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He owes his importance in literature
chiefly to his anticipation of Dante, and such
influence as his work may have had upon the
form and spirit of the Divine Comedy. He
would appear to have been a Franciscan monk,
who composed two crude but striking poems
in the Veronese dialect on the subjects respect-
ively of heaven and hell, « The Celestial Jerusa-
lem' being one and (The Infernal City of
Babylon' the other.
Giacosa, Giuseppe (ja-ko'sa). An Italian
dramatist; born in Colleretto-Parella, Pied-
mont, Oct. 21, 1847. A lawyer for many years,
the success of one or two plays in metrical
form, the fruit of his leisure, led him to turn
playwright solely. His wit and taste have long
made him popular. «The Husband in Love
with his Wife) and (Brothers in Arms) are
his best productions, but of great merit are
(The Sons of the Marquis) and Arthur. He
is the author of both dramas and comedies,
and his treatment of contemporary Italian
social life is irresistibly satirical.
Giannone, Pietro (jän-no'nā). An Italian
poet; born in Campo Santo, near Modena,
1790; died at Florence, Dec. 24, 1873. When a
lad he entered the army of the first Napoleon,
on whose fall he went to Rome and lived by
his pen. His political affiliations caused his
imprisonment, and later he lived in exile at
Paris; but finally settled in Florence. The
Exile) and “The Vision) are his masterpieces;
but he wrote much and well, patriotism and
Italian political evils affording him his inspira-
tion.
Gibbon, Charles. A British novelist; born
1836; died Aug. 15, 1890. The Scotch masses
were studied by him with enthusiasm, afford-
ing subjects for 'Robin Gray) and the Jacobite
tale For the King'; but his "For Lack of
Gold) and A Heart's Problem, and one or
two more, indicate exhaustion, although «The
Braes of Yarrow) is a fine work.
Gibbon, Edward. A great English historian;
born at Putney Surrey, April 27, 1737; died
at London, Jan. 15, 1794. His writings are:
(Essay on the Study of Literature (1761), in
French; Critical Observations' (1770), on one
of the arguments of Warburton's "Divine Le-
gation of Moses); "History of the Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire) (6 vols. , 1776-88);
(Vindication of the 15th and 16th chapters of
the History) (1779); (Miscellaneous Works,
with Memoir Composed by Himself (1796).
It has lately been discovered that this Memoir
was not printed as written by Gibbon, but had
been changed in important particulars by who-
ever prepared it for the press. *
Gibbons, James (Cardinal). An American
prelate of great celebrity ; born in Baltimore,
July 23, 1834. He was raised to the cardinalate
June 30, 1886. His contributions to secular and
religious reviews are frequent and valuable.
Among his published works are: (The Faith
of Our Fathers); (Our Christian Heritage);
(The Ambassador of Christ); etc.
Gibson, William Hamilton. An American
artist and author; born in Sandy Hook, Conn. ,
Oct. 5, 1850; died 1896. A specialist in botan.
ical drawing, he contributed to the American
Agriculturist and Hearth and Home, and sup-
plied many natural-history subjects for the
(American Cyclopædia. Many of his illustra-
tions appeared in the Art Journal and in Pict-
uresque America; and his illustrations of books
were numerous and popular. He was a mem-
ber of the Art Union and the Authors' Club.
The essays (Birds of Plumage,' (A Winter
Idyl, and "Springtime,' appeared in Harper's
Magazine. His later works included (Our Edi.
ble Toadstools and Mushrooms.
Giddings, Joshua Reed. An eminent Ameri.
can lawyer, politician, and author; born at
Athens, Pa. , Oct. 6, 1795; died at Montreal, May
27, 1864. He was admitted to the Ohio bar
in 1820 ; elected a member of its Legislature
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in 1826, and of Congress in 1838, where he was
prominent as an opponent of slavery. In
1861 he was appointed consul-general to British
North America. Among his works are : (The
Exiles of Florida' (1858); History of the
Rebellion' (1864).
Giesebrecht, Ludwig (ge'ze-brecht). A Ger-
man poet ; born in Mirow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz,
July 5, 1792; died at Jasenitz, near Stettin, March
18, 1873. He was a clergyman's son ; studied at
the University of Berlin, and later at Stettin ;
fought in the German war of liberation (1813);
and subsequently became a professor. (Epic
Poems, “Wendish Tales,' and poetry in dialect,
comprise his most popular productions.
Giffen, Robert, Sir. An English editor, statis-
tician, and writer on economic and financial
subjects; born at Strathaven, Lanarkshire,
Scotland, in 1837. At first in trade at Glasgow,
in 1862 he came to London, where he was sub-
editor of the Globe till 1800. He was acting
editor of the Economist under Walter Bagehot
1868-76; then founded the Statist, and became
chief of the Statistical Department in the Board
of Trade - since 1882 its assistant Secretary.
He was John Morley's assistant on the Fort-
nightly Review 1873-76; and is the author of a
number of reports, papers, and essays, which
have given him a high rank. (American Rail-
ways as Investments) appeared in 1873, and
was followed by (Stock Exchange Securities)
(1877); “Essays in Finance) (1879); (The Pro-
gress of the Working Classes in the Last Half
Century) (1884).
Gifford, William. An English satirical poet,
translator, and critic; born at Ashburton, Dev.
onshire, April 1756; died in London, Dec. 31,
1826. His (Baviad) (1791), based on Juvenal's
first satire, and his Mæviad) (1795), founded
upon Horace, both aimed at the Della Crusca
poetlings, gave him an authoritative position
in the literary world. He edited the Anti-
Jacobin for a time; but his supreme later posi-
tion was as editor of the Quarterly Review,
the great Tory organ, which made him a power
in politics as well as letters. He probably
wrote the famous review of Keats's (Endy-
mion,' inaccurately supposed to have killed that
poet.
Gil Polo, Gaspar (Hēl poʻlo). A Spanish
poet; born in Valencia about 1535; died at
Barcelona in 1591. He was a lawyer in his
native town, and successſul; but his principal
fame arises from his poems,- one of them,
Diana Enamored, being a gem of Spanish
literature. It is a continuation of Montemay.
or’s (Diana, but excels that production in
beauty of style and metre, and in the number
and variety of its episodes, lifting its author
high above the lyric level of his time.
Gil Vicente (Hēl vē-then'tā). A Portuguese
dramatist and actor, father of the drama of
his country; born in Lisbon (? ), about 1475;
died there (? ), about 1536 or 1538. He studied
law, and was a goldsmith in early manhood.
