French author and dramatist, born in Paris, on the 3rd of February 1862. He was educated in Paris, and afterwards entered the literary profession, being in 1902 made president of the Société des Gens de Lettres.
His works include Monsieur Rabosson (1884); Amour de Tête (1890) and Le Frisson de Paris (1895), besides various amusing dialogues, such as Scènes de la Vie des Cours et des Ambassades, comprenant La Carrière, Le Sceptre et Le Char de l’État (1900). His plays include La Meute (1896); Sylvie, ou la Curieuse d’Amour (1900); La Belle Madame Héber (1905); Les Jacobines (1907) and La Semaine Folle (1913). He produced a series of novels, Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de la Société, including Coeurs privilégés (1903); La Confession d’un homme d’aujourd’hui (1904); Les Affranchis (1908); Histoire d’un Fils de Roi (1911) and L’Aube ardente (1919). He also published various books on the war, including Heures de guerre de la famille Valadier (1915) and Histoires de mon ami Jean (1917).
