FEBVRE DE (1811-83). A French jurist and publicist, born in Paris. Ile was a student of law, devoting himself early in life to Conti nental legal history with singular energy and intelligence. At the age of twenty-eight he be came known by an elaborate work, entitled .116nuire sue Phistuire dr la propriOri" fonciere en. Occident (1839). In 1841 lie published an essay on the life and doctrines of Frederic Charles de Savigny, and became an advocate in the 'loyal Court of Paris. In 1843 appeared lleeherehes sun- in rendition. eirile ct politiquc des femmes, and this was followed two years later by Essui slur /cs loin criminelles des Re stains. Each of these works attracted great attention among the learned, and contributed to revive in France the study of the history of law. In 1849 lie became professor of comparative jurisprudence in the College de France. Under Napoleon III. lie associated with the men who endeavored to revive public spirit in France. Ile wrote with enthusiasm and intelligence on the institutions of free America, and his lectures on this country, during and after the war for the preservation of the Union, were extremely popular in Paris. Labonlaye had the advantage of a handsome personal presence and winning address, and his lectures on law had attraction even for those who had no interest in its study. In 1863 he published Paris en in NvIdell he Immorously employs a supernatural agency to transport a Frenchman with his family into the midst of American family life and town excitements at a period when disaster had come to the national arms during the War for the Union. The veiled drollery of the situa tions by which lie lampoons some of the pecu liarities of the Napoleonic Government, making them ridienlons while defending them with n!1 the ardor of French patriotism, is among the finest specimens of irony extant. This book
vent through upward of thirty editions in Paris. and was translated into English. In a similar vein of political satire were his tales Conics blcus (MI). Youreau eontes Wens (1865), Lr prince- Canirhe (1865). The last ran through many editions, and did mueh to pave the way to the easy dropping out of the Napoleonic dynasty in 1870. The following, list of Labou laye's works exhibits the intelleetual activity and scope of his life: Tlistoirr rolitiqur des Ntats-Unis. 16'.?0-17S9 (1855-66) Etudes eon temporaines slur PAllemagne (1856); La libertd religicuse (1S58); an introduction to Fleury's lastilutioa an droit francais (1858); A fahtnee an Arabian romance (1859) ; La propeit'tf: rain: uu X11116ne .s4(..cle (1859); Les Elats-Unis it la France (1892); L'Elat ses tin ices ( 18(i3 ) ; Etude sue la poliliquo de .1/. do 'racque t:ilk (1893) ; La •epublique eonstitutionclle (1871). Laboulaye likewise translated from English into French, Walter, On lite Late Pro ceedings of the Romans, Channing's social works, and Channing On Asqurcey in the United Slates, with an essay on his life and doctrines; also, Franklin's Memoirs awl Correspondence, with an introduction. IIis contributions to French re views, legal and political, and to the journals of Paris, were very numerous. He died May 24, 1833.