His first play was a pastoral in Spanish, writ-
ten in 1502 in honor of the birth of the Portu-
guese prince royal (ufterward John III. ). This
made an immense hit at court, and thereafter
he wrote every new play that was acted at
the royal festivals. Farces, comedies, dramas,
and tragedies, of keen wit, originality, and
great poetic talent, appear among his works,
which rank him beside the very great authors
not of Portugal only, but of the whole Ibe-
rian peninsula. He originated many of the
methods and canons of taste that are now the
accepted tenets of the European theatre. In
construction and dialogue, his Dom Duardos)
and “Amadis de Gaula are masterpieces. (Inez
Pereira) is the best of his farces.
Gil y Zárate, Don Antonio (Hēl ē thâ'rä-tā).
A Spanish dramatist ; born in the Escorial, Dec.
I, 1793; died at Madrid, Jan. 27, 1861. Mathe-
matics and physics were his university special-
ties; but he entered upon a political career
when a young man, attaining an important post
in the Ministry of the Interior in 1820. The
revolutions in Spain forced him out of public
life, and he became a professor at the Madrid
Lyceum. About this time he turned to play.
writing ; and a tragedy, Doña Blanca de Bor-
bon,' made his name widely known in 1832.
His next efforts were less conventionally clas-
sical and more on the romantic order. "Carlos
II. , the Bewitched, is one of his most cele-
brated tragedies, but (Guzman the Good' is by
far the best. "Rosmunda) and (Don Alvaro
de Luna' also stand at the head of the collec-
tion of plays that have won for him the pre-
miership of the modern Spanish drama.
Gilbert, John Thomas. An Irish historical
writer; born in Dublin, Ireland, 1829. He is
the editor of a series of important publications
entitled Historic Literature of Ireland. To
his enterprise and energy is largely due the
revival of interest in Celtic studies. His prin-
cipal published works include: "History of the
City of Dublin (1854-59); “History of Affairs
in Ireland, 1641-52) (1879-81); History of
the Irish Confederation and War in Ireland,
1641-49) (1882-90).
Gilbert, Josiah. An English artist and writer
on art; born at the Independent College,
Rotherham, Yorkshire, Oct. 7, 1814: He was
student at the Royal Academy, and practiced
as a portrait-painter for several years; but
since 1843 has been engaged in literary pur-
suits and art criticism. He is the author of:
(Art, its Scope and Purpose) (1858); "Cadore,
or Titian's Country) (1869); (Art and Religion)
(1871); was joint author of "The Dolomite
Mountains) (1864); and published Landscape
in Art before Claude and Salvator) (1885).
Gilbert, Nicolas Joseph Laurent (zhel-bãr).
A French poet; born in Fontenoy-le-Chateau,
Lorraine, in 1751; died insane at Paris, Nov. 16,
1780. He went to Paris in his teens to make
himself a poet. The “philosophers, who then
lorded it over all forms of literature at Paris,
conceived a violent hatred of his satirical
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productions, which handled their pet hob- | Defoe. He also wrote several plays. In 1699
bies without gloves. Farewells to Life, My he edited Lingbaine's Dramatic Poets.
Apology, and “The Author's Carnival, are
Giles, Chauncey. An American clergyman
among his best-known pieces.
and author ; born at Charlemont, Mass. , in 1813;
Gilbert, William. An English novelist and died in 1893. He entered the Swedenborgian
biographer; born 1804; died 1889. His earlier Church in 1853, and held pastorates in Cin-
literary activity resulted in various good realistic cinnati, New York, and Philadelphia. Among
fictions, conspicuously that revelation of Lon- his numerous works, many of which have been
don dark life, De Profundis) (1864), followed translated into French, German, and Italian,
by (The Goldsworthy Family) (1864), Clara are included : (The Magic Spectacles) (1868);
Levesque) (1872), and others; his most serious (The Gate of Pearl (1869); (The New Jeru-
achievement, however, being a gallant but not salem) (1874); (The Valley of Diamonds, and
apparently very successful effort at a rehabilita- Other Stories) (1881); Perfect Prayer) (1883).
tion of Lucrezia Borgia (1809).
Giles, Henry. An American Unitarian minis-
Gilbert, William Schwenck. An English ter; born in Crokford, County Wexford, Ire-
librettist and comic poet and prose-writer; land, Nov. 1, 1809; came to the United States
born in London, Nov. 18, 1836. He prepared in 1840; died near Boston, July 10, 1882. His
for the bar, and practiced successfully; but the published works are in part: Lectures and
fame of the (Bab Ballads, and of his librettos Essays) (2 vols. , 1845); (Christian Thought on
to the scores of Pinafore, Patience, (The Life' (1850); "Human Life in Shakespeare
Mikado,' and other comic operas, eclipsed (1868); and (Lectures and Essays on Irish and
his legal attainments,– which however are not Other Subjects) (1869).
inconsiderable, for he is now a magistrate with
Gilfillan, Robert. A Scotch poet; born in
a jurisdiction near London, and writes for law
Dumfermline, July 7, 1798; died at Leith, Dec.
journals more or less regularly. *
4, 1850. His verse is very popular wherever
Gilder, Richard Watson. An American hearts warm to the tartan”; and his (Ori-
poet; born in Bordentown, N. J. , Feb. 8, 1844. ginal Songs) (1831) ran through three editions,
Since 1881 he has been editor-in-chief of the the best pieces in the collection being (The
Century. His works include : (The New Day) Exile's Song, Peter McCraw,' and 'In the
(1875); (The Celestial Passion (1887); (Lyr- Days o' Langsyne.
ics); 'Two Worlds, and Other Poems) (1891);
Gille, Philippe (zhēl). A French drama-
(The Great Remembrance, and Other Poems)
tist and journalist; born in Paris, Dec. 18, 1834.
(1893); “Five Books of Song' (1894); etc. He was originally a sculptor, and his work
Gilder, William Henry. An American jour-
attracted attention; but he put it aside for
nalist, Arctic traveler, and author, brother of
dramatic composition and journalism, succeed-
Richard W. ; born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 16,
ing in both. He has been on the staff of the
1838. He served in the Civil War, and was
Petit Journal, Figaro, and Écho de Paris. As
a librettist he has written to the scores of
brevetted a major at its close. He accom-
panied Lieutenant Schwatka in 1878 on a
eminent composers. He has produced likewise
polar expedition, and in 1881 was a member
a variety of successful plays, of the kind adapted
of the Rodgers expedition as a correspondent of
to the somewhat peculiar exigencies of the
the New York Herald. His chief works are :
Parisian stage. "Gladiator's Thirty Millions,
"Schwatka's Search) (1881); Ice Pack and
Jean de Nevelle, and My Comrade,' show
Tundra' (1883).
him probably at his best; although several
other pieces, written in collaboration and inde-
Gildersleeve, Basil Lanneau. An Ameri. pendently, have had long runs.
can classical scholar; born in Charleston, S. C. ,
Gillette, William. An American actor and
Oct. 23, 1831. He graduated at Princeton in
playwright; born in Hartford, Conn. , July 24,
1843, and studied in Germany for several years.
