Droz, ANTOINE GUSTAVE, novelist, was born at Paris, 6th June 1832, grandson of Jean Pierre Droz (1746–1823), an engraver of medals, well known in his day. At first Droz studied art, but soon to his profit exchanged the pencil for the pen, making a brilliant reputation that is not quite easy to understand in the pages of La Vie Parisienne, with his Monsieur, Madame, et Bébé, which, published in book-form in 1866, reached in twenty years its 120th edition. Later books are Entre Nous (1867), Le Cahier bleu de Mademoiselle Cibot (1868), Autour d'une Source (1869), Un Paquet de Lettres (1870),
Les Étangs (1876), Tristesses et Sourires (1883), and L'Enfant (1885). He died 22d October 1895.