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9, 1803. Having returned to America in 1806, he built the steamboat Clermont, which began a succe ful trial trip from New York to Albany on the Hudson River, Aug. 11, 1807. This boat was followed by numerous river-steamers and ferry-boats built under his supervision. In 1815 he launched the war-steamer Fulton. He married in 1806 Harriet, daughter of Walter Livings ton, by whom he had four children. Fulvia (ful'vi-a). Died at Sicyon, Greece, 40 B. C. A Roman lady, wife of Clodius, then of Curio, and later of Mark Antony. She fomented a rising (the Perusine war) against Octavius, in 41 B. C., in order to draw Antony away from Egypt and Cleopatra. Fulvia. In Ben Jonson's " Cat i line," a vol up tuous wanton: a satire on the causes of Rome's degeneration. Furnivall Funeral of Atahualpa. A painting by the Peruvian artist Luis Montero. It represents the obsequies of the Inca sovereign at the moment when his wives rushed in lamenting his fate. The figures, both of Spaniards and Indians, are conceived and executed with great force. This painting was purchased by the Peruvian government for $20,000 and deposited in the national library, but was seized and sent to Santiago by the Chileans during the invasion of 1881. Funes (fö'nes), Gregorio. Born at Cordoba, 1749: died at Buenos Ayres, 1830. An Argentine historian. He was rector of the University of Cordoba and dean of the cathedral. As a theologian and pulpit orator he was widely known. His most important historical work is "Ensayo de la hist or i a civil del Paraguay, Buenos Ayres y Tucuman" (3 vols. 8vo, 1816). Fünfhaus (fünf hous). A suburb of Vienna, on the southwest. Population (1890), 44,162. Fünfkirchen (fünfkirch-en), Hung. Pécs (pach). The capital of the county of Baranya, Hungary, situated in lat. 46° 6' N., long. 18°13′ E. The cathedral is an impre ive Romanesque structure with four towers, lately restored. The place was occupied by the Turks from 1543 to 1686. It has several mosques. Population (1890), 34,067. Fung-hwang, Fêng-hwang (fung'hwäng'). [Chinese.] In Chinese mythology, a fabulous bird of good omen, said to appear when a sage is about to ascend the throne, or when right principles are about to triumph throughout the empire. It is usually called the Chinese phenix , but seems, from the descriptions of it found in books, to resemble the argus-pheasant. It has not appeared since the days of Confucius. It is frequently represented on Chinese and Japanese porcelains and other works of art. Fung is the name of the male bird, and hwang of the female. Fungoso (fung-go'sō). In Ben Jonson's "Every Man out of his Humour," the extravagant son of Sordido. He spends all he can wring out of his avaricious father in imitating the foppish Brisk. Fungus (fung'gus), Zachary. The principal character in Foote's "Commi ary." Foote played it himself. Funji (fön'jē). An African tribe occupying the south of Dar-Sennar, between the White Nile and Blue Nile, a wooded and well-watered mountain region. They appear on Egyptian inscriptions as Cushites, but have largely mixed with negroes. In the 16th century they formed a kingdom of their own, which lasted until the beginning of the 19th century. They trade in honey, gums, ivory, gold, tamarinds, and senna-leaves. Funk (fungk), Peter. A name given to a bogus bidder at auctions. He is employed to bid against an intending purchaser to raise the price. Furetière (für-tyar'), Antoine. Born at Paris about 1620: died there, May 14, 1688. A French lexicographer and man of letters. He wrote a dictionary of the French language (1694), "Poésies" (1666), "Fables" (1673), etc. Furia (anciently Fusia) gens (fū'ri-ä jenz). In ancient Rome, a patrician clan or house, supposed to have come from Tusculum. Its cog no mens were Aculeo, Bibaculus, Brocchus, Camillus, Cra ipes, Fusus, Luscus, Me dull in us, Pacilus, Philus, and Purpureo. Furiæ (fū'ri-ē). [L., 'the Furies.'] In Roman mythology, godde es adopted from the Erinyes (which see) of Greek mythology. Furidpur, or Fureedpur. See Faridpur . See Furioso. ratius or Neratius. Fumay (fü-ma'). A town in the department of Ardennes, France, on the Meuse 14 miles north of Mézières. Population (1891), commune, 5,065. Fumbina. See Adamawa . Funchal (fön-shäl'). A seaport and the capital of the island of Madeira, situated in lat. 32°38′ N., long. 16° 54′ W. It is a noted health-resort, and has a