The Schoolmaster: Carpentras 



ture of their origin or their calling. Of such, 

 as every Frenchman knows, to mention only 

 one of the best known and best beloved, is 

 the author of the Poesie des Betes, of Voix 

 rustiques, of La Bonne Terre, of he Clocher, 

 etc. — Francois Fabie, that poet who, by his 

 original style, his career, and his genius, 

 which has been too much obscured by his 

 modesty, may in so many respects be com- 

 pared with Jean-Henri Fabre. 1 Of such, too, 

 and among the most eminent writers of the 

 language d' } oc, is Antonin Perbosc, 2 who does 

 honour to our primary schools, in one of 

 which he is still teaching, by the remarkable 

 works of literature which place him beside his 

 friend, the Abbe Besson, 3 in the first rank of 

 the Occitanian Felibrige. 



1 M. Fabie was never officially a schoolmaster, but he 

 was trained as one, and was a pupil at the Normal Col- 

 lege at Rodez. 



2 M. Perbosc is a schoolmaster at Lavilledien (Tarnet- 

 Garonne). He has published through Privat of Tou- 

 louse: Lo Got occitan, Cansous del Got occitan, Coxites 

 fopulars Gascons, Guilhem de Tolosa, Remembransa, 

 I'Arada, etc., and has repeatedly been crowned by the 

 Academie des Jeux Floraux of Toulouse. 



3 M. Besson is also a laureate of the Academie des 

 Jeux Floraux, and is at present Canon of Rodez. He 

 has published through Carrere of Rodez: Dal Bres a la 

 Tounbo, Bagateletos, Besucarietos, Countes de la Tata 

 Mannou, Countes de I'Ouncle Janet, etc. This last vol- 

 ume is dedicated: A mon Am'ic Antouni Perbosc. 



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