. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. compilation of the Cabalistic w^ritingsin Latin (1677). See Judaism — The Cabala. Caballero, Fernan, fer-nan ka-ba-lyaro,pseudonym of Cecelia Bohl von Faber, Spanishnovelist, daughter of a German settled in Spainand married to a Spanish lady: b. Morges, nearLausanne, Switzerland, 25 Dec. 1796; d. Seville,7 April 1877. Brought up in Germany, she wentto Cadiz with her father in 1813. Her first novel,^La Gaviota,^ appeared in 1849, and was fol-
. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. compilation of the Cabalistic w^ritingsin Latin (1677). See Judaism — The Cabala. Caballero, Fernan, fer-nan ka-ba-lyaro,pseudonym of Cecelia Bohl von Faber, Spanishnovelist, daughter of a German settled in Spainand married to a Spanish lady: b. Morges, nearLausanne, Switzerland, 25 Dec. 1796; d. Seville,7 April 1877. Brought up in Germany, she wentto Cadiz with her father in 1813. Her first novel,^La Gaviota,^ appeared in 1849, and was fol-lowed by ^Elia,^ ^Clemencia,^ ^La Familia deAlvareda, etc., as well as by many shorterstories. In 1859 she published a collection offolk-tales under the title, Cuentas y PoesiasPopulares Andaluces. Some of her works haveappeared in English translations, including ^LaGaviota^ (translated as (1868) ; ^Air-Buih Castles> ; and <The BirdofTruth^ (1881).The chief charm of her writings lies in herdescriptions of life and nature in was three times left a widow; her last hus-. w CABANEL — CABBAGE band was a lawyer named De Arrom. She formsthe subject of one of the *Six Life Studies^(1880) of M. B. Edwards. Cabanel, Alexandre, a-leks-andr ka-ba-nel,French artist: b. Montpellier, 28 Sept. 1823 ; , 23 Jan. 1889. He studied with Picot, andafter i860 gave himself mainly to portrait paint-ing. He was for many years a professor of theAcademie des Beaux Arts and was especiallypopular with American patrons. Among hismany portraits of Americans is that of MissCatherine Wolfe, now in the Metropolitan Mu-seum, New York, which contains also his * Queen Vashti and King Ahasuerus,^ and * Birth of Venus.^ See Stranahan, <A Historyof French Painting^ (1899). Cabanis, Jean Louis, zhoii loo-e ka-ba-nes,German ornithologist: b. Berlin. 1816. He madean ornithological tour through North and SouthCarolina, 1839-41, and in 1849 became custo-dian of the ornithological departmen
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