OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. 



dom of Wnrtemberg, advocating a moderate 

 constitutional government. As a critic, he 

 flrt made hit appearance in 1823, with a work 

 entitled ' Streeckverse," marked by new and 

 ingenious views of art and liter iture. and at 

 the same time was one of the founders ot* a 

 literary and critical journal, the Littntt'ir- 



which violently attacked the old <..t 

 man school, the disciples of Goethe, and even 

 Goethe himself. This book, like his " History 

 of the Germans," published in 1824-'25, con- 

 ceived in a satirical point of view, created many 

 enemies. " German Literature," a very remark- 

 able work which provoked much controversy, 

 anil ha* been twice translated into English, 

 appeared in 1828. After the Revolution of 

 1830, he directed his attacks against French 

 influence, which then began to make its way 

 into Germany. In 1818 he gave up the editor- 

 ship of the Literitturblatt to sit as a deputy in 

 the States Convention of Wurtemberg, and in 

 1893 by a complete summersault, avowed him- 

 self an adherent to the reactionary party. In 

 addition to the afore-mentioned works, Menzel, 

 who has distinguished himself as a poet and 

 historian, has written " The Spirit of History," 

 published in 1835 ; " Mythological Inquiries," 

 in m-2; "The History of Europe, from 1708 

 to 1815," in 1853 ; " Furore," an historical ro- 

 in mce, presenting an animated picture of the 

 period of the Thirty Years' War : " History of 

 Nature in a Christian Point of View," 1858; 

 " Prussia in 1854," 1854 ; " The Songs of the 

 People," 1851 ; " Prussia and Austria in 1866," 

 1366. In 1869 he published an interesting 

 work on the most important events which had 

 occurred between the conclusion of the Italian 

 War in 1859 and the outbreak of the war in 

 Germany in 1866. 



Mty 8. ARBOWSMITII, Jony, F. R. G. S., 

 F. R. A. S., the last of a family of eminent 

 geographers and map-makers, one of the found- 

 ers of the Royal Geographical Society ; died 

 in Hi-r.-fiird Square, London, aged 88 years. 

 He was born at Winston, In the southern part 

 of the county of Durham, April -2:t, 1790. His 

 early education was imperfect, bnt he more 

 thaa made up for this by careful subsequent 

 study. In 1 MO he came to London to join his 

 i-on Arrowsmith, who was the most 

 eminent map-maker of that day, and remained 

 with him until hi* death in 1822, when Aaron 

 Arrowxmith's sons continuing the business, 



et up for himself; and in 1834, after 

 twelve yearn of severe toil and great frugality, 

 published hi* London atlas. This was a great 

 advance on any thing which had preceded it, 

 bnt he subsequently greatly improved it and 

 retngraved almost every map. Ho produced 

 ni'xt f tin- valuable maps published in the 

 -I . irnl of the Royal Geographical So. 



in-.- with intense care and interest the 

 nurrntirei nn-1 drawings of the explorers in nil 



i- !! lin-l probably a more thor 

 knowledge of tin* nrttial extent of ili-.-..-. 

 in Australia than any other man living; and 



was also very thoroughly posted in A 

 Asiatic, and African geography. Till he re- 

 tired from active business in 1861 no maps 

 in Europe surpassed in ao-iiracy, 1'uilin - 

 beauty, those of John Arrow-smith. Hi- di.l imt 

 lose his interest in geography till his death; 

 and among his last work was a series of elal>- 

 orate maps of the Australian colonies, left un- 

 finished, because there was not the necessary 

 information to perfect them. 



May 12. OAUMOXT, ARCISSK DK, a French 

 archaeologist, anthor, and President of the So- 

 eUtepour la, Coniertation del Monument* ; di. <1 

 at Magny in Normandy, aged 71 years. He 

 was born at Bayenx (Calvados), August 28, 

 1802, and inheriting a large property he de- 

 voted his time and his superior natural ahilit K s 

 to the study of the natural sciences and of 

 archaeology. He founded the Linniean Society 

 of Normandy, the Society for the Preservation 

 of Objects of Art, and those scientific congresses 

 which, since 1883, have held their annual ses- 

 sions year by year in the larger cities of France. 

 No man in France had done so much to en- 

 courage historical and arcbf&ological research 

 and the love of Christian art throughout the, 

 provinces as he. The sessions of the congress- 

 es in the different cities awakened a spirit of 

 emulation and a desire to develop all the cir- 

 cumstances of their early history. M. de 

 Caumont was an officer of the Legion of Honor, 

 His principal published works were : " A 

 Course of Lectures on Monumental Antiqui- 

 ties, delivered at Caen in 1830 ;" " History of 

 Art in the West of France, from the Earliest 

 Times to the Seventeenth Century," 6 vol*. 

 8vo., 1881-'40 (this admirable work* caused his 

 election as corresponding member of tho 

 Academy of Inscriptions and Bellca-Lcti 

 " A Brief History of Religious, Military, and 

 Civil Architecture in tho Middle Ages," 8 vo., 

 80 plates, 1837; "The Alphabet; or, Rudi- 

 ments of Archwology, 1850;" "The Monu- 

 mental Statistics of Calvados," 8 vols., 1847-'58. 

 He had also been a regular contributor, and 

 much of the time editor of the Bulletin Monu- 

 mental, the Journal de I'fimtitut det Prorineet, 

 and the " Normandy Year Books." 



May 12. COOOIA, CARLO, an eminent Italian 

 musical composer ; dird at Milan, a^ed si years. 

 He was horn at Naples, in April, 170. Ili-i 

 father, a distinguished violinist, wished to 

 educate him as an architect, but his taste for 

 music was so strong that ho was finally al- 

 lowed to follow his inclination. Ho had at 

 first bnt indifferent training, but finally entered 

 the Conservatory, and was a pupil of Paisiello. 

 After receiving a thorough course of instruc- 

 tion under this eminent instructor, ho was ap- 

 pointed musical director of Joseph Bonaparte, 

 then king. Between 1808 and 1840 8igm>r 

 Coccia produced about sixty operas, nil note- 

 worthy for their sweetness and graceful 

 tni'lody. Of these bntfew retained their popu- 

 larity; among these few are "Clotilde," "I 

 Solitari," " Semele," " II Puritano," etc. In 



