Show THE NEW IMMORTAL fierro loll 1011 octanio Ruc ceis sor BOF lit in tho diCa academy denay louis mano ilano dulieu viaud viand is the author of thu the several books mitten by pierre lati lint as this young min man valio ito lias bas i evently lecent ly been elected to a seat in tile tho brench aca academy denty to lie known by his bis pen nidine name tile world will probably speak of hini him only as pierre loti lie ho is a conspicuous il illustration lustra boll of tile tho baying that most gi cat men a aro aee ee vain no ho is almost consumed with a sense ot of his own oun importance hii 3 clec election to the aea academy deiny over tile heads of men admittedly much better than himself seems to have surprised no one mot moio 0 than the fortunate man mannne and that is saying a 1 great deal for loti has to 10 centhy been discus discussed seI more even tean was his first book boo p published anonymously which unida mude liim him maluo hamoui m in a tew few weeks much of tho the tall talk concerning lou loti lias ins been in the ain tire of critic criticism ibin of the il aeise and all pervading it ig egotism of his address delivered upon tho the occasion of his entry to the academy lie ho used the pronoun jo 1 I no less than 17 5 times spoke of my intellectual friend octave feuillet whose successor lio lie fiand h and then 11 zola being present launched forth into tile the most vehement de denunciation nuncia tion of the school of naturalists natura lists aliAs of which tho the author of nana is the lie foremost exponent there were also alIn allusions more mora or less judicious to daudet arid and flaubert tile the academy censors expunged the objection objectionable abIle rett rc mails laiks and the liann harrit would have laivo thus leen been in a measure undone had not loti his refreshing disregard of conventionalities thrown precedent to tho the winds by crivici causing I 1 to be the full text test of his address addre q is as it was delivered with nil all the expurgations restored it is plea pleasing to learn that loti and zoli zola have figuratively spearing ahing kissed and de up of lotis life there is little of interest to bo be told dorn born in rochefort Roche foit jan jail 11 1850 1830 lie he received a moderately good education in the local schools and entered the naval academy at therie the e of seventeen in ili courso course of tune iw 1113 became an of licer of the navy aud las has visited almost eveia country in the world vor lol it was in 1879 that his first work the fascinating little idyl appeared since then lie has written i a dozen books each being an improvement upon its predecessor loti was married in 1885 1886 to mile jeanne do de franc ferriero a member cd ot an all old bordeaux family his literary style is is exquisite albeit somewhat artificial and it is pi evicted that ILOW no r his ambition has leen been gratified he be will i I 1 I 1 startle the world with his next book |