Show tito the french Dic IH chens lEens alphonso daudet the french dickens as an he be is sometimes termed is one of the most striking figures in the world of vans paris ilk fine head bead is enveloped in howing flowing locks locka of jet blick black hair mach fall thickly on his shoulders and the lower part of his face the pallor of which is in striking contrast to his lust rous eyes is lekeu iso covered cover edn N ith luxuriant mustaches mustache and beard in short an incarnation of the poet of romance with all this outward display ot of coherian ism he be las has been happily ranged these many years arid and lie he finds in lime ilme daudet a constant and valued helpmeet help daudet was born at sa ili 1840 tried for a year and then sick ot of the work niale made bi his way to paris where he be arrived with a capital of 40 sous sells and a bundle of poems for these bebas lie was in time fortunate enough to find a publisher les liow e cr did not foreshadow his fame and it wits was not till he be left poetry for fiction that he became known |