Jules Lermina (1839-1913), was a French novelist and journalist. After trying various trades and trying unsuccessfully to engage in business, he began a journalistic career in 1859 and took the side of the Socialists, which earned him several stays in prison and the support of Victor Hugo. His first novels were published under the pseudonym William Cobb. He left an abundance of work, which includes adventure novels, sequels to Les Mystères de Paris by Eugene Sue and Le Comte de Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, stories inspired by his interest for the occult sciences, a biographical dictionary and a dictionary of slang. His works include: La Révolution (1868), Madame Sept-Quatre (1873), Les Mystères de New-York (1874), La Roche du Diable (1875), Le Fils de Monte-Cristo (1881), Les Chasseurs de Femmes (1881), La Criminelle (1881), Le Livre d"Amour (1882), Vive la République! (1883), Les Hystériques de Paris (1885), Le Trésor de Monte-Cristo (1885), Jeanne d"Arc (1888), Le Coeur des Femmes: Marie-Louise (1889), À Brûler (1889), La Science Occulte (1890), La Magicienne (1892), Amours et Aventures de Cyrano de Bergerac (1894), L"Énigme (1895) and Calvaire d"Amour (1912).