. the chev~
d!ier sans peur sans reproche: Mont
brun, the martyr of the Huguenot
wars, and Barnave, the victim of the
Revolution: il has produced in Mabiy
a philosopher. whose treatise on legs
islation contains thoughts on "equals
ity" bordering close on modern Cons
munism. 1t has been rich in persons
alities. picturesque like Lesdiguieres,
the Protestant leader, or romantic
like Mandrin, the Dauphinois condot-
there. 1t has given France a whole
line of capable statesmen in the
Periers. who for four generations
were identified with the finance and
the politics of the country. But It
has also added to the glory of France
writer's like Stendhal and Augier, the
poet-musician Berlioz. who stands
alone. and the painter Fantin-Latour
names known the world over. And
who can estimate the influence which
her landscape has had on the scores
of others. who were not born on her