He is at his best in his count-
less pamphlets, and in “The Political Proteus,
Legacy to Laborers, and Advice to Young
Men.
less pamphlets, and in “The Political Proteus,
Legacy to Laborers, and Advice to Young
Men.
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The subjects of
larly scholarly, its subject being the sarcopha- Clarke's verses were usually the belles of the
gus now in the British Museum.
city and topics of the day. His works include:
Clarke, Hyde. An English writer of miscel-
(Poetic Sketches) (1826) and (The Belles of
laneous prose; born in London, 1815; died there,
Broadway) (1833). One of his poems was
Dec. 22, 1878. In diplomacy, civil engineer-
"Now twilight lets her curtain down. ")
ing, and scholarsh he was equally at home, Clarke, Rebecca Sophia. ["Sophie May. ”]
his versatility being conspicuous in (Theory of An American novelist and popular writer of
Railway Investment); (Colonization in our In- children's stories; born at Norridgewock, Me. ,
dian Empire) (1857); (Comparative Philology) 1833. She has written, for children, the (Dotty
(1858); and Examination of the Legend of Dimple) series, Flaxie Frizzle) stories, etc. ;
Atlantis) (1886). He compiled a useful abridged and of novels : (Her Friend's Lover); (The
English Dictionary.
Asbury Twins); Quinnebasset Girls); etc.
Clarke, James Freeman. An American Clarke, Richard H. An American prose-
Unitarian clergyman and prose-writer; born writer; born in Washington, D. C. , July 3,
in Hanover, N. H. , April 4, 1810; died in Bos- 1827. He was made president of the Society
ton, Mass. , June 8, 1888. He was one of the of American Authors in 1891. "The New Cru-
clearest thinkers and most lucid and graceful sade of the Nineteenth Century,' relating to
writers of America. In 1852, together with Em- the Church and slavery, was an important
erson and William H. Channing, he prepared article. Other works of his are: (Socialism in
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America); Biography of Commodore John
Barry, Founder of the American Navy):
(Father Sebastian Rale); an answer to Glad-
stone on Maryland Toleration'; and an Illus-
trated History of the Catholic Church in the
United States.
Clarke, Samuel. An English theologian
and philosopher; born in Norwich, Oct. II,
1675; died May 17, 1729. He took holy orders,
and almost immediately commanded recogni-
tion as a thinker and disputant. In his three
masterpieces, Demonstration of the Being and
Attributes of God (1705-6); “Verity and Cer-
titude of Natural and Revealed Religion
(1705); and (Discourse Concerning the Inalter-
able Obligations of Natural Religion (1708),
we get the measure of the man, and they ad-
equately explain his contemporary eminence.
His edition of Homer is good; as are, in fact,
nearly all his varied literary productions.
Clason, Isaac Starr. An American poet
and actor; born in New York in 1789; died
in London, 1834. He published Don Juan,
Cantos 17 and 18) supplementary to Byron's
poem (1825). It gave him his reputation; and
was followed by Horace in New York,' a col-
lection of poems full of the local gossip of
the time, and containing some touching lines
on the death of Thomas Addis Emmet.
Claudianus, Claudius (kla-di-ā'nus A Ro-
man poet of the 4th century. He stood high
in favor with the emperors Honorius and Ar-
cadius, and was promoted to the highest honors
of the State. He was the last of the non-
Christian poets of Rome, and stands high above
his contemporaries, though his style and matter
have the faults and blemishes of that decadent
period,- bombastic expression and flattery of
the great. His greatest work is an epic, “The
Rape of Proserpine. His (Epithalamium on
the Marriage of Honorius) has appended to it
some (Fescennine Verses): both, especially the
latter, would seem to continue the true Roman
poetic tradition for that kind of compositions.
Such poems would not be tolerated at a mar-
riage feast in our times. Besides the works
named, we have a considerable number of other
poems by Claudianus.
Claudius, Matthias (klou'dē-ös). A noted
German poet; born at Reinfeld, Holstein, Aug.
15, 1740; died at Altona, Jan. 21, 1815. Though
his first literary venture, (Trifles and Tales,
had little originality, being an imitation of a
work by Gerstenberg under a similar title, he
is in his later works one of the most original
of German authors. His simple ballads, Join
in with Clear and Full Accord); 'O Crown the
Bowl); (Once Lived a Giant Goliath, became
popular favorites. *
Clauren, H. (klou'ren), pseudonym of Carl
Heun. A German story-writer and dramatist;
born in Dobrilugk, March 20, 1771; died at Ber-
lin, Aug. 2, 1854. He held numerous official
positions after studying law, but story-telling
and farce-writing occupied the greater part of
his time. (The Sombre Room) and (Mimili)
were two of his early and successful tales. His
poem (The King Called, and All, All Came,
and his farces, are still remembered. He
blended sentimentality and realism in a pop-
ularly taking but inartistic manner.
Clavijo y Fajardo, José (klav-e'ho ē fä.
Här'dő). A Spanish journalist and prose-writer;
born in the Canary Islands, about 1730; died
at Madrid, 1806. He came young to the Span-
ish capital, and demonstrated his ability to
such purpose that prosperity and fame were
his very early, the Pensador and the Mercurio
being distinctively journals made by himself.
He also translated Buffon's Natural History
He is the hero of Goethe's "Clavigo. '
Clay, Cassius Marcellus. A distinguished
American statesman; born in Madison County,
Ky. , Oct. 19, 1810. He was one of the most
powerful of the Southern Abolitionists. In 1862-
69 he was minister to Russia. He wrote his
own (Life and Memoirs) (2 vols. , 1886).
Clay, Henry. An eminent American orator
and statesman; born in Hanover, Va. , April
12, 1777; died at Washington, D. C. , June
29, 1852. He was United States Senator from
Kentucky, 1806–7, 1810-11; Member of Congress
from Kentucky, 1811-21, 1823–25; Speaker
of the House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823–25; Pres.
idential candidate, 1824; Secretary of State,
1825-29; United States Senator, 1831-42, 1849-
52; Presidential candidate, 1832 and 1844; one
of the formulators of the Missouri Compro-
mise, 1820, and of the Compromise of 1850;
author of the tariff of 1833. His Complete
Works) (1857) are edited by Colton. *
Cleanthes (klē-an'thēs). A Greek philos.
opher; born at Assos, 331 B. C. ; died, 232
B. C. He was the founder of Stoicism. His
works are lost, with the exception of a "Hymn
to Zeus) and some few fragments. *
Clemens, Jeremiah. An American states.
man, lawyer, and novelist; born at Huntsville,
Ala. , Dec. 28, 1814; died there, May 21, 1865.
He was U. S. Senator from Alabama (1849-53).
