GABRIELLE SUSANNE BARBOT, "daughter of a gentleman of Rochelle," and
widow of Monsieur de Gallon, Seigneur de Villeneuve, Lieutenant-Colonel
of Infantry, died at Paris, in the house of Crebillon, the tragic
writer, Dec. 29th, 1755. Such is the sum of the information afforded us
by editors and biographers, concerning the author of one of the most
popular fairy tales ever written.