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 could hear, and was conscious of a great dread lest she should be buried alive. In four weeks she began to recover, and in time regained her health. She married, in 1791, Mr. Wolf, by whom she had nine children. She died, in 1820, at Smalcalden. Her poems and an account of her illness, were published by Dr. Wiss.  WOLF, MRS., actress, who, like her husband, immortalized herself on the stage, and, like him, enjoyed, during her lifetime, the most glorious triumph. She united to a tall figure, an expressive physiognomy, and a noble, dignified carriage. Her pliant organs of speech rendered her utterance very easy, and she had cultivated highly this part of her art. Thus she was peculiarly adapted to tragedy, in which she represented with success the first heroines. Instances of her characters are: Iphigenia, Stella, Mary Stuart. Queen Elizabeth; the Princess, in Schiller's "Bride of Messina;" Clara, in Goëthe's "Egmont;" Adhelheid, in Goëthe's "Tasso;" Eboli, in Schiller's "Don Carlos;" Sappho, in Grillparzer's drama of this name; and others. But she has also succeeded in cheerful and naif parts. Everywhere, she betrayed a deep study of her part, a true conception of the whole, and a delicate taste for poetical beauties; moreover, her gestures were animated by charming grace, and she knew how to transport the spectator in those moments which the poet had chosen for his peculiar triumphs. Her declamation was not to be excelled, and still did not appear at all like art; she was also able, by her costume, to beautify and call into existence the artificial character which she represented. Mr. and Mrs. Wolf were engaged at the theatre at Berlin; and the public though accustomed to Fleck and Zoffland, and Mrs. Bethmann, knew how to appreciate this rare couple, and rewarded them with those distinguished marks of approbation which they so richly deserved.  WOOD, JEAN, the daughter of the Rev. John Moncure, a Scotch clergyman of the Episcopal Church, who emigrated to America, and was the first progenitor of the numerous Virginia families bearing his name. He possessed considerable talents, which his third daughter, Jean, inherited. She was very intellectual, and highly gifted with poetical and musical genius. Of poetry, she has left some beautiful specimens, which it is in contemplation to publish, as they are sufficiently numerous to constitute a small volume, and well worth being put into such a form.

Though entirely self-taught, she played with taste and skill on the guitar, the piano, and the spinet, an instrument much in vogue in her day; indeed, so thoroughly did she make herself acquainted with it, that she has been known to employ her ingenuity very successfully in restoring an injured one to complete order and harmony; and such was her energy of character and perseverance in whatever she undertook, that when she had the misfortune to be overset in a carriage, and break her right wrist, she quickly learned to use her left hand in working, and even to write with it, not only legibly but neatly, and this when she was past sixty!

The early part of Mrs. Wood's life was tinged with romance. At seventeen, she reciprocated the ardent attachment of a young