He wrote: (Bernard Lisle) (1856); Mustang
Grey) (1858); “Tobias Wilson (1865); etc.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. (« Mark
Twain. ) A distinguished American humor-
ist; born in Missouri, Nov. 30, 1835. His
works include: (The Jumping Frog) (1867);
(The Innocents Abroad? (1869); (Roughing
It) (1872); A Tramp Abroad) (1880); "The
Prince and the Pauper) (1882); Life on the
Mississippi) (1883); (The Gilded Age) (1874:
with Charles Dudley Warner); (Old Times
on the Mississippi'; Tom Sawyer'; (Huckle-
berry Finn); A Yankee at King Arthur's
Court); Pudd'nhead Wilson); (The Personal
Recollections of Joan of Arc); (Following the
Equator) (1897). *
Clemmer, Mrs. Mary. See Hudson, Mrs.
Mary (Clemmer) (Ames).
Clesse, Antoine (kles'ę). A Belgian popular
poet (1816-89); born at The Hague. To the
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armorer.
are:
day of his death he followed his trade of
His first ballad, (Godfrey de Bouil-
lon,' won for him a gold medal. His popular
songs (Beer) and (The Family Name) (mean-
ing Belgian, including Fleming, Walloon, etc. ),
came into great favor with the people. He
wrote also a comedy, (A Poet. Two volumes
of (Songs) (1866-88) contain all his popular
ballads, with the music.
Cleveland, Aaron. An American writer of
prose and verse; born in Haddam, Conn. , Feb.
3, 1744; died in New Haven, Conn. , Sept. 21,
1815. In 1763 was written his best poem, “The
Philosopher and Boy. ? In 1775 he published a
poem on “Slavery); also a number of fugitive
verses. He was the great-grandfather of Pres-
ident Cleveland.
Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth. An American
prose-writer, sister of Grover Cleveland; born
in Fayetteville, N. Y. , 1846. After the inaugu-
ration of her brother (1885) she became the
mistress of the White House," remaining there
until 1886. Miss Cleveland published a book
of essays and lectures entitled "George Eliot's
Poetry, and Other Studies) (1885); and “The
Long Run,' a novel (1886).
Clinch, Charles Powell. An American poet
and play-writer; born in New York city, Oct.
20, 1797 ; died there, Dec. 16, 1880. For many
years he was editorial writer, and literary and
dramatic critic, for the press; also writer of
many poems, theatrical addresses, and dramas.
Among the latter are: (The Spy); (The Ex-
pelled Collegiates); and (The First of May. )
Clinton, De Witt. A famous American law.
yer and statesman; born at Little Britain,
N. Y. , March 2, 1769; died at Albany, N. Y. ,
Feb. 11, 1828. He was United States Senator
from New York (1802); mayor of New York
city (1803-7, 1809-10, 1811-15); lieutenant-gov-
ernor (1811-13); candidate for President (1812);
governor (1817-23, 1825-28). He was the chief
originator of the Erie Canal (1817–25). Besides
purely political works, addresses, etc. , he wrote:
Antiquities of Western New York); (Natural
History and Internal Revenues of New York);
etc.
Clough, Arthur Hugh (kluf). An English
poet; born in Liverpool, Jan. 1, 1819; died at
Florence, Italy, Nov. 13, 1861. His works com-
prise : (The Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich [after-
wards Tober-na-Vuolich), a Long Vacation
Pastoral (1848); (Ambarvalia: Poems by
Thomas Burbidge and A. H. Clough) (1849);
Plutarch's Lives: the Translation called Dry-
den's Corrected (1859-64 and 1876); Poems
with Memoir' (by F. T. Palgrave) (1862);
"Poems and Prose Remains) (1869); and one
or two more. *
Clymer, Ella Dietz. An American poet;
born in New York, 185- She began her career
as an actress in 1872; in 1881 she abandoned
the stage. She has contributed to literature
three volumes of poems: (The Triumph of
Love) (1878); (The Triumph of Time) (1884);
and “The Triumph of Life) (1885). She was
one of the founders of the “Sorosis » Society,
and its president in 1889.
Coan, Titus (kõ'an). A noted American
missionary; born at Killingworth, Conn. , Feb.
1, 1801 ; died at Hilo, Hawaii, Dec. I, 1882.
After spending several months (1833-34) on a
dangerous exploring expedition in Patagonia,
he went to the Sandwich Islands (1835), oc-
cupying the Hilo station forty-seven years, and
in that time converting 14,000 natives. He
wrote: (Adventures in Patagonia' (1880); Life
in Hawaii' (1881).
Coan, Titus Munson. An American man
of letters and critic, son of Titus M. the elder;
born in the Sandwich Islands, 1836. He now
resides in New York. He has written (An
Ounce of Prevention); (Topics of the Time)
(edited).
Coates, Florence Earle (Mrs. Edward H. ).
An American poet; born 18—, and now resid-
ing in Philadelphia, Pa. She has made many
contributions to various magazines. Among
her uncollected poems
(Conscience);
(Song); (To France -- 1894'; Combatants);
(Survival);
Cobb, Joseph Beckham. An American
novelist and miscellaneous writer; born in
Georgia, 1819; died 1858. He wrote: (The
Creole) (1850), a novel; Mississippi Scenes)
(1851); (Leisure Labors) (1858).
Cobb, Sylvanus. An American novelist;
born in Waterville, Me. , 1823; died in Hyde
Park, Mass. , July 2, 1887. He was editor and
publisher of a periodical called the Rechabite.
Besides contributing to other publications, he
most prolific story-writer. His most
popular novels are: (The King's Talisman)
(1851); “The Patriot Cruiser) (1859); and Ben
Hamed) (1864).
Cobbe, Frances Power. An Irish writer on
religion and morals; born in Dublin, 1822.
She has written "Intuitive Morals) (1855);
(Religious Duty); Hours of Work and Play
(1867); Duties of Women'; (The Hopes of
the Human Race, Hereafter and Here); and
other important works. She has been praised
for her expositions of the views of Theodore
Parker.
Cobbett, William. An English essayist and
political writer; born in Farnham, March 9,
1762; died at Normandy Farm, near Farn-
ham, June 1835. The son of a farm hind, he
had no early advantages, but a great gift for
controversy; and he plunged warmly into the
social and economic and political discussions
of his day. He visited this country, and wrote
here for a time under the name of (Peter
Porcupine.
He is at his best in his count-
less pamphlets, and in “The Political Proteus,
Legacy to Laborers, and Advice to Young
Men.
Cobden, Richard. A great English political
economist; born in Sussex, June 3, 1804; died
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a
at London, April 2, 1865. He was a manu-
facturer, but opposed his class ; led the Corn
Law agitation; and entered Parliament in 1841.
He visited this country in 1854. His (Political
Writings) (1867) and (Speeches on Questions
of Public Policy) (1870) are very notable in the
history of agitation.
