Andre Leo, a French novelist (who adopted the Christian names of her twins as her nom de plume, her real name being Leonie Champ-seix), born at Champagne, Vienne, about 1832. She is the daughter of M. Bera, a naval officer, and she married in 1851 Pierre Gregoire Champseix, a socialistic publicist, who then lived in exile at Lausanne, and who died in Paris, Dec. 4, 1803. Her principal works are: Le mariage scandaleux (1863); Une vieille fille et les deux filles de M. Plichon (1864); Le divorce, and Jacques Galleron (1865). She also appeared as a lecturer on social questions and on woman's rights, and during the siege of Paris in 1870-'7l she was one of the most impassioned speakers in political clubs. In conjunction with Mme. Jaclard, wife of a member of the commune, she founded in March, 1871, La Sociale newspaper. She was under arrest for a short time at Versailles after the overthrow of the commune, and subsequently went to Switzerland, where she took a prominent part in the meetings of the internationale.