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An Italian man of letters; born at Alba, Piedmont, 1829; died there, Oct. 16, 1881. He was for several years teacher of rhetoric and literature, and afterward chief clerk of the ministry of public education. In 1853 he published a volume of lyrics: "Democracy, with a Collection of Ballads". He wrote many novels, all possessing the charm of an exquisite style,- "Home Scenes and Stories" (1874). Among his historical writings is a "Popular History of the Popes". His miscellaneous writings, political and literary, "A Little of Everything", were published in 1878.
By Charles Dudley Warner
