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the redeemer of man ' 8 better half', and . . . takes the title of Mapah, a named
formed from the first syllables of the two words 'mama' and 'papa.' He goes on to
say that all proper names should be modified in this manner: you should no longer
hear the name of your father, but rather should use the first syllable of your
mother's maiden llame combined with the first syllable of your father's name. And
to mark the more clearly that he forever renounces his own former name . .. , he
signs himself: 'He who was Ganneau. '" He distributes his pamphlets at the exits of
theaters or sends them through the mail; he even tried to persuade Victor Hugo to
patronize his doctrine. Jules Bertaut, "Le 'Mapah,'" le Temps, September 21,
35.
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Charles Louandre on the physiologies, which he charges with corruption of mor­
als: "This dreary genre . .. has very quickly run its course. The physiology, as
produced in 32mo format suitable to be sold . .. to those out walking or driving, is
represented in 1836, in the Bibliographie de la France, by two volumes; in 1838
there are eight volumes listed; in 184,1 there are seventy-six; in 1842 forty-four;
fifteen the year following; and hardly more than t.hree or four in the two years
since then. From the physiology of individuals, one moved to the physiology of
cities. There was Paris la nuit; Paris a table; Paris dans {'eall; Paris a cheval;
Paris pittoresque; Paris bohfm-den; Paris litteraire; Paris 11ta.rie. Then came the
physiology of peoples: Les Fraru;ais; Les Anglais peints par eux-11til!nes . These
were followed by the physiology of animals: Les Animaux peints par eux-memes et
des sines par d'autres. _Having finally run out of subjects, . . . the authors . . .
turned in t.he end to portraying themselves, and gave us the La Physiologie des
physiologistes." Charles Louandre, '·Statist.ique litteraire: De la Production intellcctuelle
en France depuis quinze ans," Revue des deux mondes (November 15,
1847), 1'1'. 686-687. [pla,1]
Theses of Toussenel: Wfhat the happiness of individuals is in direct proportion to
female authorit . y"; "'that the rank of t . he species is in direct proportion to female
authority." A. Toussenel, Le Monde des oiseaux, vol. 1 (Paris, 1853), p. 485. The
first is the "formula of the gyrfalcon" (1'. 39). [pla,2]
Toussenel on his Monde des oiseaux: "The world of birds is only its incidental
subject, whereas the world of men is its principal suhject.' Vol. 1, p. 2 (preface by
the author). [pla,3]
Toussenel in his preface to Le 11londe des oiseaux: " He [the author] has sought to
underline the importance of the culinary side of his subject by according the item
"'roast meae' a more prominent place than it usually occupies in scientific works. l
Vol. 1, p. 2. [pla,4]
«We admire the hird . . because with the bird, as in all well-organized politics,
... it is gallantry t.hat determines rank . ... We feel instinctively that the woman,
who came from t.he Creator's hand after the man, was made to command the latter,