He
was subsequently in the United States diplo-
matic service, stationed at Paris, Vienna, and
Madrid.
was subsequently in the United States diplo-
matic service, stationed at Paris, Vienna, and
Madrid.
Warner - World's Best Literature - v29 - BIographical Dictionary
3, 1885.
As a boy he was a volunteer ish poet and novelist; born in Frederikshald,
soldier in the Austrian army in 1848, but came Norway, May 12, 1790 ; died at Rome, March
to this country the next year, and was long a 4, 1872. A several-years' European tour ended
journalist in Cincinnati. He was United States by the amputation of his foot in Italy. He
minister to Ecuador under Lincoln. (Four lectured on physics at Soro, and was professor
Years among the South-Americans,' a volume of poetry at Kiel. The revolution of 1848 drew
of sketches; (The Secret of the Andes,' a him in, and he took permanent refuge in Scan-
novel; and a collection of verses written in dinavia; was made professor of æsthetics in the
German, are his remembered works.
Copenhagen University, and held the post till
his death. His plays won him his first general
Hasselt, André Henri Constant van (häs'-
recognition, and several have had brilliant suc-
selt). A Belgian poet and historian; born in
cess both in Scandinavia and Germany. (Con-
Maastricht, Holland, Jan. 5, 1806; died in Brus-
trasterne) and Rosaura) were the earliest; and
sels, Nov. 30, 1874. As a naturalized Belgian
(Tiberius, (Don Juan,' and (Tycho Brahe,'
he early made that country his own from a
among the later. Hamadryads gave him fame
literary point of view, and became in 1837 a
in romantic poetry, and his lyrics rank him as
member of the Belgian Academy. His leading Denmark's foremost poet of nature and senti-
historical works are: “History of French Poetry
ment. His romances, especially (William Za.
in Belgium); (The Belgians in the Crusades);
bern,''Guldmageren, (The Story of Thorwald
(History of the Belgian People'; and (The
Vidförle, and (Robert Fulton,' have passed
Glories of Art in Belgium. He also produced
through many editions. In him, depth of feel-
a variety of verses, stories, and essays. His
ing unites with taste and mysticism in a charm-
poems are highly spoken of, especially the one
ing whole.
entitled (Four Incarnations of Christ.
Hauenschild, Richard Georg Spiller von.
Hathaway, Benjamin. An American writer See Waldau.
of verse ; born in Cayuga County, N. Y. , 1822.
Hauff, Wilhelm (houf). A German story-
He wrote poems with chalk on barrel heads
writer ; born at Stuttgart, Nov. 29, 1802; died
while working as a cooper, and was for thirty
there, Oct. 18, 1827. From the monastery at
years a nurseryman and farmer. He has writ-
Blaubeuren, he went to Tübingen to study the-
ten: (Art Life, and Other Poems) (1877);
ology, but became tutor in the family of a high
(League of the Iroquois) (1881); (The Finished
official. His works include: (Almanach of
Creation.
Fables for 1826); (Extracts from Satan's Me-
Hatifi, Maulânâ Abdallah (Pers. pron. hâ- moirs ); Lichtenstein); (Othello); (The Beg-
tif'i). A Persian poet; born in Chargird, gar of the Pont des Arts); and a medley of the
province of Herat, in the fifteenth century;
most fascinating and amusing tales. His most
died 1520 (? ). His fame rests upon a series of
delightful creation is (Phantasies of the Bremen
five epic poems in couplets, in which he takes Rathskeller,' in which his fertility of resource
Nisâmi and Amir Chusrau, of Delhi, as his and sparkling wit seem unfailing. *
models. Three of the series are : Laila and
Haug, Johann Cristoph Friedrich (houg).
Mejnunnun'; 'Love of the Sassanid Khosru);
*Pseudonym “Hophthalmos » used in one book
(Haft Mansar) (Seven Beauties). The fourth only. ) A German poet and epigrammatist;
is in a fragmentary state, while the final one
born in Niederstotzingen, Würtemberg, March
is the Book of the Seven Timurs.
He was
9, 1761; died at Stuttgart, Jan. 30, 1829. His
one of the last of Persia's great epic poets, and fame dates from the appearance of two books:
his genius is of a high order.
(Epigrams and Miscellaneous Poems,' and (Ep-
Hatton, Joseph. An English journalist, nov-
igrams. A fine example of his ever juvenes-
elist, and miscellaneous writer; born at An-
cent wit is (Two Hundred Hyperboles upon
dover, Feb. 3, 1837. Beginning journalism on
Herr Wahl's Enormous Nose. He wrote also
his father's paper, the Derbyshire Times, he
fables, ballads, and charades, in smooth and
edited the Gentleman's Magazine (1868–74);
elegant metre.
and has since been a newspaper correspondent, Haupt, William Ayers. [“William A. Mes.
(particularly for the New York Times), and tayer. ”] An American actor and playwright;
magazinist. As a novelist he will be remem- born in Philadelphia, June 8, 1846; died in
bered for Clytie) (1874); "Queen of Bohemia) New York, Nov. 21, 1896. He made his first
(1877); "John Needham's Double) (1885), dra- appearance in 1862. He was a popular co-
matized for E. S. Willard ; (By Order of the median, and has played with Edwin Forrest,
Czar,' a novel of Russian life ; (Princess Ma- Lester Wallack, and other well-known actors
zaroff); (Under the Great Seal); "When Greek During the Civil War he served in the en.
Meets Greek,' a novel of the French Revolu- gineering corps of the Army of the Potomac.
tion successfully dramatized. Among his mis- Among the plays which he wrote or assisted in
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His
men.
writing are: (The Tourist in a Pullman Car);
(We, Us & Co. '; (Tobogganing'; (The Grab
Bag); (The Kitty.
Hauptmann, Gerhart (houpt'män). A Ger-
man dramatist and poet; born Nov. 15, 1862,
in Salzbrunn, Silesia. He was a scholar of
solid attainments at Jena and Berlin.
taste for practical sociology comes out strongly
in his intense and powerful poems and dramas;
he settled on a small Silesian farm solely to
study peasant life. He traveled widely, visit-
ing the United States in 1894. His first play,
(Promethidenlos) (1885), was conventional; but
under Ibsen's inspiration he soon broke away
from the old lines, producing Before Sunrise)
and (A Family Catastrophe, tragedies pre-
senting the genetic conditions of proletarian-
ism. These and subsequent plays have given
him world-wide repute. He has lately turned
to comedy, but (The Weavers) and its suc-
cessors represent his forte. (The Apostle (1892)
is an attempt at fiction. *
Haussonville, Gabriel Paul Othenin de
Cléron, Comte d' (dos'ôn-vēl). A French lit-
térateur, son of Count Joseph; born at Guscy-
et-Châtel, Dept. Seine-et-Marne, Sept. 21, 1843.
He is a member of the French Academy, and
one of the leading contributors to the Revue
des Deux Mondes His reputation rests on lit-
erary monographs, among which are (Sainte-
Beuve, his Life and Works) (1875), (George
Sand, Prescott,' etc. (1879-88); and works like
(Across the United States) (1883), notes and
impressions; 'Social Studies) (1886).
Haussonville, Joseph Othenin Bernard de
Cléron, Comte d'. A French historian; born
in Paris, May 27, 1809; died May 28, 1884. He
was once in the diplomatic service, but entered
parliamentary life. His History of the Re-
union of Lorraine to France, and History of
the Foreign Policy of the French Government
from 1830 to 1848, are valuable.
