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icitude fur the Indian peoples and their 

 welfare the Aiichison College t'>r t!.. -idef> 



and the Lady Aitcliison Ili-sjiital for women. 



. :iing from the civil service lie went back to In- 

 dia at tlic solicitation of Lord Dutferin to serve a- a 

 member of the Viceroy's Council till 1888. when he 

 retired to live in Oxford. He published in 



-d Lawrence." a biography, forming one of the 

 I' " Rulers of India." 



Aurene. Paul, a French journalist, novelist, and 

 dramatist, born in Sistemn. I!ae- Alpes. .June 26. 

 1M3 : died in Antibes. Dec. Hi. 1896. While still a 

 student at the Lyceum of Vanves, he wrote a play 

 in verse, called " Pierrot Heritier." that achieved a 

 success at the Odeon in 1865. He gave leons for 

 a living and contributed to literary reviews till his 

 novel "Jean des Figues" established his literary 

 reputation in 1870. He collaborated with Valery 

 Vernier in the successful drama " Commediens Er- 

 rants." wrote the successful "Duel aux Lanternes." 

 and produced in collaboration with Charles Monselet 

 L'llote" in 1875. With his friend Alphonse Dau- 

 det he collaborated in the earlier "Lettresde inon 

 Moulin " and wr< >te the libretto of the opera " Char." 

 produced in 1878. He published in that year ' La 

 Prologue sans le Savior." a one-act drama." in 1879 

 ' La vraie Tentation de St. Antoine." "Paris in- 

 genu " in 1882. and " Vingt ans en Tnnisie " in 1884. 

 He was a constant writer of graceful literary and 

 critical articles for tiie newspapers, being connect- 

 ed^ at various times with the " Bclar," " Figaro." 

 " Evenemeiit." and other Paris journals, latterly 

 with the "Tribune" and " Gil Bias." He was also 

 a prominent member of the Provencal School and 

 author of two volumes of sketches and tales in the 

 Proveii9al tongue, one of them, "An bon Soleil," a 

 famous work, published in 1881. 



Bambersrer. Isaac, a German rabbi, born in An- 



?rod. Hesse. Nov. 5. 1S34: died at Konigsberg. 

 ct. 30. 1896. lie was appointed rabbi of Konigs- 

 berg in 1865. and was active in educational, reli- 

 gious, and benevolent movements. He originated 

 the frontiers committees when the first Russian 

 exodus occurred in the early eighties, which saved 

 thousands from suffering and death. 



Barnfoy. Sir Joseph, an English musician, born 

 in York. Aug. 12. ls:{S : died -Jan. OS. ls<6. He be- 

 came chorister in York Cathedral in 1846. continu- 

 ing there until 1852. He was a student at the Royal 

 Academy of Music from 1854 to 1857. and was suc- 

 cessively organist of St. Andrew's. Well Street. 1863- 

 '71. and of St. Anne's. Soho. 1871-'86. In 

 he began conducting the oratorio concerts at St. 

 James's and Exeter Halls, and in 1872 succeeded 

 Gounod as conductor of the Royal Albert Hall Choral 

 Society. From 1875 to 1892 he was precentor and 

 musical director at Eton College, becoming princi- 

 pal of the Guildhall School of Music in the latter 

 year, in which year also he was knighted. Besides 

 hundreds of services, anthems, chants, part songs, 

 and other music, his compositions include the mo- 

 tet "King all Glorious" (1808): the cantata " Re- 

 bekah " ( 1870) : " The Lord is King." a setting of the 

 Ninety-seventh Psalm (18s:j,. The last-named com- 

 ."ii is a brilliant piece of work, but has not 

 often been heard in the United States. His hymns 

 are very widely known, and. the service he rendered 

 to Church music fn freeing the hymn tune from 

 conservatism hi _i'iierally recognized. In 



these compositions Barnby substituted modern for 

 ancient notation, and discarded intermediate double 

 liars. As a conductor he stood in the first rank, 

 and not the least of his services to music was his 

 enterprise in bringing forth at the Royal Albert 

 Hall works new or "unknown to the English public, 

 becoming thus a powerful influence in the educa- 

 tion of the national ta-te. 



