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CAMPOAMOR Y CAMPOOSORIO. 101 CAMPO MAJOR. refused the title of Grande de Espafla. His atti- tude in politics was always that of a moderate conservative, distinjaiished for his eloquence and his chivalrie faithfulness to the royal family. His trend toward philosophical thought was shown in La fUosoj'ia de las lei/es (IS-Ui), and conlirmed in El pcrsonalismo (1850 and 1855) ; he attempted to expound his system in Lo abso- hilo (1802 and 18G5) and El ' idealismo (1883), the two works by which he is best known outside of Spain. His philosophy is a somewhat inco- herent and often self-contradictory eclecticism, tending on the whole to subjective idealism. By far his most important work was done in poetrj-. Lightness, grace, and delicate sensi- bility marked his early verse: Los ayes del alma (1842), and Ternezas y flores ('l858). The Fubiilas morales y politicas, first published in 1842, were added to in many successive edi- tions. His most characteristic short poems are to be found in the Doloras (185(5-90, 18 editions, each containing new work), which created a new type of poem much imitated by the younger Spanish poets. These poems condensed into brief lyric form the expression of philosophical, eth- ical, and social ideas, treated sometimes with bitter irony, but always with feeling. He at- tempted long narrative poems in his epic on Co- lumbus (Colon, 16 cantos, 1853 and 1857), and El drama universal (1873), but these are less successful than the shorter narratives, which eon- tain .some of his best work: Los pequenos poemas (1879, 1880); Los biienos y los sabios (1881); Ei amor y el rio Piedra (1882) ; Los amorcs de J liana (1882); El tren express (1885); Kuevos pequenos poemas (1887); Eumoradas (1890). La tiiiia y el nido, Los grandes problemas, and Por donde viene la muerte, are among the best. He also wrote many plays in verse, none of which succeeded on the stage. The}' are full of humor and feeling, and rich in ideas, but are lacking in aramatic movement. The best known arc: Una nuijer generosa (1838); Dies Ir<e (1873); El honor ( 1874) : Giierra u la yuerra ; Asi se escribe la historia (1875); Glorias, humanas (1885); Ciierdos y loeos (1887) ; El palacio de la verdad, etc. He published his theory of poetry in La poetiea (1883), completed in a new edition ( 1890) , and in La metafisiea y la poetiea ( 1891 ) . His last poems of importance are El liccneiado Torriilba, a philosophico-ethical narrative poem, and .V»fro.s poemas (1892). He became a mem- ber of the Spanish Academy in 1801. Campoamor's narrative poetry at its best may be conjpared with that of Victor Hugo. In his usual choice of subjects he rather resembles Cop- pi'e, to whom, however, he is distinctly superior in conception and treatment. In poems of senti- ment and thought, such as the Poesias y fiibnlas, and the Doloras, he has close afTmity with Sully- I'rudhomme, and tlie Liceneiado Torralba at- tempts the same task as Sully-Prudhomme's Bon- }:eiir. In spite of thes<! relations, he is the most original and indep<'ndent of Nineteenth Century Spanisli poets, and is by many considered the greatest of the last half-century. He is the poet of subjectivity par excellence in all S[)anisli jio- etry. and finds fit lyric expression for thought as do few poets of any country. His f)bras completas were edited by Montaner y Simon (Barcelona). Selections from his poetry ■were published (Madrid. 1879, and Leipzig, 1885). Consult: Juan Valera, Estudios Criticos (.Madrid. 1804) ; Fr. Giner, Estudios literarios (Jladrid, 1800) ; Melchior de Palau, Aconteci- mientos literarios (1889). CAMPOBASSO, kiim'pS-bUs'so (It. campo, Lat. campus, field -f basso, Late Lat. bassus, low). A city in South Italy, capital of the Province of Campoba.sso, 52 miles north of Bene- vento, on the east slope of Monteverde, in the heart of the Apennines, 2400 feet above the sea (Map: Italy, JO). The climate is cool and healthy and the town has a ruined castle and %alls, a cathedral, a theatre, excellent institu- tions of learning, important manufactures of cutlery, and a famous market to which good roads lead from the surrounding country. Popu- lation, in 1881, 15,000; in 1901, 15,030. CAM'POBEL'LO (It. campo, Lat. campus, plain + brllo. Lat. bcllits, beautiful). An island of New Brunswick, t anada, situated just outside of the Maine, United States, boundary, at the mouth of Passamaquoddy Bay, an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, in latitude 44°" 57' N., and longi- tude 00° 55' W. (Map: New Brunswick, C 5). The island, from nine to ten miles long, and from two to three miles wide, has a picturesque coast abounding in fiords, chasms, cliffs, and pleasant beaches. At the north end is a lighthouse 00 feet in height. The well-wooded interior is inter- sected in all directions by fine walks and drives. It contains copper and lead ores, but the indus- trial portion of tlie population is chiefly engaged in fisheries, and during the season in attending to the wants of the residents of the numerous summer homes and hotels, some of the best along the Atlantic coast. The island's development dates from its acquisition by a syndicate of Bos- ton and Xew York capitalists in 1880. From 1707 it had been in the possession of Admiral William Owen's family. The United States is represented by a consular agent. Permanent population about 1200. _ CAMPO-FOBMIO, klim'po fijr'myo, now offi- cially written Campoforjiio. A village in the Province of Udine, northern Italy, about 7 miles southwest of the city of Udine. "it is celebrated for the treaty of peace concluded there, October 17, 1797, between Austria and the French Repub- lic. After overrunning Italy, Bonaparte had ci'ossed the Alps, and threatened Vienna. Aus- tria therefore hastened to arrange preliminaries of peace at Leol)en, April 18, 1797. 'In the treaty which was concluded by Bonaparte with the Count von Cobenzl at Campo-Formio, Austria ceded the Belgian Netherlands to France, and gave up Lombardy, to be incorporated into the Cisalpine Republic, and received as compensation most of the territories of the Republic of Venice (which Bonaparte had extinguished), including Venetia (with the city of Venice), Venetian Istria, and Dalniatia. France took the remain- ing territory of Venice, its possessions in Alba- nia, and the Ionian Islands. CAMPO MAJOR, kiiN'pS ma-zhor'. A city in the Province of .lemtejo, Portugal, 11 miles r.ortheast of Elvao (Maj): Portugal. B 3). It is situated at an elevation of about 950 feet, has a meteorological observatory and manufactures wine and woolen goods. It was the scene of a siege in 1811 during the Peninsular War. which has been celebrated by Scott. Population, iji 1890, 5846.