Haussonville, Louise d’. A French novel-
ist, wife of Joseph; born (Princess de Broglie)
in 1818; died 1882. Robert Emmet) is her
best novel. She wrote much about Byron.
Haven, Gilbert. A distinguished American
prose-writer and bishop of the M. E. Church;
born in Malden, Mass. , Sept. 19, 1821; died
there, Jan. 30, 1880. An able writer, a forceful
preacher, and a persistent worker, he refused
all honorary collegiate degrees. He published
(The Pilgrim's Wallet, or Sketches of Travel
in England, France, and Germany); "Life of
Father Taylor, the Sailor Preacher) (1871);
(Our Next-Door Neighbor, or a Winter in
Mexico) (1875); etc.
Havergal, Frances Ridley. An English
religious writer and poet; born at Astley,
Worcestershire, Dec. 14, 1836; died at Swan-
sea, Wales, June 3, 1879. She began to write
hymns and letters in verse at the age of seven,
but did not publish anything until 1860. She
was a frequent contributor to Good Words.
Among over 30 publications, which once enjoyed
considerable popularity, may be noticed : (The
Four Happy Days) (1873); Under the Surface)
(1874), poems; (Royal Graces and Loyal Gifts)
(6 vols. , 1879); Under His Shadow) (1879);
and a number of posthumous works by various
editors.
Haver-Schmidt, Francois (häv'er-shmit).
(“Piet Paaltjens. ”] A Dutch prose and verse
writer ; born at Leeuwarden, Feb. 14, 1835; died
at Schiedam, Jan. 19, 1894. He studied theology
at Leyden, and was pastor of Reformed »
churches in various parts of the Netherlands
for some years.
While still a student he pro-
duced a series of parodies, love songs, and
sketches (called in collected form (Skits and
Jests'), which are now known almost by heart
to the whole Dutch collegiate world. Later
he wrote realistic novels and tales of a some-
what serious tendency. Among them are: (My
Brother's House); "The Pastorate of My
Grandfather); and various others. His pictures
of Dutch life are vivid and well drawn.
Havliček, Karel (häv'li-chek). [“Borovsky. ”]
A Czech prose-writer and agitator; born at
Borova, Oct. 31, 1821 ; died at Prague, July 29,
1856. As a tutor at Moscow, he gathered the
material for his Pictures from Russia. Later
he became an influential journalist in Bohemia.
His Czech agitation resulted in imprisonment
for some years, during which he wrote (Tyro-
lese Elegies,' satires popular with his country.
In 1855 he was released. He was the
most picturesque figure in the new Czech »
movement. His fierce sarcasm and unsparing
wit were the dread of friend and enemy alike,
and not until he had been dead some years
were the most effective of his epigrams pub-
lished at all. His posthumous poem, (The
Baptism of St. Vladimir,' appeared first in
1877; and later his collected works were pub-
lished at Prague.
Haweis, Hugh Reginald (hois). An Eng.
lish clergyman and author; born at Egham,
Surrey, April 3, 1839. He was a Cambridge
graduate. His terse and vigorous language and
a rare capacity for exposition have given his
score of books a wide circulation ; among them
may be mentioned : (Music and Morals) (1871;
13th ed. 1885), in which he expounds the emo-
tional theory of music; (Thoughts for the
Times) (1872); (Shakespeare and the Stage);
(Unsectarian Family Prayers) (1874); Pet, or
Pastimes and Penalties) (1874); (American Hu-
morists) (1883); "Life of Queen Victoria' (1887);
(The Broad Church. '
Hawes, Joel. An American Congregational
divine, and religious and ethical writer; born
in Massachusetts, 1789; died 1867. He was
settled at Hartford, Conn. , 1818-67. He wrote:
(Religion of the East); (Looking-Glass for
Ladies); Washington and Jay); (Tribute to
the Pilgrims); etc.
Hawker, Morwenna Pauline. An English
novelist; born 1865. She has written "Cecilia
de Noel) (1891), and other novels, employing
the pen-name of “Lanoe Falconer. ”
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Hawkesworth, John. A noted English mis-
cellaneous writer; born in London about 1715;
died Nov. 16, 1773. He is best known as editor
of the Adventurer, and as author of about half
its contents. He wrote also an account of the
voyages of Captain Cook, Byron, Wallis, and
Carteret (3 vols. , 1773); "Zimri? (1760), an ex-
cellent oratorio; (Edgar and Emeline) (1761),
a drama; (Almoran and Hamet) (1761), a tale;
(Life of Swift) (1765-66); etc. Allibone speaks
of him as occupying the first rank among
English classical essayists. "
Hawkins, Anthony Hope. A popular Eng.
lish novelist, writing under the name “An-
thony Hope”; born in London, Feb. 9, 1863.
He was admitted to the bar in 1887. Among
his best-known works are : (A Man of Mark)
(1890); (Father Stafford); (The Prisoner of
Zenda); (The Indiscretion of the Duchess);
(Phroso); Heart of the Princess Osra. '
Hawkins, Frederick. An English journal-
ist and author; born in 1849. He assisted in
establishing the Theatre, a periodical exclus-
ively devoted to the literature and art of the
stage, and was its editor until 1879. He was
dramatic critic of the Times for a short period,
and has been for some time on its editorial
staff. His works are : "Life of Edmund Kean)
(1869); Annals of the French Stage, from its
Origin to the Death of Racine) (1884); and a
continuation of it to the Revolution period in-
clusive under the title of (The French Stage
in the Eighteenth Century) (1882).
Hawks, Francis Lister. An American Epis-
copal divine; born at New Berne, N. C. , June
10, 1798; died in New York, Sept. 26, 1866. Ori-
ginally a lawyer, he was the first president of
the University of Louisiana. Besides legal and
religious works he wrote : Contributions to the
Ecclesiastical History of the United States)
(1836-41); Narrative of Commodore Perry's
Expedition (1856); History of North Caro-
lina) (1857–68); etc.
Hawthorne, Julian. An American novelist
and journalist, son of Nathaniel ; born in Bos.
ton, June 22, 1846. His boyhood was passed
in Europe, his youth in New England. Upon
leaving Harvard he studied civil engineering
in Dresden, but took to authorship almost in
spite of himself. His success was not rapid,
but popular favor has been accorded to the
novels Idolatry, Fortune's Fool, (Sinfire,
(Beatrix Randolph, and (Garth. As a jour-
nalist he has traveled widely in prosecution of
his work, his latest task being a study on the
spot of the horrors of the Indian famine plague
of 1896-97. *
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. An American novel-
ist and short-story writer; born in Salem, Mass. ,
July 4, 1804; died at Plymouth, N. H. , May 19,
1864. He graduated at Bowdoin in 1825;
held a customs post at Boston from 1838 to
1841 ; was a member of the Brook Farm com-
munity, 1841; was surveyor of the port at
Salem from 1846 to 1849, and consul at Liver-
pool from 1853 to 1857, returning to the United
States in 1861. Among his works are: (Fan.
shawe) (1826); (Twice-Told Tales) (1837, a
second series appearing some years later);
(Mosses from an Old Manse) (1846); (The
Scarlet Letter) (1850); (The House of the
Seven Gables) (1851); (The Wonder Book)
(1851); (The Blithedale Romance (1852); (The
Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales)
(1852); Life of Franklin Pierce) (1852); (Tan-
glewood Tales) (1853); (The Marble Faun!
