Italy, 1543: died at Naples, 1607

An Italian architect. He erected obelisk near St. Peter's in 1586, and built the Later an Palace, Vatican Library, etc. Fontana, Lavinia. Born at Bologna, Italy, about 1542: died at Bologna, 1614. An Italian portrait-painter, daughter of Prospero Fontana. Fontana, Prospero. Born at Bologna, Italy, about 1512: died at Rome, 1597. An Italian painter. Fontanes (fon-tän'), Marquis Louis de. Born at Niort, France, March 6, 1757: died at Paris, March 17, 1821. A French politician and poet, made president of the Corps Législatif in 1804. His collected works were published in 1837. The chief importance of Fontanes in literature is derived not from any performances of his own, but from the fact that he was appointed intermediary between Napoleon and the men of letters of the time, and was able to exercise a good deal of useful patronage. Saints bury , French Lit., p. 401. Fontanges (fon-tonzh'), Duche e de (Marie Angélique de Scoraille de Rou ille). Born 1661: died at Paris, June 28, 1681. A mistre of Louis XIV. Font arabia. See Fuenterrabia . Henry Brooke in 1766. It was republished by Charles Kingsley in 1859. John Wesley "bowdlerized" the "Fool of Quality," striking out such pa ages as he did not like, and then published it during the author's lifetime as the "History of Harry, Earl of More land," which was long believed by the Wesley ans to be the work of the great John himself. Forsyth, Novels and Novelists of the 18th Cent., p. 171. Fool's Revenge, The. A tragedy by Tom Taylor, founded on Victor Hugo's play "Le roi s'amuse." It was produced in 1857. The opera "Rigoletto" is taken from the same source. Foota Jallon. See Futa Jallon. Foota Toro. See Futa Toro. Foote (fut), Andrew Hull, Born at New Haven, Conn., Sept. 12, 1806: died at New York, June 26, 1863. An American admiral, son of S. A. Foote. He captured the forts in 1856, and Fort Henry Feb. 6, 1862, and commanded the naval force at Fort Do nelson Feb. 14, 1862, and at the reduction of Island No. 10, March-April, 1862. Foote, Maria, Counte of Harrington. Born, probably at Plymouth, in 1797: died Dec. 27, 1867. An English actre , the daughter of a Samuel Foote who claimed descent from the famous actor. She was more celebrated for her per sonal charms than for her acting, and retired from the stage, after a somewhat notorious career, in 1831, on her marriage with Charles Stanhope, earl of Harrington. Foote, Mary (Hallock). Born at Milton, N.Y., Nov. 19, 1847. An American novelist and artist. She has lived since 1876 in California, Idaho, and Colorado; and her novels, illustrated by herself, are pictures of Western life and scenery. Among them are "The Led-Horse Claim,” “John Bodewin's Testimony," "Cœur d'Alène,' and "The Chosen Valley." Foote, Samuel. Born at Truro, England, 1720: died at Dover, England, Oct. 21, 1777. An English dramatist and actor. He first appeared on the stage in 1744. In 1747 he opened the Hay market Theatre with a mixed entertainment, in which he played Fondle wife in "The Carele Husband" (a farce taken from Congreve's "Old Bachelor"), and other parts, principally in "Diversions of the Morning," which he wrote and acted himself. His talent for mimicry was his chief gift, and he employed it upon prominent personages of the day in his satirical entertainments "Tea at 6:30," "Chocolate in Ireland," "An Auction of Pictures," etc. In 1776 he caricatured the notorious Duche of Kingston in the "Trip to Calais," an act which subjected him to much opposition and to an indictment. Among his plays are "The Knights" (1749), "Taste" (1752), "The English man in (1753), "The Paris (1) the English Returned from Parise Orators" (1762), "The Mayor of Garratt" (1763), "The Patron (1764), "The Commi ary" (1765), "The Devil upon Two Sticks" (1768), "The Lame Lover" (1770), "The Maid of Bath" (1771), "The Nabob" (1772), "The Bankrupt" (1773), "The Cozeners" (1774), "The Capuchin" (1776: an