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Show AGliEAT-FItENCltrOET HENRI DE REONIER BOON TO VISIT OUR SHORES. To Lnlin on Hi I-oetlo tone of Ilia Mattta I-onJ lloforo tha I rlnrlpal c.iu.M or lb. loii. a kuiis D.tu. Iho Vmi 1B0O. M Henri d Itegnler line been chosen iw the third annul) lecturer at the Cercle Francals de 1' Unlverstte Harvard," Har-vard," endowed by Mr J II Hyde In consequenco o( his selection an tint next regular lecturer In the series M Itegnler will deliver eight lecture! uii "French Modern loctry during the Tear 1(00 before Harvard university beginning March 1 Among the pUiea he will vlilt beside Harvard we can cite Adelphl collega or Brooklyn, Al llanco Francalse, New ork, Brooklyn Institute of ArU and Science! Drown university, llryn Mawr college, Cercle Irancals d I'Alllance Huston, University Uni-versity of California, University ot Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Mount Holyoko, Tacker Institute of Brooklyn University of Pennsylvania, I'rlnceton, Ban Francisco, Vassar, Vtellesley Wells Williams Yale university M Henri de Itegnler was born at Hon Beur, near Havre, France, on Dec 28 18(4 His first verses were published In November, 1885 under the title of Le Lendemslns" This debut was not unnoticed, but It was only In 1887 with the publication of sonnets entitled M itbNRI DE uniNinii 'Sites," that he attracted the attention of the literary world M de Itegnler belonged to the group of young poets that received the namo of ' Decadents ' or "Symbolists," this last name being permanently attached to those who recognized Paul Verallne and Stephane Mallarmo as leaders From 1887 M de Itegnler s works appear In quick auc cession The titles ot these various poems are as follow ' Fplso les ' 1888, ' Poemes Anclens et Itoman esques," 1890, ' Tel qu'en Sonne," 1892 'Arethuae," 1E9S In addition to his poems he published, In 1895, a series ot stories, ' La Cnnno de Jaspe " and another one In 1899. "Le Trefle Ulanc Ho contributed, both In verses and prose, to the most Important magn-sines magn-sines or reviews of the nvant garde or now movement He contributes to the ' Revuo dca Deux Mondes and to the ' Itevue de I'arls," and also to several Important papers literary nrtlsles over his signature which are highly appre elated The French academy awarded him this year the Prix Vltet. for his works, and M Oaston Bolssler, the secretary ot the academy, expressed himself In the following manner In his official report ' M de Itegnler Is one of the leaders of that new school which pretends to do no less a thing than modify the form and the spirit of French poetry The enterprise Is a daring one Everybody recognizes that M do Itegnler has very fine poetical gifts, abundance and richness In Imsgea, amplitude and harmony ot the period, n grace both provoking and natural that makes him admired even ot those his boldness displeases" M do Itegnler was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor In 1897 He married the second daughter of Jose-Maria de Heredla of the French academy, the renowned re-nowned author of ' li Trophees," and Is In consequence of this the brother-In brother-In law of M Tlerre Louys the author f "Aphrodite' and 'Chansons de Illlltls" flitnooo Inqa-stl. Coroners' Inquests are well known among the Chinese One ot the chief differences bttween their system and ours Is that ths Chinese doctors never dissect In fact, Chlnsmen have a perfect per-fect horror of dissection There are few things rooro absurd than the code of rules laid down for tho Chinese coroner cor-oner In the first place he Is bidden to make sure that be has a dead body before he begins his Inquest That however, la less ridiculous than It sounds tor ths heathen Chinee Is tricky and may demand an Inquest on a sham deceased with a view of extorting money from some one who rosy be denounced as having csused his death Tho preposterous part ot the code comes In with regard to the alleged signs which show the cause of doath If the deceased Is suppossd to bavo been poisoned, rice Is put Into his mouth and then taken out and given to . a chicken Its effect on the fowl decides de-cides the question Most ot the other methods adopted ara even more absurd and fanciful and as a result Inquests In China do very little to pwvent crime |