“ He published in succession, Le Scorpion (1887) , Chonehette (1888) , Mademoiselle Jaufre (1889) , Cousine Laura (1890) , La Confession d'un amant (1891) , Lettres de femmes (1892) , L'Automne d'une femme (1893) , and in 1894 he made a great sensation by an exaggerated and revolting study of the results of Parisian education and Parisian society on young girls, Les Demi-vierges, which was dramatized and produced with great success at the Gymnase on the 21st of May 1895. ”