Codemo, Luigia (ko-dā'mo). An Italian
novelist; born at Treviso, Sept. 5, 1828. She
made extensive travels (1838-50), and in 1851
became the wife of the Chevalier Karl von
Gerstenbrand. Her first work, Memoirs of a
Peasant) (1856), evinced a true insight into
lowly life; and in the numerous sketches and
tales that followed it, she showed a profound
sympathy with the common people. Her writ-
ings passed through several editions. Among
her works are: Miseries and Splendors of the
Poor); “The New Rich'; “A Lady of Heart.
Codman, John. A noted American sea-
captain and miscellaneous writer; born at
Dorchester, Mass. , 1814. He has written :
(Sailors' Life and Sailors’ Yarns) (1847); (The
Mormon Country) (1876); Round Trip by
Way of Panama, etc. ) (1879); (Winter Sketches
from the Saddle) (1888); etc.
Coffin, Charles Carleton. An American
novelist and lecturer; born in Boscawen, N. H. ,
July 26, 1823; died in Brookline, Mass. , March
2, 1896. He began life as a civil engineer;
afterward gave his attention to telegraphy. In
1851 he began to write for the Boston papers;
and during the Civil War and the Austro-
Prussian War of 1866 was war correspondent
for the Boston Journal, writing over the signa-
ture of «Carleton. His books include : Days
and Nights on the Battle-Field) (1864); (Our
New Way Round the World' (1869); (Story
of Liberty) (1878); "Life of Garfield (1883);
and “The Drum-Beat of the Nation (1887), the
first volume of a series.
Coffin, Robert Barry. An American jour-
nalist and miscellaneous writer; born in Hud-
son, N. Y. , July 21, 1826; died in Fordham,
N. Y. , June 10, 1886. He was on the staff of
the Home Journal of New York (1858), and
was also art critic of the Evening Post. His
humorous sketches, which have appeared in
many periodicals over the pen-name Barry
Gray,” have been extensively read. Among
his publications are: (My Married Life at Hill-
side) (1865); (Cakes and Ale at Woodbine)
(1868); and (The Home of Cooper) (1872).
Coffin, Robert Stevenson. An American
poet; born in Brunswick, Me. , July 14, 1797 ;
died in Rowley, Mass. , May 7, 1827. His first
contributions in verse to the periodicals were
over the signature of «The Boston Bard. ”
He published (The Oriental Harp: Poems of
the Boston Bard) (1826), in which are included
his most notable verses.
Coggeshall, William Turner. An Amer-
ican journalist; born in Lewistown, Pa. , Sept.
6, 1824; died in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 2, 1867,
From 1841 to 1866 he was editorially connected
with a number of newspapers, including the
Cincinnati Gazette, the Springfield Republican
(1862), and the Ohio State Journal (1865). He
was United States minister to Ecuador from
June 1866 until his death. His works include:
(Home Hits and Hints) (1859); Poets and
Poetry of the West) (1800); and “The Journeys
of Lincoln as President-Elect, and as President
Martyred) (1865).
Colardeau, Charles Pierre (kö-lär-do). A
French poet; born at Janville, 1732; died 1776.
He was elected to the French Academy in 1776,
having written «The Men of Prometheus) and
(Epistle to M. Duhamel.
Colban, Adolphine Marie (kolbän). А
Norwegian novelist (1814-84). Left a widow
without resources at 36, she went to Paris,
where a lady of quality sent to the printer some
of the widow's letters to her, entitling the col-
lection Letters of a Barbarian. Parisian soci-
ety was captivated, and the author decided to
exercise her newly discovered talent by writing
stories in her own language. Between 1809
and 1881 she published seven volumes of tales,
charming for their fine spiritual insight and their
warm human sympathy; they were nearly all
translated into German. Among them "Jeg
Lever) is perhaps the most noteworthy.
Colenso, John William. An English theo-
logian; born 1814; died 1883. He became
Bishop of Natal, South Africa, and wrote (The
Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Ex-
amined' (1862).
Coleridge, Hartley. An English poet and
literary critic (1796-1849), son of Samuel Taylor;
born at Bristol. From Oxford he went to
London, and there published some exquisite
sonnets in the London Magazine. He inherited
defects of character and will, and never realized
the promise of his great talents. His writings
in prose are Biographia Borealis) (1833); “The
Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire) (1836);
and a volume of (Essays and Marginalia. His
brother Derwent published a biography and his
poems (2 vols. , 1850).
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. An English poet
and philosopher; born at Ottery St. Mary, Dev-
onshire, Oct. 21, 1772; died July 25, 1834. The
authorities on the works of Coleridge are very
numerous and important. Among the many
titles under which his works were published,
the following are probably most noteworthy :
(Fall of Robespierre (1794), a play of which
he wrote the first act; Moral and Political
Lecture Delivered at Bristol (1795); (Con-
ciones ad populum (1795), being addresses to
the people; (The Plot Discovered) (1795), a
political pamphlet; Poems on Various Subjects)
(1796); (The Destiny of Nations) (1828), first
published in Southey's Joan of Arc); (Ode to
the Departing Year) (1796); (Fears in Solitude)
(1798); (Wallenstein (1800); (Remorse, a
Tragedy) (1813); (Christabel,' with (Kubla
Khan) and Pains of Sleep) (1816); Bio-
graphia Literaria) (1817); (Aids to Reflection)
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:
(1825); (Table Talk) (1835); “Confessions of
an Inquiring Spirit) (1840), the last two post-
humous. The Ancient Mariner) was first pub-
lished in 1798, in a volume of (Lyrical Ballads)
(with Wordsworth). *
Coleridge, Sara. An English poet, daughter
of Samuel Taylor; born at Greta Hall, near
Keswick, Dec. 22, 1802; died in London, May
3, 1852. The genius of her father seemed al-
most to have inspired her Phantasmion, a
ballad of fairyland. Her classical learning and
scientific attainments made her an authority on
some of the most abstruse subjects.
Coles, Abraham. An American prose-writer
and poet; born in Scotch Plains, N. J. , Dec. 26,
1813; died in Monterey, Cal. , May 3, 1891. In
1835 he graduated from Jefferson Medical Col-
lege, Philadelphia. He has published thirteen
original translations of the celebrated hymn
Dies Iræ) (1859); (Old Gems in New Set-
tings) (1866); (The Microcosm); and (The
Light of the World) (1884). In 1871 Princeton
gave him the degree of LL. D.
Colet, Louise Revoil (ko-lā'). A French
poet and novelist (1810-76). Four times be-
tween 1839 and 1855, poems of hers were
crowned by the French Academy. She was
a graceful lyrist, and often struck the chord
of deep passion with effect. Of her verses,
poured forth with marvelous facility, (The
Woman's Poem) is perhaps her best after the
four offered to the Academy. Among her nu-
merous novels, (Bruised Hearts) (2 vols. , 1843)
may be mentioned. She also wrote several nar.
ratives of travel.
