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He spent the winters of 1861-1864 in Algeria, Corsica, and Provence. These voyages were of vital importance in his development. He learned something of the world and became better fitted to study conditions in his own narrow sphere; at the same time he acquired the power of vigorous description and collected material for some of his finest short stories and for the Tartarin series.
In the "Lettres de mon moulin" the writer is still in sympathy with his native land, while in the earliest of the "Tartarin" series, "Tartarin de Tarascon," there is already a spirit of disdainful raillery which Daudet learned in Paris. Tarascon was piqued when "Tartarin de Tarascon" appeared. Indeed, there is more than a little in the book that may well offend local pride.
Dans le vieux gaélique Duan, qui fut récité par le barde de Malcolm III en 1057, on voit que les montagnards avaient les cheveux jaunes: A Eolcha Alban nile A Shluagh fela foltbhuidle. O ye learned Albanians all, ye learned yellow-haired hosts! Aujourd'hui le brun est la couleur dominante chez les montagnards.
O, tell us, tell us, where to go! "Dear mother died a week ago, And Robbie cries for her all day. We want to go where mother is, Is Heaven so very far away?" O, plaint of little sorrowing hearts! Earth's universal cry is this, That you' ve so learned to ask: Who knows, who knows, where Heaven is? Poor little seekers after Heaven! Poor little waifs on life's bleak shore!
The teachers belong to that class of ratés, artistic and literary failures, whom Daudet learned to know well during his first years in Paris. One of these ratés captivates Ida de Barency, and Jack's life of misery continues.
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