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A German story-writer; born at Eschlkam in Bavaria, Feb. 25, 1832. He is the author of a series of tales of Bavarian life, as: "Popular Stories from the Bavarian Forest" (4 vols., 1863-68); "The Tenth Commandment" (1879); "The Guardian Spirit of Oberammergau" (1881); "The Good God's Mantle"; "The Golden Saturday" (1883); "The Emmet Witch" (1887); "On the Golden Stair" (1893).
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.