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and then, in 1864, suddenly came before the 

 world as the author of the very successful 

 drama, " David Garrick," which, although 

 adapted from the French, showed original and 

 striking ability. This was quickly followed by 

 several well-known plays, among them "So- 

 ciety," "Ours," "Caste," etc., which placed 

 him at the head of the dramatists of the day. 

 Early difficulties and excessive work, when the 

 public and theatrical managers became eager 

 for new efforts, undermined his constitution 

 and hastened his death. 



Feb. . HEPP, EMILE, an eminent French 

 chemist; died in Strasbourg, aged 52 years. 

 He was a man of fine scientific attainments. 

 "While laboring to extinguish the fire caused 

 by the Prussian artillery in the civil hospital, 

 on the night of the 25th of August, he re- 

 ceived an injury which caused his death after 

 more than five months of severe suffering. 



Feb. . KISSELEFF, FRANCESCA RUSPOLT, 

 Countess von, an Italian lady, the widow of 

 Count Nicolas von Kisseleff, for some years 

 Russian ambassador at Rome ; died at Brus- 

 sels, in her 78th year. In her youth she was a 

 very beautiful and dangerous coquette, the 

 belle of Rome. In 1831 she married the Prince 

 John Torlonia, whose death occurred in 1858. 

 About 1860 she was married a second time, to 

 Count Nicolas von Kisseleff. She had the repu- 

 tation of not leading a very harmonious life 

 with either of her husbands. About 1850 she 

 began to visit Homburg and Baden-Baden, and 

 every year subsequently she was to be seen 

 there, deeply engaged in play, through the en- 

 tire season. She was very wealthy, and it was 

 said that during the twenty years from 1850 to 

 1870 she had lost at the gaming-table between 

 four and five million florins. 



March. 5. Low, SAMPSON, Jr., a London 

 publisher, and author (firm of Low, Son & 

 Marston) ; died in London, aged 48 years. He 

 was strongly philanthropic in his nature, and 

 among other objects in which he became deep- 

 ly interested was the establishment of the met- 

 ropolitan fire-escape system, which had pre- 

 viously been supported by public subscriptions. 

 After years of labor and expense, he succeeded 

 in bringing the institution to the high state of 

 efficiency in which it was finally transferred 

 to the Board of Works. Among his own pub- 

 lications was the "Charities of London," 

 which passed through many editions, and was 

 followed by a " Hand-Book " to the same. 



March 13. BONAPARTE- WYSE, Madame LE- 

 TITIA ; died at Rome, aged 70 years. She was 

 the daughter of Lucien Bonaparte, and was 

 born December 1, 1804. In 1821 she was mar- 

 ried to Sir Thomas Wyse, the British ambas- 

 sador to Greece. She was the mother of Ma- 

 dame Ratazzi. 



March 14. NIEMEYER, Dr. FELIX VON, di- 

 rector of the medical clinic of the University 

 of Tubingen, and an author of medical works; 

 died in Tubingen. He was the most celebrated 

 teacher of clinics in South Germany, and 



most of the medical professorships of that re- 

 gion were held by his pupils. His " Lelir- 

 luch der PraUischen Medizin" ("Elements of 

 Practical Medicine ") has been translated into 

 six languages, and was published last year by 

 D. Appleton & Co. His death was probably 

 accelerated by the ardor of his services during 

 the late war, at Metz and at Nancy, where he 

 was employed as consulting physician. As an 

 acknowledgment of his faithful performance 

 of duty, he received the Iron Cross a few days 

 before his death. 



March 18. THOMAS, CLEMENT, a French 

 military officer, a lieutenant-general in the 

 National Guard of Paris; murdered by the 

 Communists at the beginning of the Commu- 

 nist insurrection in consequence of his attempt 

 to restore order and allegiance. General 

 Thomas was born at Libourne, December 31, 

 1809 ; was educated at Paris, and entered the 

 military service as a volunteer in a cuirassier 

 regiment. He was promoted to a captaincy, 

 but, being a very ardent republican, partici- 

 pated in the attempted insurrection in 1835, 

 and was arrested and imprisoned in St. P6- 

 lagie. He escaped with some others and took 

 refuge in England. Being included in the am- 

 nesty declared under Count Mole's premier- 

 ship, he returned to France, and was one of 

 the editors of the National for some years. 

 After the Revolution of February, 1848, he was 

 sent as a commissary into the department of 

 the Gironde, where he was elected a repre- 

 sentative in the National Assembly, and on his 

 return to Paris chosen colonel of the Second 

 Legion of the National Guard, and after the 

 insurrection of May, 1848, made general-in- 

 chief of the National Guard. He did not long 

 hold this command, however, as his denuncia- 

 tion of the Legion of Honor offended some of 

 his republican colleagues, and General Chan- 

 garnier was put in his place. As a repre- 

 sentative in the National Assembly, he was a 

 moderate but firm democrat. He was never 

 in favor with Louis Napoleon, and held no 

 office after he became Emperor, but after the 

 battle of Sedan he was recalled to his old 

 place in the National Guard, and fought brave- 

 ly during the war, but fell a victim to his ef- 

 forts to reconcile the Communists to the ad- 

 ministration of M. Thiers. 



March 21. CHAMBERS, DAVID N., a British 

 publisher (head of the London house of R. & 

 W. Chambers) ; died in Lee, England, aged 52 

 years. He died suddenly of grief upon learn- 

 ing of the death of his brother, Sir Robert 

 Chambers, whom he survived but four'days. 



March . CHILLANYI, LANDISLAUS, a Hun- 

 garian miser; died at Eperies, Upper Hungary, 

 aged 86 years. His property was estimated at 

 two million florins, yet he deprived himself of 

 the comforts of life, even to sufficient food, 

 rather than part with his money. His brother 

 Anthony died a few years since, through his 

 unwillingness to purchase medicine. 



March . MONTECCHI, MATTIA, an Italian 



