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Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740–1814)
Mercier, [Louis] Sébastien (mãr-sē-yā’). A French dramatist and essayist; born at Paris, June 6, 1740; died there, April 25, 1814. His dramatic works appeared in four volumes at Amsterdam, 1778–84. His most important writings were: ‘Picture of Paris’ (12 vols., 1781–90), a description of Parisian life; ‘New Paris’ (6 vols., 1800), a description of Parisian life during the Revolution. ‘My Night-Cap’ (4 vols., 1784) was an attack on classicism. He was a very prolific writer, and made the first French translation of Schiller’s ‘Maid of Orleans.’