(1860); (Our Old Home) (1863); Pansie, some-
times called (The Dolliver Romance) (1864);
(Note Books) (1868–72); (Septimius Felton)
(1872); “Tales of the White Hills) (1877); and
(Dr. Grimshawe's Secret' (1883), the last-named
being left in a fragmentary condition. *
Hay, John. An American poet and prose-
writer; born in Salem, Ind. , Oct. 8, 1838. He
graduated from Brown University, and settled
in Illinois as a lawyer, but went to Washington
in 1861 as one of Lincoln's private secretaries,
acting also as his aide-de-camp. He served
under Gens. Hunter and Gillmore with the rank
of major and assistant adjutant-general.
He
was subsequently in the United States diplo-
matic service, stationed at Paris, Vienna, and
Madrid. In 1897 he was made ambassador to
England. His literary reputation rests upon
(Pike County Ballads, the best known of
which are perhaps Little Breeches) and (Jim
Bludso); (Castilian Days,' a volume of travel;
and Life of Abraham Lincoln) (with J. G.
Nicolay). *
Hay, John Charles Dalrymple, Sir. An
English admiral and author; born Feb. 11,
1821. He was actively engaged in Borneo
(1845-46), in operations against the Chinese
pirates (1849), and in the Crimean War (1854-
56), retiring with the rank of rear-admiral in
1870. He has been several times a member of
Parliament in the Conservative interest. His
works include: "The Reward of Loyalty)
(1862), being suggestions in regard to the Amer.
ican colonies; (Remarks on the Loss of the
(Captain))) (1871); (Ashanti and the Gold
Coast: A Sketch) (1873).
Hay, Mary Cecil. A popular English nov.
elist; born at Shrewsbury, 1840 (? ); died 1886.
Her home in later life was at East Preston,
Sussex. Among her best works are: (Hidden
Perils) (1873); (Old Myddleton's Money) (1874);
(The Arundel Motto) (1877); (For Her Dear
Sake) (1880).
Hayes, Augustus Allen. An American nov.
elist; born 1837; died 1892. His home was in
Brookline, Mass. He wrote: New Colorado
and the Santa Fé Trail) (new ed. 1880); (The
Jesuit's Ring) (1887), a romance of Mount Des.
ert; (The Denver Express); etc.
Hayes, Henry. See Kirk.
Hayes, Isaac Israel. An American explorer
and prose-writer; born in Chester County, Pa. ,
March 5, 1832 ; died in New York city, Dec. 17,
1881. Graduating in medicine at the University
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of Pennsylvania (1853), he joined Dr. Kane's
expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. In
1860, as commander of the ship United States,
he sailed for exploration of the open polar sea.
His reputation was gained as explorer, author,
lecturer, surgeon, and legislator. Among his
writings are: “The Open Polar Sea' (1867);
(The Land of Desolation (1871).
Haygood, Atticus Green. An American
Methodist divine, and religious and miscellane-
ous writer; born at Watkinsville, Ga. , Nov. 19,
1839; died 1896. He became bishop in 1890.
He wrote: (The Monk and the Prince,' a study
of Savonarola and Lorenzo de' Medici; (Our
Brother in Black) (1881); Pleas for Progress)
(1889); etc.
Hayley, William. An English poet; born
at Chichester, Oct. 29, 1745; died at Felpham,
Nov, 12, 1820. He was the biographer of Cowper,
who received his pension through Hayley's in-
fluence with Pitt. (Essay on History' appeared
in 1780; (The Triumphs of Temper) in 1781;
an (Essay on Epic Poetry) in 1782; an Essay
on Old Maids) in 1785; (Essays on Sculpt-
ure) in 1800; and (The Triumph of Music)
in 1804. He wrote also a Life of Milton)
(1796). Cowper and Gibbon commended his
(Essay on Epic Poetry.
Hayne, Paul Hamilton. An American poet;
born in Charleston, S. C. , Jan. I, 1830; died at
Augusta, Ga. , July 6, 1886. At first a lawyer,
he turned to journalism, and in 1855 his maiden
volume of verse appeared. (Sonnets and Other
Poems) followed it two years later, and then
came (Avolio, a Legend of the Island of Cos.
He served through the war, retired from the
field in poverty, and wrote poetry. Legends
and Lyrics ); «The Mountain of Lovers ); (The
Wife of Brittany); and other productions of
this period, mark him easily first among South-
ern poets. *
Haynes, Emory Judson. An American
Methodist divine and novelist; born at Cabot,
Vt. , 1846. He has written : (Fairest of Three)
(1883), a tale of American life; Dollars and
Duties) (1887); (A Farmhouse Cobweb, a
Vermont novel; (Are These Things So ? ) etc.
Hays, William Shakespeare. An American
popular ballad and song writer; born in Ken-
tucky, 1837. His home is in Louisville, Ky.
One of his best-known songs is Norah O'Neill. ?
He has written (Poems and Songs.
Hayter, Henry Heylyn. An English statis-
tician and author; born at Eden Vale, Wilt-
shire, October 1821. He emigrated to Victoria,
Australia, in 1852, in 1857 joined the department
of the Registrar-General, and in 1874 was made
government statist. He soon after originated
the well-known Victorian Year-Book, which he
still edits. His publications include: Notes
of a Tour in New Zealand); Notes on the
Colony of Victoria) (1875); (School History
of Victoria); My Christmas Adventure, Car.
boon2, and Other Poems) (1887); besides sci-
entific papers and statistical reports.
Hayward, Abraham. An English essayist;
born Nov. 22, 1801; died in London, Feb.
2, 1884. Educated as a lawyer, he became a
contributor to the Edinburgh Review ; also
wrote regularly for the Quarterly Review. He
translated Goethe's Faust) in 1883, and wrote
(Sketches of Eminent Statesmen and Writers)
(1880).
Hazard, Samuel. An American writer of
travels; born in Pennsylvania, 1834 ; died 1876.
He was an officer in the United States army.
He wrote : "Cuba with Pen and Pencil (1870);
(Santo Domingo Past and Present) (1873).
Hazeltine, Mayo Williamson. An Ameri-
can journalist; born at Belfast, Me. , 1841.
Originally a lawyer, he is now the well-known
literary editor of the New York Sun. He has
published : (The American Woman in Europe);
( British and American Education'; 'Chats
about Books); etc.
Hazlitt, William. An English critic and
prose-writer; born in Maidstone, Kent, April
10, 1778; died at London, Sept. 18, 1830. He
was at first a painter. His characteristic work
is interesting but bizarre, like himself. (Char.
acters of Shakespeare's Plays); Lectures on
English Poets); “The Spirit of the Age); and
other collected volumes of his essays, are still
widely read. *
Hazlitt, William Carew. An English com-
piler and author, son of William ; born Aug.
22, 1834. He was a lawyer, but did not follow
his profession, and has either written or edited
a large body of literature on archæological and
popular subjects. He is the author of "The
History of the Venetian Republic) (4 vols. ,
1860), and is the editor of the works of Henry
Constable, Richard Lovelace, Robert Herrick,
William Hazlitt, Charles Lamb, and others;
(Old English Jest-Books) (1864); (Remains of
the Early Popular Poetry of England' (1864-66);
(Bibliographical Collections and Notes) (1876-
82).
