France and the Centenary of the Revolution

Year
1881
Month
12
Day
22
Article Title
France and the Centenary of the Revolution
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FRANCE AND THE CENTENARY OF THE REVOLUTION. Those who propose to promote the celebration of the centenary of the landing of the Loyalists, in 1883, may get some hints from the following, showing that France means to take time by the forelock. – Although nearly eight years have yet to elapse before the centenary of the Great Revolution, the note of preparation is distinctly audible. The Versailles Court is being fitted up as a memorial of the memorable sitting held there; Lille and a number of other towns have formed celebration societies, and popular lectures and publications are being organized. The appointment of a commission has been gazetted for studying the state of education between 1789 and the Consulate. This commission is to bring to light and issue all documents respecting education, whether in the shape of cahiers of 1789, legislative reports and discussions, letters in the national or local archives, or elsewhere. This publication, says M. Buisson, on whose report the step is taken, will be a “mark of respect to the memory of our fathers,” will offer a comparison between the labors of the present day and the prodigious efforts of innovators who had no precedents to go by, and will indicate what still remains to be done. With M. Paul Bert as President and MM. Louis Blanc, Gerard and Henri Martin as Vice-Presidents, the commission includes Senator Carnot, son of the “organiser of victory,” M. Charavay, the archivist, M. Camille Pelletan, and other well-qualified men. We have not got Mr. LAWRENCE’s recent paper on the early history of St. John published, but we are aware that the holidays are not favorable to efforts of that kind. There should be as little delay as possible.