1853. He is the author of several successful
He was professor of Greek and Latin at the
plays, in many of which he has assumed the
University of Virginia from 1856 to 1876, when
leading parts. Among his best-known produc-
he was appointed professor of Greek at Johns
tions are : (The Professor) (1881); 'Esmeralda
Flopkins University. He is the founder and
(1881), with Mrs. F. H. Burnett ; (The Private
editor of the American Journal of Philology.
Secretary) (adapted); Held by the Enemy)
Among his works are: “Satires of Persius
(1886); (A Legal Wreck) (1888); “Too Much
Flaccus) (1875); Justin Martyr) (1875); “Odes
Johnson' (1895); and (Secret Service) (1896).
of Pindar. He has published a Latin Gram-
mar and a volume of "Essays and Studies. )
Gilm zu Rosenegg, Hermann von (gilm
tsö rõz'en-eg"). A German lyric poet; born in
Gildon, Charles. A miscellaneous English Innsbruck, Nov. I, 1812; died at Linz, May 31,
writer; born in 1665 at Gillingham in Dorset- 1864. He studied jurisprudence at the univer-
shire; died in 1724. The following works are sity in Innsbruck, and then began a career in
ascribed to him: History of the Athenian the government service, rising to positions of
Society) (1691); (The Post-Boy Robbed of responsibility by years of valuable service. Of
his Mail); Miscellany, Poems upon Various liberal tendencies in religion and politics, and
Occasions) (1692); Life and Adventures of enthusiastic in the cause of the Tyrolese, he
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wrote (Sonnets from Tyrol and Songs of the
Natter Maids, which achieved quick success.
Other poems by him did much to maintain
among the Tyrolese the spirit that prompted
their upr for indeper nce in 1809.
Gilman, Arthur. An American educator
and author; born at Alton, Ill. , June 22, 1837.
He was engaged in the banking business in
New York from 1857 to 1862, when he removed
to Lenox, Mass. , and devoted himself to liter-
ary and educational work until 1871.
In 1876
he assisted in the organization of the Harvard
Annex, now known as Radcliffe College. Among
his works are: (First Steps in English Litera-
ture) (1870); (First Steps in General History)
(1874); History of the American People) (1883);
(Early American Explorers) (1885); “Coloniza-
tion of America' (1887).
Gilman, Caroline Howard. An American
author; born in Boston, Mass. , Oct. 8, 1794;
died in 1888. Her collected writings include:
(Recollections of a New England Housekeeper)
(1835); (Recollections of a Southern Matron)
(1836); Poetry of Traveling in the United
States) (1838); etc. The (Recollections) have
passed through many editions.
Gilman, Daniel Coit.
An American edu-
cator; born at Norwich, Conn. , July 6, 1831.
He graduated from Yale in 1852. He was
superintendent of schools in Connecticut for
several years; professor of physical geography
at Yale, and college librarian, 1856-72; pres-
ident of the University of California, 1872-75;
and since 1875 president of Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md. Besides numerous
reports and addresses on scientific and edu-
cational subjects, he wrote: (Our National
Schools of Science) (1867); James Monroe
in his Relations to the Public Service) (1883).
Gilmore,James Roberts. ["Edmund Kirke. " ]
An American miscellaneous prose-writer; born
in Boston, Mass. , Sept. 10, 1823. He was at
first in mercantile life, subsequently entering
journalism and literature. He wrote: (Among
the Pines); (My Southern Friends); Down
in Tennessee); Life of Garfield); Among
the Guerrillas); Adrift in Dixie); (On the
Border); "Patriot Boys); (The Rear-Guard of
the Revolution); John Sevier as a Common-
wealth Builder); (The Advance-Guard of
Western Civilization); etc.
Gindely, Anton (gin'del-ē). A Bohemian
historian; born in Prague in 1829; died Oct.
24, 1892. He was a graduate of the University
of Prague, and subsequently became a professor
of history there. His most important work
a History of the Thirty Years' War,'
projected on a vast scale, but only a condensed
4-vol. form completed, which has been trans-
lated into English. His (History of the Bo-
hemian Brethren) (1856-57) is also notable.
Ginsburg, Christian. An eminent Polish
Rabbinical writer; born in Warsaw, Poland,
in 1830, and received his education in the
Rabbinic college there. He was one of the
original members appointed by the English
Convocation for the revision of the English
version of the Old Testament Scriptures. He
is the author of a number of works of vast
erudition, among which are : 'A Historical and
Critical Commentary on the Song of Songs)
(1857); (The Kariates) (1862); (The Moabite
Stone (1871); (The Massorah) (1880-86).
Gioberti, Vincenzo (jö-ber'tē). An Italian
philosopher and statesman; born in Turin, in
April 1801 ; died in Paris, October 1852. In
1831 he became chaplain to King Charles
Albert; but being accused of favoring the Lib-
erals, he was imprisoned and exiled. He re-
moved to Brussels, where he wrote: The
Theory of the Supernatural (1838); "Introduc-
tion to the Study of Philosophy) (1839); "Civil
and Moral Supremacy of the Italians) (1843),
in which he advocated the restoration of the
unity of Italy; and (The Modern Jesuit (1847).
On his return to Turin in 1848 he was received
with enthusiasm, and subsequently became
prime minister.
Gioja, Melchiore (jo'ya). An eminent
Italian political economist; born at Piacenza,
Italy, in 1767; died at Milan in 1829. Impris-
oned by the Austrian government in his youth
on account of his republican tendencies, he
welcomed with enthusiasm the advent of Na-
poleon in Italy and the establishment of the
Cisalpine Republic, under which he received
the office of historiographer. Among his re-
markable works are: (The New Galateo)
(1802); (The French, Germans, and Russians
in Lombardy) (1805); New View of the Eco-
nomic Sciences) (1815-19); (The Philosophy
of Statistics) (1826).
