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* HEAVYSEGE. 702 ji Ti Kr^T^i, HEAVYSEGE, Charles (1816-76). A Cana- dian poet, born in Liverpool, England. For some time after his arrival in Canada (1853) he fol- lowed his trade, that of a cabinet-maker, but later branched off into wood-earvinsr, and then went into journalistic work for the Aloutreal Mltness. After publishing anonymously The Revolt of Tar- tarus (1853), and a volume of sonnets, he pro- duced his best work, a three-part tragedy entitled i<aul (1857), followed by Count Filippo, or the Unequal Marriage: A Drama in Five Acts (1860); The Unrk Uimlsinan and The Owl (1864) ; Jcphfltah's Daughter and a novel called The Advocate, in 1865. HEB'BEL, FKiEDRicn (1813-63). A German poet and dramatist' of peasant birth and cosmo- politan education. He was born at Wessel- buren. As a vestryman's clerk he printed poems in journals and found patrons who enabled him to study at Hamburg, Heidelberg and ilunich. In 1841. having gone back to Hamburg, he pub- lished Judith, a tragedy. Then, going to Den- mark, where he had closer acquaintance with Thorwaldsen and Oehlenschliiger, he received a traveling scholarship from the King, visited Paris, stayed several years in Italy, and on his return (1846) married and settled in Vienna. Already he had written two noteworthy dramas, Genovcva (1843) and. Maria Magdalene (1844). His best later works are Julia (1851), Agnes Bcrnaucr (1855), and Die Kibelungen (1862), all of which show dramatic instinct, powerful charaeter-draw'ing, and an intensity of passion that is sometimes extravagant and sometimes uncouth or gi'uesome. His smaller poems are most attractive, HebbeFs works include the dramas Herodcs und Mariamne (1850); Michel Angela (1855) ; and Oyges und sein Ring (1856), Hebbel more or less followed Grabbe, w-ith whom he shares a liking for the uncouth, but Hebbel is more poetic and more conversant with theatrical requirements. He is also distinguished for love of psychological enigmas. His Tagehiicher are in 2 vols. (1885-87)." Consult: Kuli, Biographic Friedrich Hcbhels (Vienna. 1877): Kulke, Erin- nerungen an Friedrich Hebhel (ib., 1878) ; Bar- tels, Friedrich Hebbel (Leipzig, 18091. His works were edited by Krumm ( 12 vols., Leip- zisr. 1900) and by Werner (12 vols., Berlin, 1900). HEB'BTJRII. A town in Durham County, England, on the south shore of the Tyne estuary, fom- miles east of Newcastle. It is an impor- tant industrial centre, with ship-building and supplementary establishments, engineering and chemical works. The public buildings include a mechahics' institute, an armoiy, and isolation hospital: among modern municipal iinprove- ments are a new drainage system, a public park, and electric liirhting. Population, in 1891, 16,- 645; in 1001, '20,001, HEBE, heOje (Lat,, from Gk,'H;377), The god- dess of youth, the daughter of Zeus and Hera, or, according to others, of Hera alone, the wife of Heracles after he had been deified. She was the cup-bearer of Olvmpus before Zeus conferred that office upon Ganymede (q.v.), and she always retained the power of restoring the aged to the bloom of youth and beauty. In the cult she usually appears joined with Hera or with Hera- cles; but in Phlius she w-as worshiped as Gany- mede, and at Sicyon as Dia, as one who frees from all bonds, apparentl}' through the joys of life. Statues of Hebe are rare, but on vases and reliefs she often appears with Heracles or as cup-bearer of Zeus. Tlie representations of Hebe and the eagle are probably all modern. Consult: Kekule, Hebe (Leipzig, 1807); Preller-Robert, Gricchische Mythologie (Berlin, 1894). See Ju- VEXTAS. HEBEL, h:i1)fl, .JoHAX>- Peter (1760-1826). A German dialect poet. He was born at Basel, studied at Erlangen, and in 1791 became profes- sor in the gj'mnasimn at Karlsruhe. In 1805 he was appointed Church councilor, and in 1819 prelate. He is ehiefl.y known for his AUcman- nische Gedichte (poems in a Swabian dialect, 1803; last ed. 1894), which, reviewed by Goethe in the Jenaische Allgeineine Litteraturzeitung, made him famous. He also wrote for his jieriodical, Der RheinUindisehe Hausfreund, a number of short stories afterwards published as Schatzkiistlein des Rheinliindischen Hausfreundes (1811). Consult: Schultheiss. Uebels Leben (Heidelberg, 1831) ; Ljingin, Johiinn Peter Hebel, ein Lebensbild (Karlsruhe. 1874) ; and Giehne, Studien iiber Hehcl (Wiii-zburg, 1894). HE'BER, Reginald (1783-1826). An English poet, second Bishop of Calcutta, born at JIalpas, Cheshire. In 1800 he entered Brasenose College, . Oxford, and three years aftenvards produced his prize poem, "Palestine," one of the very few prize poems that have lived. In 1805 he became a fellow of All Souls. In 1807 he was inducted into the family living at Hodnet. In 1812 he was made prebendary of Saint Asaph, and published a volume of poems; in 1815 he was appointed Bampton lecturer at O.xford, and in 1822 preacher at Lincoln's Inn. The next year he was conse- crated Bishop of Calcutta. During his three years in India he labored with great zeal, travel- ing thi-ough his vast diocese, healing dissensions, and encauraging his fellow-missionaries. His prose writings include the Bampton lectures on The Personality and Office of the Christian Com- forter (1816) ; A Life of Jeremy Taylor (written in 1822); Sermons (1829. 1830); and Journey Through India (1828). His fame, however, rests chieliy on his beautiful hymns, as "From Green- land's ley Mountains," and "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!" Most touching is the poem addressed to his wife: "If thou wert by mv side, love." Consult: Life, bv his widow (London, 1830), and by G. Smith" (ib., 1895). The poems, collected in" 1841, were reprinted in 1881. HEBEB, Richard (1773-1833). An English bibliophile, son of Reginald Heber, and half- brother of Bishop Reginald Heber, born at West- minster. He was educated by George Henry Glass, and at Brasenose College, Oxford. Closely following his early devotion to Latin poetry, especially to Persius. Claudian. and Silius Itali- cus, whom he labored to edit, came an interest in Early English drama and poetry; and he be- came tiie intimate friend of Walter Scott, who frequently alludes to him in his notes and dedi- cated to him the sixth canto of Marmion. He was chosen member for the University of Oxford in 1821, and resigned from Parliament five years afterwards. His wonderful collections of books were not mentioned in his will, and were sold at auctions in London, Ghent, and Paris; they in-