The exact authorship of this celebrated book is something of a literary puzzle

Marguerite was a prolific author, if all the works which were published under her name be unhesitatingly ascribed to her. Besides the poems printed under the pretty title of "Les Marguerites de la Marguerite," she wrote many other works, and the "Hep tamer on," which was not given to the world until after her death (1558). The house of Valois was by no means des titute of literary talent. But that which seems most likely to be the Queen's genuine work hardly corresponds with the remarkable power shown in the "Hep tamer on." On the other hand, Marguerite for years maintained a literary court, in which all the most celebrated men of the time, notably Marot and Bona venture des Périers, held places. If it were allowable to decide literary questions simply by considerations of probability, there could be little hes i tation in a igning the entire "Hep tamer on" to Des Périers himself, and then its unfinished condition would be intelligible enough. The general opinion of critics, however, is that it was probably the result of the joint work of the Queen, of Des Périers, and of a good many other men, and probably some women, of letters. Saints bury , French Lit., p. 190. Hept a nom is (hep-tan'ō-mis). [Gr. Επτανομίς . ] In ancient geography, the part of Egypt ex tending from about lat. 27° N. to the commencement of the Delta: nearly equivalent to Middle Egypt.. The Hept a nom is, or region of the seven provinces or nomes, the northernmost part, is far broader and more productive than the Thebais, which takes its name from Thebes, the southernmost district. In the Hept a nom is, about seventy miles by the river above Cairo, on the western bank, stood the city of Hanes. The site is marked by the extensive mounds around the Arab village of Ahnás-elMedeeneh, 'Ahnás the capital,' a name probably preserving the remembrance that in earlier times this was the chief town of a province. Poole, Cities of Egypt, p. 37. Heptarchy (hep'tär-ki). [From Gr. ἑπτά , seven, and αρχή , rule.] Ä name formerly loosely given to the early English kingdoms prior to their consolidation. The number of them, however, was seldom exactly seven, and their union or confederation was partial and temporary. The chief kingdoms were Kent, We ex, Mercia, East Anglia, Deira and Bernicia (united Hept a teuch (hep'ta-tük). [From Gr. ἑπτά, seven, and τεῦχος , an implement, a book. The first seven books of the Old Testament. The last two (Joshua and Judges) contain the history of the Jews promised land under the theocratic government as Nor thumb ria), and Su ex. See England . Herbert, George nus, who in the partition of the conquered territories ob tained Argos; Proclusand Eurysthenes, who obtained Lace dæmon; and Cresphontes, who obtained Me enia. The invasion of the Peloponnesus by the Heraclidæ in alliance with the Dorians was commonly referred to as the return of the Heraclidæ. 2. A tragedy of Euripi des, exhibited about 420 B. C. "It celebrates the honourable conduct of Athens in protecting the suppliant children of Heracles, and her victory over the insolent Argive king Eurystheus, who invades Attica to recover the fugitives. The play was obviously intended as a political document, directed against the Argive party in Athens during the Peloponnesian war." Mahaffy. Her a clit us (her-a-klitus). [Gr. 'Ηράκλειτος.] Born at Ephesus, probably about 535 в. с.: died there, probably about 475 B. c. A celebrated Greek philosopher. Her a clit us. An elegiac poet of Halicarna us, a contemporary and friend of Call i mach us. Heraclius (her-a-kli'us). Born in Cappadocia, Asia Minor, about 575: died 641. Emperor of the East. He was the son of Heraclius, governor of Africa, and succeeded to the throne as the result of a conspiracy between his father and Crispus, the son-in-law of the emperor Phocas. In the early years of his reign the and the Persian strained the hard empire by the inroads of the Avars historically developed in the preceding five (the Pent a teuch). Hepworth (hep'werth), George Hughes. Born at Boston, Ma ., Feb. 4, 1833: died at New York, June 7, 1902. An American clergyman, lecturer, and writer. He was pastor of the Church of the Unity in Boston 1858-70, and of the Church of the Mes siah in New York city 1870-72, when he abandoned the Unitarian and entered the Presbyterian Church. He subsequently occupied the pulpit of the Church of the Disci ton the New ples, and eventually accepted an appointment on York "Herald." He wrote "The Whip, and Sword" (1864), "The Criminal, the Crime, the Penalty" (1865), etc. Hera, or Here (he'rä, -re). [Gr. "Ήρα, "Ἥρη.] In Greek mythology, the greatest feminine divinity of Olympus, queen of heaven, wife and sister of Zeus, and inferior in power to him alone. She was the type of virtuous womanhood, and of the wife and mother. In art she is represented as a majestic woman, fully clad in flowing draperies, characteristically with a crown on her brow, and bearing a long scepter. By the Romans Hera was early identified with their Juno, ori ginally a distinct divinity; and the Latin name is often incorrectly given to the Greek godde . Heraclea (her-a-klē'ä). [Gr. ' Ηράκλεια .] In ancient geography, a city of Magna Græcia, sit uated near the Gulf of Tarentum about lat. 40° 10′ N., long. 16° 41′ E., near the modern Policoro. It was a Tarentine colony, and was the scene of a victory of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, over the Romans 280 в. с. Heraclea, surnamed "Minoa” (Gr. Μίνωα ). In ancient geography, a city on the southern coast of Sicily, 18 miles west-northwest of Agrigen tum. Her a clean Tables (her-a-klēʼan tāʼblz), L.Tabulæ Heracleenses. Two fragmentary bronze tablets discovered near Heraclea in Magna Græcia about the middle of the 18th century, and preserved at Naples. They contain a Latin in scrip tion (a copy of Julia municipal is"), and also a much earlier Greek inscription. Heraclea Per in thus. See Per in thus . Heraclea Pontic a (pon'ti-kä). In ancient geography, a city in Bithynia, Asia Minor, situated on the Black Sea in lat. 41° 17′ N., long. 31° 25′ E.: the modern Bender Erekli. Heraclea Sintica (sin'ti-kä). In ancient geography, a town in Macedonia, situated about lat. 40° 54′ N., long. 23° 30′ E.: the modern