Anatole De La Forge, a French author, born in Paris, April 1, 1821. He was for several years in the diplomatic service, and from 1848 to 1863 was a prominent editor of Le Siecle and a warm advocate of the independence of Italy and Poland. In September, 1870, the government of the national defence appointed him prefect of the department of Aisne; and although the Germans had invaded the greater part of that department, he successfully defended Saint Quentin (Oct. 8), where he was wounded, and afterward resigned because he was not allowed to resist a new attack against that town. He joined Gambetta at Tours, and for a short time at the beginning of 1871 he was prefect of Basses-Alpes. He has published a great variety of writings, including Histoire de la republique de Venise sous Manin (2 vols., Paris, 1850), and Des vicissitudes poliliques de l'ltalie dans ses rapports avec la France (2 vols., 1850); and he is now engaged (1874) in finishing his Histoire du cardinal Richelieu.