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ANDRÉ THEURIET

André Theuriet, the author of our story, was born near Paris, in 1833. But bis boyhood was spent at Bar-le-Duc, a considérable town of eastern France, where be received bis éducation. He studied law, and for many years be was connected witb tbe Government civil service, from wbicb be retired in 1880. His présent borne is Bourg-la-Beine, a résidence suburb of Paris. Ee was elected to tbe Frencb Academy in 1896.

Tbeuriet is one of tbe most notable of contem-

porary Frencb writers, among wbom be occupies an

bonorable position. Literature early claimed our

autbor's attention as tbe cbief calling of bis life, and

bis collected works are quite bulky, comprising up-

ward of forty volumes, represented by poetry and

fiction. His first appearance before tbe public was

in verse, wbicb was received witb marked favor.

But it is as a novelist tbat be is best known, and bis

production in tbis line bas been unbroken for tbe

past thirty years.