author
Victor Juhlin
Best known today for a late-19th-century French poetry collection made for young learners, this little-known writer focused on verses that were simple, memorable, and meant to be spoken aloud. The work has a strong educational feel, blending literary taste with moral instruction.
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About the author
Very little biographical information about this author could be confirmed from reliable, easily accessible sources. What is clear is that Victor Juhlin is credited as the author of Sais-tu? Oui.--Retiens. Non.--Apprends., a French collection of poems preserved by Project Gutenberg.
The book presents itself as a practical anthology for schools, families, foreigners, and apprentices' societies. In its preface and subtitle, it describes its aim as helping children and young students train memory, voice, and recitation through poetry that is both simple and morally grounded.
A Project Gutenberg edition identifies the work as a 5th edition published in Paris by Grassart in 1887, which suggests the collection found enough readers in its time to be reissued. Beyond that publication history, trustworthy biographical details about Juhlin's life remain scarce, so his reputation now seems to rest mainly on this educational poetry volume.