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shows Sophia her image in the glass as a pledge of his future constancy/' and " Sophia Western at the Inn fire ; " in 1876, another scene from the " Vicar of Wakefield," a scene from Moli^re's "L* Amour Medecin,"
- The Lovers* Seat," and " Below the
Doge's Palace, Venice, 1460;" and in 1878 a series of five pictures en- titled "The Eoad to Ruin;" in 1880, "Tenby Fishwoman," and "Prawn-seller, Tenby;" in 1881, "For better, for worse," and "Swift and Vanessa;" in 1883, " The Private View, 1881," " Honey- mooning in Switzerland," "Kate Kearney," and " A Guitar Player." Mr. Frith was elected an honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts at Vienna in March, 1869, a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium in August, 1871, and a member of the Royal Academy of Sweden in Dec., 1873.
FROEBEL, JuLros, a German writer, traveller, and politician, born atGrie8heim,near Stadtilm, in 1806, is the son of a clergyman, and a nephew of the late Friedrich Froe- bel, the founder of the Kinder- garten " system of schools for chil- dren, who died in 1852. After studying at Rudolstadt, Keilhau, Stuttgart, Mimich, Weimar, and BerUn, he was appointed in 1833 to the chair of Philosophy and Natural History at Zurich. Subsequently he officiated in the high school of that town as Professor of Mine- ralogy, to which science he made an important contribution by his "Grundziige eines Systemes der Krystallogie, oder der Naturge- Bchichte der unorganischen Indivi- duen," 8vo, Zurich, 1813; 2nd edit. 1 847 . Having become a naturalized citizen of Switzerland in 1826, he took part in politics, in the interest of the extreme Radical party, and edited Der Sweizerischc Republi' kandcr. He also founded a publish- ing house at Zurich and Winterthur, under the name of " Literarisches Comptoir," and, devoting himself exclusively to this establishment.
he relinquished his professorship
1844, and issued several scienti
works and many political pamphle'
which found a large circle of readei
Many of them, however, were sc
pressed by the Government. Ha
ing returned to Germany, H<
Froebel was expelled from t
Prussian territory, and took up 1
abode in Dresden until the revo'
tion of 1848, when he became
popular leader of the Democra
party, and a member of the Germ
Parliament at Frankfort-on-tl
Maine. He accompanied Rob
Blum to Vienna, and was arrest
but acquitted by the same con
martial which pronounced the »
tence of death upon his unf ortuni
friend. On the dissolution of 1
Parliament he repaired to Switz
land, and afterwards to the Unii
States. He lectured in New Y<
on German politics, engaged
commercial pursuits there, went
1850 to Nicaragua, and afterwa]
engaged in one or two commerc
expeditions to Santa F^ and Chihi
hua. In 1855 he edited a joun
at San Francisco, and in 1857, af
his return to Germany, he was
pelled from Frankfort, since wh
period lie has resided in this coi
try. Among his works, which
elude many on geography «
politics, are : " System der socia
PoHtik," 2 vols., Mannheim, 18
" Die Republikander," an histori
drama in five acts, Leipsic, 18-
and "Aus Amerika, Erfahrung
Reisen, und Studien," 2 vols., Ja
sic, 1857-58, translated into "Eiigh
under the title of " Seven lei
Travel in Central America, Noi
em Mexico, and the Far West
the United States," London, 18S
FROST, Thomas, born in U
at Croydon, was formerly in bi
ness there as a printer, but reti
in 1848, and adopted the liter
profession. He participated acti'v
in the Chartist agitation, and
one of the delegates to the Ref<
Conference at St. Martin's Hal
1852. He was a contributor
