ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF RUMANIA best known by her pen-name of CARMEN SYLVA, was born on Dec. 29, 1843, the daughter of Prince Hermann of Neuwied, and mar ried Prince (afterwards King) Charles of Rumania in 1869. The only daughter of the marriage died in 1874. She took a keen in terest in the cultural development of her adopted country, es pecially in Rumanian poetry and folklore, and collected and edited many Rumanian legends. Much of her literary work was done in collaboration with Mite Kremnitz, her lady-in-waiting. She wrote easily in English, French, German and Rumanian. Her more important works were translated into many languages. Among them may be mentioned Pensees d'une Reine (1882), and, with Alma Strettell, The Bard of the Dimbovitza (1891), a fine Eng lish version of Helene Vacarescu's collection of Rumanian f olk songs. "Carmen Sylva" died on March 2, 1916.
See her own Reminiscences (1911) ; also M. Kremnitz, Carmen Sylva-eine Biographie (Leipzig, 1903) ; and, for a full bibliography, G. Bengescu, Carmen Sylva-bibliographie et extraits de ses oeuvres (1904)•