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“ ONS. GOUNOD was born at Paris, and educated in music at the Conservatoire under Halévy and Zimmermann. Our first portrait represents him in his student days. At twenty-two he was appointed organist at a church in Paris, for which he wrote several masses. At the age of twenty-nine he married the daughter of Zimmermann. ”

“ He has passed a most adventurous and varied life, has been a special correspondent, and a distinguished mountaineer, has written many well-known novels, the most recent of which are "Dead Man's Secret," "Stormlight," and "Stories Weird and Wonderful." ”

“ Age 71.
From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry.
HE RIGHT HON. SIR LYON PLAYFAIR, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., the son of the late Dr. George Playfair, Inspector-General of Hospitals in Bengal, was educated at the Universities of St. Andrews and Giessen, and at University College, and was a favourite pupil of the celebrated chemists, Graham and Liebig. After managing for some years some calico-printing works at Clitheroe, he became, at the age of twenty-four, Professor of Chemistry in the Manchester Royal Institution, and Professor of Chemistry in Edinburgh University in 1856. Dr. ”