D'Alviella, Count Goblet

b. in Bru els, Aug. 10, 1846; educated at the University of Bru els, 1865-69; became " conseiller provincial in Brabant, 1872; member of Parliament, 1878 profe or of the history of religion in the University of Bru els, 1884. He has received from this university doctorates in political and administrative science 1866, in law 1869, and in philosophy and letters 1884. His theological standpoint is that of "Free Religion." He accompanied the Prince of Wales in India as special correspondent of the Inde'pen dance Beige (1875-76). He has written L'e'tabli ement des Cobourg en Portugal, Bru els, 1869; De's armer ou De'choir (" ouvrage couronne par la Ligue de la Paix "), Paris, 1871 Sahara et Laponie, 1873, 2d ed. 1876 (English trans, by Mrs. Cashel Hoey, Sahara and Lapland, London, 1874); Le catholic is me liberal aujourd'hui et autrefois, Bru els, 1875; Inde et Himalaya, Paris, 1877, 2d ed. 1880; Parlie perdue, 1877; Souvenirs d'un voyage dans VAtlantique, Verviers, 1881; De la ne'ce ite d'introduire I'his to ire des Religions dans notre ens eigne ment public, Bru els, 1882; Harrison contre Spencer, etude sur la valeur religieuse de I'lnconnai able, Paris, 1884; L 'evolution religieuse contempo raine chez les Anglais, les Ame'ricains et les Hindous, 1884 (English trans, by Rev. J. Hoden, The Contemporary Evolution of Religious Thought in England, America, and India, New York, 1885). Besides these he has written articles upon the history of religion in the Revue des Deux Mondes, Revue de Belgique, Revue de UHistoire des Religions, etc.