Head, Barclay Vincent. An English numis-
matist; born at Ipswich, England, in 1844. He
entered the British Museum in 1864, became
Assistant Keeper of the Coin Department in
1871, and Keeper in 1893. He has made a
special study of ancient Greek coinage, and
was the first to methodize the science of Greek
numismatics by introducing a chronological
system of classification. His works include:
(History of the Coinage of Syracuse) (1874);
(Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins
of the Ancients) (1881), both crowned by the
French Institute; (Historia Numorum' (1887),
a complete illustrated historical manual of the
whole science of Greek numismatics.
Headley, Joel Tyler. An American prose-
writer; born in Walton, N. Y. , Dec. 30, 1813;
died 1897. Graduating from Union College in
1846, he became assistant editor of the New
York Tribune. His writings had great cur-
rency in their day, and include: Napoleon
and his Marshals) (1846); (Washington and
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his Generals) (1847); (Grant and Sherman,
their Campaigns and Generals) (1865); and
( The Great Rebellion (1864).
Headley, Phineas Camp. An American
Congregational divine and miscellaneous writer,
cousin of Joel T. ; born at Walton, N. Y. , June
24, 1819. He has written : (Women of the Bi-
ble) (1850); Lives) of Josephine (1850), Kos-
suth (1852), Lafayette (1855), Mary Queen of
Scots (1856), etc. ; a series of Heroes of the
Rebellion) (Grant, Ericsson, Farragut, Sherman,
etc. : 1864-65); (Court and Camp of David)
(1868); etc.
Hearn, Lafcadio (hérn). An American jour-
nalist and miscellaneous writer; born of an
English father and a Greek mother, at Santa
Maura, Ionian Islands, June 27, 1850. He was
educated in England and France, and has since
resided in this country and in Japan. He has
written : (Some Chinese Ghosts) (1887), six
stories exquisitely told; (Two Years in the
French West Indies) (1890); (Youma) (1890),
the story of a West-Indian slave; (Glimpses
of Unfamiliar Japan,' and several other books
on Japan, including (Kokovo; Hints and Ech-
oes of Japanese Inner Life); (Gleanings in
Buddha Fields) (1897); etc. *
Heath, Francis George. An English bota-
nist; born at Totnes, Devonshire, Jan. 15, 1843.
He is a surveyor in the customs department,
and has supported movements for the extension
of open spaces, chiefly in and around London.
His works on agricultural subjects include:
(The Romance of Peasant Life) (1872); “The
English Peasantry) (1874); (The Fern World)
(1877); (Sylvan Spring) (1880); My Garden
Wild) (1881).
Heaton, John Henniker. An English jour-
nalist and publicist; born at Rochester, May
18, 1848. At the age of sixteen he emigrated
to Australia, became connected with the press,
and was prominent in all public and philan-
thropic works in the Australasian colonies.
As M. P. for Canterbury, England, he intro-
duced a proposal for a universal international
penny postage system. His chief works are:
(The Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men
of the Time,' a standard work of reference on
Australia ; (The Manners, Customs, Traditions,
and Annihilation of the Aborigines of Aus-
tralia'; A Short Account of a Canonization at
Rome. )
Hebbel, Friedrich (heb'bel). A German
dramatist of the first rank; born in Wessel-
buren, Holstein, March 18, 1813; died at Vi-
enna, Dec. 13, 1863. A poor but precocious
peasant lad, his youthful poems brought him
patrons, and education in philosophy and his-
tory at Heidelberg. In 1839 appeared his first
tragedy, Judith, and his recognition was in-
stantaneous; a volume of short poems in 1842
widened his reputation; an allowance from the
Duke of Holstein enabled him to travel. In
1844 the tragedy Mary Magdalen' appeared at
Paris. He married a celebrated actress, set-
tled in Vienna, and produced (Herod and Mari-
amne); Julia'; and other plays. These display
great versatility and exhaustless fertility, but
are too terrific to be pleasing. Recognizing this
himself, he essayed a gentler mood in Mi-
chael Angelo, Agnes Bernauer,' and others.
In the Nibelungen trilogy and in Demetrius)
he has produced what many consider his mas-
terpieces.
Hebel, Johann Peter (hā'bel). A German
dialect poet; born in Basle, Switzerland, May
11, 1760; died at Schwetzingen, Sept. 22, 1826.
Educated for the ministry, he held various
pastorates and rectorships; and devoted his
leisure to poetry, his subjects drawn from the
dialect and folk-lore of his parishioners. His
(Alemannische Gedichte, «for friends of rural
life and manners,” published in 1803, has at-
tained wide celebrity. This and other poetry
owed its vogue to exquisite appreciation of
nature, pleasing revelations of rustic simplicity,
and vivid realism.
Heber, Reginald. A British hymn-writer
and clergyman; born in Cheshire, April 21,
1783; died at Trichinopoly, India, April 2, 1826.
Graduating at Oxford with honors, he became
prominent as prebendary of St. Asaph, 1812;
preacher of Lincoln's Inn, 1822; and Bishop of
Calcutta, 1822. The most popular of his hymns,
(From Greenland's Icy Mountains,' appeared
in 1819; and his sermon on (The Personality
and Office of the Christian Comforter) also
brought him fame. He wrote (A Journey
through India from Calcutta to Bombay! *
Hecker, Isaac Thomas. A distinguished
American Roman Catholic clergyman; born in
New York, Dec. 18, 1819; died there, Dec. 22,
1888. In early life he was a member of the
Brook Farm community. He founded the order
of the Paulists (1858), becoming their superior;
and established the Catholic World (1865),
editing it till he died. He wrote Questions
of the Soul) (1855); “The Church and the Age'
(1888); etc.
Hector, Annie. See Alexander, Mrs.
Hedberg, Frans Theodor (hed'berg). A
Swedish dramatic poet; born in Stockholm,
March 2, 1828. He began life in a store, then
turned to wig-making, and at last drifted to
the stage. (The Wedding at Ulfasa, published
in 1865, a historical piece; and "When You
Have No Money,' a comedy brought out in
1854 and afterwards rewritten, are typical of
his talent. He has produced many plays, be-
sides writing a history of the Swedish stage.
Hédelin, François. See Aubignac.
Hedenstierna, Karl Joseph Alfred (hed'-en-
sher-nä). A Swedish humorist and prose-writer;
born in Wedåsa, March 12, 1852. He writes
sketches of native peasant life and humorous
skits. (All Kinds of People) is his most popular
work.
Hedge, Frederick Henry. A distinguished
American scholar and Unitarian divine; born
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at Cambridge, Mass. , Dec. 12, 1805; died there,
Aug. 21, 1890. He edited the Christian Ex-
aminer (1857-60), and was professor of German
at Harvard University (1872-81). Deeply read
in philosophy, ecclesiastical history, and Ger-
man literature, he was a finished writer and a
polished orator. Among his writings are :
Reason in Religion (1865); (The Primeval
World of Hebrew Tradition) (1870); Martin
Luther and Other Essays) (1888); etc. His
Prose Writers of Germany) (1848) is a stand-
ard work. He translated and wrote numer-
ous hymns for the Unitarian Church, and in-
troduced German scholarship and literature into
this country.