Giordani, Pietro (jôr-dä'nē). An Italian
essayist, controversialist, and critic; born in
Piacenza, Jan. I, 1774; died at Parma, Sept. 14,
1848. His productions are mainly essays and
criticisms on art and literature, theses on æs-
thetics, pamphlets, panegyrics, and monographs,
all of a fugitive nature, which keep their place
in letters by their style. His Letters, (Select
Prose, and Orations and Eulogies,' show his
style at its best.
Giozza, Pier Giacinto (jôt’sä). An Italian
critic, poet, essayist, and student of Dante; born
April 24, 1846, in Turin, where he studied lit-
erature and philosophy in the university. At
the present time he is a professor in the Ly-
ceum at Alessandria. His writings are noted for
their poetic qualities and correct taste. Fan-
tasies and Scintillations, (Excelsior, (Sighs of
the Soul,! (God in Dante's Paradise, (Investi-
gation of Curious Facts concerning Dante's
Poetry,' and (The Legend of the Inferno,' are
among the best of recent Italian writings.
Giraldi, Giglio Gregorio (je-räl'dē). An
Italian poet and scholar; born in Ferrara, June
13, 1479 ; died there, February 1552. His most
valuable works, “Historia de Diis Gentium,' a
historical manual of classical mythology; De
Annis et Mensibus, a treatise on the calendar;
was
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"Historiæ Poetarum Græcorum ac Latinorum,' a
study in classical literary biography; and sev-
eral more, are still quoted as authoritative. He
helped greatly to spread the taste for knowl-
edge characteristic of the age, and his Latin
verses prove him a consummate poet.
Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. An Italian
dramatist, novelist, and poet; born in Ferrara,
November 1504; died there, Dec. 30, 1573. In
early life he was so brilliant in literature, med-
icine, and philosophy that he became Secre-
tary of State under two successive dukes of
Este; but a contest raised by an impostor who
claimed the authorship of one of his works
brought him into disfavor, and he lost his of-
fice (1560). Becoming a distinguished profes-
sor of literature, he ended as rhetorician at the
Academy of Pavia, where he was admitted
about 1570 under the name of Cinthio, Cintio,
or Cinzio, signing his works thus variously
from this date. Of his plays the best known
is "Orbecche, perhaps the most powerful tra-
gedy written since the classical period and till
Shakespeare. Shakespeare and Beaumont and
Fletcher, in fact, appear to have helped them.
selves to his productions to some extent in the
construction of their own.
Girardin, Émile de (zhē-rär-dan'). A French
journalistic agitator and political and economic
writer, illegitimate son of Count Alexander de
Girardin and Madame Dupuy ; born in Paris
(not in Switzerland), June 22, 1806 (or 1803? );
died there, April 27, 1881. His early years were
passed in poverty and neglect, but he contrived
to educate himself sufficiently to write at 19 a
sentimental novel, “Emile,' which met with pop-
ular favor. It was as a journalist that he first
made himself known among the French, he
being indeed the originator of the cheap popu-
lar press of Paris with its enormous circulations.
His first wife was Sophie Gay. He accumu.
lated a fortune, and led an anti-Prussian agi-
tation in the war of 1870. Political Studies,
(The Abolition of Authority through the Sim-
plification of Government,' and (The Periodical
Press in the Nineteenth Century,' are among
his more solid writings. He was the author of
a few clever comedies.
Girardin, Marie Alfred Jules de. A French
admired by Napoleon, who gave him an im-
portant theatrical post; but on Napoleon's
overthrow he entered mercantile life.
As a
playwright he makes Molière his model. (The
Embarrassed Governor, (The Prophesying
Fanatic,' and 'The Discontented Capricious
One,' are good examples of his talent as a
contriver of ludicrous situations, helped out by
witty dialogue.
Girndt, Otto (gērnt). A German dramatist,
humorist, and writer of fiction; born in Lands-
berg on the Warthe, Feb. 6, 1835. His profes-
sion was law; but the vogue of his comedy
(Y 1,' acted when he was 30, turned him toward
the stage, in which he has won great popular-
ity. Cæsar Borgia) and (Charlotte Corday,'
dramas, "Oriental Entanglements, a comedy
that won a prize, and Dankelman,' a tragedy,
merit special mention. His stories are grace-
ful and replete with incident, though they do
not rank high; the best of them, “The Rescue
of the King) and Jolly Company, are fair
specimens of a lively style.
Gisecke, Nikolaus Dietrich (ge'zek-ė). A
German poet; born in Csó, Hungary, of Ger-
man parents, April 2, 1724; died at Sonders.
hausen, Feb. 23, 1765. He settled early in
Hamburg, where he formed one of a little lit.
erary circle. He was a clergyman, and his ser-
mons contain elegant diction ; but his literary
position is due wholly to a volume of poems,
simple and unaffected in style, and voicing a
mild melancholy,
Giseke, Robert. A German dramatist, nov-
elist, and poet, great-grandson of Nikolaus;
born in Marienwerder, Jan. 15, 1827; died at
Leubus, Dec. 12, 1890. Early an accomplished
theologian and an authority on philosophy and
history, his prospects were destroyed by his
political utterances in 1848, and he was driven
to journalism for a livelihood.
After some
years he began to write novels, of which the
best is perhaps (Otto Ludwig Brook. But his
original and striking plays gave him his great-
est renown; notably (The Two Cagliostros,'
(Lucifer, or the Demagogues,' (The Elector
Maurice of Saxony,' and (A Burgomaster of
Berlin. '
Gissing, George. An English novelist ; born
in Wakefield, 1857. He has made a remarka.
ble study of the London masses, from the ranks
of skilled labor to the most noisome human
refuse of the slums, the result being half re-
pulsive and wholly powerful; particularly in
(The Nether World, New Grub Street,'
(Demos,' and 'Sleeping Fires. )
Giusti, Giuseppe (jös'tē). An Italian poet
and political satirist; born in Monsummano,
May 1809; died in Florence, March 31, 1850.
His maiden masterpiece was the "Dies Iræ,
on the death of the Emperor Francis I. , - a
poem in which a mockery of woe blends tell-
ingly with sarcasm. He worked this vein the
next ten years, as (The Boot, (The Crowned,'
and (The Investiture of a Knight demonstrate.
lil , . . . 4. a
died at Paris, Oct. 26, 1888. He was attached to
the Lyceum of Versailles, and at Loches; con-
tributed stories to the European Review, the
Revue des Deux Mondes, Paris Illustré, and
other French periodicals. Among his works
are: Brave Men) (1874), crowned by the
Academy; Uncle Placide) (1878); (The Cap-
tain's Niece'; (Grandfather) (1880), crowned
by the Academy; (The Gaudry Family) (1884);
(The Second Violin) (1887); and translations.
