FRANCOIS VICTOR FOURNEL
\fɹˈanswɑː vˈɪktə fˈɔːnə͡l], \fɹˈanswɑː vˈɪktə fˈɔːnəl], \f_ɹ_ˈa_n_s_w_ɑː v_ˈɪ_k_t_ə f_ˈɔː_n_əl]\
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A writer on the antiquities and curiosities of Paris; born near Varennes, Feb. 8, 1829. Among his writings are: "What One Sees in the Streets of Paris" (1854); "Theatrical Curiosities" (1859); "Pictures of Old Paris" (1863); "Paris and its Ruins in 1871" (1874); "Paris Cries" (1886). He also wrote "The Contemporaries of Moliere" (1863); "To the Sun Lands", sketches of travel (1883); "Contemporary French Artists". D. 1894.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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