Fürst, Dr

JULIUS, a learned Judaistic author, B. in Posen, 1805. Belonging to a Jewish family, he is one of the best read men of the present day in Hebrew and Rabbinical lore, as well as a proficient in Gentile cla ical literature. F. is Profe or of Hebrew, Syriac, and Talmud i cal literature at Leipzig University, and has written many learned treatises on subjects connected with the religion, literature, and history of his people. His chief works are the magnificent Hebrew Concordance (thick fol., 1,428 pp.), and his Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Hebrew Literati and Savans. Died in 1873. Fürstenberg, the name of several towns in Germany, none of them with a pop. above 2,500. 1 Fürstenwalde, a town of Pru ia, on the Spree, 30 m. S.E. of Berlin. Manuf. Woollens and linens, with an active river-trade. Fürth, ( foort ,) a town of Bavaria, in Middle Franc on i a, on the Regnitz, 5 m. N.W. of Nuremberg. The town is irregularly built, but contains many good houses. It has numerous factories of gla , mirrors, chandeliers, and fancy articles.