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L'Affaire Dreyfus et la Troisième République by G. Charensol

Review by: Albert Guérard
Books Abroad, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul., 1931), p. 295
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FrenchHistory BOOKS ABROAD
describes the motives of his crime, gives a
valuable insight into criminal psychology.
UEmpoisonneuseempoisonneeis the story of
Pauline Delacroix, who was convicted by
circumstantialevidence at Rouen in 1887 of
the murderof her husbandand brother.After
serving six years of a life sentence, she was
proved innocent, he Drame de la rue des Hiron*
dellesrecounts the details of the death of Jean
Alexis Sireyat Brusselsin 1843.A crimewhich
caused much agitation in Paris in the winter
of 1833 is told in Le Cuisinier de la baronne
Dupuytren.
The volumes comprising this series, aptly
named Le Sphinx, should prove popular,
judging by the vogue of detective novels.
Truth as here told is indeed stranger than
fiction.- T. D.
• Alberic Cahuet. tAoussia et ses amis. Paris.
Fasquelle, 1930. 12 francs.- On May 19th
of last year, in the Marie Bashkirtseffchapel
in the Passy cemeteryin Paris,Alberic Cahuet
and other admirersof poor Marie celebrated
with a simple ceremonythe arrivalfrom Nice
of the body of her mother and its installation
beside that of the brilliant daughter. The
expenseof the transferwas borneby Livingston
Phelps, and M. Cahuet has dedicated to Mr.
Phelps this supplementary volume to his
"Moussiaou la vie et la mort de ^AarieBashkyrt'
seff.The new volume retells somewhatsketch'
ily the story of the young Russian'Parisian
artist whose posthumous Journal out'Rous'
seaus Rousseau,and adds a few items of infor-
mationwhich the authorhas accumulatedsince
the completionof the other book. It does not
in any sense replaceit.- R. T. H.
• G. Charensol.U Affaire Dreyfus et la Trov
siemeRepublique."LesDocumentaires."Paris.
Kra. 1931. 15 francs.- A lucid epitome of the
famous case; the first, it is claimed, to be
written by one of the new generation. Both
Joseph Reinach and Dutrait'Croson were
violently partisan and verbose. No doubt
left as to Esterhasy's guilt and Dreyfus's
innocence. Charensol rightly insists on poli'
tical significanceof the crisis. Power passed
fromconservativeupper Bourgeoisieto radical
(pale pink Radicalism!) lower Bourgeoisie.
Interesting photographs, abominably repro*
duced. Recommended on the same subject:
R. Martin du Gard: Jean Barois, a novel in
dialogueform,best study of moralcrisis; R. P.
Lecanuet: Les Signes Avant'Coureurs de la
Separation:tacticalmistakeof the Catholics in
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FrenchBiography 295
the Dreyfus Case, and the price they had to
pay for it: Johnston D. KerkhofF:Traitor,
Traitor! a good journalisticsummaryin Eng"
lish (orjournalese).- Albert Guerard.Stanford
University.
•Maurice Constantin'Weyer. La Vie du
General Tusuf. Paris. Gallimard. 1930.-
The biographyof a soldierwho played a great
part in the gaining of Algiers for France. Al'
though brought up under Mohammedan
influence, he is a Frenchman. Starting as a
humble corporal, he advanced to the rank
of general. The deeds of his early twenties
read like a romanceof chivalry. The bias of
the author, a relative of the general'swife, in
favor of his subject is evident. The style,
usually restrained and grave, is at times
relieved by a vivid dramaticrecital of events.
- O. K. Boring.Ohio Wesleyan University.
• Marie Delcourt. La Vie d'Euripide.Paris.
Gallimard.1930.- If one did not alreadyhave
at hand Gilbert Murray s excellent Euripides
and His Age this book might fill an important
place among non'technical books about the
Athenian dramatist.Yet it is of gracefulvalue
in its own right, and containsmanyfascinating
re-creations of the civilization which forms
its background.Its formulais simple:xonepart
Greekhistory in the fifth century, one part the
plays of Euripides, and one part Euripides
himself, all judiciously mingled; it scarcely
justifiesthe "methodetres neuve"in biography
pointed out by Jean Schlumberger in the
Avant'propos, since Maurois and Strachey
have made that method quite old. Although
there is nothing factually new, yet there are
numerous felicities of phrase, and a fresh
modernity in the point of view which brings
Euripidesquite close to the age of Shaw and
O'Neill.- L. R. Lind. Wabash College.
•Jean Deny. Souvenirs du Gazi Mou&afa
Kemal. Paris. Paul Geuthner. 1930. 15 francs.
- Translations from the Turkish give new
sidelightson an importantinternationalfigure.
The extracts cover the period between the
Turkish entry into the World War and the
dissolution of the Turkish Parliament after
the Armistice. They are doubly interesting
as showing from the first the Gad's doubt of
Germanvictory and his confidencein himself.
The latter part of the book shows how Kemal,
confident of the fairness of the British, tried
to get all possible advantagesfor his country
in the terms of the Armistice. If anything can
explain this extraordinaryman, these pages