480 



UTI:I;ATU;F, CONTINENTAL, IN 1807. 



sse's readable 

 Junta de nos plus notoire* ( uliar 



of a sort of audacious ini|N-rtitiei. 

 II Mtllllfi . : (HI I nil imp 1 



(indiscriminate praise of the Jeiines " : >t\lr la- 



!.. Livre des 



Masques" (disappointing; uniform lauda- 

 Jacques Plowerts "Petit <;i.v<iire pour *M 



des Auteur* dtx-adents et yml>o- 

 nl Victor CharlM>nmTs " Les M\stii|iics 

 ure jin'-ciue." nil three dealing with 

 ii-t*: nnii Maurice Le Blond's" Ks-ai -ur 



led I iy tin- author a- th- 



-!.. li. Monographs on indixidual 



writers nrv thiM- l.y the hue de 1 Mal- 



herU-. Andrv llallaygon Bcaumarchais (admirable*. 



and (iaston hesehainps on Marivntix (all three in 



Row 



L-tmennaisintime" : Henrv llarrisse'- L'AI.- 

 U Prevo-t " : Kilinninl Bire's laudatorv lHM>k on 

 Honorv id- Bal/ac; " Autmir d'll. 

 (containim; miH-h new information). l>\ Vte. Spod- 

 bcrch do I/oveiijoul, whose ** La veritable Ili-t-nv 

 l- 'Kilo i-t Lui'" (fworable to George Sand) and 



Paul Mar: M Hi-loin- d'Animir" at. 



inti-n--iiiie; works on tin- love atTairs of (ieori;c Sand 

 and Alfrnl de Mus-et ; Mirln-1 Hr\.m'- "(Jcorge 

 Sjind"; a brilliant study of Lrc,,nti> d.- 1'Nli-. liy 

 h.-rnis (|.s4Mi|..nyin of a lady); II- 



i:>lii-al " Li- Koinan d'i- nu-s li'-inan- " ; 

 .'udoii/r's |i|iy-iil...;i-al. p>yi-lioloi:i<-:il. ami 



d analysis f Xola : aii<l Antoinr l.a- 



' M Bmil Zolft: ril<.mm<- i-t l'(Kuvn- " (i-on- 



an excellent Itililio-raphy). The literature of 



art has In-eii eiuMcln-d ly Kol>ert de la Si/eranne's 



vin et la ({elision* de la Heaiite": (Jn 



:rait> and A ' 



(showing fine and acute critical ta-t. -i: l-'i.'-r"ii 

 rt*> judicial " K-vai stir I'Art contemj.orain " ; 

 the useful and interest in- - Repertoire dell 

 tuaire ^rec.jue et rnmaine " Vn|. I of which 



; edition .f Chirac's "Mn.i'e de Sculpt lire "). 



"inoii Keinach. author also of " La Sculpture 



irojK- avant le- Iniluences CT&JO roinaines " 



and "Chri.niijiiesd'nrieiit." second series, 1891-'95. 



. fid j..n de--r\ in- -pecial nien- 



ti<'j) are Pierre Lnti's Ba-<|iie story " Kaiiiuiitchn " 



(hailed as a masterpiece, although "some critics find 



it emotionality " tfocs hand in hand 



with his "passionate passages of love" and " -ad 



strains",; Vt,-. M. de Y.._-M,\ M Jel d'Agl 



(lirill: delightful descrijiti<.n-i : li- ne Ba- 



's Soul " (" line and searching 



analvsis"): Anatoli- Fiance's -I/Onue du Mail" 



.etches of life in the provii 

 Bmile Pouvil|..n\ d* -lieate love idyl " L'lm. 

 ^! ' i'.. .' : _' l*l - <Mi thfl RaiDf" : Paul and 

 Viet-.r M.i 'a gav ** Ix; Carnaval d- Ni.c" 



and I* Parietal re " (short stories); Bernard La- 

 are's " l#a Porteiirs de Torches"; the late Al- 

 j.hon ... Tresor d'Arlatan " (n sketch 



of the di-triet Camargne) and " l-V-d,,r: Pa^es de la 

 : .1. K. Iluys.nan- ' (in 



which the author M eodMfON to interpret the ca- 



1 of Chin" ' :..uard K'-d'- " La-llaut " 

 f his best**) and I/Inn-K-ente " ; and Paul 



Bourgpt's - Ueeommencoments" do tales, admira- 

 l.ly told) and " Voyagcuses " (0 short Fur- 



ther n.-w works of Hction arc K. I>au 



allies traffif | ties, tf - Rolande H Andn-e." and 

 "Pauline Fo-win " ; (i. nhnot'-. I 



ppce's "C'oupable' 



differ from the ordii .\-e] only in its 



cxnni- -I. H.Kosny's" t'n floul.le Amour" 



and " Tne Rupture": L,.,ri Iand.t\ Su/amic " 



ryhapp;: d nor composed) And ' I.i 

 Flamme'et 1 Ombre " ; Marcel Prevost's ** I>crnieres 



I.ettr aCt " Le Maitro 



de rileur, ! et S.-urril POUge," !>\ 0, 



B " and 



d' \iiiour " : K. M.! .l.-uj.iii " : .1. . 



ion fait 1< < 'harles de 



pretty littl.- 1 

 F.mile nil iih an mi- 



tobiographical l'a->ions de jeline^ I- dies." 



