ROBERT EDWARD FRANCILLON
\ɹˈɒbət ˈɛdwəd fɹˈansɪlən], \ɹˈɒbət ˈɛdwəd fɹˈansɪlən], \ɹ_ˈɒ_b_ə_t ˈɛ_d_w_ə_d f_ɹ_ˈa_n_s_ɪ_l_ə_n]\
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An English novelist; born at Gloucester, 1841. Among his novels are: "Pearl and Emerald" (1872); "Queen Cophetna" (1880); "King or Knave" (1888). He wrote also many Christmas stories, as "Streaked with Gold"; "Rare Good Luck"; "In the Dark"; and the cantatas "The Rose Maiden" and "The Corsair". He delights in realistic descriptions of scenes of adventure.
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.