Beowulf

an Anglo-Saxon epic, the only manuscript of which belongs to the 8th or 9th century, and is in the Cotton i an Library (British Museum). The poem, which is the longest and most important in Anglo-Saxon literature, is in many points obscure, and the manuscript is somewhat imperfect. Béranger, Pierre Jean de, the national poet of France; born in Paris, Aug. 19, 1780. He died in Paris, July 16, 1857, and received the honor of a public funeral, at which the most eminent men in France, both of the world of literature and politics, attended. Béraud, Jean, a painter of great et. born in St. Petersburg, of rench parentage, in 1845. His subjects are usually chosen from Paris i an life. His latest works have been modernized scenes from the New Testament.