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* HERVEY. 26 HERWARTH VON BITTENFELD. <1830). She also publislu-d an autobiographical novel and a complete edition of her husband'a pf'i IMS (18Gli). HERVEY, .Iames (17U-5K). A clergjman of the Church of England. He was born at llard- in^jslone, near Xorlhaniptim, February 20, 1714, educated at Northampton jiramiiiar school and Oxford, where he came under the inlluence of John e!*ley. and for .some time manifested in- clination toward his theological opinions: but ultini.iti'ly he adopted a thoroughly Calvinistic creed, and resolved to retain his i-onnection with the Established Church. In 1743 he became curate to his father at Weston Favell, near Ilardingstone, and .succeeded him in 175-. His works have slight literary or theological value, but rapidly became popular. His earliest work. Meditations and Contemplations (174.5-47), com- prising Meditations Among the Tombs, Reflec- tions in a Floirrr (larden, A Descant on Creation, and Contemplation on the Mriht and Starry Heavens, passed through fourteen editions in as many years. Theron and Asjiasio (17.5.5), which was equally well received, called forth sonic ad- verse criticism, even from the Calvinists, on ac- count of tendencies which were considered to lead to Antinomianism. and was strongly objected to by Wesley. His ^yorl:s appeared in si. volumes (Edinburgh, 17(?f», later edition, 18.34). He died at Weston Favell, December 25, 1758. HERVEY, .ToiiN, Lord Hervey of Ickworth ( ltJ!IG174:i). An English jiolitician, the eldest son of John, first Earl of Bristol. He was edu- cated at Cambridge and afterwards traveled abroad. After his return to England he fre- quented the Court of the Prince of Wales at Richmond, and in 1720 married Mary Lepell, maid of honor to the Princess. He entered the House of Commons in 1727 as member for Bury Saint Edmunds, and at first opposed Walpole, though he was brought over by a pension, the office of vice-chamberlain ( 1730) . and a seat in the House of Lords (17.33). In 1740 he replaced Lord Godolphin as Lord Privy Seal, and held this oflice until Walpolc's fall from power in 1742. Hervey was an itit iniate friend of the Queen, and had a good deal of inlluence at Court. He was a man of doubtful morals, and no religion, but intellectually by no means justified Pope's hitter epithets of Lord 'Fanny,' 'Sporus.' and 'Narcis- sus.' The wordy quarrel between Her'ey and the ])oet was probably concerning Lady Mary Wort- ley Montagu, to whom the former was friendly for many years. During his political career Her- vey wrote a number of vigorous controversial pamphlets. His .femoirs were not published until 1S4S. They are ably written, in a cynical style throughout, and contain valuable informa- tion about the inner Court life of his time. HERVEY-SAIMTT-DENYS, .Ir'vft' sAn' do- nfr', M.RIE Jean LfcoN, Marquis d' (lS23-f»2). A French historian and Orientalist, born in Paris. He studied Eastern languages in the College of France, and in 1807 was sent as com- missioner treneral to China, the country in whose literature nnd history he became a specialist. Tn 1874 be was made professor of Chinese in the College of France, and four years afterwards was elected a member of the .^cad'-mie des Inscrip- tions et BellesLettres. His first publications were translations from the Spanish ; but after the publication of his Jiechervhcs sur I'ayrieul- ttirc dis Chinoin (1851), he rendered invaluable aid to students of Chinese litt-rature by his translations of the native prose and poetry, ending with six novels translated from the Chinese in 18U2. HERVIEU, ilrvye'. Pail Ernest (1857—). A FrcMcli author, born at Xeuilly-sur-Seine. He studied at the Lyci'-e Condorcct, was admitted to the bar in 1877, and in 1870 Ix'came connected with the .secretary's olfice of the presidency of the Council. In 1881 he was apjiointed secretary to the French Legation in Mexico, from which post he resigned in the same year. Uis first liter- ary work was done, with some success, as a contributor to numerous periodicals, under the pseudonym 'Eliacin.' He afterwards collected a series of essays, first published in the Gaulois, as La hitisc humaine (1884). His books, in- volved in manner, but frci|ucnlly praised for their skillful character-drawing, include: Les yeux verts ct Ics yeux bleux (1880); 1/ineonna (1887); Deux plaisauteries (1888); L'cxorcisie (1891) ; I'cints par eux-memcs (1893) ; L'artna- ture (1895) ; Le petit due (1890) ; and Amitie. (1900). Among the best known of his dramas are: Les tenailles (1894); La lot dc I'homme (1897) ; and La course de flambeau (1900). In 1900 he was elected to the French Academy. HERVIEUX, ar'vye', AuousTE Leopold (1831—). A French advocate and author. He was born at Elbcuf ; was educated at the Lyceum of Rouen, and studied law in Paris, where he afterwiirds had some important cases. He was elected municipal councilor for the Saint Vin- cent De Paul District in 1884, and retired to ])ri- vate life in 1890. His writings are mainly upon literary subjects, .such as: Premiers essais poc- tiques (1853) ; Memoires d'une femme du mondc (1800) : I'oisies covipletes (1800) : TlUAtre com- plet (1807); Les diclassis (1882); Les fabu- listes latins depuis le sicele d'Auquste juaqu'i la fin du moycn age (1883-90); Uarmonies in- times ( 1889) ; Etapes amoureuses d'un sonne- tiste (1889) ; Des pfcules du fits de famille dans la legislation romaine (1890). Between 1800 and 1870 he wrote under the nom-de-plume '.Saint-Amand.' HERVILLY, flr'v^'yi'-', Marie Ernest d' (183!!—). . French poet, romancer, ami play- wright, born in Paris. He wa.s educated for civil engineering, but left his railroad appoint- ment and his overseeing of bridges and highways to go into journalism. Thence he emerged as a poet with such work as La lanterne en vers do couleur (1808), and Betes a Paris (1880). while he made his name as a novelist with Mesdames les parisiennes (1875) and La dame d'Entrcmont (1884), after which he wrote acceptably for young people — Jaek-le-Clal et ses contes (1891), for example. He wrote also a numlier of one-act comedies in verse that have met with favorable receptions, such as: Le maoister at the ThMtre Francais. Le bibelot at the Palais-Royal, in 1877, and Molii're en prison at the Odeon. 1880. HERWARTH VON BITTENFELD, hPr'- viirt f.'-n l.it't'nf.'.lt. Kari. EnEKllARn (1790- 1884). A Prussinn general. Tie was born at Orosswerther in Prussia, and entered the army in 1811. He pained his first laurels in the War of Liberation, especially in the battle of Leipzig. In 1848 he commanded the First Regiment of