cathedral. Population, about 20,000. Fundy (fun'di), Bay of. An inlet of the Atlantic, lying between New Brunswick on the northwest and Nova Scotia on the southeast. It is divided near the eastern extremity into Chignecto Bay and Minas Channel and Basin. Its tides reach a height of from 60 to 70 feet. It receives the St. John and St. Croix. Length, about 170 miles. Width, 30 to 50 miles. Fünen (fü'nen), Dan. Fyen (fü'en). An island of Denmark, lying between the Great Belt on the east and the Little Belt on the west, and forming, with Lan gel and, Æröe, and other islands, the diocese (stift) of Fünen. Capital, Odense. Area of the island, 1,125 square miles; of the diocese, 1,333 square miles. Population of the diocese, 256,827. Funeral (fü'ne-ral), The, or Grief a-la-Mode. A comedy by Steele, produced in 1701, printed in 1702. Furioso, land for alone of the highest practicable Alpine pa es in Switzerland, situated on the frontier of Uri and Valais. It leads from An der matt (Uri) to the hotel Gletsch (Valais). Highest point, 7,992 feet. Furnace, The. See Fornax . Furneaux (fer-no') Islands. A group of islands between Australia and Tasmania, in Ba Strait. Furnes (fürn), Flem. Veurne (ver'ne). A town in the province of West Flanders, Belgium, 16 miles southwest of Ostend. It has several interesting old buildings. Population (1890), 5,577. Furne (fér'nes). A peninsula in Lancashire, England, situated between the Irish Sea and More cam be Bay. The extensive ruins of Furne Abbey are among the most picturesque of English medieval remains. A large part of the fine church survives almost complete except the vaulting, and there is a beautiful Early English chapter-house. The entrance to the ivy-draped cloisters is by three superb deeply rece ed Norman arches. Furne , Horace Howard. Born at Philadelphia, Nov. 2, 1833. An American Shaksperian scholar and legal writer. He is editing (1893) a variorum of Shakspere's plays, of which the following volumes have appeared: "Romeo and Juliet" (1871), "Macbeth" (1873), "Hamlet" (1877), "Lear” (1880), "Othello" (1886), "The Merchant of Venice" (1888), "As you Like it" (1890), "The Tempest" (1892). Furnivall (fer'ni-val), Frederick James. Born at Egham, Surrey, England, Feb. 4, 1825. A noted English philologist. He studied at Cam The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names Furnivall bridge, where he graduated M. A. in 1849. He founded the Early English Text Society (1864), Chaucer Society, Ballad Society (1868), New Shakspere Society (1873), Brown ing Society (1881), Wyclif Society (1882), and Shelley Society (1885). He has edited a number of Early English and other works, including Walter Map's "Quest del Saint Graal," Harrison's "Description of England" (1577-87), Stubbes's "Anatomy of Abuses" (1583), a number of works for the Early English Text Society and other societies; also the "Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in seven parts (1868-75). (See Canterbury Tales .) He has also written an introduction to the Leopold Shakspere, describing the plays and discu ing their chronological order, is editing (1893) the facsimile quartos of Shakspere's plays. He is noted as an oarsman. man. He built the first narrow wager-boats in England in 1845. He also intro duced sculls instead of oars in the fours and eights, and himself rowed in the earliest winning crews. Furor (fu rộr). In Spenser's "Faerie Queene," a madman, typifying wrath. He is the son of a wretched hag, Occasion. To tame the son the mother had to be subdued. Fursch-Madi (försh'mä'dē), Emma. Born near Bayonne, France, 1849: died at Warrenville, N. J., Sept. 20, 1894. A French mezzo soprano singer. She first appeared in opera at Paris in 1870, and came to the United States in 1882. From 1891 she took charge of the vocal cla es at the New York College of Music. Her last appearance was in New York Feb. 6, 1894. Fürst (fürst), Julius. Born at Zerkowo, Posen, Pru ia, May 12, 1805: died at Leipsic, sic, Feb. 9, 1873. A German Orientalist, Orientalist, of Hebrew descent, profe or at Leipsic from 1864. His works include "Concordant iæ librorum sacrorum Veteris Testament i" (1837-40), "Hebräisches und chaldäisches Handwörterbuch" (1857-61), "Kultur und Litteraturgeschichte der Juden in Asien" (1849). 