Duma

or Douma, Imperial, the national consultative. a embly of palected representatives, granted to Ru ia by Nicholas II., Aug. 19, 1905. eee EEE nnn EINE EERE nD Dumas, Alexandre, the Elder, ¢ celebrated French roman cist anc dramatist; born in Villers Cotterets Aisne, on July 24, 1803. He was the - of a French marquis and ¢ an Domingo negre . The works which bear his name amount to some 1,200 volumes, including about 6¢ dramas. His best romances are the celebrated ‘‘ Comte de Monte Cristo”: “Les Trois Mousquetaires”; “ tulipe noire.” He died Dec. 5, 1870.