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Édouard René Lefebvre Laboulaye (1811–1883)
Laboulaye, Édouard René Lefebvre de (lä-bö-lā’). A distinguished French jurist, historian, and writer of tales; born at Paris, Jan. 18, 1811; died there, May 25, 1883. Besides works on jurisprudence and history, he wrote: ‘The United States and France’ (1862); the humorous satiric novel ‘Paris in America’ (1863); ‘Prince Caniche’ (1868), a novel: 20th edition; and three series of ‘Blue Stories,’—tales of fairies, elves, enchanters, etc., original and retold. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).