her= (_The_) Solomon, the son of David, author of _The Preacher_ (i.
e. _Ecclesiastes_).

Thus saith the Preacher, "Nought beneath the sun
Is new;" yet still from change to change we run.

Byron.

_Preacher_ (_The Glorious_), St. Chrys'ostom (347-407). The name means
"Golden mouth."

_Preacher_ (_The Little_), Samuel de Marets, Protestant controversialist
(1599-1663).

_Preacher_ (_The Unfair_). Dr. Isaac Barrow was so called by Charles
II., because his sermons were so exhaustive that they left nothing more
to be said on the subject, which was "unfair" to those that came after
him.

=Preachers= (_The King of_), Louis Bourdaloue (1632-1704).

=Pr['e]cieuses Ridicules= (_Les_), a comedy by Moli[`e]re, in ridicule
of the "_precieuses_," as they were styled, forming the coterie of the
Hotel de Rambouillet in the seventeenth century. The _soir['e]es_ held
in this hotel were a great improvement on the licentious assemblies of
the period; but many imitators made the thing ridiculous, because they
wanted the same presiding talent and good taste.

The two girls of Moli[`e]re's comedy are Madelon and Cathos, the
daughter and niece of Gorgibus, a bourgeois. They change their names to
Polix[`e]ne and Aminte, which they think more genteel, and look on the
affectations of two flunkies as far more _distingu['e]_ than the simple,
gentlemanly manners of their masters. However, they are cured of their
folly, and no harm comes of it (1659).

=Preciosa=, the heroine of Longfellow's _Spanish Student_, in love with
Victorian, the student.

=Precocious Genius.=

JOHANN PHILIP BARATIER, a German, at the age of five years, knew Greek,
Latin, and French, besides his native German. At nine he knew Hebrew and
Chaldaic, and could translate German into Latin. At thirteen he could
translate Hebrew into French, or French into Hebrew (1721-1740).

[Asterism] The life of this boy was written by Formey. His name is
enrolled in all biographical dictionaries.

CHRISTIAN HENRY HEINECKEN, at one year old, knew the chief events of the
Pentatauch!! at thirteen months he knew the history of the Old
Testament!! at fourteen months he knew the history of the New
Testament!! at two and a half years he could answer any ordinary
question of history or geography; and at three years old knew French and
Latin as well as his native German (1721-1725).

[Asterism] The life of this boy was written by Schoeneich, his teacher.
His name