DROZ

droz, antoine gustave (1832-1895), french man of letters, son of the sculptor j. a. droz (1807-1872), was born in paris on the 9th of june 1832. he was educated as an artist, and began to exhibit in the salon of 1857. a series of sketches dealing gaily and lightly with the intimacies of family life, published in the _vie parisienne_ and issued in book form as _monsieur, madame et bebe_ (1866), won for the author an immediate and great success. _entre nous_ (1867) was built on a similar plan, and was followed by some psychological novels: _le cahier bleu de mlle cibot_ (1868); _autour d'une source_ (1869); _un paquet de lettres_ (1870); _babolein_ (1872); _les etangs_ (1875); _l'enfant_ (1885). his _tristesses et sourires_ (1884) is a delicate analysis of the niceties of family intercourse and its difficulties. droz's first book was translated into english under the title of _papa, mamma and baby_ (1887). _un ete a la campagne_, a book which caused considerable scandal, was erroneously attributed to him. he died on the 22nd of october 1895.