MARQUIS DE ASTOLPHE CUSTINE
\mɑːrkˈiː dəɹ ɐstˈɒlf kˈʌstiːn], \mɑːrkˈiː dəɹ ɐstˈɒlf kˈʌstiːn], \m_ɑː_r_k_ˈiː d_ə_ɹ ɐ_s_t_ˈɒ_l_f k_ˈʌ_s_t_iː_n]\
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A French novelist and writer of travels (1790-1857); born near Metz. He traveled in the British Isles, Switzerland, and Southern Italy (1811-22), and afterward in Spain and Russia. The results of his observations in Russia were of considerable importance, and were published in 4 vols., 1843. He wrote a tragedy, "Beatrice Cenci"; and some romances, among them "Aloysius, or the Monk of St. Bernard"; "Romuald, or the Vocation". His "Letters to Varnhagen von Ense and Rachel Varnhagen von Ense" were published in 1870.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.