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graduated at Cambridge, entered Parliament 

 in 1852, and was appointed Solicitor-General 

 in October, 1863, and Attorney-General in 

 December, 1868. In November, 1871, he was 

 appointed a paid member of the Privy Coun- 

 cil. He wrote several law-books. 



Collin, Edvard, a Danish litterateur, born in 

 1808; died in Copenhagen, April 12, 1886. 

 He was a friend of Hans Christian Andersen, 

 and cultivated the friendship of all the leaders 

 of Danish literature. His death removed a 

 central figure from the literary and musical 

 world of Copenhagen. He was the author of 

 " Anonyms and Pseudonyms," and " Andersen 

 and the House of Collin." 



Collins, Frances, English author, died in Cam- 

 berley, Surrey, March 17, 1886. She was the 

 widow of Mortimer Collins, aided him in his 

 literary work, wrote two novels in conjunc- 

 tion with him, and after his death published 

 an account of his life in two volumes, entitled 

 "Mortimer Collins; his Letters and Friend- 

 ships " (1877). The same year she produced 

 the " Village Comedy," and edited two editions 

 of her husband's Aristophanic comedy, "The 

 British Birds." In 1878 she wrote a novel, 

 " You Play me False," and in 1879 edited a 

 selection of papers of her husband under the 

 title " Pen-Sketches by a Vanished Hand." A 

 further selection of his writings, entitled 

 " Thoughts in My Garden," was issued in 1880. 

 In connection with her cousin, Mr. Cotton, she 

 wrote a book for children, "Madge and her 

 Chicks," and in 1880, they also jointly pro- 

 duced "The Woodleighs of Amscote" (1881). 

 Her last novel, " A Broken Lily," appeared in 

 1882. She was a frequent contributor to news- 

 papers and magazines. 



Colomb, Lieutenant-General von, a German 

 cavalry-officer, nephew of Marshal Blilcher, 

 died at Cassel, Feb. 14, 1886. He distinguished 

 himself in the chief battles of 1866 and 1870. 

 In 1876 he published reminiscences of the 

 French war, and also an edition of the letters 

 written by Blucher between 1813 and 1815. 



Cook, Paul, President of the French Meth- 

 odist Conference, born in 1827; died in Paris, 

 May 2, 1886. He was one of the founders of 

 Methodism in France, and was considered the 

 author of French Sunday- schools. He took a 

 prominent part in all evangelistic agencies. 



Cooper, William White, an English oculist, died 

 in London in June, 1886. He was a member 

 of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1838, and 

 a Fellow of that body in 1845. He was sur- 

 geon oculist in ordinary to the Queen, and had 

 attended Her Majesty for upward of thirty 

 years. He was also ophthalmic surgeon and 

 lecturer at St. Mary's Hospital, senior surgeon 

 of the North London Eye Infirmary, consult- 

 ing surgeon of the Western Ophthalmic Hos- 

 pital and in the school for teaching the blind, 

 a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society, 

 and a member of the Pathological Society. 

 He was the author, among other works, of 

 " Wounds and Injuries of the Eye," " Near 



Sight, Aged Sight, and Impaired Vision," and 

 of contributions to various medical journals. 

 He was also editor of Prof. Owen's Hunterian 

 lectures on comparative anatomy. 



i'ornaro, Lieutenant Field - Marshal Baron 

 Louis, an Austro- Hungarian soldier, born in 

 Olmutz in 1830 ; died in Zara, April 6, 1886. 

 He was descended from the ancient Carnos 

 family of Venice, who gave three Doges to 

 the republic. In 1878 he was chief of the 

 staff to the army that invaded Bosnia, and in 

 1881 was made chief of the general staff of 

 the imperial army, and promoted to the rank 

 of lieutenant field -marshal. In December, 

 1885, he was appointed Governor of Dalmatia. 



Crampton, Sir John Fiennes Twistleton, an Eng- 

 lish diplomatist, born in Dublin in 1805 ; died, 

 Dec. 5, 1886. He was the son of an Irish sur- 

 geon, and was educated at Winchester, Eton, 

 and Trinity College, Dublin. He entered the 

 diplomatic service in 1826, was attached to 

 several legations, and was appointed in 1854 

 envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten- 

 tiary" to the United States. In May, 1856, 

 President Pierce refused to hold further official 

 intercourse with him on account of charges 

 brought against him that he had attempted to 

 enlist recruits in the States for the British 

 army, and he returned immediately to Eng- 

 land, but continued to hold the official position 

 till 1857. He served as minister plenipoten- 

 tiary at St. Petersburg in 1858, and Madrid 

 in 1860, and retired to private life in 1869. 



Crommelin, William Arden, an English soldier, 

 born in 1823 ; died in Brighton, England, Oct. 

 30, 1886. He entered the army in 1841, taking 

 part in the Sutlej campaign, for which he bore 

 a medal. He served also in the Punjaub in 

 1848-'49, and as chief engineer with Have- 

 lock's force on both passages of the Ganges 

 and in the relief of Lucknow. He bridged the 

 Ganges with slender means and in the face of 

 a superior enemy, and directed the mining op- 

 erations at Lucknow, -for which he was made 

 a Companion of the Bath, and rewarded with 

 brevet rank of major, and with the Lucknow 

 medal and clasp. In 1868 he was promoted to 

 a major-generalship, and in 1879 to a lieuten- 

 ant-generalcy. 



instance, William, a British soldier, born in 

 1811 ; died near Salisbury, Feb. 17, 1886. He 

 entered the service in 1831, became captain in 

 1838, major in 1851, and served with distinc- 

 tion in the Crimean War from August, 1855, 

 taking part in the battle of Tchernaya and the 

 siege of Sebastopol, for which services he re- 

 ceived the Turkish medal and the clasp, the 

 fifth class of the Order of the Medjidieh. At 

 the beginning of the Indian mutiny he was 

 promoted to a lieutenant-generalcy and com- 

 manded the carbineers. He commanded the 

 whole of the irregular forces at the storming 

 of Delhi, commanded the carbineers and Hod- 

 son's horse, and captured the fortress of Ka- 

 noun. He also surprised the infantry of Fur- 

 rucknuggur, capturing the Nawab, and par- 



