DROZ, ANTOINE GUSTAVE (1832-1895), French man of letters, son of the sculptor J. A. Droz (1807-1872), was born in Paris. He was educated as an artist, and first exhibited in the Salon of 1857. A series of sketches dealing gaily and lightly with the intimacies of family life, published in the Vie parisienne and issued in book form as Monsieur, Madame et Be be (1866, Eng. trans. 1887) won for the author immediate recognition and great success. Entre nous (1867) was built on a similar plan, and was later followed by a series of novels : Le Cahier bleu de Mlle Cibot (1868) ; Autour d'une source (1869) ; Un Paquet de lettres (187o) ; Babolein (1872) ; Les Etangs (1875) ; L'Enfant (1885) ; Tristesses et sourires (1884) . Droz died on Oct.