OSKAR BLUMENTHAL
\ˈɒskɑː bljˈuːmənθə͡l], \ˈɒskɑː bljˈuːmənθəl], \ˈɒ_s_k_ɑː b_l_j_ˈuː_m_ə_n_θ_əl]\
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A German dramatist and critic; born in Berlin, March 13, 1852. Sprightliness of dialogue is the most distinguishing character of his plays; the most successful of them are: "The Big Bell"; "A Drop of Poison"; "The Black Veil"; "Severe Masters". He has published several volumes of critical and miscellaneous essays.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Elizabeth Sara Sheppard
- An English novelist; born at Blackheath, 1830; died Brixton, March 13, 1862. She wrote noted "Charles Auchester"(1853), mystical art novel; "Counterparts, or the Cross of Love"(1854); "My First Season"(1855); "The Double Coronet"(1856); "Rumor", a musical and artistic novel(1858).