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Ritter, Frederick Louis

musician, composer, author, was born in 1834 in France. He was a musician of Alsace who came to the United States in 1856, and becoming professor of music at Vassar college in 1867, retained that position until his death. He was the author of Music in England; Music in America; History of Music in the Form of Lectures; and Manual of Musical History. He died in 1891.

RITTER, GEORGE ALEXANDER, lawyer, writer, was born Feb. 2, 1854, in Edwardsville, Ill. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of Nauvoo, Ill.; attended Baylee's Commercial college of Keokuk, Iowa; the Christian Brothers academy; and the Washington university of St.

Louis, Mo. He was admitted to the bar in 1870 in St. Louis, Mo., and for many years practiced law with success in Nauvoo, Ill. He was offered many public positions of trust, but always declined; and his name was several times mentioned in connection with the governorship of Illinois by the public press and the young democracy. He is the author of a work entitled The Lawyer and the Law as a Profession; has made numerous contributions to legal science, and his essay entitled Legal Reform was brought to the attention of the Illinois State Bar association. He has always written on and espoused the cause of a uniform system or code of pleading, as against the old common law form of pleading. He has advocated numerous reforms through the press, and has made some valuable contributions to mental science. He is an honorary member of various societies; advocated the building of the Nauvoo High school; and was instrumental in other improvements in his city, county and state. On account of his wife's health he moved to Denver, Col., in 1897, where he is now engaged in the law and collections.