GOZLAN, Léon, a French novelist and play writer, wa3 born at Marseilles in 1803, and died in 1866. When he was still a boy, his father, who had made a large fortune as a ship-broker, met with adverse circumstances, and Léon, before completing his education, had to go to sea in order to earn a living. He went several trading voyages to Algiers and to Senegal, without, it would seem, much profit. In the meantime his literary tastes gradually developed, and he abandoned mercantile pursuits for the modest employment of a teacher in Marseilles. He, however, did not remain long there, and in 1828 we find him in Paris, determined to run the risks of literary life. His townsman, Joseph Méry, who was then making himself famous by his political satires, smoothed his way, and introduced him to several newspapers. But Gozlan did not sacrifice literature to politics. Though he contributed many essays to the reviews, it is as a fertile and ingenious author of novels and plays that he is best known. His first novel was Les Mémoires Tun Apothicaire (1828), and this was followed by numberless others, among which may be mentioned Le Notaire de Chantilly, Aristide Froissart (one of the most curious and celebrated of his productions), Les Nuits du Père-Lachaise, Le Tapis Vert; Georges III., La Folle du logis, La famille Lambert, Les Émotions de Polydore Marasquin, &c. Hie principal works for the theatre are— La Goutte de Lait, La Pluie et le beau temps, Le Lion empaille, Pied-de-Fer, Louise de Nanteuil, Le Gâteau des Reines, Les Paniers de la Comtesse, Le Diamant et le Verre, and adaptations of several of his own novels to the stage. Gozlan also wrote a romantic and picturesque description of the old manors and mansions of his country, entitled Les Châteaux de France, 4 vols. ...