CAHOUR, ARSÈNE

CAHOUR, ARSÈNE. - Jesuit and French writer, born at St-Hilaire du Harcourt (Manche) on 8 June 1806, died at Le Mans on 14 September 1871. He entered the novitiate at Montrouge in 1825 and completed his theological studies in Rome (1831–34). Until 1848, he taught rhetoric and literature to his younger confreres at Brugelette; after 1849, he resided in Paris, devoting himself to apostolic ministry and literary studies. He wrote articles on history and literary criticism for the *Études religieuses*, tragedies for colleges, and an apologetic work, *Des Fé-suites, par un Fé-suite* (2 vols., Paris 1843–44, reprinted and translated into various languages). He also published a volume, *Des études classiques et des études professionnelles* (Paris 1852), in connection with the controversy over the "Christian classics" of Gaume, and compiled numerous collections frequently reprinted for college use, such as *Chefs-d'œuvre d'éloquence française* (Paris 1854) and *Poésies françaises distribuées et annotées à l'usage des collèges* (3 vols., Paris 1856 ff.).