JULES CLARETIE, novelist, dramatist, and essayist, was born at Limoges, France, December 3d, 1840. He is a member of the French Academy and his writings have made him one of the most popular of the “Immortals.” Among his best-known novels are “The American Woman” (1892), “The Million” (1882), and “Madeleine Bertin” (1868). Among his works as a historian and essayist are “The Revolution of 1870–71,” “Paris Besieged,” and “Five Years After.”