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which his father, Samuel Wood, an English 

 Quaker, had established, and the house soon 

 secured a reputation among medical men by 

 its publication of medical works. He es- 

 tablished the Medical Record and the Ameri- 

 can Journal of Obstetrics, and was also one of 

 the founders and original directors of the Mer- 

 cantile Library. He retired from business in 

 1868. 



WOODBEIDGE, Rev. JONATHAN EDWARDS, 



died in Hartford, Conn., November 18th, aged 

 75 years. He graduated at Williams College 

 in 1822, was at one time connected with La 

 Salle Seminary at Auburndale, Mass., and 

 formerly editor of the Boston Recorder, a Con- 

 gregational organ. 



WTOKOFF, Dr. WM. H., died in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., November 2d. He was born in New 

 York, September 10, 1807, and graduated at 

 Union College in 1828. He was the principal 

 of the classical department of a collegiate school 

 in New York City, and his successive partner- 

 ships in school management had the names of 

 Wyckoff & Band, and Forrest & Wyckoff. 

 From 1839 to 1846 he was the editor of the 

 Baptist Advocate (now the Examiner and Chron- 

 icle), a paper of great denominational influence, 

 and of which he was the founder. In 1846 he 

 was ordained by the Laight Street Baptist 

 Church. For many years he was President of 

 the Young Men's City Bible Society, of the 

 Baptist Domestic Mission Society, a member of 

 the American Sunday-School Union, an origi- 

 nator of the American and Foreign Bible So- 

 ciety in 1835, and its corresponding secretary 

 from 1846 to 1850. In the latter year he aided 

 in founding the American Bible Union, of 

 which he was the secretary. He published 

 " The Bible Question, or the American Bible 

 Society and the Baptists ; " " The Bible, its 

 Excellence ; " " The Bible Primer ; " " The 

 Early Guide to Knowledge ; " " Rollin's An- 

 cient History Condensed , " and a popular 

 " Scripture School Reader," of which Rev. Dr. 

 Everts was joint author. He received the de- 

 gree of LL. D., and he possessed unusual lin- 

 guistic and literary acquirements. 



WYLIE, ROBERT, a well-known American 

 painter, died at Pont-Aven, France, February 

 4th. In 1872 he received a medal at the Paris 

 Salon. 



OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. ABDT, Sir THOMAS 

 NEVILLE, Bart., born December 21, 1810;. died 

 July 20, 1877. He was an unsuccessful candi- 

 date for Maiden in 1841, but represented Lyme 

 Regis in the House of Commons from 1847 to 

 1852. He was created a baronet in 1849, and 

 is succeeded by his oldest son, Sir William Nev- 

 ille, born in 1844. 



ACHTERFELDT, JonANN IlEiNRioH, a German 

 theologian, born June 17, 1788 ; died May 4, 

 1877. He studied theology in Cologne and 

 Miinster, was ordained as preacher in 1813, and 

 in 1817 was appointed Professor of Theology in 

 Braunsberg, where he remained until 1876. 

 In that year he received a call to Bonn, and 



there published the " Christkatholische Dog- 

 matik " of Prof. Hermes, to whose most ardent 

 followers he belonged. In consequence of this 

 publication he was eventually removed from 

 his position in Bonn. 



ADAM, EDMOND, a French Senator, born in 

 1816 ; died June 21, 1877. In 1848 he was ap- 

 pointed a member of the Council of State, but 

 resigned in December, 1851. In October, 1870, 

 he was for a short time prefect of police, and 

 in 1871 was elected to the National Assembly 

 from the department of the Seine. In 1875 

 he was elected a Senator for life by the Na- 

 tional Assembly, by 315 votes. Both in the 

 Assembly and in the Senate he acted with the 

 Extreme Left. 



ALBUFRA, Louis NAPOLEON SACHET, Due do, 

 a French Bonapartist politician, born May 28, 

 1813; died July 22, 1877. He entered the 

 army in his youth, sat in the French Parlia- 

 ment as a peer of France from 1838 to 1848, 

 was a member of the Corps Legislatif under 

 the Empire, and in 1870 was a prime mover in 

 bringing about the favorable result of the ple- 

 biscite. He was one of the founders of the 

 Suez Canal Company and other similar enter- 

 prises. 



ALENCAR, JOSE MARTINIANO DE, a distin- 

 guished Brazilian, died in Rio de Janeiro, De- 

 cember 12, 1877, at the age of 48 years. He 

 was the son of a priest, and was born in Ceara. 

 He displayed great talents from early youth. 

 Having completed his law studies at Sao Paulo 

 with distinction, he settled in Rio, and became 

 a frequent contributor to the journals of that 

 city. He also wrote various dramas, poems,' 

 and romances, some of which, such as his poem 

 of " Iracema," and his romances of " The 

 Guarany " and " Urabijara," all founded on 

 Indian legends of Brazil, rank among the fin- 

 est literary productions of the country. In 

 1868 he was elected deputy for Ceara as a Con- 

 servative, and entered the Cabinet as Minister 

 of Justice. Two years later, when a candidate 

 for Senator from Ceara, ho was returned as 

 one of the triple list, but was not appointed 

 by the Emperor. He thereupon resigned, went 

 into opposition to the Government, and dis- 

 played much hostility to the Emperor. From 

 this time forward, with the exception of one 

 session, he continued in opposition, speaking 

 rarely, but with great ability and acceptance. 



ALEXANDER, Grand-Duke of Russia, born 

 August 81, 1875 ; died April 16, 1877. Ho was 

 the son of Grand-Duke Vladimir, the second 

 son of the Emperor Alexander. 



AI.LARD, NELZIR, a French general, born 

 October 27, 1798; died October 26, 1877. He 

 was educated at the Polytechnic School, and 

 while yet a mere boy took part in the defense 

 of Paris against the allies. In 1825 he was 

 promoted to a captaincy. During the Algerian 

 campaigns he was distinguished for his gallant 

 conduct, and became aide-de-camp to General 

 Balaze, and was subequ ntly engaged on the 

 fortifications of Paris. Ho was created gen- 



