FRANCOIS ELIE JULES LEMAITRE
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A French literary critic and dramatist; born at Vennecy, (Loiret), April 27, 1853. He is the author of five volumes of literary biographies, "Contemporaries: Being Literary Studies and Portraits" (1885-95). He was for many years dramatic critic of the Journal des Debats. His debut as a dramatist was made at the Odeon with "La Revoltee" (1889), followed by "Deputy Leveau" (1890), an exceedingly clever political satire. Of his other dramatic compositions may be mentioned: "The Kings" (1893), and "The Pardon" (1895). He is the author of two volumes of poems, "Medallions" (1880) and "Petites Orientales" (1882); "Corneille and Aristotle's Poetics" (1888); "Myrrha: Stories" (1894); "Lonely Stories" (1900).
By Charles Dudley Warner
