Referring to the author of "L'Aiglon," Cyrano de Bergerac," and "Chantecler," a Paris correspondent says: Eostand's death lias made a great effect here or rather it did for a day. or two, which is more than .the death ,of any other single 'man not a soldier has done for nearly five years. Ho was a shy man, not at all overcome by any notion of his own genius,. and,-.on the othor hand, extremely: appreciative ~of the .work, of others, which is by no means an invariable trait among poets. A nice story is told, of him., when, he was asked by a li'iend why -he consistently praised the *.ork of another poet, who . invariably ©led 'aloud liis scorn of Rostand's poetry &nd Eostand's self. "Because I like it," fi» hia only answer.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 7
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132Untitled Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 7
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