CLAIRE VON GLUMER
\klˈe͡ə vˈɒn ɡlˈuːmə], \klˈeə vˈɒn ɡlˈuːmə], \k_l_ˈeə v_ˈɒ_n ɡ_l_ˈuː_m_ə]\
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A German novelist and translator; born in Blankenburgam-Harz, Oct. 18, 1825. Her youth was spent in France, but she has lived in Germany since 1848. She first attracted attention by the great merit of her translations from English and French authors,-Swift, Daudet, George Sand, and others. A volume of "Sketches of the Pyrenees", and studies in fiction,-"Frau Domina" and "Young Hearts" among them,-prove her a capable writer and an attentive observer of life.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.