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A French journalist and statesman; born in Paris, July 18, 1838. He was prominent as a journalist before and after the war with Germany, and suffered several months' imprisonment for his radical articles published in Figaro, The Recall, and The Sovereign People,-a popular political journal, of which he was editor. In recent years he has figured conspicuously in political life, having been Minister of Commerce in 1886, and of Public Instruction in 1888. His published volumes are composed mainly of articles contributed to various journals, and include: "The Eagles of the Capitol" (1869); "Down with Progress" (1870); "The Commune and the Assembly" (1871); "The Rebel Island" (1877); "Von Moltke"( 1891), memoires; "A Mission in the Vendee, 1793" (1893); "From the Weser to the Vistula" (1901).