Biittenhenr. Prince Henry Maurice of, born 

 <M. 5. is.-,s : ,ij,.d at sea, Jan. 20, iHic,. II. 

 >ii of Alexander of Balteiiberi:. Prince of I 

 and the Rhine, and of Princes -lulia. born Cou 

 von Hauck. daughter of a former Polish Minister 

 of War. who was raised to the princely dignity 

 after her morganatic marriage with Prince Alex- 

 ander. Prince Henry, whose brother Alexander 

 was elected and reigned as Prince of Bulgaria, mar- 

 ried, on July 23. 18*5. Ojieen Victoria's ninth and 

 youngest child. Beatrice, Prim- a Britain 



and Ireland, and had since lived in England, receiv- 

 ing the rank of royal highness and the appoint- 

 ment of Governor of the Isle of Wight. In Novem- 

 ber. 18!i5. he joined the Ashanti .expedition as mili- 

 tary secretary to Sir Fran<-i> Scott, the commander 

 in chief, and at Myisa was attacked with swamp 

 fever, of which he died while being brought back 

 to Sierra Leone. 



Barre. Jean Amruste. a French sculptor, born 

 in Paris. Sept. 25. 1811 : died Feb. 6. 1896. He was 

 descended from a family famous for the fine en- 

 graving of coins and seals, his father being chief 

 engraver for the French mint from 1842 till 1855. 

 and his brother Desire from the father's death till 

 His own work as a medalist was admirable, 

 but his greatest achievements were in sculpture. 

 It was he who designed the portrait bust of Louis 

 Napoleon that was used on all the coins of th> 

 oiiil empire. His first artistic success was an alle- 

 gorical group representing " Liberty Triumphant," 

 which he exhibited at the Salon in 1831. " U 

 recognized by his Dog." in marble, and "David 

 preparing to fight Goliath " followed, and next 

 "The Angel and the Child." After obtaining a 

 medal in 1840 for a statue of Francis of Lorraine, 

 Due de Guise, he was commissioned by the Govern- 

 ment to execute a statue of Achille de Harlay for 

 the Luxembourg in 1843. and one of Mathiu Mole 

 in 1845: also a marble statue of the Duchess of 

 Penthievre. He designed a statue of Laplace in 

 1*47 for the town of Caen, one of Mgr, Affre for 

 the town of Rodez in 1SK4. and one of Admiral 

 Protet for Shanghai in 1869. A marble bas-relief 

 of " Liberty " was executed in 1850 at the order of 

 the Ministry of the Interior, and a marble statue of 

 " Bacchia. daughter of Bacchus" was ordered by 

 the Government in 1855. He was very successful 

 in portrait busts, which he made of Leopold. King 

 of the Belgians, in 1836. Alexandra Duval in 1845, 

 Pius IX and Mile. Mars in 1848. Napoleon III in 

 1 s .~i:!. Prince Napoleon in 1855. and the Empress 

 Eugenie. Princess Clotilde. and Geoffrey St.-Hilaire 

 in 1861. He executed a statue of Mile. Rachel in 

 ivory, one of the Empress Eugenie in marble, and 

 a bronze medallion of Mine. Jane Hading. 



Benson. Edward White. Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury, born in Birmingham. July 14. 182J) : died in 

 Hawarden. Wales. Oct. 10. 1896 His father was 

 the manager of lead works at Birmingham, where 

 the son attended the grammar school of King YA- 

 ward VI. whence he went to Trinity College. Cam- 

 bridge, of which he was a scholar and subsequently 

 a fellow, taking his degree with honors in mathe- 

 matics and classics in 1852. From 1853 till 1*59 

 he was assistant master at Rugby, then head ma>ter 

 of Wellington College till 1872. when Bishop Words- 

 worth, to whom he was examining chaplain, made 

 him a residentiary canon and chancellor of Lincoln 

 Cathedral. In 1877. on the nomination of the Earl 

 of Beaconsfield. he became bishop of the newly 

 created see of Truro. and on the death of Arch- 

 bishop Tait. in I> -mbi-r. 1**2. lie was appointed, 



on the recommendation of Mr. Gladstone, to suc- 

 ceed to the primacy of England as Archbishop of 

 Canterbury. Mr. Benson's first reputation was 

 gained as master of Wellington College, which was 



