AtParistheworkwaswelcomedwithapplause，firstbyhispoeticsponsor，CharlesNodier，intheTemps，wherehecongratulatedJasminonusingtheGasconpatois，thoughstillunderthebanofliterature。”ItisaveritableSaintBartholomewofinnocentandbeautifulidioms，whichcanscarcelybeemployedeveninthehoursofrecreation。”HepronouncedJasmintobeaGasconBeranger，andquotedseveralofhislinesfromtheCharivari，butapologisedfortheirtranslationintoFrench，fearingthattheymightlosemuchoftheirrusticartlessnessandsoftharmony。
Whatwasastillgreaterhonour，JasminwasreviewedbythefirstcriticofFrance——Sainte-Beuveintheleadingcriticaljournal，theRevuedesdeuxMondes。ThearticlewasafterwardsrepublishedinhisContemporaryPortraits。[5]Hetheregivesageneralaccountofhispoems；compareshimwiththeEnglishandScotchpoetsoftheworkingclass；andcontrastshimwithReboul，thebakerofNimes，whowritesinclassicalFrench，afterthemannerofthe’MeditationsofLamartine。’HeproceedstogiveabriefaccountofJasmin’slife，takenfromtheSouvenirs，whichheregardsasabeautifulwork，writtenwithmuchartlessnessandsimplicity。
VariousotherreviewsofJasmin’spoemsappeared，inAgen，Bordeaux，Toulouse，andParis，bymenofliterarymark——byLeoncedeLavergne，andDeMazudeintheRevuedesdeuxMondes——byCharlesLabitte，M。Ducuing，andM。dePontmartin。
ThelatterclassedJasminwithTheocritus，Horace，andLaFontaine，andpaidhimthesingulartribute，”thathehadmadeGoodnessasattractiveasotherFrenchwritershadmadeBadness。”
SuchcriticismsasthesemadeJasminpopular，notonlyinhisowndistrict，butthroughoutFrance。