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IDE BAZASTCOUBT'S WAR CHROOTCLES . Tfe Crimean Ea&ed&on to tfu Capture qf JSebastqpol : Chronicles of the War in the EasLjrom its Commencement to the Signing of the Treaty of Peace . By the Baron de Bazancourt , < 2 iarged with a Mission to the Crimea by his Excellency the Minister oF Public Instrucfion . ^ Translated from the French , by ISobert H » we Crania , It . A . S-vcBs . Saaapeon Ixw , Son and Co . Evekt -stage of -fee process of-this work has been -unfortunate . 3 S " that € he oonrfly writer Tmnself conceives or could conceive that the -whole t"hing , including i&e choice of the Baron Se Bazancourt , as the chronicler of the ¦ max , "has -not been perhaps the most felicitous thing done these three years . We have not the least doubt that the Baron de Bazancourt looks upon imnBeif as the most fortunate of men , and his book as the most fortunate of works . Nevertheless we say it is unfortunate . In the first place ihe book of the
was to be done to order ; in the next place -fche Baron ' s conception role he was to plaj vras rather that of a claqueur , or showman , than that of . an Tiistorian—a fine point of view from which to write-the chronicles of a war . No sooner ^ was the Baron ' s first volume in print than it formed hostile "Critics— "notably , ; » ^ well-known and capable pen in BlacJcwooiZ ' s Magazine No sooner was tie second-volume published than it-was met by a nmversal < ratery from the English press enforcing a charge of something more than unfairness ; and this general Teprobation of the work was followed by a ^ hort ^ ffieial notice in the Womteur repadiating the alleged official character of Iftebook ; of which more anon . Lastly , so closel y does misfortune tread on the heels of the poor Baron , that the very title of his book , when Tendered into English , ceases to be not only not a true description of the contents of * be volumes , but mxt a true translation of the title the official chronicler bestowed on his own book . The Baron , de Bazancourt , knowing what he
was abowt , w * 8 content to call his volumes ¦ " L'Expeditian de Crrmee juBqu ' a is . Prise de S ^ Mtttopol" < Chwmiques de la < 3 ruerre d'Orient , parle Baron de Baeanoonrt , Cfasrg € de Mission en Orionee par S . Exc . le Ministre de Pln-« traction Pribtkrue . " But his translator makes an addition to tbiB title by interpolating after the phrase * 'Chronicles of the War in the East" the * toi < ds " from its Connnencement to the Signing of the Treaty of Peace . " The work of * he Baron de Bazanoourt was already intrinsicallv so erroneous , that it scarcely required the finishing touch given by Mr . Gould to make -even its isiHe-page rfafoe . The Chronicles , such as they are , extend to the taking of Sebastopdt and no farther . They totally omit what Mr . Gould ' s ¦ title implies theycontain—the narrative of the war after the fall of Sebastopol . "TJiei « e were movements made , and movements not made . In judging of the conduct of the-campaign , especially so far as « be French are concerned , at is essential to know "tirhy certain movements were made , and Why others were not made . Now Mr . Gould ' s title implies that t ! bw period of the war is included in thte « tory supplied by De 'Baxainoaurt ; and iience , wewty , smce the wily Frenchman knew better than to -attempt to deal with «¦ subject involving the reputation of a French Marsh-al , -it is unfortunate for lirm that iiis iE ^ g lisk traneltttop ^ oinld , by trying to cover a great omission with a false title , have winde tbat ¦ omission « o "conspicuous . The apparent object of the book seems to have been the depreciation of British services in the war ; tflie vindication of the BVench commanders from . adverse criticism , and the exaltation o £ the Emperor Napoleon into a consoomHrte « tra * egist . By drwt of suppression and misrepresentation , M . de Ba « iaiocmrt oomtioraea * o make otit a soperficial case for his clients . Had fee , -BO ^ rev er , ¦ carried on Ms ¦ nai-rativ * beyond the capture of the MalaSchofi ^ be < wbtild ftrnve ttttA to devise reasons that "would account for the detention of
