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FAED. 4 22 FAGGING. emy, and shortly after executed a very attractive work entitled "Scott and His Friends at Abbots- ' In 1852 he removed to London, where his "Mitherless Bairn" was exhibited in 1855. Among li is subsequent works are: "Home and the Home- ■ 16 "The First Break in the Family" (1857), "Sunday in the Backwoods" (1859), "From Dawn to Sunset" (1861), "Baith Faither and Mither" (1864), -'The Last o' the Clan" 15), "Ere Care Begins" (18G0), "A Wee Bit Fractious" (1871), "Forgiven" (1876), etc. Faed was made A.R.A. in 1859, R.A. in 1864, and elected an honorary member of the Vienna Royal Academy in 1875. Owing to the failure of his eyesight, he ceased work in 1892. He died in London, August 17, 1900. His paintings, like his brother's, are interesting rather for their sub- jects, sentimental or pathetic incidents in humble Sci till life, than as works of art. They are very popular and have been much reproduced in en- graving. FAENZA, fii-en'za (Lat. Faventia, from fa- vere, to favor). A city in North Italy, on the Lamone (ancient Anemo), 31 miles southwest of Bologna ( Hap : Italy. F 3 I . From Faenza comes the word faience, for the manufacture of which the city was famous in the fifteenth century. On Vittorio Emanuele square, where the four main streets meet, are the city hall, which was once a palace of the Manfredi, the beautiful Church of San Michele. the modern theatre, and the Cathe- dral of San Costanzo, who was the first Bishop of Faenza. The square is surroundered by arcades, and has a seventeenth-century fountain in the centre. The cathedral is a basilica, begun in 1474. containing many works of art. among them a Holy Family by Innocenzo da Imola, and the toni!' of Saiat Savinus by Benedetto da Majano ( 1472). In the municipal Pinacoteca are paint- ings by artists of the Bomagna. The city has a library, a gymnasium, a technical school, a ly- ceum, and a school of design. The most important industries are the manufacture of majolica, the spinning and weaving of silk, and sulphur refin- ing. An important trade in wine. silk, and hemp is carried on. In B.C. 82 Faventia was the scene of a victory of Sulla over Carbo, and in A.D. 542 Totila here defeated the Byzantines. Later it be- came a part of the Exarchate, was captured in 1241 after an eight months' siege by Frederick II., an.! in 1313 came into the possession of the Manfredi. In 150(1 Julius II. united it to the Papal states. Population of commune, in 1901, 40,370. FAERIE (fa'er-I) QTJEENE, The. An alle- gorical romance <.t chivalry, bj Edmund Spenser. (if the twelve books contemplated sis were pub- lished (1590 and 1596), but onlj fragments of later books appeared. Bach 1 k i- divided into twelve cantos, telling the legend of a knight who represents one ol the chief virtues — Holiness, Temperance, Chastity, Friendship, Justice, Cour- i m another book, on t onstancy, only a frag- ment i- extant FAFNIR, faf'n.'r (Icel., Embracer). In Norse thi "I. ol thi giant II reidmar. In the shape of a dragon be <_niar.]e.l tii.' treasure Inter known as t and was Sigurd. FAG. Tl lit ..f ( taptain Absi neridan's comedj '//•• Rivals, who i- ai i' t., lie at 1 master's word. FAGEL, fu'Kel. Fran.s N'icolaas, Baron (1645- 1718). A Dutch general, a nephew of (Caspar Fagel, born at Nimeguen. He distinguished him- self at Fleurus (1690), and commanded at the defense of Mons| 1691 land at the siege of Namur (1695). As lieutenant-general he led the arm; the siege of Bonn (1703), and fought at Eckeren (June 30, 1703). Subsequently transferred to I lie Portuguese armv. he stormed Valencia ( 1705 I and Albuquerque, and besieged Badajoz. Upon his return to Holland he fought at Tournai. Ra- millies, and Malplaquet, besieged Bethune, forced the passage of the Scheldt (1712), and captured l.e Quesnoj . FAGEL, Kaspar (1629-88). A Dutch states- man, bora at Haarlem. In 1670 he became sec- retary of the States General, and in 1672 was ap- pointed grand pensionary to succeed De Witt. He believed in the ability of William of Orange to redeem Holland from its perilous position, and attached himself to the fortunes of that prince. It was by his suggestion that the hereditary stadtholdership was in 1674 conferred upon Wil- liam. It was he, also, who prepared the way for the accession of William to the throne of Eng- land as the champion of the Protestant cause. At the same time he raised the courage of his com- patriots and presented an indomitable opposition to the projected peace with Louis XIV. FAGEL, Hendrik, Baron (1765-1834). A Dutch statesman. He studied at Leyden, and in 1787 was appointed second secretary of the States-General. He soon afterwards succeeded his grandfather as secretary, being the sixth member of the family to occupy thai position since 1672. In 1794 he was appointed, in association with Van de Spiegel, to conclude an alliance with Prussia and England, to which latter country he was sent as Ambassador in 1813. He subsequently signed the treaty of peace between England and Holland. FAGERLIN, fa'ger-len, Ferdinand Jim s (1825—). A Swedish painter, born at Stock- holm. Originally a shipbuilder, he was later for a time in the military service, but, after some amateur work, especially in portraiture, from 1854 adopted art as his profession. After study at the Academy of Stockholm, at that of Diissel- dorf, and under Couture in Paris, he settled in Diisseldorf, where he was appointed to a profes- sorship in the Academy in 1893. His most im- portant work is done in genre. In particular, his characterizations of Dutch fisher life have ranked him among the principal Swedish artists. His canvases of this sort are generally faithful in detail, touched by a quiet humor, and admirably colored. They include: "Jealousy" (1868); "Without Hope" (1S76); "The Deserter" (1883); and "The Return from the Shore" (188(1). FAGGING. A term of uncertain origin in the public schools of England. The services of a fag are of two kinds the one comprising bis duties l.. a special upper-form boy, to whom he has been assigned; I he other consisting of those .In.- I., the whole of the upper boys. The former comprise such tasks as preparing his master's breakfast, making his master's fire, carrying his master's messages, an.! smuggling into the house little forbidden delicacies tor 1 1 i — master's con Sumption, and in this instance, if detected, bear