. Emile Zola; a biographical and critical study . thelevel of the first French litterateurs—a position heafterwards so brilliantly maintained. He contributed,<) propos of the Soirees de Mcdan, a long article tothe Gaulois, in which he gave a most fanciful de-scription of the circumstances under which the bookhad been written. The article, however interestingand amusing, especially in view of De Maupassantsrecent deplorable end, is too long for publicationhere, but the gist of it will be gathered from aperusal of the following paragraph from AlbertWolfls Courrier de Paris —a kind of Paris le
. Emile Zola; a biographical and critical study . thelevel of the first French litterateurs—a position heafterwards so brilliantly maintained. He contributed,<) propos of the Soirees de Mcdan, a long article tothe Gaulois, in which he gave a most fanciful de-scription of the circumstances under which the bookhad been written. The article, however interestingand amusing, especially in view of De Maupassantsrecent deplorable end, is too long for publicationhere, but the gist of it will be gathered from aperusal of the following paragraph from AlbertWolfls Courrier de Paris —a kind of Paris letter—contributed to the Figaro of April 19, 1880 :— The bourgeois of Mcdan has sometimes goodsense, not always. Here he has been taking underthe protection of his name a series of short stories,of no importance whatever, which the young peopleabout him have entitled Les Soirees de Medan. Apretentious title, which seems to imply that thepretty village between Poissy and Triel is as widelyknown as the capitals of Europe. For the benefit of. LES SOIREES DE MED AN: ETC. 175 my country and foreign readers I must say a wordabout Medan. Zola lias built a country house there,where during eight months in the year he lives, sur-rounded by his flatterers, spending the other fourmonths of the year in Paris in the society of thesame young people, who call him dear master inthe expectation of hailing him as the Great Citizenof Medan. These young people really believe thatthe mere presence of Zola at Medan will henceforthplace this village amongst the historical places inFrance, and that Zolas house should be visited withthe same interest as the Palace of Versailles or theCastle of Blois. It may be even that they are solicit-incf the Minister to arrange that the administrationof the Beaux-Arts should issue tickets of admissionto tourists to visit Zolas cottage, just as it is donefor the Gobelins, the Cluny Museum, and the Sevresmanufactory. The naivete of these young people equals the
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