Heyse

Paul, a German poet and novelist; born in Berlin, where his father was extraordinary Profe or of Philology, March 15, 18380. In_1852 he traveled in Switzerland and Italy, and two years later settled in Munich on the invitation of King Maximilian II. of Bavaria, who granted him a pension. He lived mainly in Munich afterward, devoted almost exclusively to literature. Heyse’s genius has found its most perfect expre ion in his numerous tales or novelettes (“ Nov ellen ”’), and in this department of literature he holds almost a unique place among German writers. His work throughout shows a rich imagination and great fertility in invention.. Heywood, Thomas, an English dramatist; born in Lincoln shire, about 1575. He lived in the reigns of Hlizabeth, James I., and Charles I, ad was educated at 3 He composed wholly or in part different plays. Of these only about 24 remain. He died about 1650. Hezekiah (Hizkiyah, generally Hizkiyahu, strength of Jehovah), the 12th, and one of the best of the Kings of Judah. He succeeded Ahaz about 726 B. C., when he was 25 years of age, and died about 698 B. c. He had no sooner mounted the throne than he initiated a system of reform, on the injunctions of Isaiah, and broke up the idolatrous customs into which the people had fallen during the life of his father. With patriotic zeal he a umed the aggre ive against the Philistines, and not only rewon the cities lost by his father, but dispo e ed them of most of their own. At this time-the King of Judah had a dangerous illne , which threatened serious complications, and the kingdom was in a difficult crisis, for the king had no heir, Mana eh not being born till long afterward. To the king’s anguish and prayer Isaiah was ordered to administer comfort and the promise of a fresh lease of life. Among the amba adors who came with letters and gifts to congratulate him on his recovery was the viceroy of Babylon, to whom he unfortunately, though from perfectly justifiable motives, displayed the royal treasures. For this he received a terrible rebuke, and he was told by Isaiah that from Babylon would come the ruin and captivity of Judah.