Collé, Charles (ko-lā'). A French dramatist
(1709-83). For the Duke of Orleans's theatre
he composed several light comedies, (There's
Truth in Wine, (The Knave Gallant, etc. ,
full of lively dialogue and intensely comic sit-
uations. Of his sentimental pieces, Henri
IV. 's Hunting Party) is best known. As a
lyrist he holds a place next after Béranger
among French poets. His Historic Journal)
(3 vols. ) is for the most part a mass of calum-
nies against his contemporaries.
Collet, Jakobine Camilla (kol'let). A Nor-
wegian novelist; born at Christiansand, Jan. 23,
1813. Her works, in many of which she cham-
pions the political emancipation of women,
have had very wide circulation. Among them
are : (In the Long Nights); (A Bright Picture
in a Dark Frame); (Against the Current. )
Colletet, Guillaume (kol"ę-tā"). A French
poet; born at Paris in 1598; died in 1659. He
wrote a number of poems that are not with-
out merit, possessing as they do liveliness and
originality. Some of his epigrams are ingenious
and pungent. His best works are: (Banquet
of the Poets) (1646); (Selected Poems) (1656).
He was one of the five poets selected by
Richelieu to put his dramatic works in verse,
and was also one of the original members of
the French Academy.
Collier, Mrs. Ada (Langworthy). An Amer.
ican writer of verse; born in Iowa, 1843. Her
home is in Dubuque. Her principal work is
(Lilith, the Legend of the First Woman
(1885).
Collier, John Payne. An English critic and
antiquary; born in London, 1789; died Sept.
17, 1883. He is famed for his (Poetical De-
cameron) (1820); History of English Dra-
matic Poetry to the Time of Shakespeare, and
Annals of the Stage to the Restoration (1831);
and his edition of Shakespeare (1844).
Collier, Robert Laird. An American Uni-
tarian clergyman, religious writer, and essayist;
born at Salisbury, Md. , 1837; died 1890. Start-
ing in life as an itinerant Methodist preacher,
he held prominent Unitarian pulpits in Chicago
and Boston, and became noted as a preacher
and lecturer. In later life he was London cor-
respondent of the New York Herald. Besides
religious writings, he published: (Henry Irving,
a Sketch and a Criticism'; English Home
Life) (1885).
Collin, Heinrich Joseph von (kol'lin). An
Austrian dramatist and lyrist (1771-1811); born
at Vienna. He wrote several tragedies, mostly
on antique themes; of these, Regulus,' the
first of the series, is the best. His powerful
(Songs for the Militia(1809) give him a high
rank among the balladists of the war of liber-
ation. Of his historical ballads, (Kaiser Max
on the Walls of St. Martin's) is best known.
Collin d'Harleville, Jean François (kõl-an
därl-vēl'). A French dramatist (1755-1806).
He worked a genuine vein of comedy, yet
never slighted the moral side of conduct.
Notable among his works are (The Old Bach-
elor, his masterpiece, and (Castles in Spain. '
Collins, John. An English poet; born in
Bath, 1742; died at Birmingham, May 2, 1808.
He was a stay-maker turned actor; and his
poetic fame rests upon (Scripscrapologia,' a
collection of poems, among which (To-Morrow)
is especially readable.
Collins, Mortimer. An English novelist and
poet; born in Plymouth, June 29, 1827; died at
Knowl Hill, Berkshire, July 28, 1876. His "Idyls
and Rhymes, (Summer Songs, and (The
British Birds' are the efforts of an inspired
verse-maker. His novels : “Who Is the Heir ? )
(1865); (Sweet Anne Page) (1868); “The Ivory
Gate) (1869); (The Vivian Romance) (1870);
(The Marquis and Merchant) (1871); (Two
Plunges for a Pearl (1872); Blacksmith and
Scholar(1875); and others, are much admired.
Collins, William. An English poet; born
in Chichester, Dec. 25, 1721; died there, June 12,
1759. His melancholy temperament and poetic
musings marked him as a boy, as a youth at
Oxford, and even as a madman in the asylum
where he died. (The Passions,' with its grace
and vigor, its vivid and pliant dexterity of
touch"; the (Ode to Evening,' a mosaic of eu-
phonies; the Dirge in Cymbeline); and the
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(Ode on the Death of Thomson,' chiefly per.
petuate his fame. *
Collins, William Wilkie. An English nov-
elist; born in London, Jan. 8, 1824; died there,
Sept. 23, 1889. He was a master of construct.
ive art and fascinating plot. His greatest
novels are admittedly (The Moonstone) (1868)
and "The Woman in White) (1860); next in
merit are (The New Magdalen) (1873) and
No Name) (1862). The others are : (Anto-
nina (2d ed. 1850); Basil) (1852); (The Dead
Secret! (1857); (Armadale) (1866); (Man and
Wife) (1870); Poor Miss Finch) (1872); “Miss
or Mrs. ? ) (1873); (The Law and the Lady)
(1875); (The Two Destinies) (1876); Heart
and Science) (1883); I Say No) (1884); (The
Legacy of Cain (1888); (Blind Love) (1889 :
completed by Walter Besant). He wrote also
a biography of his father, William Collins the
painter (1848). *
Collyer, Robert. An American clergyman
and prose-writer; born in Keighley, Yorkshire,
England, Dec. 8, 1823. He came to America
in 1849, being then a Wesleyan preacher and
a blacksmith; but became a Unitarian, and
preached some years in Chicago, where he
founded Unity Church in 1860. He was made
pastor of the Church of the Messiah, New York
city, September 1879, and is now pastor emeri.
tus. Included in his publications are: Nature
and Life) (1866); (The Life that Now Is)
(1871); A History of the Town and Parish
of Ilkley) (England, 1886, written in connec-
tion with Horsefall Turner) and (Lectures to
Young Men and Women) (1886).
Colman, George, the Elder. An English
dramatist; born in Florence, Italy, April 28,
1732; died in London, Aug. 14, 1794. Taste,
humor, and brilliancy are the leading qual-
ities of his work; (The Deuce Is in Him);
( New Brooms); (The Separate Maintenance);
and several other comedies, proclaiming him
a man of wit, a writer, and a playwright of rare
merits. *
Colman, George, the Younger. An English
dramatist and humorous poet; born in Lon-
don (? ), Oct. 21, 1762; died there, Oct. 17, 1836.
(The Iron Chest, John Bull (for which he
received an unprecedentedly large sum), and
(The Heir-at-Law, are most widely known
among his racy and rather noisy but most
laughable comedies. (Broad Grins) and (Poetic
Vagaries) are very amusing rhymes.
Colombi, Marchioness (kõ-lum'bē), pseu-
donym of Maria Torelli-Torriani. An Italian
novelist of to-day; born at Novara. Most note-
worthy among her stories is (In Risaia,' a
powerful description of the miseries of Italian
peasant life.
