Marie Anne Le Page Boccage

Marie Anne Le Page Boccage, a French poetess, born in Rouen, Oct. 22, 1710, died Aug. 8, 1802. She married a literary man of the name of Fiquet du Boccage. At the age of 36 she wrote a poem which obtained the first prize from the Rouen academy. She afterward published a French "Paradise Lost" (Paris, 1748), an imitation of Gessner's "Death of Abel," an epic poem called La Colomhiade (1756), a tragedy, and minor pieces. Her collected works ran through four editions and were translated into several languages. She also wrote letters of travel through England, Holland, and Italy.

Marie Anne Lepage

See Boccage.

Marie Anne Victoire Gillain Boivin

Marie Anne Victoire Gillain Boivin, a French midwife, born near Paris, April 9, 1773, died May 16,1841. She was educated in a nunnery, where by her talents she attracted the attention of the sister of Louis XVI., Madame Elisa-beth . The nunnery was destroyed in the revolution, and she then spent three years in the study of anatomy and midwifery. In 1797 she married an employee at Versailles named Boi-vin. and on being left after a short time a widow with a child and without fortune, she undertook the office of midwife at the Maternite hospital, and in 1801 was appointed chief superintendent of the institution, to which at her suggestion a special school of accouchement was added by Cnaptal. The order of civil merit was conferred upon her by the king of Prussia in 1814, and she received the degree of M. D. from the university of Marburg. Her Memorial de l'art des accouchements, published in 1824, passed through many editions.

Marie Antoirie Careme

Marie Antoirie Careme, a French cook, born in Paris, June 8, 1784, died Jan. 12, 1833. In 1804 he had reached such a degree of proficiency as a cook that he entered Prince Talleyrand's kitchen, where he gained an unparalleled reputation. He was afterward employed by the prince regent of England (George IV.), and by the emperors of Russia and Austria. He also evinced his talents at the congresses of Aix-la-Chapelle, Laybach, and Verona, remained some time at the court of Wtirtemberg, and finally returned to France, where his services were secured by Baron James Rothschild. Careme was an artist in his line, always eager for progress and improvement; he peculiarly excelled in pastry, and the general arrangement of serving the table. He published Le patissier pittoresque, illustrated by 128 plates; Le cuisi-nier parisien; Le patissier royal parisien; and Le maitre d'hotel francais, a comparison between ancient and modern cooking.

Marie Bouffe

Marie Bouffe, a French comedian, born in Paris, Sept. 4, 1800. He was a mechanic previous to going on the stage. For 40 years he was one of the first French comic actors, especially excelling in vaudevilles. In 1855 he was much admired at the Varieties theatre in Paris in the Abbe Galant, and in 1857 in Jean le Toque. Since 1864, when he gave his, farewell performance, he has only played once at the Gymnase theatre, in 1866, in La Jille de l'avare.