Frechette Louis 1839-1908 Practised Law And Then Journalism


Represented Levis in the House of Commons, 1874-1878. Chiefly known as a

poet. Two of his poems were crowned by the French Academy, 1880, and he

was granted the first Montyon prize. =Index=: (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) His poem on Du

Calvet, 292. =Bib.=: Works: Mes Loisirs; La Voix d'un Exile; Pele

Mele; Les Fleurs Boreales; Legende d'un Peuple; Les Feuilles

Volantes; Lettres Basile; Originaux et Detra-ques; Lettres sur

l'Education. For biog., see Dent, Can. Por.; Morgan, Can. Men;

Tache, Men of the Day; Chapman, Le Laureat; Sauvalle, Le Laureat

Manque.



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