Colonna, Vittoria (ko-lon'nä). A poet of
Italy (1490-1547); born at Marino. Left a
widow in 1525 by the death of her husband,
the Marquis of Pescara, she lived thereafter in
retirement. She was the correspondent and
counselor of the foremost men of her time in
Italy, especially Michel Angelo.
larly scholarly, its subject being the sarcopha- Clarke's verses were usually the belles of the
gus now in the British Museum.
city and topics of the day. His works include:
Clarke, Hyde. An English writer of miscel-
(Poetic Sketches) (1826) and (The Belles of
laneous prose; born in London, 1815; died there,
Broadway) (1833). One of his poems was
Dec. 22, 1878. In diplomacy, civil engineer-
"Now twilight lets her curtain down. ")
ing, and scholarsh he was equally at home, Clarke, Rebecca Sophia. ["Sophie May. ”]
his versatility being conspicuous in (Theory of An American novelist and popular writer of
Railway Investment); (Colonization in our In- children's stories; born at Norridgewock, Me. ,
dian Empire) (1857); (Comparative Philology) 1833. She has written, for children, the (Dotty
(1858); and Examination of the Legend of Dimple) series, Flaxie Frizzle) stories, etc. ;
Atlantis) (1886). He compiled a useful abridged and of novels : (Her Friend's Lover); (The
English Dictionary.
Asbury Twins); Quinnebasset Girls); etc.
Clarke, James Freeman. An American Clarke, Richard H. An American prose-
Unitarian clergyman and prose-writer; born writer; born in Washington, D. C. , July 3,
in Hanover, N. H. , April 4, 1810; died in Bos- 1827. He was made president of the Society
ton, Mass. , June 8, 1888. He was one of the of American Authors in 1891. "The New Cru-
clearest thinkers and most lucid and graceful sade of the Nineteenth Century,' relating to
writers of America. In 1852, together with Em- the Church and slavery, was an important
erson and William H. Channing, he prepared article. Other works of his are: (Socialism in
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America); Biography of Commodore John
Barry, Founder of the American Navy):
(Father Sebastian Rale); an answer to Glad-
stone on Maryland Toleration'; and an Illus-
trated History of the Catholic Church in the
United States.
Clarke, Samuel. An English theologian
and philosopher; born in Norwich, Oct. II,
1675; died May 17, 1729. He took holy orders,
and almost immediately commanded recogni-
tion as a thinker and disputant. In his three
masterpieces, Demonstration of the Being and
Attributes of God (1705-6); “Verity and Cer-
titude of Natural and Revealed Religion
(1705); and (Discourse Concerning the Inalter-
able Obligations of Natural Religion (1708),
we get the measure of the man, and they ad-
equately explain his contemporary eminence.
His edition of Homer is good; as are, in fact,
nearly all his varied literary productions.
Clason, Isaac Starr. An American poet
and actor; born in New York in 1789; died
in London, 1834. He published Don Juan,
Cantos 17 and 18) supplementary to Byron's
poem (1825). It gave him his reputation; and
was followed by Horace in New York,' a col-
lection of poems full of the local gossip of
the time, and containing some touching lines
on the death of Thomas Addis Emmet.
Claudianus, Claudius (kla-di-ā'nus A Ro-
man poet of the 4th century. He stood high
in favor with the emperors Honorius and Ar-
cadius, and was promoted to the highest honors
of the State. He was the last of the non-
Christian poets of Rome, and stands high above
his contemporaries, though his style and matter
have the faults and blemishes of that decadent
period,- bombastic expression and flattery of
the great. His greatest work is an epic, “The
Rape of Proserpine. His (Epithalamium on
the Marriage of Honorius) has appended to it
some (Fescennine Verses): both, especially the
latter, would seem to continue the true Roman
poetic tradition for that kind of compositions.
Such poems would not be tolerated at a mar-
riage feast in our times. Besides the works
named, we have a considerable number of other
poems by Claudianus.
Claudius, Matthias (klou'dē-ös). A noted
German poet; born at Reinfeld, Holstein, Aug.
15, 1740; died at Altona, Jan. 21, 1815. Though
his first literary venture, (Trifles and Tales,
had little originality, being an imitation of a
work by Gerstenberg under a similar title, he
is in his later works one of the most original
of German authors. His simple ballads, Join
in with Clear and Full Accord); 'O Crown the
Bowl); (Once Lived a Giant Goliath, became
popular favorites. *
Clauren, H. (klou'ren), pseudonym of Carl
Heun. A German story-writer and dramatist;
born in Dobrilugk, March 20, 1771; died at Ber-
lin, Aug. 2, 1854. He held numerous official
positions after studying law, but story-telling
and farce-writing occupied the greater part of
his time. (The Sombre Room) and (Mimili)
were two of his early and successful tales. His
poem (The King Called, and All, All Came,
and his farces, are still remembered. He
blended sentimentality and realism in a pop-
ularly taking but inartistic manner.
Clavijo y Fajardo, José (klav-e'ho ē fä.
Här'dő). A Spanish journalist and prose-writer;
born in the Canary Islands, about 1730; died
at Madrid, 1806. He came young to the Span-
ish capital, and demonstrated his ability to
such purpose that prosperity and fame were
his very early, the Pensador and the Mercurio
being distinctively journals made by himself.
He also translated Buffon's Natural History
He is the hero of Goethe's "Clavigo. '
Clay, Cassius Marcellus. A distinguished
American statesman; born in Madison County,
Ky. , Oct. 19, 1810. He was one of the most
powerful of the Southern Abolitionists. In 1862-
69 he was minister to Russia. He wrote his
own (Life and Memoirs) (2 vols. , 1886).
Clay, Henry. An eminent American orator
and statesman; born in Hanover, Va. , April
12, 1777; died at Washington, D. C. , June
29, 1852. He was United States Senator from
Kentucky, 1806–7, 1810-11; Member of Congress
from Kentucky, 1811-21, 1823–25; Speaker
of the House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823–25; Pres.
idential candidate, 1824; Secretary of State,
1825-29; United States Senator, 1831-42, 1849-
52; Presidential candidate, 1832 and 1844; one
of the formulators of the Missouri Compro-
mise, 1820, and of the Compromise of 1850;
author of the tariff of 1833. His Complete
Works) (1857) are edited by Colton. *
Cleanthes (klē-an'thēs). A Greek philos.
opher; born at Assos, 331 B. C. ; died, 232
B. C. He was the founder of Stoicism. His
works are lost, with the exception of a "Hymn
to Zeus) and some few fragments. *
Clemens, Jeremiah. An American states.
man, lawyer, and novelist; born at Huntsville,
Ala. , Dec. 28, 1814; died there, May 21, 1865.
He was U. S. Senator from Alabama (1849-53).