Giraud, Count Giovanni (zhe-ro'). An Ital-
ian comedy-writer; born in Rome, Oct. 28, 1776;
died in Naples, Oct. 1, 1834. He was bred to the
profession of arms, but relieved the monotony
of the camp by writing comedies. They were
produced with immense success in Venice, and
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These and the satires written from 1847 to 1849,
as well as (The Papacy of Little Peter,' evince
genius. *
Gjellerup, Karl Adolf (gyāl'ér-öp). A Danish
novelist, dramatist, poet, and critic; born in
Roholte, Seeland, July 2, 1857. He prepared
for the ministry; but published a novel, (An
Idealist, under the pseudonym “Epigonos,
at 21. Rödtjörn, a book of poems, appeared
a few years later; followed by the novels
(Romulus, (The Pupil of the Germans,' and
several others. Brynhild' and (Saint Just
are tragedies ; (The Book of my Love) is an
assortment of erotic poems. As a critic his
work is discriminating and accurate ; but all
his productions show the influence of foreign
literatures.
Gjorgjic, Ignaz (jôr'jich). A Dalmatian poet
and scholar; born in Ragusa, Feb. 13, 1676;
died there, Jan. 21, 1737. He was abbot of the
Benedictine monastery on the island of Meleda,
but was exiled for his part in a political dis-
pute. The Pope interceded for him and had
him restored to his cloisters. Of his poems,
(The Sighs of the Penitent Magdalen) is the
most deserving of mention. Marunko i Pav-
ica) is the humorous story of two Venetian
youths, and (The Slav Psalter) is a hymnal.
Gladden, Washington. An American clergy.
man and author; born at Pittsgrove, Pa. , Feb.
11, 1836. He has held pastorates in Congrega.
tional churches in New York, Massachusetts,
and Ohio, and served on the editorial staff
of the Independent and Sunday Afternoon.
Among his numerous works are :Plain Thoughts
on the Art of Living) (1868); (From the Hub
to the Hudson (1869); (The Young Men and
the Church) (1885); (Cosmopolis City Club. '
Gladstone, William Ewart. A great Eng-
lish statesman and writer on theological and
philological subjects, essayist, and translator
from the classics; born in Liverpool, Dec. 29,
1809. His place in literature has been made
enduring by Juventus Mundi, (Studies in
Homer and the Homeric Age, and a large
number of essays, rich in thought and clear
and weighty in style. His works include:
(Church and State); (Homeric Synchronism);
'Gleanings of Past Years); a version of
Horace ; etc.
Glaisher, James. An English astronomer;
born in London, England, April 7, 1809. From
1836 until his retirement in 1874 he was con-
nected with the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
He is the author of more than a hundred books
and papers relating to astronomy, meteorology,
and the theory of numbers. Between 1863 and
1866 he made twenty-nine balloon ascents for
scientific purposes, in one of which he attained
the greatest height till then reached (seven
miles). The results of his observations are
published in the popular (Travels in the Air)
(1870). He translated and edited (The Atmo-
sphere) by Flammarion, and (The World of
Comets) by Guillemin.
Glapthorne, Henry. An English dramatist
who is krown to have fourished about 1639.
He wrote many plays, five of which have been
printed : Albertus Wallenstein); (The Hol-
lander); (Argalus and Parthenia); (Wit in a
Constable); 'The Lady's Privilege); etc.
Glascock, William Nugent. A Scottish au-
thor; born 1787; died Oct. 8, 1847, at Baltin-
glass. He was captain in the navy; entering
service January 1800, and retiring in 1847. His
literary works include: The Naval Sketch
Book) (2 vols. , 1826); (Sailors and Saints; or,
Matrimonial Manoeuvres) (3 vols. , 1829); "Tales
of a Tar: With Characteristic Anecdotes)
(1836 ); "Land Sharks and Sea Gulls) (3 vols. ,
1838); Naval Service; or, Officers' Manual) (2
vols. , 1836), which has had a great sale and
been translated for all the Continental services.
Glaser, Adolf (glā'zėr). A German novel-
ist, poet, dramatist, and translator; born in
Wiesbaden, Dec. 15, 1829. He won success in
journalism; and published poems under the
pseudonym “Reinald Reimar, as well as two
or three plays. His first novel, written in 1857,
was “The Schaller Family, followed by many
popular works of fiction. (What Is Truth? )
(A Magdalen without a Halo, (Savonarola,
(Cordula,' are absorbing tales, in which im.
agination, humor, and ingenuity of plot are
predominating qualities. "Galileo Galilei, a
tragedy, and a series of translations from Dutch
authors, must be included.
Glassbrenner, Adolf (gläs'brān-er). A Ger-
man humorist; born in Berlin, March 27, 1810;
died there, Sept. 25, 1876. He was editing the
satiric paper Don Quixote when it was sup-
pressed in 1833, and then turned to comic
sketch-writing (Berlin as it Is and — Drinks,'
with Lively Berlin,' published under the pseu-
donym "Adolf Brennglas," quickly brought him
into popularity, which Life and Conduct in
the Exclusive World) and Berlin Folk Life)
increased; while (The New Reineke Füchs)
and (Forbidden Songs) displayed his versatil-
ity. He produced stories for children, and
comedies of exquisite drollery. He was a leader
in the popular agitation of 1848.
Glazier, Willard. An American author;
born in Fowler, N. Y. , Aug. 22, 1841. His
works include: 'Capture, Prison Pen, and Es-
cape) (1865), which was very popular; (Three
Years in the Federal Cavalry) (1870); (Battles
for the Union); Heroes of Three Wars);
(Peculiarities of American Cities); and Down
the Great River. '
Gleig, George Robert. A British historian
and miscellaneous prose-writer; born in Stir-
ling, Scotland, April 20, 1796 ; died near Winch-
field, England, July 9, 1888. He was a soldier
under Wellington in Spain, and commanded a
regiment in the American war of 1812, being
wounded during the sack of Washington. He
wrote “The Subaltern) (1825), an admirable
account of a soldier's life in war, used by Par-
ton in his life of Jackson; Campaigns of the
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;
British Army at Washington and New Orleans)
(new ed. 1861); 'Lives of Eminent British Com-
manders) (1831); and many others.
