HACHETTE, LOUIS CHRISTOPHE FRANcOIS (1800-1864), French publisher, was born at Rethel in the Ardennes on May 5, i800. In 1826 he established in Paris a publishing business for the issue of works adapted to improve the system of school instruction, or to promote the general culture of the community. He published manuals in various departments of knowledge, dictionaries of modern and ancient languages, educa tional journals, and French, Latin and Greek classics annotated with great care by the most eminent authorities. After 185o, in conjunction with other partners, he published a cheap railway library, scientific and miscellaneous libraries, an illustrated library for the young, libraries of ancient literature, of modern foreign literature, and of modern foreign romance, a series of guide-books and a series of dictionaries of universal reference. In 1855 he also founded the popular weekly, Le Journal pour tons. Hachette died on July 31, 1864.