Ludibria ventis (1838) followed, and the success of these two volumes gained for Autran the librarianship of his native town.

[citation needed] Autran's other important work is his Vie rurale (1856), a series of pictures of peasant life.

The Algerian campaigns inspired him with verses in honour of the common soldier.

Milianah (1842) describes the heroic defence of that town, and in the same vein is his Laboureurs et soldats (1854).

[1] Among his other works are the Paroles de Salomon (1868), Épîtres rustiques (1861), Sonnets capricieux, and a tragedy played with great success at the Odéon in 1848, La Fille d'Eschyle.