Alphonse Daudet. See article, page
Page 154. — x. Xavier de Maistre (1764-1852). Born at Chambéry, in Savoy, author of Voyage autour de ma Chambre, Le Lépreux de la cité d'Aoste, La Jeune Sibérienne.
Page 155. — x. Alphonse Earr. A French writer, born in Paris in 1808, known especially by his Guêpes, a witty political satire against the Second Empire. He spent the last part of his life in Nice, where he grew beautiful flowers, especially violets.