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JULES ÉMILE, a French dramatist; born in 1833, in Meuvy, Haute Marne. In 1850 he made his first appearance in Paris and after a short experience in a commercial house, obtained a place on the staff of "Figaro." He produced, in 1862, a five-act drama, "Nights in the Place Royale." In the folowing year he was yet more successful, with a comedy vaudeville called "A Modern Household." His first successful novel, "Lucienne," appeared appeared in 1858, and from that time he turned out many melodramatic tales. He became literary and dramatic critic of "Le Petit Journal," a member of the Directory of the Société des Gens de Lettres, and a knight of the Legion of Honor. He died in Bougival, France, Jan. 26, 1898.