417 with Uruguay was adjusted, and the war with Paraguay commenced. Fürth (fürt). A town in Middle Franc on i a, Bavaria, situated at the point where the Red- nitz and Pegnitz unite to form the Regnitz, 4 miles northwest of Nuremberg. It manufactures (1890), 43,206. Nuremberg wares, mirrors, and gold-leaf. Population Further India. See India , Further . Fyzabad the southern part of Sene gambia, western Africa, situated about lat. 10°-12° N., long. 11o13o W. The capital is Timbo. It has been under French protection since 1881. Compare Fulah . Futa-Toro (fö'tä-tōrō). A territory in the northern part of Sene gambia, situated south of the Senegal about lat. 15°-16° N., annexed in part by France in 1860. Compare Fulah . Futteh Ali. See Feth Ali . Furtwangen (fört'väng-en). A town in Baden, Futtehpur. See Fathipur . 17 miles east-northeast of Freiburg. It manu- factures clocks. Population (1890), 4,202. Furud. See Phurud . Fury and Hecla Strait. [Named by Parry, the discoverer (1823), from his ships Fury and Hecla.] A sea pa age in the Arctic regions, It connects Boothia Gulf on the west with Fox Channel situated about lat. 70° N., long. 80°-86° W. on the east, and separates Cock burn Land on the north from Melville Peninsula on the south. Fusan (fö-sän'). A seaport in the southeast- ern part of Korea. It is open to foreign trade (which is mainly in Japanese hands). Fusaro (fö-särō), Lago del. A small lake near the ancient Cumæ, in Italy, one of the ancient lakes called A cher us i a Palus. It is noted for its oysters. Fusberta (föz-ber'tä). The name of Rinaldo's sword in Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso." Fusbos (fus'bos). In Rhodes's burlesque opera "Bombastes Furioso," the minister of state. He kills Bombastes, who has killed all the other characters. Fuscaldo (fös-käl'do). A small town in the province of Cosenza, Italy, 16 miles northwest Fürstenberg (fürs'ten-berg). A German media- tized principality in southern Baden, southern Würtemberg, and Hohenzollern-Sig mar in gen. of Cosenza. The town of Fürstenberg, the ancient seat of the Fürsten- berg family, is situated 15 miles north of Schaffhausen. Fürstenberg. A German noble family in West- phalia and Rhine land: so called from the castle of Fürstenberg on the Ruhr. Fürstenbund (fürsten-bönt). See League of the German Princes. Fürstenwalde (fürs'ten-väl-de). A town in the province of Brandenburg, Pru ia, situated on the Spree 31 miles southeast of Berlin. Population (1890), 12,775. Furtado (för-täʼdộ), Francisco José. Born Oeiras, Piauhy, Aug. 13, 1818: died at Rio de Janeiro, June 23, 1870. A Brazilian statesman. He distinguished himself as an advocate and judge, was elected deputy in 1847, and repeatedly reëlected, becoming one of the leaders of the liberal party. From 1857 to 1859 he was president of the new province of Amazon as; minis ter of justice 1862; senator from 1864; and from Aug., 1864, Fuseli (fū'ze-li), originally Fü l i (füs'lē), John Henry. Born at Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 7, 1741: died at Putney, near London, April 16, 1825. A Swi -English painter and art critic. Fusi-yam a. See Fuji - san . Fü en (füs's en). [In the middle ages Fauces or Fuozzin .] A small town in Swabia, Bavaria, sit- uated on the Lech 58 miles southwest of Munich. By the treaty of Fü en, April 22, 1745, Maximilian Joseph, elector of Bavaria, renounced all claims to the inheritance of Maria The res a. Population (1890), 2,989. Fust (föst), or Faust (foust), Johann. Died probably at Paris in 1466 or 1467. A German printer. He was the partner of Gutenberg from about 1450 to 1455. In the latter year the partnership solved, and Fust obtained po e ion of the printing-pre constructed by Gutenberg. He continued the busine with his son-in-law Peter Schöffer. Fustian. See Sylvester Dagger wood . Futtigarh. See Fathigarh . Futurity Race, The. A race run on the first day of the fall meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay, Long Island: a sweepstakes for two-year-olds. Fux (föks), Johann Joseph. Born at Hirtenfeld, near Gratz, Styria, 1660: died at Vienna, Feb. 13, 1741. A German composer and writer on music. The greater part of his compositions, 405 of which are still in existence, are in copy or autograph in the Imperial Library, Vienna. He published "Concentus musico-instrumental is" (1701), "Mi a canonic a" (1718), "Gradus ad Parna um" (1725), etc. Fuzuli. See the extract. Up to this time all Ottoman writings had been more or le rugged and unpolished; but in the reign of Selim's son, Suleyman I. (1520-1566), a new era began. Two