Gleim, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig (glim). A
German poet and patron of literature; born
in Ermsleben, Halberstadt, April 2, 1719; died
Feb. 18, 1803. He attained an immense pres-
tige and popularity among his countrymen as
a sort of Mæcenas. His passion for letters in-
duced him to resign profitable government posts
while still young. (An Essay in Sportive
Rhyme,' an early work, shows French influence.
The Seven Years' War afforded him themes
for his best work: (Songs of a Prussian Grena-
dier) are patriotic outbursts. (Petrarcan Songs,'
Horatian Odes,' (Songs in Imitation of Anac-
reon, and Epigrammatic Verse,' are pleas-
ing, but less interesting. His fables and tales
became extremely popular.
Glen, William. A Scottish song-writer;
born in Glasgow, Nov. 14, 1789; died there,
December 1826. He was trained to mercan-
tile business, but preferred conviviality and
the Muse. His fame rests upon his Poems,
Chiefly Lyrical) (1815): “Wae's me for Prince
Charlie," a Jacobite song, is widely known.
chiefly to his anticipation of Dante, and such
influence as his work may have had upon the
form and spirit of the Divine Comedy. He
would appear to have been a Franciscan monk,
who composed two crude but striking poems
in the Veronese dialect on the subjects respect-
ively of heaven and hell, « The Celestial Jerusa-
lem' being one and (The Infernal City of
Babylon' the other.
Giacosa, Giuseppe (ja-ko'sa). An Italian
dramatist; born in Colleretto-Parella, Pied-
mont, Oct. 21, 1847. A lawyer for many years,
the success of one or two plays in metrical
form, the fruit of his leisure, led him to turn
playwright solely. His wit and taste have long
made him popular. «The Husband in Love
with his Wife) and (Brothers in Arms) are
his best productions, but of great merit are
(The Sons of the Marquis) and Arthur. He
is the author of both dramas and comedies,
and his treatment of contemporary Italian
social life is irresistibly satirical.
Giannone, Pietro (jän-no'nā). An Italian
poet; born in Campo Santo, near Modena,
1790; died at Florence, Dec. 24, 1873. When a
lad he entered the army of the first Napoleon,
on whose fall he went to Rome and lived by
his pen. His political affiliations caused his
imprisonment, and later he lived in exile at
Paris; but finally settled in Florence. The
Exile) and “The Vision) are his masterpieces;
but he wrote much and well, patriotism and
Italian political evils affording him his inspira-
tion.
Gibbon, Charles. A British novelist; born
1836; died Aug. 15, 1890. The Scotch masses
were studied by him with enthusiasm, afford-
ing subjects for 'Robin Gray) and the Jacobite
tale For the King'; but his "For Lack of
Gold) and A Heart's Problem, and one or
two more, indicate exhaustion, although «The
Braes of Yarrow) is a fine work.
Gibbon, Edward. A great English historian;
born at Putney Surrey, April 27, 1737; died
at London, Jan. 15, 1794. His writings are:
(Essay on the Study of Literature (1761), in
French; Critical Observations' (1770), on one
of the arguments of Warburton's "Divine Le-
gation of Moses); "History of the Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire) (6 vols. , 1776-88);
(Vindication of the 15th and 16th chapters of
the History) (1779); (Miscellaneous Works,
with Memoir Composed by Himself (1796).
It has lately been discovered that this Memoir
was not printed as written by Gibbon, but had
been changed in important particulars by who-
ever prepared it for the press. *
Gibbons, James (Cardinal). An American
prelate of great celebrity ; born in Baltimore,
July 23, 1834. He was raised to the cardinalate
June 30, 1886. His contributions to secular and
religious reviews are frequent and valuable.
Among his published works are: (The Faith
of Our Fathers); (Our Christian Heritage);
(The Ambassador of Christ); etc.
Gibson, William Hamilton. An American
artist and author; born in Sandy Hook, Conn. ,
Oct. 5, 1850; died 1896. A specialist in botan.
ical drawing, he contributed to the American
Agriculturist and Hearth and Home, and sup-
plied many natural-history subjects for the
(American Cyclopædia. Many of his illustra-
tions appeared in the Art Journal and in Pict-
uresque America; and his illustrations of books
were numerous and popular. He was a mem-
ber of the Art Union and the Authors' Club.
The essays (Birds of Plumage,' (A Winter
Idyl, and "Springtime,' appeared in Harper's
Magazine. His later works included (Our Edi.
ble Toadstools and Mushrooms.
Giddings, Joshua Reed. An eminent Ameri.
can lawyer, politician, and author; born at
Athens, Pa. , Oct. 6, 1795; died at Montreal, May
27, 1864. He was admitted to the Ohio bar
in 1820 ; elected a member of its Legislature
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in 1826, and of Congress in 1838, where he was
prominent as an opponent of slavery. In
1861 he was appointed consul-general to British
North America. Among his works are : (The
Exiles of Florida' (1858); History of the
Rebellion' (1864).
Giesebrecht, Ludwig (ge'ze-brecht). A Ger-
man poet ; born in Mirow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz,
July 5, 1792; died at Jasenitz, near Stettin, March
18, 1873. He was a clergyman's son ; studied at
the University of Berlin, and later at Stettin ;
fought in the German war of liberation (1813);
and subsequently became a professor. (Epic
Poems, “Wendish Tales,' and poetry in dialect,
comprise his most popular productions.
Giffen, Robert, Sir. An English editor, statis-
tician, and writer on economic and financial
subjects; born at Strathaven, Lanarkshire,
Scotland, in 1837. At first in trade at Glasgow,
in 1862 he came to London, where he was sub-
editor of the Globe till 1800. He was acting
editor of the Economist under Walter Bagehot
1868-76; then founded the Statist, and became
chief of the Statistical Department in the Board
of Trade - since 1882 its assistant Secretary.
He was John Morley's assistant on the Fort-
nightly Review 1873-76; and is the author of a
number of reports, papers, and essays, which
have given him a high rank. (American Rail-
ways as Investments) appeared in 1873, and
was followed by (Stock Exchange Securities)
(1877); “Essays in Finance) (1879); (The Pro-
gress of the Working Classes in the Last Half
Century) (1884).
Gifford, William. An English satirical poet,
translator, and critic; born at Ashburton, Dev.
onshire, April 1756; died in London, Dec. 31,
1826. His (Baviad) (1791), based on Juvenal's
first satire, and his Mæviad) (1795), founded
upon Horace, both aimed at the Della Crusca
poetlings, gave him an authoritative position
in the literary world. He edited the Anti-
Jacobin for a time; but his supreme later posi-
tion was as editor of the Quarterly Review,
the great Tory organ, which made him a power
in politics as well as letters. He probably
wrote the famous review of Keats's (Endy-
mion,' inaccurately supposed to have killed that
poet.
