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 HERULI [ERULI, or Ernli, a German tribe, which in latter part of the 3d century appeared on the shores of the Euxine, having joined the Goths in their invasion of the Danubian prov- inces of the Roman empire. They were after- ward conquered by the Ostrogoths, followed Attila on his march to Gaul (451), and after his death, uniting with other German tribes, destroyed the western empire under their leader Odoacer, who assumed the title of king of Italy (476), but finally succumbed to the Ostrogoths under Theodoric (493). Another kingdom of the Heruli, founded in the central part of mod- ern Hungary, was destroyed by the Lombards. Part of them then removed to the south of the Danube, and the others emigrated to the shores of the Baltic. HERVE, a French composer, whose real name is Florimond Ronger, born at Houdain, near Arras, in 1825. His Don Quichotte (1847) was the first opera bouffe introduced on the French stage, and subsequently, as a protege" of M. de Morny, he became connected with theatres, where he continued to produce similar enter- tainments, paving the way for Offenbach, who soon eclipsed Herve at the Bouffes-Parisiens (1855), the latter disappearing for several years from the stage. Since 1865, however, when he became leader of the orchestra at the El- dorado, he has been sharply competing with Offenbach. Among his later productions are L^ceil creve (1867), Chilperic (1868), Le petit Faust, and Les Turcs (1869). HERVEY, James, an English author, born at Hardingstone, near Northampton, Feb. 26, 1713, died Dec. 25, 1758. He graduated at Oxford, took orders, and at the age of 22 was appointed curate to his father, on whose death in 1750 he succeeded to his two livings at Weston Favell and Collingtree. He was noted for his benevolence, and was well skilled in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. In l746-'7 he pub- lished his "Meditations and Contemplations," which have been widely read and admired. In 1753 he published "Remarks on Lord Boling- broke's Letters on History;" in 1755, " Theron and Aspasia," a work on the Calvinistic theory of redemption. He also published letters to Wesley and to Lady Frances Shirley, and edit- ed, with a preface, Burnham's " Pious Memo- rials," and Jenks's "Devotions." His works, with a memoir (7 vols. 8vo, London, 1797), have passed through numerous editions. HERVEY, John, Baron Hervey of Ickworth, an English politician, born Oct. 15, 1696, died Aug. 5, 1743. He was the eldest son of John Hervey, first earl of Bristol of that name. He studied at Cambridge, and was appointed in 1716 gentleman of the bedchamber to the prince of Wales. He was looked upon as the most accomplished man of his time, and by his talents, literary tastes, and family con- nections was an important auxiliary to Sir Robert Walpole. In 1730 he was appointed vice chamberlain and privy councillor, and in 1733 raised to the peerage. He lost much in- 405 VOL. vin. 15 HERZ 703 fluence on the death of the queen in 1737, but entered the cabinet, and received in 1740 the privy seal, which he lost on the fall of Wal- pole. He was an epileptic, and his life was protracted only by great watchfulness. Pope, in the prologue to the satires, attacked him under the name of Sporus. His most impor- tant work is the "Memoirs of the Court of George II. and Queen Caroline," edited by J. W. Croker (2 vols. 8vo, 1848 ; new ed., 1854). HERVEY, Thomas Kibble, an English poet, born in Manchester, Feb. 14, 1799, died in Kentish Town, Feb. 17, 1859. He studied at Cambridge and at Oxford, but did not take a degree. Then he attempted the study of law, but soon abandoned it to follow his taste for literature. In 1824 he published "Australia and other Poems," the title piece being an elaboration of a prize poem. This volume, with additions, was reissued in 1829 as "The Poetical Sketch Book." In 1830 he published anonymously "The Devil's Progress," a satire. For 20 years he was a leading writer for the "Athe- naeum," of which he was sole editor from 1846 to 1854. His other publications were: "Illus- trations of Modern Sculpture " (vol. i., 1832, never completed) ; " The Book of Christmas " (1836); and "England's Helicon in the Nine- teenth Century" (1841). His wife, ELEONOBA LOUISA (MONTAGUE), born in Liverpool in 1811, is distinguished as a writer of dramatic and other poems, tales, fairy legends,. &c. HERVEY DE SAINT DEN YS, Marie Jean Leon de, marquis, a French sinologue, born in Paris in 1823. He early applied himself to the study of Chinese, and became president of the eth- nographical society. He translated several Spanish plays into French, and among his other works are Eecherches sur V agriculture des Chinois (1851), a translation of Poesies de Vepoque des Thang, with an essay on Chinese poetry (1862), and several other important translations published in 1874. HERWEGH, Georg, a German poet, born in Stuttgart, May 31, 1817. He studied theology at Tubingen, but devoted himself to literature, and attracted attention in 1841 by the publica- tion in Switzerland of his Gedichte ernes Le- lendigen, a collection of political poems, which passed through seven editions in two years (9th ed., 1871). He was expelled from Prus- sian territory on account of a letter which he addressed to the king, and also from Zurich, but found an asylum in Basel, where he com- pleted the 2d volume of his Gedichte (1844), in a decidedly revolutionary tone. Subsequent- ly residing in Paris, he put himself, soon after the revolution of 1848, at the head of a legion of French and German laborers, crossed the Rhine intending to revolutionize Germany, and appeared in Baden in April, but was defeated at Dossenbach by the Wtirtemberg troops, and fled with his wife to Switzerland. He now lives in Berlin. HERZ, Henriette, a leader of Berlin society, born in that city, Sept. 5, 1764, died there, Oct.