| Show Famous French Poet Builds Isis Ov rn Tomb Our London Literary Letter Special Correspondence ONDON July Jill Frederic t r rk Mistral MIU L the treat great French poet pat Oft Is III I busily bully engaged al i present In superintending tending the tb construction of hi his own tomb A literary acquaintance of mine who ha II has Jut Just returned from Francs France paid a fIt to Mistral MItra and found him hard at 1 work wort on the designs tIn for tor Mi hit last lut resting renting place plate which Im Is I tobe to 10 tobe be of Jf marble and la N being made de under hi his hll direction by one on of oC the most mOlt skilful tel ful sculptors sculptor in the Provence district Not ot tit that Frederic Mistral IB M expect expecting ing In a speedy On fed the lit con contrary though now nearly M II the dl comrade comra e of and La Lo martin 1 is surprisingly active telly Still StillI till tillI I shall hall require a tomb tome some me day clar he sold Mid 4 to tG my M friend and It Il I is m my de d desire sire lire to have an th imposing one After Att r all 11 lb Ih Hie tomb I t la the th house huu In which we e remain longest I sad end It be he a as AI beautiful a a possible So ao Mistral I la having his hi bl copied from th lb the famous de d la is Rein Reine n at though with some some nation which have lIned erred to him and a wh h i finished It will be bt put pul up UI In the mi rm of oC ricer near his hi hu Mus huM M Meanwhile the th extraordinary puts h hI hI hIs I Is with lIh It II are Irp the wonder ml ull t admiration of ot nil 1111 the 11 r ea Metal hOHtI h n t it Ie I n nt Ht t n s J busy bus Ju ih J hi III hat tomb that he hI cannot find And tam 11 to sod 1 h hr hI 01 11 to tr his hili caller lIr hl his long kong y i lIr et till nu tillIt Ishi It 1 It amt n i i II 11 i I 1 t 1 ll h I In III f t f r i V ik k X ke 1 in i I it 1 i n i ed M he h shared the th Nobel I prise prill for lit literature with ra the Spanish writer writ sod and nd since that time lime besides b completing his hi reminiscences r and trans tran the th hook book of or Genesis Oene ls Into Pro Provencal verneal nt he hf has II written two Ion long poems which w ll 11 also alo be bt published shortly horH was u born as writers writer on lit literature literature soon son will ll be lot retailing In 1130 In the th same m village Ia at the foot fool of oC the Ib where here he II no now nM and nt III atIT IT Ii wa was U tent Pent nl to 10 Alx Aix to study tan Law lie His father however ho seems ms to 10 have hAe We be h liberal minded for when Mistral hid hal hH t taken hi ht bla diploma diplomas he be was Willi told to tn choose hi his own ow career amid the Ih pOd pott pa r himself has 1111 recorded r how hen he threw thre I IIII hi III his laHer gown gowns lo Ie the wind winds 11 u 1 I Ip gave p his himself up to the contemplation of f t fhi hi hll native Provence Moreover he h leaped Into 1110 fame falm practically at 1 H a I for hi his i Im Ism eni which he vi vint It nt III Ma was IU lh the Ihl talk of all Francs Fran e al art i 1 auMl tau J him to be bv Ii b by 1111 line II as M a tru true H ni poet t In nun time t n flee n w wm tn m P l Pearls rl intending intro r ping to 10 make mak the th car eat af tul il 1 hl hI home but bul roan foon roo over took him and he h returned to the th mei I it ti h hr has h s neM neI i quilted since The Th companion from boyhood of ot Al AI phonie Dud t with whom h hI he had mill man a fA m escapade canade Mi MIS 11 I teal Kept In i hiss touch with the iu tU u thor of ot H 1110 pho and Ond It is I not DOt too inui much h to sa 15 1 that the th revival of 0 the Pro I sense nelll langu language ge a as alii a II literary medium grew out OUI of If their acquaintance It 11 Is III Isi i t edless to enumerate Mistral works m many ln nf or have 11 been crowned b by the lb Treni Fren h i adem but nil all lovers lover nf ur poetry I III hope that the tb hand cane itne tomb he hr Is I r pt l luring for tor himself will not have hse h t b be he h used u tot for many a ad asly d sly I I of the Ih FI Mh academy re rein in mOl me m that hel Ordinal who whon r MI II n weds eed ed to the secant ant chair 0 of f that II III I ml is III reporter reported not to II toI I 1 f i rotia Rial grata i HI al It the Ih Vatican aUran for tv tn 1 i ms It 11 d m at he tM lost last r c ri ci rr i i H that thit the Ih ii 11 Ial Mt NIt next n rl t Ie a S allanr who wh sr irk fk k n II nu French Frencha A ling ianI lingi raze i I i h i rI fJ f ur Iro r as n a t rule tul x xi xI i t i tn to I kin k v Sou u do it not nol up r rhO h hO h rh i u t u are U not f r fI ri I i r fur ih the h i s said I C i 1 ri r In 1 M i 1 f t n his hi Ii IiII li i II 1111 hod 1 tr it tin P ii u II language It II Is h Isme Isnor me nor 1 strait i ent 1 n n I am m not Jil be b lt run nII Iu Hut burthe the sh lh h i hurn this answer ans ei eim m u I now nog X N n t is it Mild seid I to 10 resent i the err at t 1 thus lilli put upon IrIOn ui on him hm M r r i d i nal who ho has beefs heet tip tie e t l 1 t r n n for Cor his hi Mi t ii I e wrote rote for Cor the Ih It ue U 1 I I n Ie M nl about two M I rs AI I nt nr nn II I i J n r the U Conclave in Iii h Which hf h i i i the I Austrian with ith the ire It elected Itt and aid de dei I I i Isred tl lea Iti i no in ol I U I i that tbt the I h lc nf of the thet Ih i H l la Isle t te ld have tall fall fallen i en n 11 ur anon nf C oddly UK there seems wems to be u a 1111 tinge to 10 most mo t of or this weeks 11 s lit I Ier I er r gossip for bookish folk In I lon Ion lonell n don ell JuH just learned I for fer the first nut time J th that Robert nebert fI n hi benj beng ns I author r of t tome sums notable pot fO lI Ik work ork i Ifill fill m Mr r Went r te t A French This fact Is II revealed b by I Ants Agnes Ad Adams ms j I In ht the Ihl English hookman and It seems HIn that even nn the late Dr Garrett whose WM knowledge of ot literature wax all had not heard of or this early rl venture of oC the poet pats Ills ifill surprise was wan great at Mix dems says H when a reference to the work werk Irk In lea by ti h Browning himself wax was Vt pointed out lut to In him It occurs occur on page palt 0 i of ot the first volume of It Brownings letters letter to 10 hi his wife If Thus Thu In more mar titan than one of the therele I rele reviews i and nd magazine that Ihal laughed NU my to 0 scorn It II years year ego ago 10 In the tame same column oio Of ot thIM these reviews would follow a most moet lavatory lr notice of oC an elementary French book bookIn on un In a I new nell plan which I did for tny my old French mast r mO md he hf that was wa r u a u useful work with lIh Thank Is r the Ih novel and nd title of If a collection ol Ilon of ot short s which l is being Issued I u this week fIk by br a London publisher HAYDEN r |