Heemskerk, Johann van (hēmz'kerk). A
Dutch poet and jurist; born 1597 ; died at The
Hague, Feb. 27, 1656. He studied law at Ley.
den and Paris, under his kinsman Grotius.
He held important government posts in Hol-
land for years.
soldier in the Austrian army in 1848, but came Norway, May 12, 1790 ; died at Rome, March
to this country the next year, and was long a 4, 1872. A several-years' European tour ended
journalist in Cincinnati. He was United States by the amputation of his foot in Italy. He
minister to Ecuador under Lincoln. (Four lectured on physics at Soro, and was professor
Years among the South-Americans,' a volume of poetry at Kiel. The revolution of 1848 drew
of sketches; (The Secret of the Andes,' a him in, and he took permanent refuge in Scan-
novel; and a collection of verses written in dinavia; was made professor of æsthetics in the
German, are his remembered works.
Copenhagen University, and held the post till
his death. His plays won him his first general
Hasselt, André Henri Constant van (häs'-
recognition, and several have had brilliant suc-
selt). A Belgian poet and historian; born in
cess both in Scandinavia and Germany. (Con-
Maastricht, Holland, Jan. 5, 1806; died in Brus-
trasterne) and Rosaura) were the earliest; and
sels, Nov. 30, 1874. As a naturalized Belgian
(Tiberius, (Don Juan,' and (Tycho Brahe,'
he early made that country his own from a
among the later. Hamadryads gave him fame
literary point of view, and became in 1837 a
in romantic poetry, and his lyrics rank him as
member of the Belgian Academy. His leading Denmark's foremost poet of nature and senti-
historical works are: “History of French Poetry
ment. His romances, especially (William Za.
in Belgium); (The Belgians in the Crusades);
bern,''Guldmageren, (The Story of Thorwald
(History of the Belgian People'; and (The
Vidförle, and (Robert Fulton,' have passed
Glories of Art in Belgium. He also produced
through many editions. In him, depth of feel-
a variety of verses, stories, and essays. His
ing unites with taste and mysticism in a charm-
poems are highly spoken of, especially the one
ing whole.
entitled (Four Incarnations of Christ.
Hauenschild, Richard Georg Spiller von.
Hathaway, Benjamin. An American writer See Waldau.
of verse ; born in Cayuga County, N. Y. , 1822.
Hauff, Wilhelm (houf). A German story-
He wrote poems with chalk on barrel heads
writer ; born at Stuttgart, Nov. 29, 1802; died
while working as a cooper, and was for thirty
there, Oct. 18, 1827. From the monastery at
years a nurseryman and farmer. He has writ-
Blaubeuren, he went to Tübingen to study the-
ten: (Art Life, and Other Poems) (1877);
ology, but became tutor in the family of a high
(League of the Iroquois) (1881); (The Finished
official. His works include: (Almanach of
Creation.
Fables for 1826); (Extracts from Satan's Me-
Hatifi, Maulânâ Abdallah (Pers. pron. hâ- moirs ); Lichtenstein); (Othello); (The Beg-
tif'i). A Persian poet; born in Chargird, gar of the Pont des Arts); and a medley of the
province of Herat, in the fifteenth century;
most fascinating and amusing tales. His most
died 1520 (? ). His fame rests upon a series of
delightful creation is (Phantasies of the Bremen
five epic poems in couplets, in which he takes Rathskeller,' in which his fertility of resource
Nisâmi and Amir Chusrau, of Delhi, as his and sparkling wit seem unfailing. *
models. Three of the series are : Laila and
Haug, Johann Cristoph Friedrich (houg).
Mejnunnun'; 'Love of the Sassanid Khosru);
*Pseudonym “Hophthalmos » used in one book
(Haft Mansar) (Seven Beauties). The fourth only. ) A German poet and epigrammatist;
is in a fragmentary state, while the final one
born in Niederstotzingen, Würtemberg, March
is the Book of the Seven Timurs.
He was
9, 1761; died at Stuttgart, Jan. 30, 1829. His
one of the last of Persia's great epic poets, and fame dates from the appearance of two books:
his genius is of a high order.
(Epigrams and Miscellaneous Poems,' and (Ep-
Hatton, Joseph. An English journalist, nov-
igrams. A fine example of his ever juvenes-
elist, and miscellaneous writer; born at An-
cent wit is (Two Hundred Hyperboles upon
dover, Feb. 3, 1837. Beginning journalism on
Herr Wahl's Enormous Nose. He wrote also
his father's paper, the Derbyshire Times, he
fables, ballads, and charades, in smooth and
edited the Gentleman's Magazine (1868–74);
elegant metre.
and has since been a newspaper correspondent, Haupt, William Ayers. [“William A. Mes.
(particularly for the New York Times), and tayer. ”] An American actor and playwright;
magazinist. As a novelist he will be remem- born in Philadelphia, June 8, 1846; died in
bered for Clytie) (1874); "Queen of Bohemia) New York, Nov. 21, 1896. He made his first
(1877); "John Needham's Double) (1885), dra- appearance in 1862. He was a popular co-
matized for E. S. Willard ; (By Order of the median, and has played with Edwin Forrest,
Czar,' a novel of Russian life ; (Princess Ma- Lester Wallack, and other well-known actors
zaroff); (Under the Great Seal); "When Greek During the Civil War he served in the en.
Meets Greek,' a novel of the French Revolu- gineering corps of the Army of the Potomac.
tion successfully dramatized. Among his mis- Among the plays which he wrote or assisted in
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His
men.
writing are: (The Tourist in a Pullman Car);
(We, Us & Co. '; (Tobogganing'; (The Grab
Bag); (The Kitty.
Hauptmann, Gerhart (houpt'män). A Ger-
man dramatist and poet; born Nov. 15, 1862,
in Salzbrunn, Silesia. He was a scholar of
solid attainments at Jena and Berlin.
taste for practical sociology comes out strongly
in his intense and powerful poems and dramas;
he settled on a small Silesian farm solely to
study peasant life. He traveled widely, visit-
ing the United States in 1894. His first play,
(Promethidenlos) (1885), was conventional; but
under Ibsen's inspiration he soon broke away
from the old lines, producing Before Sunrise)
and (A Family Catastrophe, tragedies pre-
senting the genetic conditions of proletarian-
ism. These and subsequent plays have given
him world-wide repute. He has lately turned
to comedy, but (The Weavers) and its suc-
cessors represent his forte. (The Apostle (1892)
is an attempt at fiction. *
Haussonville, Gabriel Paul Othenin de
Cléron, Comte d' (dos'ôn-vēl). A French lit-
térateur, son of Count Joseph; born at Guscy-
et-Châtel, Dept. Seine-et-Marne, Sept. 21, 1843.
He is a member of the French Academy, and
one of the leading contributors to the Revue
des Deux Mondes His reputation rests on lit-
erary monographs, among which are (Sainte-
Beuve, his Life and Works) (1875), (George
Sand, Prescott,' etc. (1879-88); and works like
(Across the United States) (1883), notes and
impressions; 'Social Studies) (1886).
Haussonville, Joseph Othenin Bernard de
Cléron, Comte d'. A French historian; born
in Paris, May 27, 1809; died May 28, 1884. He
was once in the diplomatic service, but entered
parliamentary life. His History of the Re-
union of Lorraine to France, and History of
the Foreign Policy of the French Government
from 1830 to 1848, are valuable.
