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became proVerolal expression Tor What-
ever was most excellent. A brilliant dia.
mond was called Lope diamond a fine
day, Lope day; beautiful woman, a
Lope woman and when he died, his splen.
did obsequies were attended by the princi.
pal grandees and mobiles of the Spanish
court, the windows and balconies on the
streets through which the procession passed
were densely thronged with spectators,
and woman In the crowd was heard to
exclaim, "This is Lops funeral" not
knowing that it was the funeral of the
great poet himself. The best life of Lope
de Vega is that by Lord Holland, entitled
Some Account of the Lie and Writings
of Lope Felix de Vega Csrpio and CULLEN
de Castro" london, 1917, 2 vols.) His
miscellaneous works were collected, and
published with the title, COLLECTION de las
0bTas Sueltas de D. Frey Lope Felix
de Csrpio." Madrid, l776 10 81 vols,
Svo.) Besides these, his dramatic works,
printed at Madrid, according TO n. Anto.
MO, who gives list of them, filed twenty
five volumes and amounted 60 three hun
dred. These, however, are hut small
part of what he actually produced for
when he died he had written ei shteen hun
dred dramas and four hundred autos. AS
proof of his extraordinary facility in COM
position, it is said that more than one hum
bred of these were each written in single
day. In one of his poems, written in 1909,
he says that he has already written four
hundred and eighty-three,
"Anl all, save six, against the rules of wit :"
Aud in one Of his eclogues he declares,
The printed part, though far too large, is less
III N that which Yet imprinted waits the press"
1t is difficult to find complete set of the
twenty-five volumes of plays Lord Hol.
land gives list of "plays still extant, :"
amounting 10 four hundred and ninety.
seven.
William Hazlitt, born at Maidstone, 10th
April, IT'S; died 18Th September, 1880
The son OF Unitarian minister, it was at
first intended to educate him for his fathers
profession. He, however, preferred art,
and spent several years in the study OF
painting. He achieved some success as
portrait painter, but, dissatisfied with
the results OF his labor, he laid down the
brush III 1903 and took up the pen. As a
critic of art and literature his best talents
were displayed, and he earned an enduring
reputation. In 1913 he delivered course
of lectures at the Russell Institution, Lon
don, on the History OF E1glish Philos.
ophy;" and at the Surrey Institution, in
1920, another course on . The Literature
of the Age of Elizabeth, chiefly Dramatic
OF his other works the principal are " Ia
Talk, +" "The Plain Speaker" /" Char
acters of Shakespeare's Plays" "The Ea-
glish Poets" and "The English Comic
Writers. He was a constant contributor
to the periodicals of his time.
Henry Hallam, Ii D, born l77S; died
Dist January, 1859 Educated at Elton
and Oxford. One of the greatest histo.
rians of our century. ''View of the State
of Europe during the Middle Ages" from
which the following is taken: 1.-THE Con-
stitutional History of England" from the
Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of
George II, and the g Introduction of the
Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth,
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries" are
his principal works. He was cordial CO.
operator with Wilberforce for the suppress.
sion of the slave-trade and in 1880 re-
ceived one OF the two fifty guinea gold
medals awarded by George ", for emf,
nence In historical composition the other
medal was given to Washington Irving
6 In extent and variety of learning, and
deep acquaintance with antiquarian lore,
the historian of the middle ages may de
servedly take place with the most emf.
nent writers in that style that Europe has
produced. "-[Sir A. Alison.
Edward A. freeman, author of various
historical works, was born in Harborne,
Statfordshire, in 1923, was elected a scholar
OF Trinity College, Oxford, in 1862, filled
he .ffn af -. l.
history in 1857 Ga and was created hon
erary ID. c. L. In lS4l. He began his ca
reer as a writer on architecture, having
published in 1876 a volume on Church
Restoration" and in lS49 a History of
Architecture" This was followed by the
" Architectural Antiquities OF Cover" in
1850, which reached a second edition in
1851, as did also the GO Window Tracery of
England" which had also been published
in the previous year. The Architecture
of landau Cathedral followed, and then
the g History and Conquest of the Sara
Gems, in 1856. The History of the Fed
eral Government appeared in 1868. The
first volume of "The Norman Conquest of
England which was merely Introductory
appeared in 1857, and the second in 1865,
both reaching a second edition in 1870
while the third volume was published In
1869, the fourth in 1872, and the fifth in
1876. The g Popular Old English History +"
was published IN 1871, as well as 90 Histor-
ical Essays" collected from various re-
We've. Mr.. Freeman's History of the
Norman Conquest may be ranked among
the great works of the present century.
Rudolph Erich Raspe, born in Germany
about 1886; died at Mucross, Ireland,
1874. The real authorship of the amusing
burlesque of the Travels of Baron Mum
chausen" has been only recently discov-
cred. Baron Frederick Won Munchausen,
OF Bodenweder, Hanover, was the original
of the character. He had seen some SER
vice, and on his retirement was addicted to
the chase, good cheer, and storytelling of
the most extravagant sort. Raspe, gifted
with much talent. a member of various
learned societies, and sometime professor
in Cassel, but man of lax principles, wrote
out his friends stories, exsggerating them
and adding to them, as his fancy inspired
him, and published them first in England.
Munchausen's travels became popular, and
their authorship was attributed to various
well known writer's. Raspe died in state
of restitution.
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