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Rh a wound that he received in the battle of the Wilderness. Louise was grailuated at Elrahurst aemleiuy. Providence, R. I., in 1879, and early con- tributed verses to the newspapers. Her publica- tions are "Songs at the Start" (Boston, 1844); "Goose-Quill Papers " (1885) ;" The White Sail, and other Poems (1887) ; " Brownies and Bogles " (1888) : " Monsieur Henry " (New York, 1892) ; " A Koadside Harp" (Boston, 1893); "A Little Eng- lish Gallery" (New York, 1894); ''Lovers' Saint Ruth's" (Boston, 1895); "Patrines" (1897); and "The Martyr's Idvl, and Shorter Poeuis " (1899). Miss Guiney has also edited Thomas William Par- son's translation of Dante (Boston, 1893) and James Clarence Mangan's poems (1897).

GUNN, Frederick William, educator, b. in Washington, Litchfield co., Conn.. 4 Oct., 1816; d. there, 10 Aug., 1881. He was graduated at Yale in ls;J7, taught in New Preston, Conn., and subse- quently in Towanda, Pu.. with Orville H. Piatt. In 18.'K) he established in Washington, Conn., the boy's boarding-school that is now known as the Gunnery. His unique methods and the homelike character of the admirable sch(X)l soon won it a wide reputa- tion, and he continued in its charge till his death. The school is described in Josiah G. Holland's novel entitled " Arthur Bonniciist le " as the " Bird's Nest," and also in William Hamilton Gibson's " .Snug Hamlet." See also " The Master of the Gunnery " (New York, 1884).

GUNSALUS, Frank Wakely, clergyman, b. ] at Chesterville, Ohio, 1 Jan., 1850, and w^as gnulu- , ated at the Wesleyan university of that stat« in June, 1875. He filled the pulpits of Congreea- ! tional churches in Columbus, Ohio, XewtcmviTle, Mass., Baltimore, and Chicago, where he was pas- tor of Plymouth church for ten years, resigning in 1897, owing to impaired health, accepting a call to Central church in March, 1899. He is an eloquent and popular preacher, has been president of Ar- mour institute of technology since 1893, and is the author of "The Transfiguration of ("hri.st" (Bos- ton. 1885); "Monk and Knight: An Historical Studv in Fiction" (Chicjtgo, 1891); " Phidias, and other Poems " (1893); " Songs of Night and Day " (1890); "Gladstone: The Man and his Work" (1898) ; " Metamorphosis of a Creed," " November at Eastwood," "Loose Leaves of Song," and " The Man of Galilee" (1899).

GUTIERREZ, Rafael Antonio (goo-te-a-reth), president of San Salvador, b. in San Salvador, 26 Jan., 1854. He devoted himself to military life and to agricultural pursuits, di.stinguishing himself as a soldier, and is now a general. He has acted an important part in politics, and suffered banish- ment ni Guatemala. When in 1894 the uprising against President Carlos Ezeta took place, Gutie- rrez was one of the lemiere. and after the triumph was elected president in 1894, which place he still holds. He lias endeavored to give a solution to the economical problems of his country, to im- prove the different branches of the administra- tion, and aided in the recent formation of the " Re- pi'iblica Mayor de Centro Ani'irica," of which San Salvador c<mstitutes a part.

'''GZOWSKI. Sir Casimlr Stanislaus,''' patriot, b. in St. Petersburg. 5 March, 1813; d. in Toronto, Canada, 24 Aug., 1898. He was the son of Count Gzowski, a Polish nobleman, who was an officer in the imjjerial guard. The son was graduated from the military engineering college a' Kremnitz. and entered the Itiissian army. When the disastrous rebellion against the tyranny of Constantine broke out young Gzowski, with the patriotism of his race, threw in his lot with the insurgents. He was pres- ent at the Polish triumph at Warsaw, and took part in the engagements which followed. He was several times wounded, and when the final catas- trophe came the division to which he was attached surrendered, the officers were imprisoned for sev- eral months, and were afterward exiled to the United States. After four years in this country, he moved to Toronto, where he resided up to the time of his death. Sir Casimir was the first presi- dent of the Society of Canailian civil engineers, and was also the first chairman of the Niagara Falls tiark commission. A fine bronze bust of him has been placed in Queen Victoria park, near Table rock. He also won considerable reputation in building the international bridge over the Niagara river. Sir Casimir Gzowski, who was among the most prominent men of Canada, was knighted in 1875, in recognition of " valuable services ren- dered to the Dominion of Canada."