edition, also without date, but which must have been printed before the year 1500, appeared at Venice; and the poem was twice reprinted there during the first twenty years of the 16th century. These editions are the more curious and valuable since they contain nothing but the text of the author, which is comprised in three books, divided into cantos, the third book being incomplete. But Niccolo degli Agostini, an indifferent poet, had the courage to continue the work commenced by Boiardo, adding to it three books, which were printed at Venice in 1526-1531, in 4to; and since that time no edition of the _Orlando_ has been printed without the continuation of Agostini, wretched as it unquestionably is. Boiardo's poem suffers from the incurable defect of a laboured and heavy style. His story is skilfully constructed, the characters are well drawn and sustained throughout; many of the incidents show a power and fertility of imagination not inferior to that of Ariosto, but the perfect workmanship indispensable for a great work of art is wanting. The poem in its original shape was not popular, and has been completely superseded by the _Rifacimento_ of Francesco Berni (q.v.). The other works of Boiardo are--(1) _Il Timone_, a comedy, Scandiano, 1500, 4to; (2) _Sonnetti e Canzoni_, Reggio, 1499, 4to; (3) _Carmen Bucolicon_, Reggio, 1500, 4to; (4) _Cinque Capitoli in terza rima_, Venice, 1523 or 1533; (5) _Apulejo dell' Asino d'Oro_, Venice, 1516, 1518; (6) _Asino d'Oro de Luciano tradolto in volgare_, Venice, 1523, 8vo; (7) _Erodoto Alicarnasseo istorico, tradotto di Greco in Lingua Italiana_, Venice, 1533 and 1538, 8vo; (8) _Rerum Italicarum Scriptores_. See Panizzi's _Boiardo_ (9 vols., 1830-1831). BOIE, HEINRICH CHRISTIAN (1744-1806), German author, was born at Meldorf in the then Danish province of Schleswig-Holstein on the 19th of July 1744. After studying law at Jena, he went in 1769 to Gottingen, where he became one of the leading spirits in the Gottingen "Dichterbund" or "Hain." Boie's poetical talent was not great, but his thorough knowledge of literature, his excellent taste and sound judgment, made him an ideal person to awake the poetical genius of others. Together with F.W. Gotter (q.v.) he founded in 1770 the Gottingen _Musenalmanach_, which he directed and edited until 1775, when, in conjunction with C.W. von Dohm (1751-1820), he brought out _Das deutsche Museum_, which became one of the best literary periodicals of the day. In 1776 Boie became secretary to the commander-in-chief at Hanover, and in 1781 was appointed administrator of the province of Suderditmarschen in Holstein. He died at Meldorf on the 3rd of March 1806. See K. Weinhold, _Heinrich Christian Boie_ (Halle, 1868).