JASMIN

Barber, Poet, Philanthropist


by Samuel Smiles, LL.D.



   "Il rasait bien, il chantait.... Si la France    possedait dix poetes comme Jasmin, dix poetes de    cette influence, elle n'aurait pas a craindre de    revolutions."—Sainte-Beuve



Detailed Contents:

     Preface     CHAPTER I.  Agen—Jasmins Boyhood     Description of Agen     Statue of Jasmin     His 'Souvenirs'     Birth of Jasmin     Poverty of the Family     Grandfather Boe     The Charivari     Jasmin's Father and Mother     His Playfellows     Playing at Soldiers     Agen Fairs     The Vintage     The Spinning Women     School detested     Old Boe carried to the Hospital     Death of Boe
     CHAPTER II.  Jasmin at School     Sister Boe     Jasmin enters the Seminary     His Progress     His Naughty Trick     Tumbles from a Ladder     His Punishment     Imprisoned     The Preserves     Expelled from the Seminary     His Mother sells her Wedding-ring for Bread     The Abbe Miraben     Jasmin a Helpful Boy
     CHAPTER III.  Barber and Hair-dresser     Jasmin Apprenticed     Reading in his Garret     His First Books     Florian's Romances     Begins to Rhyme     The Poetic Nature     Barbers and Poetry     Importance of the Barber     Jasmin first Theatrical Entertainment     Under the Tiles     Talent for Recitation     Jasmin begins Business
     CHAPTER IV.  Jasmin and Mariette     Falls in Love     Marries Mariette Barrere     Jasmin's Marriage Costume     Prosperity in Business     The 'Curl-Papers'     Christened "Apollo"     Mariette dislikes Rhyming     Visit of Charles Nodier     The Pair Reconciled     Mariette encourages her Husband     Jasmin at Home     The "rivulet of silver"     Jasmin buys his House on the Gravier     Becomes Collector of Taxes
     CHAPTER V.  Jasmin and Gascon     Jasmin first Efforts at Verse-making     The People Conservative of old Dialects     Jasmin's study of Gascon     Langue d'Oc and Langue d'Oil     Antiquity of Languages in Western Europe     The Franks     Language of Modern France     The Gauls     The "Franciman"     Language of the Troubadours     Gascon and Provencal     Jasmin begins to write in Gascon     Uneducated Poets     Jasmin's 'Me cal Mouri'     Miss Costello's translation     The 'Charivari'     Jasmin publishes First Volume of 'The Curl-papers' (Papillotos)
     CHAPTER VI.  Beranger—'Mes Souvenirs'—P. De Musset     The 'Third of May'     Statue of Henry IV     Nerac     Jasmin's Ode in Gascon approved     A Corporal in the National Guard     Letter to Beranger     His Reply     'Mes Souvenirs'     Recollections of his past Life     Nodier's Eulogy     Lines on the Banished Poles     Saint-Beuve on Jasmin's Poems     Second Volume of the 'Papillotos' published     Interview with Paul de Musset
     CHAPTER VII.  'The Blind Girl of Castel-cuille'     A Poetical Legend     Translated into English by Lady Georgiana Fullerton and     Longfellow     Description of Castel-cuille     The Story of Marguerite     The Bridal Procession to Saint-Amans     Presence of Marguerite     Her Death     The Poem first recited at Bordeaux     Enthusiasm excited     Popularity of the Author     Fetes and Banquets     Declines to visit Paris     Picture of Mariette     A Wise and Sensible Wife     Private recitation of his Poems     A Happy Pair     Eloquence of Jasmin
     CHAPTER VIII.  Jasmin as Philanthropist.     Charity a Universal Duty     Want of Poor-Law in France                          
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