Boisgobey
FORTUNÉ ABRAHAM DU (bwä-gō-bā'), a French novelist, born in Granville, Sept. 11, 1821. In 1844-1848 he was paymaster in the army at Algiers, and began to write in 1868, somewhat on the lines of Emile Gaboriau. His novels include "The Scoundrels" (Paris, 1873); "Chevalier Casse- Cou" (1873) ; "The Mysteries of Modern poetry. In 1877 he published a separate volume of verse. of Modern poetry. In 1877 he published a separate Paris" (1876); "The Demi-Monde Under the Terror" (1877) ; "The Old Age of M. Lecoq" (1878); and "The Cold Hand" (1879). He died in February , 1891.
BOIS-LE-DUC (bwä-lè-düc'), a fortified city of North Brabant, Holland, founded by Godfrey of Brabant in 1184, at the point where the Dommel and Aa unite to form the Diest; has manufactures of cloth, hats, cotton goods, etc., and a good trade in grain, its water traf fic being equal to that of a considerable maritime port. The cathedral is one of the finest in the Netherlands. Pop. about 35,214. The Duke of York was defeated here by the French in 1794.