VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848 1910), French author, was born at Nice on Feb. 25, 1848. He served in the campaign of 1870, and on the conclusion of the war entered the diplomatic service, being appointed successively attache to the legations at Constantinople and Cairo and secre tary at St. Petersburg (Leningrad). He was almost the first to draw French attention to Dostoievski and his successors. He became a member of the French Academy in 1888. He died in
Paris on March 24, 1910.
His works include: Histoires orientales (5879) ; Portraks du siecle (1883); Le Fils de Pierre le Grand (1884); Histoires d'hiver (1885); Le Roman russe (1886) ; Regards historiques et litteraires (1892); Coeurs russes (5894) ; Devant le siecle (1896) ; Jean d'Agreve (1898); Le Rappel des ombres (i9oo); Le Maitre de la mer (19o3); Maxime Gorky (1905).