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mann at Hissarlik were exhibited at the South Kensington Museum at the close of 1877, and about the same time there appeared in English, "Mycenæ; a Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns. By Dr. Henry Schliemann. The Preface by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P." In his explorations Dr. Schliemann has been greatly assisted by his wife, who is an accomplished Greek scholar. She is a native of Greece. Dr. Schliemann is continuing his excavations and researches. In 1881 he published at Leipzig a new work, "Orchomenos," in which he describes his journey from Athens to Orothomenos, Orchomenos itself, and Copais. The following year (1882) he was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences at Munich. His work "Troja," published in 1883, may be considered as the supplement and completion of the earlier volume, "Ilios." He has recently finished the erection of a residence in Athens which has cost more than £20,000, where he and his family now live.

SCHMITZ, Leonhard, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E., was born at Eupen, near Aix-la-Chapelle, March 6, 1807, studied history and philolology at the University of Bonn under Niebuhr, Welcker, &c., from 1828 till 1832, and afterwards taught with success at the gymnasium of Bonn. In 1836, after marrying an English lady, he removed to England, and occupied himself chiefly with writing on classical, historical, and educational subjects. In 1845 he was appointed to the Rectorship of the High School of Edinburgh, which he resigned in July, 1866; he then undertook the Principalship of the London International CoIlege,which he resigned in 1874, on being appointed Classical Examiner in the University of London. He was selected by the Queen in 1859 to give a course of historical instruction to the Prince of Wales, and during the winter of 1862-3 gave a similar course to Prince Alfred. Dr. Schmitz edited Niebuhr's Lectures on "Roman History," on "Ancient History," and "Ancient Geography and Ethnology," consisting of eight volumes, 1844-53; and the "Classical Museum," a periodical devoted to the elucidation of ancient history and literature, from 1844 till 1850; and has compiled a "Popular History of Rome;" a "History of Greece;" Grammars of the Greek and Latin languages; a "Manual of Ancient History," 1855; a "Manual of Ancient Geography," 1857; a "Manual of the History of the Middle Ages," 1859; "History of Latin Literature," 1877; and contributed largely to the Penny Cyclopaedia, Dr. W. Smith's "Classical Dictionaries," and the "Encyclopaedia Britannica." Dr. Schmitz became a naturalised British subject shortly after his appointment to the Rectorship at Edinburgh. A civil list pension of £50 a year was granted to him in Jan. 1881, "in recognition of his services to classical education and literature."

SCHNEIDER, Hortense Catherine, a French actress, born at Bordeaux about 1835, displayed while very young an aptitude for the stage, and at the age of fifteen played with applause in "Michel et Christine" at the Athénée of her native city. An old teacher named Schaffner gave her lessons in singing, and she subsequently spent three years at Agen, playing secondary parts. Going to Paris, she obtained an engagement in the company of the Bouffes-Parisiens, and on Sept. 19, 1853, made her début in "Le Chien de Garde" at the Théâtre des Variétés. Here she met with considerable success, which was increased by her performances at the Théâtre du Palais Royal, where she made her first appearance Aug. 5, 1858. In Dec. 1864, Mdlle. Schneider returned to the Variétés and caused quite a furore by her