ANDERSEN, HANS 0. 



ANDREE, KARL. 



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have a son-in-law of whom every one speaks, 

 and a daughter of whom no one has said a 

 word," which is considered the greatest praise 

 that can ever be given to a woman in France. 



ANDERSEN", HANS CHRISTIAN, a Danish 

 author, was born at Odense, April 2, 1805 ; 

 died in Copenhagen, August 4, 1875. His 

 father, a poor shoemaker, died when Hans 

 was nine years old, leaving the family entirely 

 destitute. After his father's death a good lady 

 gave him a home, making him the companion 

 of her children. Here he showed his taste for 

 learning by studying some tragedies, which he 

 tried to imitate. In this his first attempt, how- 

 ever, he was not successful. He soon after 

 went to work in a factory, where he endeav- 

 ored to amuse his fellow -workmen by reciting 

 dramatic pieces. But, as his efforts were not 

 appreciated by them, he returned home, where 

 he spent most of his time in studying the few 

 books he had at his command. His mother 

 intended to apprentice him to a tailor, but, 

 before sending him to work, she let him go to 

 Copenhagen to see a drama. The play made 

 such an impression upon him, that Hans, then 

 fourteen years old, resolved to be an actor. 

 As the manager would not engage him, he 

 went to work for a time with a carpenter. 

 Being soon again without occupation, he went 

 to the Royal Conservatory, where Prof. Siboni 

 received him kindly, and, recognizing his tal- 

 ents, had him instructed as a singer for the 

 stage. At the end of six months his voice 

 failed him, and his teacher advised him to re- 

 turn home and learn a trade. This he was too 

 ambitious to do, and so for one or two years 

 he struggled on, either as a member of a the- 

 atrical corps, or engaged in his studies. Dur- 

 ing this period he wrote some. tragedies, which, 

 however, met with no success. At this time, 

 when his prospects were so gloomy, a good 

 friend turned up for him in the person of Coun- 

 cilor Collin, who, seeing that he was clever 

 and fond of study, had him admitted, free of 

 charge, to the Royal College. Before this he 

 had written a poem, "The Dying Infant," 

 which was greatly praised. While at college 

 he wrote his first book, " A Journey on Foot 

 to Amack," which gained for him many 

 friends and great fame. Some volumes of 

 poems which followed greatly increased his 

 reputation. Aided by a royal . stipend, ob- 

 tained for him by some friends, he visited Italy 

 in 1833, and in the year following gave his im- 

 pressions of that country in his novel, the 

 " Improvisatore." This work, which has been 

 translated into almost all modern languages, is 

 considered one of the finest on the scenery 

 and manners of Southern Europe. He subse- 

 quently traveled considerably through Europe 

 and the East. His next novel, " O. T.," de- 

 scribed life in the North, and " Only a Fiddler " 

 presented some striking scenes from his youth. 

 Among his other works are "Fairy Tales," 

 "Picture Book without Pictures," "Travels 

 in the Hartz Mountains," "A Poet's Ba- 



zaar," " Ahasuerus," and " New Fairy Tales." 

 He published his works not only in Danish but 

 also in German. Of the second German edition 

 of his complete works, forty-six volumes had 

 appeared at the time of his death. An edi- 

 tion of " The Story of a Mother " in fifteen lan- 

 guages was published in Copenhagen in 1875. 

 A German edition of his "Fairy Tales," with 

 excellent illustrations by Richter, Pletsch, and 

 other artists (Leipsic, eleventh edition, 1874) 

 was published by Reuscher. His works have 

 been translated into English by Mary Howitt 

 and others. The first complete edition of his 

 works in English was published in New York 

 in 1870-'71, in 10 vols., 8vo. He has also writ- 

 ten one of his longest works, " The Two Bar- 

 onesses," in the English language. In 1845 he 

 received an annuity from the King, which placed 

 him in comfortable circumstances for the rest 

 of his life. In his old age he was greatly hon- 

 ored in his own land and abroad. Twenty 

 thousand crowns were subscribed in Denmark 

 for a monument for him. His fairy-tales have 

 been read by children of almost all nations, 

 and when, in 1874, it was said that the old 

 "tale-teller," as he called himself, was living 

 in straitened circumstances, the children of 

 America raised a considerable sum of money 

 to be sent him as a Christmas present. A 

 small part of this sum was reserved for the 

 purchase of a copy of " Picturesque America." 

 This present reached him on his seventieth 

 birthday, and gave him great pleasure. His 

 death was mourned not only in Denmark, but 

 wherever his works have been read. The day 

 of his funeral, Wednesday, August llth, was 

 made one of national mourning throughout 

 Denmark. In Copenhagen all business was 

 suspended and flags were placed at half-mast. 

 The King and other members of the royal 

 family, with the ministers and chief officers, 

 attended the funeral. Deputations from all 

 parts of the kingdom had arrived, while in the 

 cathedral were representatives of the public 

 bodies, the diplomatic corps, the faculty and 

 students of the university, and workmen's so- 

 cieties. Thus he died, loved and respected 

 by all. 



ANDREE, KAEL, an eminent German geog- 

 rapher, was born October 20, 1808; died 

 August 10, 1875. He studied in Jena, Ber- 

 lin, and Gottingen, and, being under suspi- 

 cion of having taken part in the revolution- 

 ary movements of the time, he could not ob- 

 tain an appointment as teacher. He there- 

 fore devoted himself to journalism, and was 

 successively editor of the Mainzer Zeitung, 

 the Kolnische Zeitung, the Bremer Zeitung, 

 and the Deutsche Reichszeitung. In 1858 he 

 was appointed consul of Chili for the king- 

 dom of Saxony, which position he retained 

 until 1869. His principal works are: "Nord- 

 amerika in geographischen und geschicht- 

 lichen Umrissen" (Brunswick, second edition, 

 1854); "Buenos Ayres und die argentinische 

 Republik" (Leipsic, 1856); " Geographische 