great poets, Fuzuli and Baki, make their appearance about the same time: the one in the east, the other in the west, of the now far-extending empire. Fuzuli of Baghdad, one of the four great poets of the old Turkish school, is the first writer of real eminence who rose in the Ottoman dominions. None of his predece ors in any way approaches him; and although his work is in the Persian style and taste, he is no servile copier; on the contrary, he struck out for himself a new path, one hitherto untrodden by either Turk or Persian. His chief characteristic is an intense and pa ionate earnestne , which sometimes betrays him into extravagances; and although few Turkish poets are in one way more artificial than he, few seem to speak more directly from the heart. His best-known works consist of his "Divan," or collection of ghazels, and a poem on the loves of Leyli and Mejnun; he has besides some prose writings, which are hardly inferior to his verse. Poole , Story of Turkey, p. 312. Fyffe (fif), Charles Alan. Born at Black- heath, Kent, Dec., 1845: died Feb. 19, 1892. An English lawyer and historian. His most im- portant work is a "History of Modern Europe" (1880-90). Fyne (fin), Loch. An inlet of the Atlantic in Argylls hire, Scotland, extending 40 miles north- ward and northeastward from the Sound of Bute. Width, from 1 to 5 miles. It is famous for its herrings. Also Lochfyne. Fyt (fit), Jan. Born at Antwerp, March, 1611: died there, Sept. 11, 1661. A Dutch painter of animals and game. to May, 1865, premier. During this period the dispute Futa Jallon (fötä zhä-lon'). A territory in Fyzabad. See Faizabad . IMG:content-0439.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0440.png:[ocr errors][ocr errors] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names G paleontologist. aál (go'äl), Jozsef. Born at Nagy-Károly, Hungary, Dec. 12, 1811: died at Budapest, Feb. 28, 1866. A Hungarian dramatist and novelist. Gabb (gab), William More. Born at Philadelphia, Jan. 16, 1839: died there, May 30, 1878. A geologist and From 1862 to 1865 he was paleontolo. gist of the California Geological Survey. He explored Santo Domingo 1869-72, in the interests of a mining company, and subsequently made an extended geographical and topographical survey of Costa Rica for the government of that republic. He published various papers on Cretaceous and Tertiary invertebrates, and on Santo Domingo and Central America. IMG:content-0442.png:[blocks in formation] Gabelentz (gä'be-lents), Hans Conon von der. Born at Altenburg, Germany, Oct. 13, 1807: died near Triptis, Saxe-Weimar, Germany, Sept. 3, 1874. A German philologist and politician. He wrote "Elements de grande838 "Die me lanes is chen Sprachen" (1860), and other works on Oriental languages. by Albert the Great, Thomas A quinas, Giordano Bruno, and others. He also wrote an ethical work, "Introduction for the Attaining of Good Habits of the Soul" ("Tikun Midoth ha-Nefesh"), and a collection of proverbs ("Selection of Pearls," "Mibhar ha-Peninîm"). Gablenz (gäʼblentz), Ludwig Karl Wilhelm, Freiherr von. Born at Jena, July 19, 1814: died at Zurich, Jan. 28, 1874. An Austrian general. He entered the Austrian army in 1833; served under Windischgrätz and Schlick in Hungary 1848-49; became major-general in the army of occupation in the Danubian principalities in 1854; commanded a brigade at the battle Solferintei 1859 commanded the austrians in the war of Austria and Pru ia against Denmark in 1864; became governor of Holstein in 1865; commanded an army corps at Trautenau June 27 and 28, and at Königgrätz July 3, in the Austro-Pru ian war in 1866. He committed sui cide in a fit of despondency brought on by financial diff i culties. Gabler (gä'bler), Georg Andreas. Born at Altdorf, Bavaria, July 30, 1786: died at Teplitz, Bohemia, Sept. 13, 1853. A German philosopher, son of J. P. Gabler: a disciple of Hegel, and his succe or in Berlin. Gabler, Johann Philipp. Born at Frankfort on-the-Main, on-the-M June 4, 1753: died at Jena, Germany, Feb. 17, 1826. A German rationalistic theologian, profe o profe or of theology at Jena from 1804. He edited Eichhorn's "Urgeschichte" (1790-93), etc. Gablonz (gä'blōnts). A town in Bohemia, situ Grammatik" (1881), etc. Scottish ballad traditionally ascribed, though without evidence, to James V. The gaberlunzie (or gaberlunyie) was a wallet or bag, and the man was a wandering beggar or tinker who carried the wallet.