FEDERER, HEINRICH (1866-1928), a prolific Swiss nov elist, was born at Brienz on Oct. 7, 1866, and died at Zurich on April 29, 1928. Destined for the priesthood, he had to give up his pastoral duties on account of his health, and thenceforth devoted himself to literary work. He is one of the most poetic, richest and delectable of the so-called "Heimatkunstler," or authors dealing mainly with native subjects, while his Roman Catholicism introduces a note that is rather unusual in German Swiss literature. His second subject was Italy, especially the Abruzzi. Among the best-known of his novels are Berge and Menschen Jung f er Therese (1913), Das Mdtteliseppi (1916; his own favourite) and Papst and Kaiser im Dorfe (1924)• His short stories are equally charming, such as Sisto e Sesto 0913), an extraordinarily popular little book, and the collection under the title of Lachwyler Geschichten (19i I ). His last work was a volume of reminiscences, Am Fenster, Jugenderinnerungen