Born at Paris, Jan

5, 1780: died Dec. 21, of the Bolognese school. He was a pupil of Calvaert, A French lady, wife of the chamberlain of Napoleon I., and an attendant of the empre Josephine. Her "Mémoires" on the court of Napoleon, etc., were published in 1879, and her "Lettres" in 1881. Rémus at, Comte François Marie Charles de. Born at Paris, March 14, 1797: died at Paris, June 6, 1875. A French politician and author, son of the Comte e de Rémus at. He was minister of the interior in 1840, and minister of foreign affairs 1871-73. He wrote various philosophical works, including "E ais de philosophie" (1842), "Abailard" (1845), "St. Anselme de Canterbury" (1853), "L'Angleterre au XVIIIe siècle" (1856), "Bacon, sa vie, son temps, sa philosophie" (1857), "His to ire de la philosophie en Angleterre" (1875), etc. Rémus at, Jean Pierre Abel. Born at Paris, Sept. 5, 1788: died June 3, 1832. A French Orientalist. He wrote "E ai sur la langue et la littérature chi noises", (1811), "Recherches sur les langues tartares" (1820), "Éléments de la grammaire chinoise" (1822), and other works on Chinese, etc. Rémy (rā-mē'), Jules. Born near Châlons-surMarne, Sept. 2, 1826: died Dec. 5, 1893. A French traveler and botanist. From 1851 to 1863 he traveled extensively in South and North America, the Pacific Islands, and Asia. Besides botanical memoirs he published many books on the countries visited by him: one of the best-known is "Voyage au pays des Mormons' (2 vols. 1860: an English translation 1860). Renaix (re-nā'). A manufacturing town in the province of East Flanders, Belgium, situated 34 miles west by south of Bru els. Popula tion (1890), 16,912. Renan (re-non'), Joseph Ernest. Born at Tréguier, Côtes-du-Nord, Jan. 27, 1823: died at Paris, P Oct. 2, 1892. A French philologist and historian. He was the acknowledged leader of the school of critical philosophy in France. His studies, begun in his native town, were completed in Paris. He was dis couraged in the study of theology by the barrenne of the scholastic method then in vogue, and broke sharply with the system. While making his living by teaching, he pur. sued his studies in comparative philology, and took, one after the other, his university degrees. His works published between 1850 and 1860 attracted much attention, especially for their style. They include his doctor's thesis religieuse" (1857), "De l'origine du langage" (1858), "Eson "Averroès et l'averroïsme" (1852), "Études d'his to ire sais de morale et de critique" (1859), etc. Soon after his return from a mi ion to the East (1861), Renan was called to the chair of Hebrew in the Collège de France; but, as he denied the divinity of Christ, he fell out with the clerical party, and was forced to resign his profe orship in 1864. The works he wrote about this time contributed perhaps in greatest measure to his reputation. Foremost among Reni (rane), Guido. Born at Bologna, Nov. 4, 1575: died there, Aug. 18, 1642. A noted painter and also of the Carracci. He went about 1608 to Rome, where he remained for twenty years. He was the rival of Caravaggio, and was opposed from jealousy by Annibale pupils at Rome and Bologna. He decorated the private chapel of the Palazzo Monte Cavallo at Rome, and at a later period executed the celebrated fresco of Aurora" in the Palazzo Rospigliosi. Among his works are "The Ma acre of the Innocents," "St. Sebastian," "Madonna dell a Pietà," and "Samson Victorious" at Bologna; the doubtful portrait of Be at rice Cenci at the Palazzo Barber in i, Rome; "Crucifixion of St. Peter" and "Madonna in Glory" (Vatican); several "Ecce Homos" at Bologna, Rome, Dresden, Paris, London, and other places; and numerous other paintings, many of them of sacred subjects. Rennell (ren'el), James. Born near Chudleigh, Devon, England, Dec. 3, 1742: died at London, March 29, 1830. An English geographer, in the service of the East India Company. His chief works are "Memoir of a Map of Hindu stan" (revised ed. 1793), "Bengal Atlas" (1781), "Geographical System of Hero dot us" (1800), "Topography