Alphonse Daudet was born at Nîmes, May 13, 1840. His early life was full of hardship and deprivation. In 1857 he arrived in Paris, with some manuscript poems and no money. He almost starved, but kept on writing and hoping. His volume of verse, “Les Amoureuses” (1858), attracted some attention. He persisted, took to writing novels, and achieved greatness. The story of his life and struggles, as told by himself, will be given in an early number of McClure’s Magazine.
GENERAL LEW WALLACE.
Born in Brookville, Indiana, April 10, 1827.
AGE 35. 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS.
AGE 40. 1867. GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO.