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love    his  works     when    you   are   older�察  �and   it  will  be  a  satisfaction    to 

remember that you saw and spoke with him in the flesh�  ─�

     When I returned later to Paris the little house had changed hands�察�and 

a marble tablet stating that Sainte´Beuve had lived and died there adorned 

its   facade。   My   student   footsteps   took   me   many  times   through   that   quiet 

street�察  �but   never   without   a   vision   of   the   poet´critic   flashing   back�察  �as   I 

glanced up at the window where he had stood and talked with us�察�as my 

friend   predicted�察  �Sainte´Beuve's   writings   had   become   a   precious   part   of 

my small library�察�the memory of his genial face adding a vivid interest to 

their perusal。 

     I made a little Pilgrimage recently to the quiet old garden where�察�after 

many years' delay�察�a bust of this writer has been unveiled�察�with the same 

companion�察      �now    very   old�察  �who    thirty  years   ago   presented     me   to  the 

original。 

     There     is�察 �perhaps�察  �in  all  Paris   no  more    exquisite    corner    than   the 

Garden   of   the   Luxembourg。 At   every   season   it   is   beautiful。   The   winter 

sunlight seems to linger on its stately Italian terraces after it has ceased to 

shine    elsewhere。     The   first  lilacs  bloom   here     in  the  spring�察  �and   when 

midsummer has turned all the rest of Paris into a blazing�察�white wilderness�察�

these     gardens    remain     cool    and    tranquil   in   the   heart    of  turbulent 

;Bohemia�察─�a bit of fragrant nature filled with the song of birds and  the 

voices of children。 Surely it was a gracious inspiration that selected   this 

shady   park   as   the   ;Poets'   Corner;   of   great�察  �new   Paris。   Henri   Murger�察�

Leconte de Lisle�察�Theodore de Banville�察�Paul Verlaine�察�are here�察�and now 

Sainte´Beuve has come back to his favorite haunt。 Like Francois Coppee 



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and Victor Hugo�察�he loved these historic ALLEES�察�and knew the stone in 

them as he knew the ;Latin Quater�察─�for his life was passed between the 

bookstalls of the quays and the outlying street where he lived。 

     As we sat resting in the shade�察�my companion�察�who had been one of 

Sainte´Beuve's pupils�察�fell to talking of his master�察�his memory refreshed 

by   the   familiar   surroundings。   ;Can   anything   be   sadder�察─  �he   said�察   �than 

finding   a   face   one   has   loved   turned   into   stone�察  �or   names   that   were   the 

watch´words   of   one's   youth   serving   as   signs   at   street   corners   ´   la   rue 

Flaubert or Theodore de Banville�拭�How far away they make the past seem� �

Poor Sainte´Beuve�察�that bust yonder is but a poor reward for a life of toil�察�

a modest tribute to his encyclopaedic brain� �His works�察�however�察�are his 

best monument�察�he would be the last to repine or cavil。 

     ;The     literary  world    of   my   day   had    two   poles�察  �between     which    it 

vibrated。   The   little   house   in   the   rue   Montparnasse   was   one�察  �the   rock   of 

Guernsey the other。 We spoke with awe of `Father Hugo' and mentioned 

`Uncle   Beuve'   with   tenderness。   The   Goncourt   brothers   accepted   Sainte´ 

Beuve's judgment on their work as the verdict of a `Supreme Court。' Not a 

poet   or   author   of   that   day   but   climbed   with   a   beating   heart   the   narrow 

staircase that led to the great writer's library。 Paul Verlaine regarded as his 

literary diploma a letter from this `Balzac de la critique。' ; 

     ;At the entrance of the quaint Passage du Commerce�察�under the arch 

that   leads   into   the   rue   Saint´Andre´des´Arts�察  �stands   a   hotel�察  �where   for 

years Sainte´Beuve came daily to work ��away from the importunate who 

besieged      his  dwelling��     in  a  room    hired   under    the  assumed      name    of 

