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poetry and romantic stories, while she amused 

 herself by taking the principal part in dramatic 

 s which she had performed at the theatre 

 iiflicr chalet. About this time she had pub- 

 lished at Geneva some minor poem* called La 

 l>ni>inade and Let Chants de FExiUe, which 

 were dedicated to Victor Hugo. On the an- 

 nexation of Savoy to Franco, Princess Marie 

 de Solms returned to Paris, where she became 

 eminent in literary and artistic circles, and 

 contributed to the newspapers. She travelled 

 considerably in Italy, and was warmly received 

 at tlie court, \vhereshemetM.UrbainRatazzi, 

 the eminent Italian minister, whom she mar- 

 ried in 1862. This event did not divert her 

 from literary pursuits, for, while writing some 

 large volumes, she conducted two journals 

 The Courrier de Florence first, and then Let 

 Mutineet Italiennes, in which, under various 

 assumed names, she treated of music, the 

 drama, and general literature. The works of 

 fiction of Madame Ratazzi are numerous, and 

 have gone through several editions. Her 

 dramatic pieces are eight in number, and deal 

 with the frivolities of French life. 



Aug. 14. HATCHELL, Rt. Hon. JOHN, an 

 Irish advocate ; died in Dublin, aged 87 years. 

 Ho was born in County Wexford, in 1783, edu- 

 cated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he ob- 

 tained university honors and a scholarship, 

 and was called to the Irish bar in 1809, and 

 was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in 

 1847. In 1850 he became Attorney- General, 

 was twice returned to the House of Commons 

 for "Windsor, in 1853 was appointed a Commis- 

 sioner of National Education, and of Charitable 

 Donations and Bequests, and was for a short 

 time Commissioner of the Insolvent Court in 

 Ireland previous to its amalgamation with the 

 Court of Bankruptcy. 



Aug. 16. BHAKLEMANN, JULITTS, Ph. D/, a 

 young German litterateur; was killed in battle 

 at Mars-la-Tour, aged 26 years. He was former- 

 ly a student at Berlin, and was a valued writer 

 on French literature and art, in the columns 

 of the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung. He 

 went through the Bohemian campaign of 1866, 

 and since then had resided in Paris. He had 

 planned an elaborate collection of the early 

 lyric poets of France, and had already three 

 volumes of matter in shape for publication, 

 when the declaration of war forced him out 

 of Paris and into the German ranks. The pub- 

 lisher whom he had selected was a German 

 bookseller in Paris, whose property has been 

 destroyed since his expulsion from that place ; 

 and it is probable that the prepared volumes 

 have shared in the general destruction. 



Aug. 16. PABST, HERMANN, Ph. D., a young 

 German historian ; was killed in the battle of 

 Mars-la-Tour. While he was yet a student in 

 the universities of Bonn, Berlin, and Gottingen, 

 he wrote a "History of the Longobardian 

 Kingdom," which met with the most decided 

 approval of the critics. After completing his 

 university studies he devoted his principal 

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labors to the "Monumcnta Germanim Hi.stori- 

 < a," ::inl much was expected from him for this 

 work. Ho Inulakr.ii historical JH -m -trillion, 

 and a thorough philological education. He 

 gained his degree as Doctor of Philosophy at 

 Berlin, having written the treatise "De Ari- 

 berto II. Mediolanes primisquo roedii devi 

 motibus popularibus." While tin-re he under- 

 took at the same time the editing of Hirsch's 

 " Jahrbacher Heinrich's IV.," essentially sup- 

 plementing the work by his own labors. Some 

 time ago he had undertaken the editing of 

 Italian historical sources, and was in Italy col- 

 lecting material for lives of the popes, when 

 the war was declared by France. He had al- 

 ready visited the Vatican, the principal libra- 

 ries of Naples and Florence, and the cloister 

 and city libraries of many other cities in Italy. 

 Leaving Naples, he repaired to Germany, and, 

 joining his regiment, the Second Grenadier of 

 Brandenburg, proceeded to the field of battle. 

 Fortunately, a record of most of his labors with 

 reference to Italian history is preserved in his 

 manuscript in the Berlin library, and thus the 

 explorations and collections he made are not 

 totally lost. 



Aug. 18. SALM-SALM, Prince FEI.IX, an 

 Austrian nobleman and member of the Prus- 

 sian House of Lords, a brigadier-general in our 

 late war ; was killed at the battle of Grave- 

 lotte, aged 42 years. He belonged to the 

 Austrian house of Salm-Salm, the head of 

 which is Prince Alfred, who holds many titles. 

 He was born December 28, 1828. The prince 

 served in our army during part of the late war, 

 having been at one time in command of a regi- 

 ment of the Twentieth Corps, and post com- 

 mander at Atalanta toward the end of the war. 

 On the occasion of Maximilian's accession to 

 the throne he appointed him his aide-de-camp 

 and chief of his household. During the" check- 

 ered career of the Emperor, Prince Felix re- 

 mained devoted to his interests, and was 

 captured with him at Querdtaro. The princess 

 was indefatigable in her exertions, on tho 

 downfall of the Emperor, to mitigate his fate, 

 and arranged the interview at Querdtaro on 

 the 21st of May, 1867, in which Maximilian 

 and Prince Felix conferred with Escobedo. 

 The offer to abdicate and leave the country 

 made at that conference was rejected, and 

 Prince Felix seemed destined for the same fate 

 as tho Emperor. He was, however, released 

 soon after the Emperor's execution, and re- 

 turned to Europe, where he entered the Prus- 

 sian service as major of the Fourth Regiment 

 of Grenadiers of the Prussian Royal Guard. 



Aug. 20. CHAIK, Rev. JAMES, D. D., a 

 clergyman of the Scottish Kirk, an able scholar; 

 died at Glasgow, aged 68 years. He was a son 

 of the Rev. Wm. Craik, and was born at Ken- 

 noway, Fifeshire ; studied at St. Andrews, and 

 after being licensed spent some time in Edin- 

 burgh, lie was ordained in 1832, his first 

 charge being at Scone, where he remained till 

 1843, when he became successor to Dr. Smith, 



