CAZALIS

cazalis, henri (1840-1909), french poet and man of letters, was born at cormeilles-en-parisis (seine-et-oise) in 1840. he wrote under the pseudonyms of jean caselli and jean lahor. his works include: _chants populaires de l'italie_ (1865); _vita tristis_, _reveries fantastiques_, _romances sans musique_ (1865); _le livre du neant_ (1872); _henry regnault, sa vie et son oeuvre_ (1872); _l'illusion_ (1875-1893); _melancholia_ (1878); _cantique des cantiques_ (1885); _les quatrains d'al-gazali_ (1896); _william morris_ (1897). the author of the _livre du neant_ has a predilection for gloomy subjects and especially for pictures of death. his oriental habits of thought earned for him the title of the "hindou du parnasse contemporain." he died in july 1909. see a notice by p. bourget in _anthologie des poetes fr. du xix^e siecle_ (1887-1888); j. lemaitre, _les contemporains_ (1889); e. faguet in the _revue bleue_ (october 1893).