Écho de Paris, L'. This daily, launched in 1884 as a lightweight Boulevard title, underwent many changes. In 1900 it was the mouthpiece of the anti- Dreyfusard Ligue de la Patrie Française and became perhaps the best-written of conservative newspapers of the early 20th c. It published Barrès Chronique de la grande guerre, an exercise in maintaining morale in war-time adversity. Between the wars L'Écho's readership declined; the paper remained the preferred reading of the military and the right-thinking bourgeoisie. Contributors included the young François Mauriac.
[Michael Palmer]
