"In the autobiographical notes which the poet dictated to his wife and which were published in 1863 under the title .. Victor Hugo raconté par un témoin de sa vie, a wholly apocryphal account of the origins of the Hugo family is given". (Encuclopaedia Britannica. v. 11, p. 868, 1963.) V. 1. 1802-1818 -- v. 2. 1817-1841 31