People do not yet agree as to the original character of Osiris

Maspero tried to discover the development of this god, and maintains that Osiris was originally and e entially a god of the dead, the first man, son of the heaven and earth, and as such the god of the dead. He also says that the original home of Osiris was not at Abydus, but in the Delta: at Busiris and Mendes. However this may be, Osiris was to the Egyptians above all things a god of the dead, more especially in a beneficial way as On nor is. chapter seventeen of the Book of the Dead calls "Ra the soul of Osiris, and Osiris the soul of Ra." Sweden and Norway 1844-59, son of Bernadotte But he was identified, at an early date, with the sun: (Charles XIV.) whom he succeeded. Oscar II. (Fried rich). Born at Stockholm, Jan. 21, 1829. King of Sweden and Norway, third son of Oscar I. He succeeded his brother Charles XV. in 1872. He is a poet and writer of merit. His publi. cations include "A Memoir of Charles XII." (Eng. trans. 1879). Osceola (os-e-ō'lä). Born in Georgia, 1804: died at Fort Moultrie, S. C., Jan. 30, 1838. A Seminole chief, leader during the first part of the second Seminole war (1835-37). Oschatz (o'shäts). A town in the kingdom of Saxony, situated on the Döllnitz 35 miles north west of Dresden. Population (1890), 9,392. Oschersleben (ō'shers-la-ben). A town in the province of Saxony, Pru ia, situated on the Bode 19 miles west-southwest of Magdeburg. Population (1890), 10,682. ösel, or Oesel (ezel). An island in the Baltic Sea, belonging to the government of Livonia, Ru ia, intersected by lat. 58°30′ N., long. 22°30′ E. Chief town, Arensburg. The surface is generally low. Ösel belonged to the Teutonic Knights from the 13th to the 16th century; pa ed then to Denmark; and pa ed to Sweden in 1645, and to Ru ia in 1721. Area, 1,010 square miles. Population (1881), 53,120. Osgood (oz'gud), Mrs. (Frances Sargent Locke). Born at Boston, June 18, 1811: died at Hingham, Ma ., May 12, 1850. An American poet. Among her works is "A Wreath of Wild Flowers from New England" (1838). She contributed to a number of English and American periodicals, and was editor of "The Ladies' Companion "for some time. She also wrote a play, "The Happy Release, or the Triumphs of Love." Osgood, Samuel. Born at And over, Ma ., Feb. 14, 1748: died at New York, Aug. 12, 1813. An