Guillaimie Louis Figuier, a French writer on scientific subjects, born in Montpellier, Feb. 15, 1819. He studied chemistry under his uncle Pierre Oscar Figuier, became a physician in Paris in 1842, professor of pharmacy in Montpellier in 1846 and in Paris in 1853, and wrote numerous scientific articles for the press. Among his many works are: Exposition et histoire desprincipales decouvertes scientifiques modernes (4 vols., 1851-'7; 6th ed., 1862); Histoire du merveilleux dans les temps modernes (4 vols., 1859-'62); and Vie des savants illustres depuis Vantiquite jusqii'au XIXe siecle (1866). Among recent English translations of his writings are the following:TheWorld before the Deluge" (new ed., 1 vol., 1866);The Vegetable World (1867); The Ocean World (1868); The Insect World (1868);Birds and Reptiles" (1870);Mammalia" (1870);Primitive Man" (1870);To-morrow of Death" (1871); and "The Human Race (1872). These works are copiously illustrated, and have been widely circulated in the United States. M. Figuier edits LAnnee scientifique et industrielle, which has led to the publication of many similar annuals.-His wife, Juliette Bouscaret, has published novels, and a drama, Gutenberg (1869).