Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1897 — ALPHONSE DAUDET DEAD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ALPHONSE DAUDET DEAD.

Sudden Ending of Life of the French Writer at Paris. Alphonse Daudct expired in Paris Thursday night. He was dining with his

family when he was seized with a sudden syncope. Physicians were summoned, but he died almost immediately. Alphonse Daudet was born at Nimes of poor parents May 13,1840. In 1857, with his brother Ernest, he went to Paris to try to gain a livelihood by literary pursuits. His first publication was a volume of poems entitled “Les Amoureusee,” which appeared in’ 1858, and won for him a reputation that led to his employment on several newspapers. It was while writing under the name of “Baptistet,” or under his real name, novels, tales and newspaper articles that he achieved his real popularity.

ALPHONSE DAUDET.