Haussonville, Louise d’. A French novel-
ist, wife of Joseph; born (Princess de Broglie)
in 1818; died 1882. Robert Emmet) is her
best novel. She wrote much about Byron.
Haven, Gilbert. A distinguished American
prose-writer and bishop of the M. E. Church;
born in Malden, Mass. , Sept. 19, 1821; died
there, Jan. 30, 1880. An able writer, a forceful
preacher, and a persistent worker, he refused
all honorary collegiate degrees. He published
(The Pilgrim's Wallet, or Sketches of Travel
in England, France, and Germany); "Life of
Father Taylor, the Sailor Preacher) (1871);
(Our Next-Door Neighbor, or a Winter in
Mexico) (1875); etc.
Havergal, Frances Ridley. An English
religious writer and poet; born at Astley,
Worcestershire, Dec. 14, 1836; died at Swan-
sea, Wales, June 3, 1879. She began to write
hymns and letters in verse at the age of seven,
but did not publish anything until 1860. She
was a frequent contributor to Good Words.
Among over 30 publications, which once enjoyed
considerable popularity, may be noticed : (The
Four Happy Days) (1873); Under the Surface)
(1874), poems; (Royal Graces and Loyal Gifts)
(6 vols. , 1879); Under His Shadow) (1879);
and a number of posthumous works by various
editors.
Haver-Schmidt, Francois (häv'er-shmit).
(“Piet Paaltjens. ”] A Dutch prose and verse
writer ; born at Leeuwarden, Feb. 14, 1835; died
at Schiedam, Jan. 19, 1894. He studied theology
at Leyden, and was pastor of Reformed »
churches in various parts of the Netherlands
for some years.
While still a student he pro-
duced a series of parodies, love songs, and
sketches (called in collected form (Skits and
Jests'), which are now known almost by heart
to the whole Dutch collegiate world. Later
he wrote realistic novels and tales of a some-
what serious tendency. Among them are: (My
Brother's House); "The Pastorate of My
Grandfather); and various others. His pictures
of Dutch life are vivid and well drawn.
Havliček, Karel (häv'li-chek). [“Borovsky. ”]
A Czech prose-writer and agitator; born at
Borova, Oct. 31, 1821 ; died at Prague, July 29,
1856. As a tutor at Moscow, he gathered the
material for his Pictures from Russia. Later
he became an influential journalist in Bohemia.
His Czech agitation resulted in imprisonment
for some years, during which he wrote (Tyro-
lese Elegies,' satires popular with his country.
In 1855 he was released. He was the
most picturesque figure in the new Czech »
movement. His fierce sarcasm and unsparing
wit were the dread of friend and enemy alike,
and not until he had been dead some years
were the most effective of his epigrams pub-
lished at all. His posthumous poem, (The
Baptism of St. Vladimir,' appeared first in
1877; and later his collected works were pub-
lished at Prague.
Haweis, Hugh Reginald (hois). An Eng.
lish clergyman and author; born at Egham,
Surrey, April 3, 1839. He was a Cambridge
graduate. His terse and vigorous language and
a rare capacity for exposition have given his
score of books a wide circulation ; among them
may be mentioned : (Music and Morals) (1871;
13th ed. 1885), in which he expounds the emo-
tional theory of music; (Thoughts for the
Times) (1872); (Shakespeare and the Stage);
(Unsectarian Family Prayers) (1874); Pet, or
Pastimes and Penalties) (1874); (American Hu-
morists) (1883); "Life of Queen Victoria' (1887);
(The Broad Church. '
Hawes, Joel. An American Congregational
divine, and religious and ethical writer; born
in Massachusetts, 1789; died 1867. He was
settled at Hartford, Conn. , 1818-67. He wrote:
(Religion of the East); (Looking-Glass for
Ladies); Washington and Jay); (Tribute to
the Pilgrims); etc.
Hawker, Morwenna Pauline. An English
novelist; born 1865. She has written "Cecilia
de Noel) (1891), and other novels, employing
the pen-name of “Lanoe Falconer. ”
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Hawkesworth, John. A noted English mis-
cellaneous writer; born in London about 1715;
died Nov. 16, 1773. He is best known as editor
of the Adventurer, and as author of about half
its contents. He wrote also an account of the
voyages of Captain Cook, Byron, Wallis, and
Carteret (3 vols. , 1773); "Zimri? (1760), an ex-
cellent oratorio; (Edgar and Emeline) (1761),
a drama; (Almoran and Hamet) (1761), a tale;
(Life of Swift) (1765-66); etc. Allibone speaks
of him as occupying the first rank among
English classical essayists. "
Hawkins, Anthony Hope. A popular Eng.
lish novelist, writing under the name “An-
thony Hope”; born in London, Feb. 9, 1863.
He was admitted to the bar in 1887. Among
his best-known works are : (A Man of Mark)
(1890); (Father Stafford); (The Prisoner of
Zenda); (The Indiscretion of the Duchess);
(Phroso); Heart of the Princess Osra. '
Hawkins, Frederick. An English journal-
ist and author; born in 1849. He assisted in
establishing the Theatre, a periodical exclus-
ively devoted to the literature and art of the
stage, and was its editor until 1879. He was
dramatic critic of the Times for a short period,
and has been for some time on its editorial
staff. His works are : "Life of Edmund Kean)
(1869); Annals of the French Stage, from its
Origin to the Death of Racine) (1884); and a
continuation of it to the Revolution period in-
clusive under the title of (The French Stage
in the Eighteenth Century) (1882).
Hawks, Francis Lister. An American Epis-
copal divine; born at New Berne, N. C. , June
10, 1798; died in New York, Sept. 26, 1866. Ori-
ginally a lawyer, he was the first president of
the University of Louisiana. Besides legal and
religious works he wrote : Contributions to the
Ecclesiastical History of the United States)
(1836-41); Narrative of Commodore Perry's
Expedition (1856); History of North Caro-
lina) (1857–68); etc.
Hawthorne, Julian. An American novelist
and journalist, son of Nathaniel ; born in Bos.
ton, June 22, 1846. His boyhood was passed
in Europe, his youth in New England. Upon
leaving Harvard he studied civil engineering
in Dresden, but took to authorship almost in
spite of himself. His success was not rapid,
but popular favor has been accorded to the
novels Idolatry, Fortune's Fool, (Sinfire,
(Beatrix Randolph, and (Garth. As a jour-
nalist he has traveled widely in prosecution of
his work, his latest task being a study on the
spot of the horrors of the Indian famine plague
of 1896-97. *
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. An American novel-
ist and short-story writer; born in Salem, Mass. ,
July 4, 1804; died at Plymouth, N. H. , May 19,
1864. He graduated at Bowdoin in 1825;
held a customs post at Boston from 1838 to
1841 ; was a member of the Brook Farm com-
munity, 1841; was surveyor of the port at
Salem from 1846 to 1849, and consul at Liver-
pool from 1853 to 1857, returning to the United
States in 1861. Among his works are: (Fan.
shawe) (1826); (Twice-Told Tales) (1837, a
second series appearing some years later);
(Mosses from an Old Manse) (1846); (The
Scarlet Letter) (1850); (The House of the
Seven Gables) (1851); (The Wonder Book)
(1851); (The Blithedale Romance (1852); (The
Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales)
(1852); Life of Franklin Pierce) (1852); (Tan-
glewood Tales) (1853); (The Marble Faun!