He wrote: (Bernard Lisle) (1856); Mustang
Grey) (1858); “Tobias Wilson (1865); etc.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. (« Mark
Twain. ) A distinguished American humor-
ist; born in Missouri, Nov. 30, 1835. His
works include: (The Jumping Frog) (1867);
(The Innocents Abroad? (1869); (Roughing
It) (1872); A Tramp Abroad) (1880); "The
Prince and the Pauper) (1882); Life on the
Mississippi) (1883); (The Gilded Age) (1874:
with Charles Dudley Warner); (Old Times
on the Mississippi'; Tom Sawyer'; (Huckle-
berry Finn); A Yankee at King Arthur's
Court); Pudd'nhead Wilson); (The Personal
Recollections of Joan of Arc); (Following the
Equator) (1897). *
Clemmer, Mrs. Mary. See Hudson, Mrs.
Mary (Clemmer) (Ames).
Clesse, Antoine (kles'ę). A Belgian popular
poet (1816-89); born at The Hague. To the
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armorer.
are:
day of his death he followed his trade of
His first ballad, (Godfrey de Bouil-
lon,' won for him a gold medal. His popular
songs (Beer) and (The Family Name) (mean-
ing Belgian, including Fleming, Walloon, etc. ),
came into great favor with the people. He
wrote also a comedy, (A Poet. Two volumes
of (Songs) (1866-88) contain all his popular
ballads, with the music.
Cleveland, Aaron. An American writer of
prose and verse; born in Haddam, Conn. , Feb.
3, 1744; died in New Haven, Conn. , Sept. 21,
1815. In 1763 was written his best poem, “The
Philosopher and Boy. ? In 1775 he published a
poem on “Slavery); also a number of fugitive
verses. He was the great-grandfather of Pres-
ident Cleveland.
Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth. An American
prose-writer, sister of Grover Cleveland; born
in Fayetteville, N. Y. , 1846. After the inaugu-
ration of her brother (1885) she became the
mistress of the White House," remaining there
until 1886. Miss Cleveland published a book
of essays and lectures entitled "George Eliot's
Poetry, and Other Studies) (1885); and “The
Long Run,' a novel (1886).
Clinch, Charles Powell. An American poet
and play-writer; born in New York city, Oct.
20, 1797 ; died there, Dec. 16, 1880. For many
years he was editorial writer, and literary and
dramatic critic, for the press; also writer of
many poems, theatrical addresses, and dramas.
Among the latter are: (The Spy); (The Ex-
pelled Collegiates); and (The First of May. )
Clinton, De Witt. A famous American law.
yer and statesman; born at Little Britain,
N. Y. , March 2, 1769; died at Albany, N. Y. ,
Feb. 11, 1828. He was United States Senator
from New York (1802); mayor of New York
city (1803-7, 1809-10, 1811-15); lieutenant-gov-
ernor (1811-13); candidate for President (1812);
governor (1817-23, 1825-28). He was the chief
originator of the Erie Canal (1817–25). Besides
purely political works, addresses, etc. , he wrote:
Antiquities of Western New York); (Natural
History and Internal Revenues of New York);
etc.
Clough, Arthur Hugh (kluf). An English
poet; born in Liverpool, Jan. 1, 1819; died at
Florence, Italy, Nov. 13, 1861. His works com-
prise : (The Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich [after-
wards Tober-na-Vuolich), a Long Vacation
Pastoral (1848); (Ambarvalia: Poems by
Thomas Burbidge and A. H. Clough) (1849);
Plutarch's Lives: the Translation called Dry-
den's Corrected (1859-64 and 1876); Poems
with Memoir' (by F. T. Palgrave) (1862);
"Poems and Prose Remains) (1869); and one
or two more. *
Clymer, Ella Dietz. An American poet;
born in New York, 185- She began her career
as an actress in 1872; in 1881 she abandoned
the stage. She has contributed to literature
three volumes of poems: (The Triumph of
Love) (1878); (The Triumph of Time) (1884);
and “The Triumph of Life) (1885). She was
one of the founders of the “Sorosis » Society,
and its president in 1889.
Coan, Titus (kõ'an). A noted American
missionary; born at Killingworth, Conn. , Feb.
1, 1801 ; died at Hilo, Hawaii, Dec. I, 1882.
After spending several months (1833-34) on a
dangerous exploring expedition in Patagonia,
he went to the Sandwich Islands (1835), oc-
cupying the Hilo station forty-seven years, and
in that time converting 14,000 natives. He
wrote: (Adventures in Patagonia' (1880); Life
in Hawaii' (1881).
Coan, Titus Munson. An American man
of letters and critic, son of Titus M. the elder;
born in the Sandwich Islands, 1836. He now
resides in New York. He has written (An
Ounce of Prevention); (Topics of the Time)
(edited).
Coates, Florence Earle (Mrs. Edward H. ).
An American poet; born 18—, and now resid-
ing in Philadelphia, Pa. She has made many
contributions to various magazines. Among
her uncollected poems
(Conscience);
(Song); (To France -- 1894'; Combatants);
(Survival);
Cobb, Joseph Beckham. An American
novelist and miscellaneous writer; born in
Georgia, 1819; died 1858. He wrote: (The
Creole) (1850), a novel; Mississippi Scenes)
(1851); (Leisure Labors) (1858).
Cobb, Sylvanus. An American novelist;
born in Waterville, Me. , 1823; died in Hyde
Park, Mass. , July 2, 1887. He was editor and
publisher of a periodical called the Rechabite.
Besides contributing to other publications, he
most prolific story-writer. His most
popular novels are: (The King's Talisman)
(1851); “The Patriot Cruiser) (1859); and Ben
Hamed) (1864).
Cobbe, Frances Power. An Irish writer on
religion and morals; born in Dublin, 1822.
She has written "Intuitive Morals) (1855);
(Religious Duty); Hours of Work and Play
(1867); Duties of Women'; (The Hopes of
the Human Race, Hereafter and Here); and
other important works. She has been praised
for her expositions of the views of Theodore
Parker.
Cobbett, William. An English essayist and
political writer; born in Farnham, March 9,
1762; died at Normandy Farm, near Farn-
ham, June 1835. The son of a farm hind, he
had no early advantages, but a great gift for
controversy; and he plunged warmly into the
social and economic and political discussions
of his day. He visited this country, and wrote
here for a time under the name of (Peter
Porcupine.
He is at his best in his count-
less pamphlets, and in “The Political Proteus,
Legacy to Laborers, and Advice to Young
Men.
Cobden, Richard. A great English political
economist; born in Sussex, June 3, 1804; died
IBM
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a
at London, April 2, 1865. He was a manu-
facturer, but opposed his class ; led the Corn
Law agitation; and entered Parliament in 1841.
He visited this country in 1854. His (Political
Writings) (1867) and (Speeches on Questions
of Public Policy) (1870) are very notable in the
history of agitation.
Codemo, Luigia (ko-dā'mo). An Italian
novelist; born at Treviso, Sept. 5, 1828. She
made extensive travels (1838-50), and in 1851
became the wife of the Chevalier Karl von
Gerstenbrand. Her first work, Memoirs of a
Peasant) (1856), evinced a true insight into
lowly life; and in the numerous sketches and
tales that followed it, she showed a profound
sympathy with the common people. Her writ-
ings passed through several editions. Among
her works are: Miseries and Splendors of the
Poor); “The New Rich'; “A Lady of Heart.
