HANS WACHENHUSEN
\hˈanz wˈaʃənhjˌuːsən], \hˈanz wˈaʃənhjˌuːsən], \h_ˈa_n_z w_ˈa_ʃ_ə_n_h_j_ˌuː_s_ə_n]\
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A German miscellaneous writer; born at Treves, January, 1, 1823; died at Marburg, March 23, 1898. He wrote: "The New Paris" (1855); "Pictures of Travel in Spain" (1857); "Journal of the Austro-Italian War" (1859); "Crescent and Double Eagle" (1860); "Rome and Sahara", a novel (3d ed. 1867); "Paris Photographs" (1868); "The Poor Egyptian Man" (1871). Among his stories are: "The Heart's Golgotha"; "Only a Woman"; "A Woman's Guilt".
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.