(1860); (Our Old Home) (1863); Pansie, some-
times called (The Dolliver Romance) (1864);
(Note Books) (1868–72); (Septimius Felton)
(1872); “Tales of the White Hills) (1877); and
(Dr. Grimshawe's Secret' (1883), the last-named
being left in a fragmentary condition. *
Hay, John. An American poet and prose-
writer; born in Salem, Ind. , Oct. 8, 1838. He
graduated from Brown University, and settled
in Illinois as a lawyer, but went to Washington
in 1861 as one of Lincoln's private secretaries,
acting also as his aide-de-camp. He served
under Gens. Hunter and Gillmore with the rank
of major and assistant adjutant-general.
He
was subsequently in the United States diplo-
matic service, stationed at Paris, Vienna, and
Madrid. In 1897 he was made ambassador to
England. His literary reputation rests upon
(Pike County Ballads, the best known of
which are perhaps Little Breeches) and (Jim
Bludso); (Castilian Days,' a volume of travel;
and Life of Abraham Lincoln) (with J. G.
Nicolay). *
Hay, John Charles Dalrymple, Sir. An
English admiral and author; born Feb. 11,
1821. He was actively engaged in Borneo
(1845-46), in operations against the Chinese
pirates (1849), and in the Crimean War (1854-
56), retiring with the rank of rear-admiral in
1870. He has been several times a member of
Parliament in the Conservative interest. His
works include: "The Reward of Loyalty)
(1862), being suggestions in regard to the Amer.
ican colonies; (Remarks on the Loss of the
(Captain))) (1871); (Ashanti and the Gold
Coast: A Sketch) (1873).
Hay, Mary Cecil. A popular English nov.
elist; born at Shrewsbury, 1840 (? ); died 1886.
Her home in later life was at East Preston,
Sussex. Among her best works are: (Hidden
Perils) (1873); (Old Myddleton's Money) (1874);
(The Arundel Motto) (1877); (For Her Dear
Sake) (1880).
Hayes, Augustus Allen. An American nov.
elist; born 1837; died 1892. His home was in
Brookline, Mass. He wrote: New Colorado
and the Santa Fé Trail) (new ed. 1880); (The
Jesuit's Ring) (1887), a romance of Mount Des.
ert; (The Denver Express); etc.
Hayes, Henry. See Kirk.
Hayes, Isaac Israel. An American explorer
and prose-writer; born in Chester County, Pa. ,
March 5, 1832 ; died in New York city, Dec. 17,
1881. Graduating in medicine at the University
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of Pennsylvania (1853), he joined Dr. Kane's
expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. In
1860, as commander of the ship United States,
he sailed for exploration of the open polar sea.
His reputation was gained as explorer, author,
lecturer, surgeon, and legislator. Among his
writings are: “The Open Polar Sea' (1867);
(The Land of Desolation (1871).
Haygood, Atticus Green. An American
Methodist divine, and religious and miscellane-
ous writer; born at Watkinsville, Ga. , Nov. 19,
1839; died 1896. He became bishop in 1890.
He wrote: (The Monk and the Prince,' a study
of Savonarola and Lorenzo de' Medici; (Our
Brother in Black) (1881); Pleas for Progress)
(1889); etc.
Hayley, William. An English poet; born
at Chichester, Oct. 29, 1745; died at Felpham,
Nov, 12, 1820. He was the biographer of Cowper,
who received his pension through Hayley's in-
fluence with Pitt. (Essay on History' appeared
in 1780; (The Triumphs of Temper) in 1781;
an (Essay on Epic Poetry) in 1782; an Essay
on Old Maids) in 1785; (Essays on Sculpt-
ure) in 1800; and (The Triumph of Music)
in 1804. He wrote also a Life of Milton)
(1796). Cowper and Gibbon commended his
(Essay on Epic Poetry.
Hayne, Paul Hamilton. An American poet;
born in Charleston, S. C. , Jan. I, 1830; died at
Augusta, Ga. , July 6, 1886. At first a lawyer,
he turned to journalism, and in 1855 his maiden
volume of verse appeared. (Sonnets and Other
Poems) followed it two years later, and then
came (Avolio, a Legend of the Island of Cos.
He served through the war, retired from the
field in poverty, and wrote poetry. Legends
and Lyrics ); «The Mountain of Lovers ); (The
Wife of Brittany); and other productions of
this period, mark him easily first among South-
ern poets. *
Haynes, Emory Judson. An American
Methodist divine and novelist; born at Cabot,
Vt. , 1846. He has written : (Fairest of Three)
(1883), a tale of American life; Dollars and
Duties) (1887); (A Farmhouse Cobweb, a
Vermont novel; (Are These Things So ? ) etc.
Hays, William Shakespeare. An American
popular ballad and song writer; born in Ken-
tucky, 1837. His home is in Louisville, Ky.
One of his best-known songs is Norah O'Neill. ?
He has written (Poems and Songs.
Hayter, Henry Heylyn. An English statis-
tician and author; born at Eden Vale, Wilt-
shire, October 1821. He emigrated to Victoria,
Australia, in 1852, in 1857 joined the department
of the Registrar-General, and in 1874 was made
government statist. He soon after originated
the well-known Victorian Year-Book, which he
still edits. His publications include: Notes
of a Tour in New Zealand); Notes on the
Colony of Victoria) (1875); (School History
of Victoria); My Christmas Adventure, Car.
boon2, and Other Poems) (1887); besides sci-
entific papers and statistical reports.
Hayward, Abraham. An English essayist;
born Nov. 22, 1801; died in London, Feb.
2, 1884. Educated as a lawyer, he became a
contributor to the Edinburgh Review ; also
wrote regularly for the Quarterly Review. He
translated Goethe's Faust) in 1883, and wrote
(Sketches of Eminent Statesmen and Writers)
(1880).
Hazard, Samuel. An American writer of
travels; born in Pennsylvania, 1834 ; died 1876.
He was an officer in the United States army.
He wrote : "Cuba with Pen and Pencil (1870);
(Santo Domingo Past and Present) (1873).
Hazeltine, Mayo Williamson. An Ameri-
can journalist; born at Belfast, Me. , 1841.
Originally a lawyer, he is now the well-known
literary editor of the New York Sun. He has
published : (The American Woman in Europe);
( British and American Education'; 'Chats
about Books); etc.
Hazlitt, William. An English critic and
prose-writer; born in Maidstone, Kent, April
10, 1778; died at London, Sept. 18, 1830. He
was at first a painter. His characteristic work
is interesting but bizarre, like himself. (Char.
acters of Shakespeare's Plays); Lectures on
English Poets); “The Spirit of the Age); and
other collected volumes of his essays, are still
widely read. *
Hazlitt, William Carew. An English com-
piler and author, son of William ; born Aug.
22, 1834. He was a lawyer, but did not follow
his profession, and has either written or edited
a large body of literature on archæological and
popular subjects. He is the author of "The
History of the Venetian Republic) (4 vols. ,
1860), and is the editor of the works of Henry
Constable, Richard Lovelace, Robert Herrick,
William Hazlitt, Charles Lamb, and others;
(Old English Jest-Books) (1864); (Remains of
the Early Popular Poetry of England' (1864-66);
(Bibliographical Collections and Notes) (1876-
82).
