Vicomte De
a French diplomatist; born in Nice, France, Feb. 25, 1848.
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs (1871) and later in the diplomatic service, but left it in 1881 to devote his time to literature. He published: "Syria, Palestine, Mount Athos" (1876); "Oriental Histories" (1879); "The Son of Peter the Great" (1884); "The Russian Romance" (1886); "Souvenirs and Visions" (1887); "Remarks on the Centennial Exposition" (1889). He was a member of the French Academy. He died in 1910.