"Noirs et Rouges," Chap. XXI, p. 319,--_Cherbuliez_.
VICTOR CHERBULIEZ, a distinguished French romancist, was born at Geneva,
July 19, 1829, and died in 1899. Under the name of "G. Valbert," he
wrote: "A Horse by Phidias," "A Political Spain," "Foreign Profiles,"
"Art and Nature"; also, "Romance of a Respectable Woman," "Prosper
Randoce," "Miss Rovel," "Samuel Brohl & Co.," etc.
Taine liked to say, that what he most admired in the works of
Renan, was "that one could not see how it was done"; and he was
right, if he meant only the style or the "phrase," which gives the
impression of being born spontaneously, without effort and without
art, under the pen of Renan.
--_Ferdinand Brunetière_.
FERDINAND BRUNETIÈRE, a celebrated French critic, and man of letters,
was born at Toulon, July 19, 1849, and died December 9, 1906. Among his
publications are: "Études critiques," "Le Roman Naturaliste," "Histoire
et Littérature," "Discours Académiques," "Discours de Combat," "L'Action
Sociale du Christianisme," "Sur les Chemins de la Croyance," etc.