4 he Turks in tine Crimea , aad the inactivity of Pehasier . That vronld not have been so -easy as the slandering of Lord Raglan , and it was , fcnerefoi « , evaded . The history of the voJumeg is almost sufficient to cotidentn them . In -January , 18 S 5 , tbe Baron de Bacanoorirrt was sent to the Crimea by M . fortou ! Jfor the express -purpose of cwncoctiiig a history of the campaign . Who -was Fortovtf The Minister < of Public Instruction . The work , therefore , to toe acoowfpHAed was to be of Boch a character as would suit the ? Jews of Hike Dvrecrtor of Public Intttaruction ; that is , the instruction to be 4 jmt * eyo& -was to b * eooh « s the £ tnperor would approve . Under these cir-4 WWH * a » oeB , wfcat -wonder that Xto Baasancwurt should produce a French ironNMQe « P tjh *< trar P Fraroce mtist fcave giorr ; here was glory dished up lay <; l » tf'ittppifcl mhponicler : AccrenSited to the camp hy Marshal Taillant , 1 >» l ^ iww > n > twii < - % qt : top km qniarters there , aend got together the odd * « nd -ends of personal experience that help to make up this history . He also had jM&eM-toqloeiMaMiM * , Mob « s > the xukpatlisbed despatches of the French oomsuiMlvni a » d tkte FrwiwJh BoM ^ ror . When we have added that ffee product « fftl »» BwonVi *»^ ur ««| jabiwhed wit h a dedicati on to the Bmporw on its fiwHti « wl M ^ lit ' iiiiirtiim ^ MMilMkiBhB ^ ror "had accepted th « t dedication , -we mkaM . « eed t » *» M <<« roadsr ttOdetaovc to make him aware of the con tents « f < fce * v * ameB MAr « w . We' rkm > ttMeerr « ay tfcat * n the narrative of I > e H ( MMMau « tL 4 fbe tAwtreitt * h » HfctgjHsk im tihe jMma was of tbe inoBt trivirtl UmI t 'VMbfrnJaBmum w * a won " by tWPneabk , - »» 4 m ) condescended * o march * # the aid oftfc © «^ fiBh T « nd * 4 rat in-tAw ; . *» & « t « « ke Ertglieh wfeo « re
never m time , and wbo « re not able to carry on the works * hey commence . M . de Bazancourt , who © early omite Hie En ^ iffh from the battle of the Alma , quite forgets to state the original wrong direction was ^ ven to the siege by the French ^ engineers ; that tbe plaoe was aiot assaulted in October , 18 f 4 , partly because French batteries failed , blew up , were snuffed out , and what not . The translator of these volumes coolly tells us that t 3 ie " ikcts " stated by 2 > e Bazancourt -are authentic No doubt the " £ Mjt 8 " « ne ; but the difficulty in this case is ± o determine wiiat are the rfacts . The statements « f 4 ii 8 writer are cecfcainly not facte . An illustration of this is to be found in the explanation of JLord 3 Efcaglan ' s death . It is one of the objects of De Bazancourt to adulate * he Emperor . Now it . seems that in the spring of 1855 Louis Napoleon « ant out a plan of campaign to the Crimea which involved field operation . The plan is undoubtedly ingenious , and lookB very well upon paper ; in fact , it is one of those plans which almost anyone at all acquainted with military matters could design . Lord Raglan stoutly held all the circumstanceshe direct
out against this plan . Considering , preferred operations against the place . It ofiered the least risk—it wae capable of the greatest development . One consequence of this dissidenee was the recal of General Cannobert , and it is eea-tainly evidence that the Emperor Napoleon preferred the military judgment of Lord Raglan on the spot to his own at a distance ; that he recalled his own incapable general , and appointed Pelisskr to the chief command , with these instructions : " Conformez-voiis autant que possible aux instructions doanees ; s'il y a necessiteideles modifier , quecesoit d ' acord avee Lord Raglan . " The fact was that Lord Raglan and General Canroberfc could no longer work together—had not been able for a long time to work together . And well they might not , for if we may believe our voracious chronicler , Canrohent was for actively pushing the « iege at Christmas ! On the 18 th of June it was arranged that the p laoe should be assaulted . Baron de Bazancourt does not tell us that Pehssier forgot the injunctions of his master , jM > r that he changed the whole plan of attack agreed on between himself and Lord Raglan .