Delorme。   It   was   there   that   we   sent   him   a   basket   of   fruit   one   morning 

addressed to Mr。 Delorme�察�NE Sainte´Beuve。 It was there that most of his 

enormous labor was accomplished。 

     ;A curious corner of old Paris that Cour du Commerce� �Just opposite 

his window was the apartment where Danton lived。 If one chose to seek 

for them it would not be hard to discover on the pavement of this same 

passage the marks made by a young doctor in decapitating sheep with his 

newly invented machine。 The doctor's name was Guillotin。 

     ;The great   critic loved these old quarters filled   with history。  He   was 

fond of explaining that Montparnasse had been a hill where the students of 



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the   seventeenth   and   eighteenth   centuries   came   to   amuse   themselves。   In 

1761 the slope was levelled and the boulevard laid out�察�but the name was 

predestined�察�he would declare�察�for the habitation of the `Parnassiens。' 

     ;His enemies pretended that you had but to mention Michelet�察�Balzac�察�

and Victor Hugo to see Sainte´Beuve in three degrees of rage。 He had�察�it is 

true�察�distinct expressions on hearing those authors discussed。 The phrase 

then    much    used   in  speaking     of  an  original    personality�察   �He   is  like  a 

character out of Balzac��' always threw my master into a temper。 I cannot 

remember�察�however�察�having seen him in one of those famous rages which 

made Barbey d'Aurevilly say that `Sainte´ Beuve was a clever man with 

the temper   of   a   turkey��' The   former   was   much nearer the   truth   when he 

called the author of LES LUNDIS a French Wordsworth�察�or compared him 

to a lay BENEDICTIN。 He had a way of reading a newly acquired volume 

as   he   walked   through   the   streets   that   was   typical   of   his   life。   My   master 

was always studying and always advancing。 

     ;He never entirely recovered from his mortification at being hissed by 

the students on the occasion of his first lecture at the College de France。 

Returning home he loaded two pistols�察�one for the first student who should 

again insult him�察�and the other to blow out his own brains。 It was no idle 

threat。 The man Guizot had nicknamed `Werther' was capable of executing 

his   plan�察  �for   this   causeless   unpopularity   was   anguish   to   him。   After   his 

death�察  �I   found   those   two   pistols   loaded   in   his   bedroom�察  �but   justice   had 

been done another way。 All opposition had vanished。 Every student in the 

`Quarter' followed the   modest funeral of their Senator�察 �who had become 

the   champion   of   literary   liberty   in   an   epoch   when   poetry   was   held   in 

chains。 

     ;The     Empire     which    made    him    Senator    gained�察   �however�察    �but   an 

indocile   recruit。   On   his   one   visit   to   Compiegne   in   1863�察  �the   Emperor�察�

wishing     to   be  particularly    gracious�察   �said   to  him�察   �I  always    read   the 

MONITEUR   on   Monday�察  �when   your   article   appears。'   Unfortunately   for 

this    compliment�察     �it  was     the   CONSTITUTIONNEL               that   had    been 

publishing the NOUVEAUX LUNDIS for more than four years。 In spite 

of the united efforts of his friends�察�Sainte´Beuve could not be brought to 

the point of complimenting Napoleon III。 on his LIFE OF CAESAR。 



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     The    author    of  LES     CONSOLATIONS             remained     through    life  the 

proudest and most independent of men�察�a bourgeois�察�enemy of all tyranny�察�

asking protection of no one。 And what a worker� �Reading�察�sifting�察�studying�察�

analyzing   his   subject   before   composing   one   of   his   famous   LUNDIS�察  �a 

literary   portrait   which   he   aimed   at   making   complete   and   final。   One   of 

these    articles   cost   him   as   much    labor   as   other   authors    give   to  the 

composition of a volume。 

     ;By     way    of   amusement       on   Sunday     evenings�察    �when     work    was 

temporarily   laid   aside�察  �he   loved   the   theatre�察  �delighting   in   every   kind   of 

play�察�from the broad farces of the Palais Royal to the tragedies of Racine�察�

and   entertaining   comedians   in   order�察  �as   he   said�察   �to   keep   young'�   �One 

evening Theophile Gautier brought a pretty actress to dinner。 Sainte´Beuve�察�

who was past´master in the difficult art of conversation�察�and on whom a 

fair   woman   acted   as   an   inspiration�察  �surpassed   himself   on   this   occasion�察�

surprising     even    the  Goncourts      with   his  knowledge      of  the   Eighteenth 

century     and   the   women      of  that   time�察  �Mme。     de   Boufflers�察   �Mlle。   de 

Lespinasse�察�la Marechale de Luxembourg。 The hours fl
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