Gobang

A game played on a checkered board, usually having 256 squares, with 50 colored counters. Gobineau', de, JOSEPH ARTHUR, COMTE, diplomatist and author; born at Bordeaux, France, 1816; was secretary of legation at Berne (1851), and at succe ive periods Amba ador to Persia, Greece, Brazil and Sweden, retiring at his own request (1877). His contributions to literature include: Trois ans en Asie; His to ire des Perses; La Renai ance; Les Cousins d'Isis; and an epic poem. He made a special study of anthropology and philosophy. Died in 1882. Goblet (go- blā '), RENÉ, politician; born at Aire-surla-Lys, France, Nov. 26, 1828; studied law, and was one of the founders of a liberal newspaper under the empire, and was made procureur - général in the Court of Appeal in Amiens (1870). In the following year he resigned and was elected to the National A embly, where he distinguished himself as an orator; was Under Secretary of State for Justice (1879): Minister of the Interior (1882). On the downfall of M. de Freycinet's ministry (Dec. 1886), G. formed a cabinet and became premier; the question of the budget (May 17, 1887) was the cause of his overthrow. He was elected to the Senate in 1891. God'dard, ARABELLA, pianist, born of English parents at St. Malo, France, in 1836. At four years of age she performed a fantasia on themes from Mozart's Don Juan, and, after studying at Paris under Kalkbrenner, played before Queen Victoria at the age of eight. She finished her musical education under Thalberg, and made her first public appearance in 1850 at Her Majesty's Theater, London. Thereafter her career was one of uninterrupted brilliancy, she having performed with eclat in all the principal cities of Europe and America.