Gil Polo, Gaspar (Hēl poʻlo). A Spanish
poet; born in Valencia about 1535; died at
Barcelona in 1591. He was a lawyer in his
native town, and successſul; but his principal
fame arises from his poems,- one of them,
Diana Enamored, being a gem of Spanish
literature. It is a continuation of Montemay.
or’s (Diana, but excels that production in
beauty of style and metre, and in the number
and variety of its episodes, lifting its author
high above the lyric level of his time.
Gil Vicente (Hēl vē-then'tā). A Portuguese
dramatist and actor, father of the drama of
his country; born in Lisbon (? ), about 1475;
died there (? ), about 1536 or 1538. He studied
law, and was a goldsmith in early manhood.
His first play was a pastoral in Spanish, writ-
ten in 1502 in honor of the birth of the Portu-
guese prince royal (ufterward John III. ). This
made an immense hit at court, and thereafter
he wrote every new play that was acted at
the royal festivals. Farces, comedies, dramas,
and tragedies, of keen wit, originality, and
great poetic talent, appear among his works,
which rank him beside the very great authors
not of Portugal only, but of the whole Ibe-
rian peninsula. He originated many of the
methods and canons of taste that are now the
accepted tenets of the European theatre. In
construction and dialogue, his Dom Duardos)
and “Amadis de Gaula are masterpieces. (Inez
Pereira) is the best of his farces.
Gil y Zárate, Don Antonio (Hēl ē thâ'rä-tā).
A Spanish dramatist ; born in the Escorial, Dec.
I, 1793; died at Madrid, Jan. 27, 1861. Mathe-
matics and physics were his university special-
ties; but he entered upon a political career
when a young man, attaining an important post
in the Ministry of the Interior in 1820. The
revolutions in Spain forced him out of public
life, and he became a professor at the Madrid
Lyceum. About this time he turned to play.
writing ; and a tragedy, Doña Blanca de Bor-
bon,' made his name widely known in 1832.
His next efforts were less conventionally clas-
sical and more on the romantic order. "Carlos
II. , the Bewitched, is one of his most cele-
brated tragedies, but (Guzman the Good' is by
far the best. "Rosmunda) and (Don Alvaro
de Luna' also stand at the head of the collec-
tion of plays that have won for him the pre-
miership of the modern Spanish drama.
Gilbert, John Thomas. An Irish historical
writer; born in Dublin, Ireland, 1829. He is
the editor of a series of important publications
entitled Historic Literature of Ireland. To
his enterprise and energy is largely due the
revival of interest in Celtic studies. His prin-
cipal published works include: "History of the
City of Dublin (1854-59); “History of Affairs
in Ireland, 1641-52) (1879-81); History of
the Irish Confederation and War in Ireland,
1641-49) (1882-90).
Gilbert, Josiah. An English artist and writer
on art; born at the Independent College,
Rotherham, Yorkshire, Oct. 7, 1814: He was
student at the Royal Academy, and practiced
as a portrait-painter for several years; but
since 1843 has been engaged in literary pur-
suits and art criticism. He is the author of:
(Art, its Scope and Purpose) (1858); "Cadore,
or Titian's Country) (1869); (Art and Religion)
(1871); was joint author of "The Dolomite
Mountains) (1864); and published Landscape
in Art before Claude and Salvator) (1885).
Gilbert, Nicolas Joseph Laurent (zhel-bãr).
A French poet; born in Fontenoy-le-Chateau,
Lorraine, in 1751; died insane at Paris, Nov. 16,
1780. He went to Paris in his teens to make
himself a poet. The “philosophers, who then
lorded it over all forms of literature at Paris,
conceived a violent hatred of his satirical
(
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:
productions, which handled their pet hob- | Defoe. He also wrote several plays. In 1699
bies without gloves. Farewells to Life, My he edited Lingbaine's Dramatic Poets.
Apology, and “The Author's Carnival, are
Giles, Chauncey. An American clergyman
among his best-known pieces.
and author ; born at Charlemont, Mass. , in 1813;
Gilbert, William. An English novelist and died in 1893. He entered the Swedenborgian
biographer; born 1804; died 1889. His earlier Church in 1853, and held pastorates in Cin-
literary activity resulted in various good realistic cinnati, New York, and Philadelphia. Among
fictions, conspicuously that revelation of Lon- his numerous works, many of which have been
don dark life, De Profundis) (1864), followed translated into French, German, and Italian,
by (The Goldsworthy Family) (1864), Clara are included : (The Magic Spectacles) (1868);
Levesque) (1872), and others; his most serious (The Gate of Pearl (1869); (The New Jeru-
achievement, however, being a gallant but not salem) (1874); (The Valley of Diamonds, and
apparently very successful effort at a rehabilita- Other Stories) (1881); Perfect Prayer) (1883).
tion of Lucrezia Borgia (1809).
Giles, Henry. An American Unitarian minis-
Gilbert, William Schwenck. An English ter; born in Crokford, County Wexford, Ire-
librettist and comic poet and prose-writer; land, Nov. 1, 1809; came to the United States
born in London, Nov. 18, 1836. He prepared in 1840; died near Boston, July 10, 1882. His
for the bar, and practiced successfully; but the published works are in part: Lectures and
fame of the (Bab Ballads, and of his librettos Essays) (2 vols. , 1845); (Christian Thought on
to the scores of Pinafore, Patience, (The Life' (1850); "Human Life in Shakespeare
Mikado,' and other comic operas, eclipsed (1868); and (Lectures and Essays on Irish and
his legal attainments,– which however are not Other Subjects) (1869).
inconsiderable, for he is now a magistrate with
Gilfillan, Robert. A Scotch poet; born in
a jurisdiction near London, and writes for law
Dumfermline, July 7, 1798; died at Leith, Dec.
journals more or less regularly. *
4, 1850. His verse is very popular wherever
Gilder, Richard Watson. An American hearts warm to the tartan”; and his (Ori-
poet; born in Bordentown, N. J. , Feb. 8, 1844. ginal Songs) (1831) ran through three editions,
Since 1881 he has been editor-in-chief of the the best pieces in the collection being (The
Century. His works include : (The New Day) Exile's Song, Peter McCraw,' and 'In the
(1875); (The Celestial Passion (1887); (Lyr- Days o' Langsyne.
ics); 'Two Worlds, and Other Poems) (1891);
Gille, Philippe (zhēl). A French drama-
(The Great Remembrance, and Other Poems)
tist and journalist; born in Paris, Dec. 18, 1834.
