Dumas, Alexandre. Born in 1824. Like his father, a novelist and dramatist, accompanied his father in a voyage to the Mediterranean in 1846 and, in 1848, produced the work which made his reputation, "La Dame aux Camelias," a novel which drew the encomium of his own father. Subsequently, his work was chiefly dramatic, and included such plays as the "Demi-Monde," "La Princesse Georges," "Monsieur Alphonese," and "Denise." In 1874, he was admitted as a member to the French Academy. Died 1895.

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