Head, Barclay Vincent. An English numis-
matist; born at Ipswich, England, in 1844. He
entered the British Museum in 1864, became
Assistant Keeper of the Coin Department in
1871, and Keeper in 1893. He has made a
special study of ancient Greek coinage, and
was the first to methodize the science of Greek
numismatics by introducing a chronological
system of classification. His works include:
(History of the Coinage of Syracuse) (1874);
(Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins
of the Ancients) (1881), both crowned by the
French Institute; (Historia Numorum' (1887),
a complete illustrated historical manual of the
whole science of Greek numismatics.
Headley, Joel Tyler. An American prose-
writer; born in Walton, N. Y. , Dec. 30, 1813;
died 1897. Graduating from Union College in
1846, he became assistant editor of the New
York Tribune. His writings had great cur-
rency in their day, and include: Napoleon
and his Marshals) (1846); (Washington and
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his Generals) (1847); (Grant and Sherman,
their Campaigns and Generals) (1865); and
( The Great Rebellion (1864).
Headley, Phineas Camp. An American
Congregational divine and miscellaneous writer,
cousin of Joel T. ; born at Walton, N. Y. , June
24, 1819. He has written : (Women of the Bi-
ble) (1850); Lives) of Josephine (1850), Kos-
suth (1852), Lafayette (1855), Mary Queen of
Scots (1856), etc. ; a series of Heroes of the
Rebellion) (Grant, Ericsson, Farragut, Sherman,
etc. : 1864-65); (Court and Camp of David)
(1868); etc.
Hearn, Lafcadio (hérn). An American jour-
nalist and miscellaneous writer; born of an
English father and a Greek mother, at Santa
Maura, Ionian Islands, June 27, 1850. He was
educated in England and France, and has since
resided in this country and in Japan. He has
written : (Some Chinese Ghosts) (1887), six
stories exquisitely told; (Two Years in the
French West Indies) (1890); (Youma) (1890),
the story of a West-Indian slave; (Glimpses
of Unfamiliar Japan,' and several other books
on Japan, including (Kokovo; Hints and Ech-
oes of Japanese Inner Life); (Gleanings in
Buddha Fields) (1897); etc. *
Heath, Francis George. An English bota-
nist; born at Totnes, Devonshire, Jan. 15, 1843.
He is a surveyor in the customs department,
and has supported movements for the extension
of open spaces, chiefly in and around London.
His works on agricultural subjects include:
(The Romance of Peasant Life) (1872); “The
English Peasantry) (1874); (The Fern World)
(1877); (Sylvan Spring) (1880); My Garden
Wild) (1881).
Heaton, John Henniker. An English jour-
nalist and publicist; born at Rochester, May
18, 1848. At the age of sixteen he emigrated
to Australia, became connected with the press,
and was prominent in all public and philan-
thropic works in the Australasian colonies.
As M. P. for Canterbury, England, he intro-
duced a proposal for a universal international
penny postage system. His chief works are:
(The Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men
of the Time,' a standard work of reference on
Australia ; (The Manners, Customs, Traditions,
and Annihilation of the Aborigines of Aus-
tralia'; A Short Account of a Canonization at
Rome. )
Hebbel, Friedrich (heb'bel). A German
dramatist of the first rank; born in Wessel-
buren, Holstein, March 18, 1813; died at Vi-
enna, Dec. 13, 1863. A poor but precocious
peasant lad, his youthful poems brought him
patrons, and education in philosophy and his-
tory at Heidelberg. In 1839 appeared his first
tragedy, Judith, and his recognition was in-
stantaneous; a volume of short poems in 1842
widened his reputation; an allowance from the
Duke of Holstein enabled him to travel. In
1844 the tragedy Mary Magdalen' appeared at
Paris. He married a celebrated actress, set-
tled in Vienna, and produced (Herod and Mari-
amne); Julia'; and other plays. These display
great versatility and exhaustless fertility, but
are too terrific to be pleasing. Recognizing this
himself, he essayed a gentler mood in Mi-
chael Angelo, Agnes Bernauer,' and others.
In the Nibelungen trilogy and in Demetrius)
he has produced what many consider his mas-
terpieces.
Hebel, Johann Peter (hā'bel). A German
dialect poet; born in Basle, Switzerland, May
11, 1760; died at Schwetzingen, Sept. 22, 1826.
Educated for the ministry, he held various
pastorates and rectorships; and devoted his
leisure to poetry, his subjects drawn from the
dialect and folk-lore of his parishioners. His
(Alemannische Gedichte, «for friends of rural
life and manners,” published in 1803, has at-
tained wide celebrity. This and other poetry
owed its vogue to exquisite appreciation of
nature, pleasing revelations of rustic simplicity,
and vivid realism.
Heber, Reginald. A British hymn-writer
and clergyman; born in Cheshire, April 21,
1783; died at Trichinopoly, India, April 2, 1826.
Graduating at Oxford with honors, he became
prominent as prebendary of St. Asaph, 1812;
preacher of Lincoln's Inn, 1822; and Bishop of
Calcutta, 1822. The most popular of his hymns,
(From Greenland's Icy Mountains,' appeared
in 1819; and his sermon on (The Personality
and Office of the Christian Comforter) also
brought him fame. He wrote (A Journey
through India from Calcutta to Bombay! *
Hecker, Isaac Thomas. A distinguished
American Roman Catholic clergyman; born in
New York, Dec. 18, 1819; died there, Dec. 22,
1888. In early life he was a member of the
Brook Farm community. He founded the order
of the Paulists (1858), becoming their superior;
and established the Catholic World (1865),
editing it till he died. He wrote Questions
of the Soul) (1855); “The Church and the Age'
(1888); etc.
Hector, Annie. See Alexander, Mrs.
Hedberg, Frans Theodor (hed'berg). A
Swedish dramatic poet; born in Stockholm,
March 2, 1828. He began life in a store, then
turned to wig-making, and at last drifted to
the stage. (The Wedding at Ulfasa, published
in 1865, a historical piece; and "When You
Have No Money,' a comedy brought out in
1854 and afterwards rewritten, are typical of
his talent. He has produced many plays, be-
sides writing a history of the Swedish stage.
Hédelin, François. See Aubignac.
Hedenstierna, Karl Joseph Alfred (hed'-en-
sher-nä). A Swedish humorist and prose-writer;
born in Wedåsa, March 12, 1852. He writes
sketches of native peasant life and humorous
skits. (All Kinds of People) is his most popular
work.
Hedge, Frederick Henry. A distinguished
American scholar and Unitarian divine; born
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at Cambridge, Mass. , Dec. 12, 1805; died there,
Aug. 21, 1890. He edited the Christian Ex-
aminer (1857-60), and was professor of German
at Harvard University (1872-81). Deeply read
in philosophy, ecclesiastical history, and Ger-
man literature, he was a finished writer and a
polished orator. Among his writings are :
Reason in Religion (1865); (The Primeval
World of Hebrew Tradition) (1870); Martin
Luther and Other Essays) (1888); etc. His
Prose Writers of Germany) (1848) is a stand-
ard work. He translated and wrote numer-
ous hymns for the Unitarian Church, and in-
troduced German scholarship and literature into
this country.
Heemskerk, Johann van (hēmz'kerk). A
Dutch poet and jurist; born 1597 ; died at The
Hague, Feb. 27, 1656. He studied law at Ley.
den and Paris, under his kinsman Grotius.
He held important government posts in Hol-
land for years.
