MANUEL

manuel, eugene (1823-1901), french poet and man of letters, was born in paris, the son of a jewish doctor, on the 13th of july 1823. he was educated at the ecole normale, and taught rhetoric for some years in provincial schools and then in paris. in 1870 he entered the department of public instruction, and in 1878 became inspector-general. his works include: _pages intimes_ (1866), which received a prize from the academy; _poemes populaires_ (1874); _pendant la guerre_ (1871), patriotic poems, which were forbidden in alsace-lorraine by the german authorities; _en voyage_ (1881), poems; _la france_ (4 vols., 1854-1858); a school-book written in collaboration with his brother-in-law, levi alavares; _les ouvriers_ (1870), a drama dealing with social questions, which was crowned by the academy; _l'absent_ (1873), a comedy; _poesies du foyer et de l'ecole_ (1889), and editions of the works of j. b. rousseau (1852) and andre chenier (1884). he died in paris in 1901. his _poesies completes_ (2 vols., 1899) contained some fresh poems; to his _melanges en prose_ (paris, 1905) is prefixed an introductory note by a. cahen.