Bourget
PAUL (bör-zhā') a French novelist, born in Amiens, Sept. 2, 1852.
After a brilliant course at the Lyceum of Clermont-Ferrand and the College of Sainte Barbe, he graduated with high honors in 1872. He began to write in 1873. He published three volumes of striking verse, "La Vie Inquiète" (1875); "Edel" (1878); and "Les Aveux" (1881). His "Essais" (1883) was the first indication of his strength. The second series, "Nouveaux Essais de Psychologie contemporaine" ine" (1886), (1886), increased his reputation. Bourget's first novel, "L'Irréparable" (1884), was followed by "Cruelle Enigme" (1885); "Un Crime d'Amour" (1886); "André Cornélis" (1887), and "Mensonges" (1887).
These works gave him first rank among contemporary French authors. His intimate knowledge of English and Italian life, and his travels in Spain and Morocco, gave him the materials for "Sensations d'Italie" (1891), and "Cosmopolis" (1892), and he recorded his impressions (1894) of travel in the United States. Other novels are "Le Disciple," "Notre Cœur," "La Terre Promise," "Un Saint," "Antigone," "L'envers du decor" (1911); "La Crise" (1912). Their author was admitted to the Academy in 1894.
BOURMONT (bör-môn'), LOUIS AUGUSTE VICTOR DE GHAISNE, COMTE DE, Marshal of France, born in Anjou, Sept. 2, 1773. He served as an officer under the Prince of Condé, and, from 1793 to 1796, was actively engaged in the anti-revolutionary struggle in La Vendée. Subsequently, he obtained the favor of the First Consul. In the campaigns of 1813 and 1814, he distinguished himself in the battle of Dresden, and by the defense of Nogent, Napoleon promoted him to the rank of a general of division. On March 31, 1814, he declared for the Bourbons, and received the command of a military division_during the first Restoration; yet, on Napoleon's return, he went over to him. His evidence went a considerable way in BOURNE bringing about the condemnation and execution of Marshal Ney. He received high military employment under Louis XVIII. Distinguishing himself in the Chamber of Peers as a zealous supporter of the King, he was appointed Minister of War in 1829. When the expedition against Algiers was undertaken in April, 1830, he received the chief command of the troops, and the rapid success of the expedition was ascribed to him. For this he received the Marshal's baton on July 22. The Revolution breaking out, he was superseded in his command, and went to England to share the exile of Charles X. He died in Anjou, Oct. 27, 1846.
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