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OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. (ELISABETH FAUCIT.) 



versity of Jena, and subsequently Professor of 

 Egyption Archaeology there. In 1870 he was called 

 to the professorship of Egyptology at the University 

 of Leipsic, and he remained there until his retire- 

 ment in 1889. He was already famous for his 

 thesis " On the Twenty-sixth Egyptian Dynasty," 

 " Egypt and the Book of Moses,'' and " Scientific 

 Journey to Egypt," which latter book appeared 

 ________________ in 1869-'70, and 



to these works his 

 elevation to the 

 Leipsic chair was 

 due. In 1872-73 

 he made another 

 journey to Egypt, 

 and among other 

 discoveries made 

 by him at this 

 time was that of 

 the scroll since 

 called the " Papy- 

 rus Ebers." In 

 1876 an attack of 

 paralysis prevent- 

 ed him from walk- 

 ing, and he then 

 turned his atten- 

 tion to the field of 

 historical novel writing, which in 1864 he had essayed 

 by the publication of "An Egyptian Princess." 

 " Uarda : A Romance of Ancient Egypt," appeared 

 in 1877 and was immediately popular, being trans- 

 lated into English, as were a number of his subse- 

 quent works, by Clara Bell. His later novels were 

 " Homo Sum " '(1878) ; " The Sisters " (1880) ; " The 

 Emperor and the Burgomaster's Wife " (1881) ; 

 " Only a Word " (1883) ; " Lempis " (1885) ; " Mar- 

 gery " (1889) ; " Per Aspera " (1892) ; " Cleopatra " 

 (1894) ; " In the Fire of the Forge " (1895) ; " In the 

 Blue Pike" (1896); "Barbara Blomberg" (1897); 

 and " Arachne " (1898). Among his other works 

 are " Papyrus E : A Hieratic Manual of Egyptian 

 Medicine'" (1872); "Through Goshen to Sinai" 

 (1872); "Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Pic- 

 turesque " (1878) ; "Palestine: Descriptive, Histor- 

 ical, and Picturesque," with Guthe (1881) ; " Lorenz 

 Alma-Tadema : His Life and Work " (1886) ; and 

 " The Story of my Life." an autobiography (1893). 

 Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, born in Possen- 

 hofen, Bavaria, Dec. 24, 1837; died in Geneva, 

 Switzerland, Sept. 10, 1898. She was the daughter 

 of Duke Maximilian Josef of Bavaria, who super- 

 vised her education in the Schloss on the Lake of 

 Starnberg, and had her trained in riding and swim- 

 ming as well as in literary and artistic knowledge. 

 Her cousin, the Emperor Franz Josef, fell in love 

 with her while visiting her parents, and on April 

 24, 1854, they were married. The young Empress- 

 Queen, who with the Emperor was crowned with 

 the insignia of St. Stephen when the inauguration 

 of the dual system was solemnized, made herself 

 liked by the Hungarian as well as the Austrian 

 people, but did not win easily some of the envious 

 cliques of the court, who were taught in the end to 

 admire and respect her by the exercise of her social 

 talents. The constitutional compromise of 1867. by 

 which the ancient liberties of Hungary were revived, 

 was in a measure brought about by her influence. 

 She was strongly attached to her family, the ancient 

 house of Wittelsbach, and grieved at the deposition 

 of her sister, the last Queen of the Two Sicilies, and 

 was much affected by the tragic death of King Lud- 

 wig of Bavaria, and had other sorrows to endure be- 

 fore she was stricken with the crowning grief, the 

 death of all her hopes, through the violent and mys- 

 terious end of her only son, the Crown-Prince Rudolf. 

 Glad before to escape from the irksome formalism 



of the court, and fond of roving to the hunting 

 fields of England and Ireland, or in pedestrian 

 tours in the Alpine country, or wherever she could 

 find delight in art and nature and healthful pleas- 

 ures, she became henceforth a wanderer and an 

 exile from the scenes that recalled the terrible 

 blow. When her sister, the Duchess d'Alengon, 

 perished by fire in 1897, she was once more plunged 

 in sorrow. The culmination of all the series of 

 tragedies was her own death by the hand of an 

 assassin, an Italian anarchist. Her dauntless cour- 

 age, which she had displayed in many an emer- 

 gency, did not desert her in the final scene. The 

 Empress Elisabeth had a refined literary taste, 

 delighting especially in the poetry of Heinrich 

 Heine, Alfred de Musset, and Lord Byron, and also 

 in painting and sculpture, with which she filled her 

 summer palace in Corfu. She spent large sums in 

 charity, and was accustomed to go privately among 

 the poor and minister to their wants personally. 



Eybesfeld, Baron Conrad yon, an Austrian 

 statesman, born in 1831 ; died in Gratz in July, 

 1898. He belonged to the group of Count Hohen- 

 wart, which was favorable to Federalism and the 

 national aspirations of the Slavs, and the Clerical 

 principles of the Germans of the Alps. In ques- 

 tions of the Church and the schools he defended 

 the Clerical standpoint with warmth, and in 1888 

 he was made Minister of Public Instruction and 

 Worship in the Cabinet of Count Taaffe. After 

 the fall of the ministry in 1885 he withdrew from 

 public affairs, though remaining a member of the 

 Chamber of Peers. 



Fabre, Ferdinand, a French novelist, born in 

 Bedarieux, Herault, in 1830; died Feb. 16, 1898. 

 He was originally destined for the priesthood, but 

 preferred a literary career, and won a reputation 

 by his scenes from clerical life and rural romances. 

 His best works were " Courbezon," "Julien Savi- 

 gnac," " L'Abbe Tigrane," " Le Chevrier," " La Petite 

 Mere," "Mon Oncle Celestin," "Le Roi Ramiiv." 

 " Madame Fuster," " Ma Vocation," " Un Illumine," 

 " Raviere," and " Sylviane." 



Faucit, Helena, Lady Martin, actress, born in 

 London, England, Oct. 11, 1819; died in Bryntv 

 Silis, near Llangollen, Wales, Oct. 31, 1898. ' She 

 was the daughter of John Saville Faucit, a well- 

 known actor of his time, and was known of late 

 years as Lady Martin from her marriage to Sir 

 Theodore Martin. From the fact that her parents 

 and other members of her immediate family were 

 actors, it came about that she made her first public 

 appearance on the stage at a very early age. In 

 November, 1833, her elder sister Harriet was play- 

 ing at the Theater Royal, Richmond, Surrey, and 

 one day Helen and she were rehearsing the balcony 

 scene of " Romeo and Juliet," with Helen as Juliet, 

 when Willis Jones, manager of the theater, acci- 

 dentally overheard the impromptu effort of the 

 young girl. He was so pleased that he induced 

 her parents to consent to her playing with him. 

 She played Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet,'' Mariana 

 in "The Wife," and Mrs. Haller in " The Stranger," 

 with considerable success, but was withdrawn by 

 her parents after these three performances ami 

 placed under the professional tutelage of Percy 

 Farren, brother of William Farren. the elder, with 

 the intention that at a later date she should enter 

 formally upon the dramatic calling. This she did 

 with instant and great success at the Theater Royal. 

 Covent Garden, London, Tuesday, Jan. 5. is:!(i. a-- 

 Julia in Sheridan Knowles's play " The Hunchback," 

 Mr. Knowles playing the part of Master Walter and 

 Mr. Charles Kem'ble that of Sir Thomas ( Iliflord, th 

 original performers of the same parts in the first 

 production of the play in 1832. On Wednesday the 

 play was announced for that night, Friday, and 