-M- Amcricaine." l>\ I'i. 

 ;d"ii\ 111 >f Mile. A I'n 



i-\ Tli. Kent/.." italic), an 



Miii.iiiplafe ; Mine. Card's Well-writ tell 

 "ld\lle Nuptiale": Mine. II. Mai--!'- "I. 'Amour 

 dominateiir " : and : in th.- - 



man- pour le- jeunes Fd|e> " : A. Robidft*! "I.'- 



almiral.le 



characti r -ludie-. charmim; pictures of 

 stn-liu' aiial\-l-"i: .Iran Thien-\'> Itri-lit " M. ]e 



,i:i.| .lean I'., ith. -roy'- l'iea\ \. -tilled 

 tn.i- l-'ill.-s ,1,. Pi, -|, -r \Val.loVp." P till in 

 a languid state. The Academy IM-I.. \\i-d the Prix 

 Iloili -on de n-lnfan- 

 Feniand (iiv-li. a i. -oiin>what inlli, 

 l.y Vcrlaiiici. \\ho lias 1,,-en much pnii-e|. A> 

 Angellicr's " A KAmie perdue " also attracted atten- 

 tion. The following pla\- ha\e I n pn'tluced : 



Vietorien Sanli-ii's " Spiritisine " ("an anecdotal 

 dran,. inplete mid de-erved failure.' 



an American writer*: " M--~id.r." a I \rica I Q] 

 ti-xt I'V K. Xola. mu>i<- l.y A. Itruncaii : Jules i 



\'a ale " (another '-e\-pn.l.lem playc Alliert 

 (Jainoii's " Le Parlay- " (a mournful picture of the 

 sulTerin^s of a l<\cr jealous of the husl.aiid of his 

 misin---i ; AiiL, r u-te (iermain's hrilliantly -u-c. --ful 

 L' F.I ranker " : Pierre I )eni-'- drama >: .1 u-iju'a la 

 Moft"(-.\ la Vie! A la M-Tt "f A drama! i/al ion 

 of (Jen. I'.oulan-er'- careen: Pailleroif- "Miciix 

 vaut Douceur et Violence " ilwo one- 

 act j.lay-i: Paul II .mrdy "La L-.i de 

 rilomine " iha^-amc merits and fault- a- In- " Te- 

 nailles "i : M L'Kva-ion." comedy (a -iron- -at ire on 

 the theory of atavi-nn and " liienfaiteur.-." c,medy 

 (lidaelically moral). .Loth l.y P.rieux : Al.d llcr- 

 mant's com'.-dy u La Can much 

 literary merit); "Snobs," l-\ (iiiidie-; 

 Maurice Donnay's " La Douloureu- mcdy 

 of love." plot ci.mplicated. - surrounding'- cleverly 

 reprodu<-e<l "i ; and Jean K'ichepii ' n-mi'- 

 neau " (a rustic comedy, "an ojH-rn ro/ ///// in line 



(cniiaiiT. In historical literature there has 



Keen a 11 1 ..f patriotic puhlicat ion-, called forth 



ly the centenary of the l.irth of William I. noia- 



Itly tll'sc |iy \V. Olickeli lleldellka- 



and o. L-.reii/. Vict..rv..ii St rant /'s Illu-i rirte 



-eln-'.nik" is a repul.lication of illu-t rations 



which appeared in 1 and lH70-'7l in the 



I llu-trirte Xeit uiiL'." 

 Further <''.ntril.uti'.n- t. national hi-' 

 variou* phases are Hermann (iiimm'- 

 7.I1T deut-cheli Cult lirireM-hichl e " ("a n..l,|e little 

 Look." per-. rial iii -Indite der rhein- 



i-eheii St/idtekultur." l.y Ilcinrid. \lliert 



Naude's relialile "Bcitriitfi! /ur Knt-:diuii 

 -.hi. ! - el.enjahrij lleinndi 



Fiie.ljiniL''- " l>'-r Karnpf uni die \'orherr-ehaft in 



Deutsrlllalld. 1H.-,JJ-T,(}" (thorouirh : Let- 



t<.W-\'r.rl.e-k'- excellent " ( n-cll icllt e d' 



von I860 in Dentx-hlnnd " : All.ert PH- 1 

 dem Lagerde- liheinl.und.- 1^|-J 'i:',"(full account 

 of part p!a\ed l.v SViirtemlnir^) : Heinridi v. |'o-di- 

 .rck und der P>unde-rat " (ma- 

 terial COll 'ier than di^e-tel : ad\. 

 criticised l.y II. Kohlj: L. Rosel's " Alt-Niirn. 

 (1806 -diiditc <ler Heidi 

 Nurnl.T-": and " Kai-er Wilhdm II al- 1,'cilner: 

 eine Saiiunlung der lieden des deutsdien Kaisers 