Codman, John. A noted American sea-
captain and miscellaneous writer; born at
Dorchester, Mass. , 1814. He has written :
(Sailors' Life and Sailors’ Yarns) (1847); (The
Mormon Country) (1876); Round Trip by
Way of Panama, etc. ) (1879); (Winter Sketches
from the Saddle) (1888); etc.
Coffin, Charles Carleton. An American
novelist and lecturer; born in Boscawen, N. H. ,
July 26, 1823; died in Brookline, Mass. , March
2, 1896. He began life as a civil engineer;
afterward gave his attention to telegraphy. In
1851 he began to write for the Boston papers;
and during the Civil War and the Austro-
Prussian War of 1866 was war correspondent
for the Boston Journal, writing over the signa-
ture of «Carleton. His books include : Days
and Nights on the Battle-Field) (1864); (Our
New Way Round the World' (1869); (Story
of Liberty) (1878); "Life of Garfield (1883);
and “The Drum-Beat of the Nation (1887), the
first volume of a series.
Coffin, Robert Barry. An American jour-
nalist and miscellaneous writer; born in Hud-
son, N. Y. , July 21, 1826; died in Fordham,
N. Y. , June 10, 1886. He was on the staff of
the Home Journal of New York (1858), and
was also art critic of the Evening Post. His
humorous sketches, which have appeared in
many periodicals over the pen-name Barry
Gray,” have been extensively read. Among
his publications are: (My Married Life at Hill-
side) (1865); (Cakes and Ale at Woodbine)
(1868); and (The Home of Cooper) (1872).
Coffin, Robert Stevenson. An American
poet; born in Brunswick, Me. , July 14, 1797 ;
died in Rowley, Mass. , May 7, 1827. His first
contributions in verse to the periodicals were
over the signature of «The Boston Bard. ”
He published (The Oriental Harp: Poems of
the Boston Bard) (1826), in which are included
his most notable verses.
Coggeshall, William Turner. An Amer-
ican journalist; born in Lewistown, Pa. , Sept.
6, 1824; died in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 2, 1867,
From 1841 to 1866 he was editorially connected
with a number of newspapers, including the
Cincinnati Gazette, the Springfield Republican
(1862), and the Ohio State Journal (1865). He
was United States minister to Ecuador from
June 1866 until his death. His works include:
(Home Hits and Hints) (1859); Poets and
Poetry of the West) (1800); and “The Journeys
of Lincoln as President-Elect, and as President
Martyred) (1865).
Colardeau, Charles Pierre (kö-lär-do). A
French poet; born at Janville, 1732; died 1776.
He was elected to the French Academy in 1776,
having written «The Men of Prometheus) and
(Epistle to M. Duhamel.
Colban, Adolphine Marie (kolbän). А
Norwegian novelist (1814-84). Left a widow
without resources at 36, she went to Paris,
where a lady of quality sent to the printer some
of the widow's letters to her, entitling the col-
lection Letters of a Barbarian. Parisian soci-
ety was captivated, and the author decided to
exercise her newly discovered talent by writing
stories in her own language. Between 1809
and 1881 she published seven volumes of tales,
charming for their fine spiritual insight and their
warm human sympathy; they were nearly all
translated into German. Among them "Jeg
Lever) is perhaps the most noteworthy.
Colenso, John William. An English theo-
logian; born 1814; died 1883. He became
Bishop of Natal, South Africa, and wrote (The
Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Ex-
amined' (1862).
Coleridge, Hartley. An English poet and
literary critic (1796-1849), son of Samuel Taylor;
born at Bristol. From Oxford he went to
London, and there published some exquisite
sonnets in the London Magazine. He inherited
defects of character and will, and never realized
the promise of his great talents. His writings
in prose are Biographia Borealis) (1833); “The
Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire) (1836);
and a volume of (Essays and Marginalia. His
brother Derwent published a biography and his
poems (2 vols. , 1850).
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. An English poet
and philosopher; born at Ottery St. Mary, Dev-
onshire, Oct. 21, 1772; died July 25, 1834. The
authorities on the works of Coleridge are very
numerous and important. Among the many
titles under which his works were published,
the following are probably most noteworthy :
(Fall of Robespierre (1794), a play of which
he wrote the first act; Moral and Political
Lecture Delivered at Bristol (1795); (Con-
ciones ad populum (1795), being addresses to
the people; (The Plot Discovered) (1795), a
political pamphlet; Poems on Various Subjects)
(1796); (The Destiny of Nations) (1828), first
published in Southey's Joan of Arc); (Ode to
the Departing Year) (1796); (Fears in Solitude)
(1798); (Wallenstein (1800); (Remorse, a
Tragedy) (1813); (Christabel,' with (Kubla
Khan) and Pains of Sleep) (1816); Bio-
graphia Literaria) (1817); (Aids to Reflection)
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:
:
(1825); (Table Talk) (1835); “Confessions of
an Inquiring Spirit) (1840), the last two post-
humous. The Ancient Mariner) was first pub-
lished in 1798, in a volume of (Lyrical Ballads)
(with Wordsworth). *
Coleridge, Sara. An English poet, daughter
of Samuel Taylor; born at Greta Hall, near
Keswick, Dec. 22, 1802; died in London, May
3, 1852. The genius of her father seemed al-
most to have inspired her Phantasmion, a
ballad of fairyland. Her classical learning and
scientific attainments made her an authority on
some of the most abstruse subjects.
Coles, Abraham. An American prose-writer
and poet; born in Scotch Plains, N. J. , Dec. 26,
1813; died in Monterey, Cal. , May 3, 1891. In
1835 he graduated from Jefferson Medical Col-
lege, Philadelphia. He has published thirteen
original translations of the celebrated hymn
Dies Iræ) (1859); (Old Gems in New Set-
tings) (1866); (The Microcosm); and (The
Light of the World) (1884). In 1871 Princeton
gave him the degree of LL. D.
Colet, Louise Revoil (ko-lā'). A French
poet and novelist (1810-76). Four times be-
tween 1839 and 1855, poems of hers were
crowned by the French Academy. She was
a graceful lyrist, and often struck the chord
of deep passion with effect. Of her verses,
poured forth with marvelous facility, (The
Woman's Poem) is perhaps her best after the
four offered to the Academy. Among her nu-
merous novels, (Bruised Hearts) (2 vols. , 1843)
may be mentioned. She also wrote several nar.
ratives of travel.
Collé, Charles (ko-lā'). A French dramatist
(1709-83). For the Duke of Orleans's theatre
he composed several light comedies, (There's
Truth in Wine, (The Knave Gallant, etc. ,
full of lively dialogue and intensely comic sit-
uations. Of his sentimental pieces, Henri
IV. 's Hunting Party) is best known. As a
lyrist he holds a place next after Béranger
among French poets. His Historic Journal)
(3 vols. ) is for the most part a mass of calum-
nies against his contemporaries.
