Feste (fes'te)

In Shakspere's "Twelfth Night," ter who never smiles, never speaks in praise of any one, and never gives a direct answer. Olivia's clown. Ferrex and Porrex. See Gorboduc . Ferrier (fer'i-er), James Frederick. Born at Edinburgh, June 16, 1808: died at St. Andrews, June 11, 1864. A Scottish metaphysician. He studied at Edinburgh and Oxford, and was profe or of civil history at Edinburgh 1842, and of moral philosophy and political economy at St. Andrews 1845. He wrote "Institutes of Metaphysic" (1854), etc. His "Lectures on Greek Philosophy" were published posthumously (1866). Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone. Born at Edinburgh, Sept. 7, 1782: died there, Nov. 5, 1854. A Scottish novelist. She was the friend of Scott, whom she visited in 1811, 1829, and 1831. Her chief works are "Marriage," to which Mi Clavering, niece of the Duke of Argyll, contributed a few pages (1818), "The Inheritance" (1824), and "Destiny" (1831). Ferrières (fer-yar'). A village in the department of Seine-et-Marne, France, 13 miles east of Paris. It contains a château of the Rothschilds, the scene of an interview between Bismarck and Jules Favre, Sept., 1870. Ferro (fer'rō), Sp. Hierro (yer'rō). The westernmost of the Canary Islands, situated in lat. 27° 45′ N., long. 18° W. The conventional meridian of Ferro (a dividing line between the eastern and western hemispheres), used as the zero meridian by German, and for a time by Portuguese and Spanish, geographers, corresponds to long. 17° 40′ W. of Green wich. Area, 106 square miles. Population (1887), 5,897. Ferrol (fer-rōl'), El. A seaport in the province of Coruña, Spain, situated on the Bay of Betanzos in lat. 43° 29′ N., long. 8° 13' W. It is noted for its naval arsenal. It was unsucce fully attacked by the English in 1799, and was taken by the French in 1809. Population (1887), 25,701. Ferry (fe-re'), Jules. Born at St. Dié, Vosges, France, April 5, 1832: died at Paris, March 17, 1893. A French statesman. He was minister of public instruction 1879-80, premier 1880-81, minister of public instruction in 1882, and premier 1883-85, and was elected president of the Senate in 1893. His name is a ociated with the French policy of adventure in Africa and Asia. Fersen (fer's en), Axel, Comte de. Born at Stockholm, Sept. 4, 1755: murdered at Stockholm, June 20, 1810. A Swedish marshal. He accompanied Louis XVI. to Varennes in 1791. He was killed by the populace, on the (false) suspicion that he, with his sister, had caused the death of Prince Christian of Holstein-Aug us ten burg. Ferstel (fer's tel), He in rich von. Born at Vienna, July 7, 1828: died at Grinzing, near Vienna, July 14, 1883. An Austrian architect. Ferté-sous-Jouarre (fer-tā'sö-zhö-är′), La. A town in the department of Seine-et-Marne, France, on the Marne 36 miles east of Paris: noted for quarries. Population (1891), commune, 4,670.