Eugene Fromentin, a French painter and author, born in La Rochelle in December, 1820. He studied under Cabat, and exhibited in 1847 excellent pictures of Algerian scenery and public buildings. He was sent in 1852 on an archaeological mission to Algeria by the committee of historical monuments. Since his return to Paris he has produced many landscapes and genre pictures relating to Arab life and scenery, remarkable for their brilliant coloring and their delicacy of execution. His "Chase of Gazelles" has been purchased by the government, as well as his Falcon Chase and "Arabian Falconer," which latter are in the Luxembourg. He has published Visites artis-tiques (1852), Simples pelerinages (1856), Une annee dans le Sahel (1858), and a successful novel, Dominique (1863).