Collet, Jakobine Camilla (kol'let). A Nor-
wegian novelist; born at Christiansand, Jan. 23,
1813. Her works, in many of which she cham-
pions the political emancipation of women,
have had very wide circulation. Among them
are : (In the Long Nights); (A Bright Picture
in a Dark Frame); (Against the Current. )
Colletet, Guillaume (kol"ę-tā"). A French
poet; born at Paris in 1598; died in 1659. He
wrote a number of poems that are not with-
out merit, possessing as they do liveliness and
originality. Some of his epigrams are ingenious
and pungent. His best works are: (Banquet
of the Poets) (1646); (Selected Poems) (1656).
He was one of the five poets selected by
Richelieu to put his dramatic works in verse,
and was also one of the original members of
the French Academy.
Collier, Mrs. Ada (Langworthy). An Amer.
ican writer of verse; born in Iowa, 1843. Her
home is in Dubuque. Her principal work is
(Lilith, the Legend of the First Woman
(1885).
Collier, John Payne. An English critic and
antiquary; born in London, 1789; died Sept.
17, 1883. He is famed for his (Poetical De-
cameron) (1820); History of English Dra-
matic Poetry to the Time of Shakespeare, and
Annals of the Stage to the Restoration (1831);
and his edition of Shakespeare (1844).
Collier, Robert Laird. An American Uni-
tarian clergyman, religious writer, and essayist;
born at Salisbury, Md. , 1837; died 1890. Start-
ing in life as an itinerant Methodist preacher,
he held prominent Unitarian pulpits in Chicago
and Boston, and became noted as a preacher
and lecturer. In later life he was London cor-
respondent of the New York Herald. Besides
religious writings, he published: (Henry Irving,
a Sketch and a Criticism'; English Home
Life) (1885).
Collin, Heinrich Joseph von (kol'lin). An
Austrian dramatist and lyrist (1771-1811); born
at Vienna. He wrote several tragedies, mostly
on antique themes; of these, Regulus,' the
first of the series, is the best. His powerful
(Songs for the Militia(1809) give him a high
rank among the balladists of the war of liber-
ation. Of his historical ballads, (Kaiser Max
on the Walls of St. Martin's) is best known.
Collin d'Harleville, Jean François (kõl-an
därl-vēl'). A French dramatist (1755-1806).
He worked a genuine vein of comedy, yet
never slighted the moral side of conduct.
Notable among his works are (The Old Bach-
elor, his masterpiece, and (Castles in Spain. '
Collins, John. An English poet; born in
Bath, 1742; died at Birmingham, May 2, 1808.
He was a stay-maker turned actor; and his
poetic fame rests upon (Scripscrapologia,' a
collection of poems, among which (To-Morrow)
is especially readable.
Collins, Mortimer. An English novelist and
poet; born in Plymouth, June 29, 1827; died at
Knowl Hill, Berkshire, July 28, 1876. His "Idyls
and Rhymes, (Summer Songs, and (The
British Birds' are the efforts of an inspired
verse-maker. His novels : “Who Is the Heir ? )
(1865); (Sweet Anne Page) (1868); “The Ivory
Gate) (1869); (The Vivian Romance) (1870);
(The Marquis and Merchant) (1871); (Two
Plunges for a Pearl (1872); Blacksmith and
Scholar(1875); and others, are much admired.
Collins, William. An English poet; born
in Chichester, Dec. 25, 1721; died there, June 12,
1759. His melancholy temperament and poetic
musings marked him as a boy, as a youth at
Oxford, and even as a madman in the asylum
where he died. (The Passions,' with its grace
and vigor, its vivid and pliant dexterity of
touch"; the (Ode to Evening,' a mosaic of eu-
phonies; the Dirge in Cymbeline); and the
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(Ode on the Death of Thomson,' chiefly per.
petuate his fame. *
Collins, William Wilkie. An English nov-
elist; born in London, Jan. 8, 1824; died there,
Sept. 23, 1889. He was a master of construct.
ive art and fascinating plot. His greatest
novels are admittedly (The Moonstone) (1868)
and "The Woman in White) (1860); next in
merit are (The New Magdalen) (1873) and
No Name) (1862). The others are : (Anto-
nina (2d ed. 1850); Basil) (1852); (The Dead
Secret! (1857); (Armadale) (1866); (Man and
Wife) (1870); Poor Miss Finch) (1872); “Miss
or Mrs. ? ) (1873); (The Law and the Lady)
(1875); (The Two Destinies) (1876); Heart
and Science) (1883); I Say No) (1884); (The
Legacy of Cain (1888); (Blind Love) (1889 :
completed by Walter Besant). He wrote also
a biography of his father, William Collins the
painter (1848). *
Collyer, Robert. An American clergyman
and prose-writer; born in Keighley, Yorkshire,
England, Dec. 8, 1823. He came to America
in 1849, being then a Wesleyan preacher and
a blacksmith; but became a Unitarian, and
preached some years in Chicago, where he
founded Unity Church in 1860. He was made
pastor of the Church of the Messiah, New York
city, September 1879, and is now pastor emeri.
tus. Included in his publications are: Nature
and Life) (1866); (The Life that Now Is)
(1871); A History of the Town and Parish
of Ilkley) (England, 1886, written in connec-
tion with Horsefall Turner) and (Lectures to
Young Men and Women) (1886).
Colman, George, the Elder. An English
dramatist; born in Florence, Italy, April 28,
1732; died in London, Aug. 14, 1794. Taste,
humor, and brilliancy are the leading qual-
ities of his work; (The Deuce Is in Him);
( New Brooms); (The Separate Maintenance);
and several other comedies, proclaiming him
a man of wit, a writer, and a playwright of rare
merits. *
Colman, George, the Younger. An English
dramatist and humorous poet; born in Lon-
don (? ), Oct. 21, 1762; died there, Oct. 17, 1836.
(The Iron Chest, John Bull (for which he
received an unprecedentedly large sum), and
(The Heir-at-Law, are most widely known
among his racy and rather noisy but most
laughable comedies. (Broad Grins) and (Poetic
Vagaries) are very amusing rhymes.
Colombi, Marchioness (kõ-lum'bē), pseu-
donym of Maria Torelli-Torriani. An Italian
novelist of to-day; born at Novara. Most note-
worthy among her stories is (In Risaia,' a
powerful description of the miseries of Italian
peasant life.
Colonna, Vittoria (ko-lon'nä). A poet of
Italy (1490-1547); born at Marino. Left a
widow in 1525 by the death of her husband,
the Marquis of Pescara, she lived thereafter in
retirement. She was the correspondent and
counselor of the foremost men of her time in
Italy, especially Michel Angelo.
