Pierre Guillaumc Frederic Le Play

Pierre Guillaumc Frederic Le Play, a French author, born at Honfleur, April 11, 1806. He became a military engineer, director of a mining school, and commissary general of the Paris exhibitions of 1855 and 1867. The academy of sciences awarded a prize to his Ouvriers euro-peens (Paris, 1855). Among his other works are: La reforme sociale en Europe (2 vols., 1864); Organisation du travail selon la cou-tume des ateliers, and La loi du Decalogue (1870); and Organisation de lafamille (1871).

Pierre Henri Larcher

Pierre Henri Larcher, a French scholar and author, born in Dijon, Oct. 12, 1726, died in Paris, Dec. 22, 1812. He early distinguished himself by his proficiency in Greek and English literature. In 1767 he wrote an able reply to Voltaire's Pliilosophie de l'histoire. In 1778 he was admitted a member of the academy of belles-lettres, and on the establishment of the imperial university he was appointed professor of Greek in that institution; but he was then over 80 years old, and had to discharge his duties by deputy. He died from a fall. His reputation chiefly rests on the translation of Herodotus (Paris, 1786), which is valuable for its geographical and chronological notes.

Pierre Jnles Cavelier

Pierre Jnles Cavelier, a French sculptor, born in Paris, Aug. 30, 1814. He studied under Delaroche and David d'Angers, early obtained the grand prize, and was for some years supported in his studies at Rome by the French academy. He acquired celebrity in 1849 by his statue of Penelope, the medal of honor being conferred upon him, with a three years' pension of 4,000 francs. In 1865 he became a member of the institute. His works are remarkable for purity and grace. His statue representing "Truth " is in the Luxembourg; that of Abelard is in the new Louvre; and he has also made busts of Ary Schelfer, Horace Ver-net, Napoleon I., and others.

Pierre Joseph Cantillon

Pierre Joseph Cantillon, a French soldier, born at Wavre, in Brabant, in 1788, died in Brussels, July 13,1869. He entered the French army in 1807, took part in several campaigns of Napoleon, was repeatedly wounded, and became a sergeant in the grenadier corps of the imperial guard. He was suspected of having fired at Wellington in Paris in December, 1815, and was arrested together with about 40 other subordinate officers of the imperial guard; but there was not sufficient evidence to convict him. The ex-emperor afterward sent him from St. Helena 1,000 francs for the cost of his trial.

Pierre Joseph Francois Bosquet

Pierre Joseph Francois Bosquet, a French soldier, born at Mont de Marsan, Nov. 8, 1810, died Feb. 5, 1861. He was educated at the polytechnic school of Paris and the military school at Metz, and acquired distinction in Algeria, attaining in 1848 the rank of general of brigade, and was wounded in the campaign against the Kabyles in 1851. In the Crimea he had the command of the second division, and was prominent in the battles of the Alma and of Inkerman, in the latter of which but for his succor the English would have been crushed by the Russians. As chief of the corps destined to cover the allied forces on the slope of the Tchernaya, he constantly displayed quickness, vigilance, and activity, and took part in-the storming of the Malakhoff, after which he was made a senator and a marshal. In 1858 he was appointed commander of the S. W. military division, but, disabled by the wounds received at Sebastopol, he was obliged to refrain from active duties.