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AUGUSTIN EUGENE (skrēb), a French dramatist; born in Paris, Dec. 24, 1791. For nearly 40 years he was the most conspicuous playwright living. His collected "Euvres" (76 vols., issued 1874-1885) contain all his works, SCRIPTURE SCUDDER which include novels as well as plays. cold, impurity of the atmosphere, the Among his best-known plays are: "Valeria" want of natural exercise, and mental dis- (1822) "The Glass of Water" (1840) ; quietude. Climate exercises a very Climate exercises "Adrienne Lecouvreur" (1849); "The Queen marked influence upon it. A moist, cold, of Navarre (1850),; "The Ladies' Battle" and variable climate is particularly fav- (1851); and "Fairy Fingers" (1858): the last three with Legouvé. He also wrote "Fra Diavolo," "Robert the Devil," "The Huguenots," "The Prophet," "La Favorita," and many other well-known librettos. He died in Paris, Feb. 20, 1861.