HTJERTA. 289 HUFFER. lioism which tlien prevailed. His shafts were directed especially against the French school of dramatists and lyric poets inaugurated as a re- sult of Luzan's crusade. As a lyric and dramatic poet he shows great command of language and versification. His poems were published in two volumes, Obrats poeticas (1778-7'J) ; they are ac- cessible in the liiblioteca de autores espanoles, vol. l.xi. (Madrid, 1869). Huerta edited the Teutro cspanol ( vols., Madrid, 1784-85), a collection of the best works of the older Spanish dramatists. HUESCA, wa'skii (Lat. <Osca). The capital of tlie Spunisli province of the same name, situ- ated in a f<'rtile plain on the River Isuela, 45 miles northeast by rail from Saragossa (Map: Spain, El). It is an old town, retaining its niedia>val aspect, surrounded by the ruins of its double line of ancient walls. It has a celebrated Gothic cathedral dating from the fifteenth cen- tury, in which is a magnificent alabaster tablet, representing the Passion ; and an old Roman- esque oliuroh dating from the twelfth century. There are also several old monasteries in the neighborhood, that of Monte Aragon containing in its crypt the tomb of Alfonso I. The institute for .secondary education occupies the building of the old university, founded in 1354, and removed to Saragossa in 1845. In one of the vaults of this building the famous 'Bell of Huesca' is said to have been constructed from the sixteen heads, including one as the clapper, of as many insur- gent, nobles, who were executed by command of King Kamiro 11. Population, in' 1887, 13,041; in 1900, 11,976. _ I'nder the Romans Osca was a place of considerable importance, having a num- lier of Greek and Latin schools and a college founded by Sertorins. who here met his death at the hands of Perpenna in B.C. 72. The Moors strongly fortified Huesca; after being taken by Pedro t. in 1090 it became the capit<il of Aragon, but was superseded by Saragossa in 1118. HU:6SCAR, wa'skiir. A city in the Province of Granada, Spain, situated 75 miles northeast of the city of that name (Map: Spain, D 4) . It has manufactures of flour, paper, linen, and woolen goods. Population, in 1900, 7917. HUET, i.i'ft', Paul (1804-69). A French land- scape ]iaiMter, born in Paris. He was a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (1820-24). and of Gros and Guerin, and was himself the founder of the new school of romantic painting (1831), vliich opened the way for Dnpre and Rousseau, ilaiiy of liis pictures are owned by the French museums — the T,uxeml)Ourg possesses two of them, "Une niatinOe dans la foret" (1835) and La vallee de la Touque." His other works include: "Le Chateau d'Arques" (1840); "Le coup de vent;" "Vue de Naples;" "I^es ruines <lu chateau de Pierrefonds;" and "Vue de Rouen" (1833). His landscapes are treated in the ro- mantic manner, with stormy sombre skies, and intense coloring. Consult Burty, Paul Huct (Paris, 1869). HUET, Pierre B.^niei. (1630-1721). A French Roman Catholic scholar. He was horn at Caen, February 8, 1630, and was educated in the Jesuit School there. He was a zealous fol- lower of T)eseartes and a pupil of Bochart, and accompanied the latter on his visit to Stock- holm in 1652. On his return to Caen he gave himself up entirely to .study; and as a pre- liminary to his translation of the text of Origen, he published his De InterpretatUme (1661), but it was only at the end of fifteen years' study that he published his edition of Origen 's Com- ■mentaria in Sacrum Hcripturam (1068). In 1670 he was summoned to Paris to take part with Bossuet in the education of the dauphin. In 1079 he publislied his Demotistratio fjvangelivd. He had an active part, moreover, in the Delphin edition of the classics. In 1674 he was elected a member of the French Academy. In 1076 he entered into holy orders; and in 1678 was named abbot of the Cistercian abbey of Aulnay, from whicii place is named his work, Alnetnnce Queen- Hones de Concordia Rationis et Fidei (1690). In 1691 he published in Latin a work on The Situation of Paradise (Eng. trans. 1694); an- other in 1693 Oil the Voyages of (Solomon, which were followed later by his work in classical geog- raphy. History of the Commerce and Navigation of tlie Ancients, in French (1716; Eng. trans. 1717). In 1685 he was named Bishop of Sois- sons, a dignity, however, on which he never en- tered, being transferred to the See of Avranehes in 1692. Huet died in Paris January 26, 1721. His works were published in a collected form in 1712, and a volume of fluctiana appeared in 1722. For his life, consult Trochon (Paris, 1877), and his autobiography (trans., London, 1820). HTJFELAND, hiio'fe-lant, Ciiristopii Wii,- HELM (1762-1836). A German physician, born at Langensalza in Thuringia. He studied medi- cine at Jena and GiJttingen, was professor of medicine at Jena from 1793 to 1798, was physi- cian in ordinary at the Court of Weimar, and re- sided at Berlin from 1798, where he was pro- fessor of therapeutics and pathologj' from the foundation of the imiversity in 1810. He had a very high reputation for learning and skill as a physician, and he was equally esteemed for his intellectual abilities, and his noble and benev- olent character. His published works are n>i- merous, chieily on medical .and physiological sub- jects. His Makrobiotik, or the Art of Prolong- ing Life (1790), was translated into almost all the languages of Europe. Among his most im- portant works are: Ueber die Vrsnchen, Erkennt- nis nnd Heilart der Skrofelkrankheit (1795); (Inter Hath an Miitter iiber die irichtigsten Punkte der physischrn Erziehung der Kinder (1799) ; and Enchiridion itedicum (1836). HifFFER, buffer. TIerm. n (1830—). A German historian and jurist, born at Miinster, and educated at Bonn and Berlin. He w;is aji pointed jirofessor of jurisprudence at Bniui in 1860, and in 1884 was made Privy Councilor. From 1S67 to 1870 he was a member of the Xortli German Reichstag. Besides his main work. Dip- lomatische Verhnndlungen aus der franziiixischen devolution (1868-79), the following may be' mentioned: Quellcn cwr Geschichte des Zcitnlters der franziisi.tchcH Revolution (part i.. dealing with the years 1799-1800. 1900-91); Rhrinisch- tvestfalisciu' Zuxtiindr zur Zeit der franzosischen Revolution (1873) ; Der Rastatter Cesandtenmord (1896); and the literary writings: Aus dent T.eben llcinrich Ileiiies (1878) ; Zu Goethes Cam- pngnc in Frankrcich (1883) ; Annette von Droste- lliilshoff und ihre Werke (1887-90) ; and A. L. Mencken, der Orossvaler des Fiirsten von Bis- marck (1800).
