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An Italian politician, journalist, and miscellaneous writer; born at Reggio, Calabria, 1843. He served in the army, 1860-66; founded the influential Giomaletto of Naples, 1868; became member of the chamber of deputies, 1872. He has written: "Aspirations" (1865), in verse; "Poetry and Prose" (1868), "Without Title" (1870), both romances; "Political Writings" (1876); "Vistilia" (1877), a romance; "Modern Art" (1878); "Church and State" (1878); "Faust" (1878), a notable critical work; etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.