GUILLAUME DE PALERNE, de pii'larn'. An old French romance, of which the translation has been printed by the Early English Text Society under the title of William of Palcrne. It is founded on'the werewolf superstition. Con sult Saintsbury, A Short history of French Lit erature (New York, 1882).
GUILLAUlTET, GUSTAVE ACHILLE (1840-87). A French landscape and genre paint er, born in Paris. He studied under Picot and Barrias, and won the second Prix de Rome in 1863. Soon afterwards he went to Biskra (Al geria), and began the series of Moorish scenes by which he became known. The first of these, "Evening Prayer in the Desert" (1863). is in the Luxembourg. The somewhat melancholy and mysterious character of his Eastern pictures is in striking contrast to the brilliant, sparkling treatment by Fromentin of 'the same subjects. His other works include: "Laghouat," "The Segnia Ravine, near Biskra," both in the Luxem bourg; "Arab Market in the Plain of Tokria ;" "The Famine ;" "The Dogs of Dollar." He also
contributed to the Nouvelle Revue articles after wards collected and published with the title, Tableaux algericns (1880), an interesting lit erary comment on his own work.
GUILLEMtAU, gehlY, JACQUES (1550 1613). A French surgeon, born at Orleans. He studied medicine at the Had Dien in Paris, served for several years in the army, and in 1595 became provost of the College of Surgeons, Paris. Ile was the author of several treatises of con siderable value and authority, such as: Traite des maladies de 1'041 (1585) ; De la grossesse et de l'aceourhement des ( 1621) ; Warms de chintrgie (1602) ; La eltirurgie francaise (1594).