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UDINE 64 UGANDA PROTECTORATE headmaster of Westminster school. His comedy of "Ralph Roister Doister," which was probably written for the Eton boys, is a perfectly harmless piece, with a fair amount of vicacity in its execu- tion and ingenuity in its plot, the hero being led into various awkward situa- tions in the course of his suit to Dame Constance, partly by his own stupidity;, and partly by the malicious suggestions of Mathew Merrygreek. The play is in rhyme, and has 13 dramatis personae. Hallam notices that the choice of a city- gallant for "hero" probably determined in some measure the prevalent subject of English comedy all through the Eliza- bethan age. The exact date of its corn- position has not been determined; it is quoted in the 3d edition of Sir Thomas Wilson's "Rule of Reason" (1533). There is but one copy of his comedy in existence, having no title page; but it was probably printed in 1566. It is now in the library of Eton College. This is accepted as the first English comedy. Other productions of Udall's pen: "Flowers are for Latin Speakynge" (portions of Terence done into English, 1433), translations of parts of Eras- mus' paraphrase of the New Testament, and of Peter Martyr's tract on the Eu- charist, and a fe Latin letters and poems. He died in Windsor in 1556. UDINE, a walled town of Italy; capi- tal of a province; in a rich wine coun- try; 85 miles N. E. of Venice. It has wide, handsome streets, and contains a Romanesque cathedral, an archbishop's palace, a beautiful campo santo, and, on a hill in the midst of the city, a castle, formerly the residence of the patriarchs of Aquileia. Udine manufactures silk, leather, gloves, hats, etc. Bonaparte re- sided in the doge's castle at Passariano, close by, during the preliminaries of the peace of Campo-Formio. It was an im- portant naval base in the World War. Pop. about 45,000. UDINE, GIOVANNI DA, an Italian painter; born in Udine, Italy, Oct. 27, 1487; studied art in Venice under Gior- gione and subsequently settled in Rome. He there assisted Raphael in his work of decorating the loggie and Sala dei Pon- tifici in the Vatican. He became espe- cially known for his graceful productions and also because he was the originator of the grotesque decorations in stucco. He afterward painted tho standards for Saint Angelo castle and then worked in the sacristy of San Lorenzo. He died in Rome in 1564. UEBERWEG, PRIEDRICH, a Ger- man philosopher; born in Leichlingen, Rhenish Prussia, Jan. 22, 1826; studied at Gottingen and Berlin; and, after teaching in a school at Elberfeld and lecturing at Bonn University, became in 1862 professor at Konigsberg. He is best known by his "System of Logic" (1857; 5th ed. 1882; Eng. trans. 1871) and his "History of Philosophy" (1863- 1866; 7th ed. 1886-1888; Eng. trans. 1872), a compendious handbook from an empirical and eclectic standpoint. He gained the Vienna Academy's prize for an essay on the authenticity and order of Plato's works, and an essay on Schiller as historian and philosopher was pub- lished posthumously. He died in Konigs- berg, June 9, 1871. UECHTRITZ, FRIEDRICH, a Ger- man author; born in Gorlitz, Germany, Sept. 12, 1800. Among his tragedies are: "Rome and Spartacus," and "Rome and Otto IIL" (1823) ; "Alexander and Darius" (1827) ; "The Sword of Honor"; "Rosamund" (1833). His dramatic poem "The Babylonians in Jerusalem" (1836) is notable for elevation of thought and lyric grandeur. Among his novels are: "Albrecht Holm" (5 vols. 1851-1853); "The BridG's Brother" (8 vols. 1860); and "Eleazar" (3 vols. 1867), a story of the great Jewish war. He died in Gor- litz, Feb. 15, 1875. UFA, a province of Russia; separated in 1865 from Orenburg; area, 47,112 square miles; pop. about 3,000,000. On the E., where it is bordered by the southern Urals, the country is moun- tainous, wooded, provided with excellent pastures, and rich in minerals. It is also well watered by the Bielaya, and has abundance of arable land on which good crops are raised. Ufa, the capital, is on the Bielaya, at the confluence of the Ufa, 735 miles E. by N. of Moscow. It is the see of a bishop, and has considerable manufactures and trade. Pop. about 100,000. UGANDA PROTECTORATE, a Brit- ish protectorate in east Africa; extend- ing along the N. W. shore of the Vic- toria Nyanza, and lying on both sides of the equator; area 121,437 square miles; pop. about 3,000,000. It was first vis- ited (in 1862) by Speke and Grant, and by Stanley was called the "Pearl of Af- rica." The country is partly mountain- ous, partly undulating, partly in plain, very fertile on the whole, and well wooded. The climate is mild and singu- larly uniform throughout the year, the variation being from 50° to 90" F. The Waganda are a warlike and highly intel- ligent people speaking a language of the Bantu stock, with well-developed native industries. At the request of King Mtesa, English Protestant missionaries