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A French miscellaneous writer; born at Pontarlier, June 24, 1809; died in Paris, Oct. 11, 1892. He was librarian of the library of St. Genevieve, Paris (1846). He was a great traveler. His works include: "History of Iceland" (1838); "Letters on Russia", etc. (2 vols., 1843); "From the Rhine to the Nile" (1846); "The United States and Canada" (1874); the novels "The Spitzbergen Lovers" (1858), "The Dramas of the Heart" (1868), "A Russian Great Lady" (1876); in verse, "Poetical Sketches" (1830); "Poems of a Traveler" (1841); etc.