ADAM, Adolphe Charles

Adam was one of those clever, flippant, and brilliant writers with which the world—but particularly France—abounds. His talent was a commodity easily handled, since continued and thoughtful effort was unnecessary to what he wrote. His writings possess no depth, and are marked by those features which betoken an easy command of surface dexterity in shaping materials. The work which may be noted as his best is Le Postillon de Longjumeau, in which he has followed Boieldieu in general style. His later...