Ernest Ainie Feydeau, a French author, born in Paris, March 1G, 1821, died there, Oct. 28, 1873.. He published a volume of poetry in 1844, and acquired notoriety in 1858 by his questionable novel Fanny. His subsequent works of a similar kind were not as popular; nor was he successful as a playwright. He was connected with various journals, and his miscellaneous writings include Ilistoire gene-rale des usages funebres et des sepultures des peuples anciens (3 vols., 1838); Le secret du tonheur, sketches of Algerian life (2 vols., 1864; English translation, 2 vols., 1867); and LAlle-magne en 1871 (Paris, 1872).