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Janin

JULES (zhä-nang), a French critic, journalist, journalist, and novelist; born in St. Etienne, Feb. 16, 1804. He caught the fancy of the Parisians with his literary and theatrical criticisms. In 1870 the fancy of the Parisians with his lithe was elected to the French Academy. Among his stories and novels, "The Dead Donkey and the Guillotined Woman," "Confession," and "A heart for Two Loves," are conspicuous. His permanent work is probably the collection of papers, called "History of Dramatic Literature."

He died in Paris, June 19, 1874.

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