Bearing all these things in mind , we only ask the reader to inspect the following specimen of the Bazaneourt mode of writing history . We prefer the original to the translation of the " facts , " as Mr . Gould so politely calls them : — 1 m journee du 1 € juin avait prodoit dans Tespiit de l . ord Kaglan une Emotion profonde ' ment douloupeuse qu'il ne chercha pas & disaimuler . Malgrd toutes les appre ] hensicms , malgre" tons les obstacles et toutes les difficuKie ' sans cesso surgissantes , il avait pousse a la continuation du siege direct ; il s * 6 tait oppos ^ de tout son pouvoir au projet d'investissement , et avait entraine * la de ' mission volontaire du General Cance mouvement da 3 les iements qui
robert par son refus de coop ^ rer ^ . Si , n ey ^ ee passaient et dans ceux que Tavenir tenait en reserve , la responsabilite' dn Gene ' ral Pelissier ^ tait grande , celle de Ixmd Raglan etait plus grande encore peut-etre ; cat elle avait preo ^ d ^ celle du nouvean . general en chef de l ' arme ' e francaise . "Le general anglais donna aans sa pensee une importance immense h ce revere passager de nos armes , et devant tant de sang r ^ pandn , devant les efforts brises de ees heroiques soldats , Ie « donte Uii vint aussi , etaTec ce doute une cruelle amertume qui serra eon coeur navr ^; la male tranquillity du General Pelissier , qu'il aUa trourer h la batterie Lancastro , ne put effaeer les douloureuses impressionB qui s ! etaient emparoes de lui ; il retourna silencieux et -abattu vem son quartier gdh ^ ral , dont il ne devait plus sortir
« ue dans un cercueiL . En effet , dix jours apres , e ' est-k-dire le 28 juid , Lord Kaglan expira entre hint fit neuf heures du soir . That page from the book of our imperial friend is worth whole volumes of comment . It is all but totally untrue . Lord Raglan died of the cholera , and not of remorse because be had declined the responsibility of carrying out Louis Napoleon ' s plan of campaign . We have neither space nor time for a detailed examination of these volumes . What there is of value in them—certain authentic documentsmio-ht 'have been comprised in a twentieth of the space . The thing actually required—an account of the movements of the French army—could have been better supplied by the Taarest narrative of some military man in a quarter of the' apace ; and then , perhaps , the style would have savoured less > of Mantilini and more of CcesaT .
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SALA » FOR THE SOCIAL . JSaZadfort / ie Social . ~ Bj the Aufihor of " Saladfor the Solitary . " Bentley , Tele compounder of this Salad says that old books by great authors are not in everybody ' s reach . Was that his reason for publishing a volume which contains very few references to great authors , or to old books ? He seems to have exhausted his originality , bis essence of brown-backcel folios , his subtleties of obscure philosophers , his rare anecdotes and quaint epigrams , in his chapters for the Solitary , which really were the results of curious and
eccentric reading . But , in this book , he imitates himself ; quotes Sydney Smith , Southey , DisradK , Hood , Leigh Hunt , and Talfourd , relates stories of Cumin and CCormell , of Eowland Hill and Sheridan ; treats of natural history , law , literature , and the toilet , in commonplace essays , based on popular authorities , and , in fuct , fails altogether to make good the claims of his book as a treasury of choice eentences and illustrations from " fragrant scarce old tomes . " Wo do not flay that the volume is unamusing . It is light , pleasant , easy , but not wlrat it pretends to be . Wo shall merely bo able to pick out from its ten chapters some good "materials for table talkfragments that float in a redundance of fauraiar frivolity . This sort of note is useful , but it scarcely adds to the flavour of the
Salad : — Nowhere ifl paper so mndh need an In tlio United States . In * Yirnco , witli 85 , 000 , 000 of itftiaWteWts , onJyV 0 , 0 t 00 tona ore prodticefl yearly , * f -w ^ Kioh onesevonth is for exportation . lit ISngfhind , w * fli 28 , 0 M ) , 0 W > of iAh « bifcM * te , -Ofi , «< M ) toM are produced ; -w *> lle in UiU country « tb » 4 unotmt is nearly at great <« b in France and England togothoE . As gossip , 1 ih € aoowmt -of Lackington ie appTopri « t « in < a chapter on bookxraift : — James I « ariklngton—tho weM ^ known liondon bodkaellcr—may 'be said to linvo ostaVlMbcitt his claim to < mr notioe from the -publication of hta u AutwbiogTaphy . " 1 'Vom the shaQtm of ttimootity , lie wae 4 nfl « btea to tbtiftlness and parsimony , no l « ci « < tuun to his untiring eeal And oxertiono , for him ultimate diBtiaOtlon . Aitb « w ^ U mo m * y not
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^ THE X . EAI > EBi . [ No . 329 , Satpbpa ^ HID i ¦ ¦ ¦ " ~ " — __^ ; . — -
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Leader (1850-1860), July 12, 1856, page 666, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2149/page/18/
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