(1893); “Five Books of Song' (1894); etc. He was originally a sculptor, and his work
Gilder, William Henry. An American jour-
attracted attention; but he put it aside for
nalist, Arctic traveler, and author, brother of
dramatic composition and journalism, succeed-
Richard W. ; born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 16,
ing in both. He has been on the staff of the
1838. He served in the Civil War, and was
Petit Journal, Figaro, and Écho de Paris. As
a librettist he has written to the scores of
brevetted a major at its close. He accom-
panied Lieutenant Schwatka in 1878 on a
eminent composers. He has produced likewise
polar expedition, and in 1881 was a member
a variety of successful plays, of the kind adapted
of the Rodgers expedition as a correspondent of
to the somewhat peculiar exigencies of the
the New York Herald. His chief works are :
Parisian stage. "Gladiator's Thirty Millions,
"Schwatka's Search) (1881); Ice Pack and
Jean de Nevelle, and My Comrade,' show
Tundra' (1883).
him probably at his best; although several
other pieces, written in collaboration and inde-
Gildersleeve, Basil Lanneau. An Ameri. pendently, have had long runs.
can classical scholar; born in Charleston, S. C. ,
Gillette, William. An American actor and
Oct. 23, 1831. He graduated at Princeton in
playwright; born in Hartford, Conn. , July 24,
1843, and studied in Germany for several years.
1853. He is the author of several successful
He was professor of Greek and Latin at the
plays, in many of which he has assumed the
University of Virginia from 1856 to 1876, when
leading parts. Among his best-known produc-
he was appointed professor of Greek at Johns
tions are : (The Professor) (1881); 'Esmeralda
Flopkins University. He is the founder and
(1881), with Mrs. F. H. Burnett ; (The Private
editor of the American Journal of Philology.
Secretary) (adapted); Held by the Enemy)
Among his works are: “Satires of Persius
(1886); (A Legal Wreck) (1888); “Too Much
Flaccus) (1875); Justin Martyr) (1875); “Odes
Johnson' (1895); and (Secret Service) (1896).
of Pindar. He has published a Latin Gram-
mar and a volume of "Essays and Studies. )
Gilm zu Rosenegg, Hermann von (gilm
tsö rõz'en-eg"). A German lyric poet; born in
Gildon, Charles. A miscellaneous English Innsbruck, Nov. I, 1812; died at Linz, May 31,
writer; born in 1665 at Gillingham in Dorset- 1864. He studied jurisprudence at the univer-
shire; died in 1724. The following works are sity in Innsbruck, and then began a career in
ascribed to him: History of the Athenian the government service, rising to positions of
Society) (1691); (The Post-Boy Robbed of responsibility by years of valuable service. Of
his Mail); Miscellany, Poems upon Various liberal tendencies in religion and politics, and
Occasions) (1692); Life and Adventures of enthusiastic in the cause of the Tyrolese, he
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wrote (Sonnets from Tyrol and Songs of the
Natter Maids, which achieved quick success.
Other poems by him did much to maintain
among the Tyrolese the spirit that prompted
their upr for indeper nce in 1809.
Gilman, Arthur. An American educator
and author; born at Alton, Ill. , June 22, 1837.
He was engaged in the banking business in
New York from 1857 to 1862, when he removed
to Lenox, Mass. , and devoted himself to liter-
ary and educational work until 1871.
In 1876
he assisted in the organization of the Harvard
Annex, now known as Radcliffe College. Among
his works are: (First Steps in English Litera-
ture) (1870); (First Steps in General History)
(1874); History of the American People) (1883);
(Early American Explorers) (1885); “Coloniza-
tion of America' (1887).
Gilman, Caroline Howard. An American
author; born in Boston, Mass. , Oct. 8, 1794;
died in 1888. Her collected writings include:
(Recollections of a New England Housekeeper)
(1835); (Recollections of a Southern Matron)
(1836); Poetry of Traveling in the United
States) (1838); etc. The (Recollections) have
passed through many editions.
Gilman, Daniel Coit.
An American edu-
cator; born at Norwich, Conn. , July 6, 1831.
He graduated from Yale in 1852. He was
superintendent of schools in Connecticut for
several years; professor of physical geography
at Yale, and college librarian, 1856-72; pres-
ident of the University of California, 1872-75;
and since 1875 president of Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md. Besides numerous
reports and addresses on scientific and edu-
cational subjects, he wrote: (Our National
Schools of Science) (1867); James Monroe
in his Relations to the Public Service) (1883).
Gilmore,James Roberts. ["Edmund Kirke. " ]
An American miscellaneous prose-writer; born
in Boston, Mass. , Sept. 10, 1823. He was at
first in mercantile life, subsequently entering
journalism and literature. He wrote: (Among
the Pines); (My Southern Friends); Down
in Tennessee); Life of Garfield); Among
the Guerrillas); Adrift in Dixie); (On the
Border); "Patriot Boys); (The Rear-Guard of
the Revolution); John Sevier as a Common-
wealth Builder); (The Advance-Guard of
Western Civilization); etc.
Gindely, Anton (gin'del-ē). A Bohemian
historian; born in Prague in 1829; died Oct.
24, 1892. He was a graduate of the University
of Prague, and subsequently became a professor
of history there. His most important work
a History of the Thirty Years' War,'
projected on a vast scale, but only a condensed
4-vol. form completed, which has been trans-
lated into English. His (History of the Bo-
hemian Brethren) (1856-57) is also notable.
Ginsburg, Christian. An eminent Polish
Rabbinical writer; born in Warsaw, Poland,
in 1830, and received his education in the
Rabbinic college there. He was one of the
original members appointed by the English
Convocation for the revision of the English
version of the Old Testament Scriptures. He
is the author of a number of works of vast
erudition, among which are : 'A Historical and
Critical Commentary on the Song of Songs)
(1857); (The Kariates) (1862); (The Moabite
Stone (1871); (The Massorah) (1880-86).
Gioberti, Vincenzo (jö-ber'tē). An Italian
philosopher and statesman; born in Turin, in
April 1801 ; died in Paris, October 1852. In
1831 he became chaplain to King Charles
Albert; but being accused of favoring the Lib-
erals, he was imprisoned and exiled. He re-
moved to Brussels, where he wrote: The
Theory of the Supernatural (1838); "Introduc-
tion to the Study of Philosophy) (1839); "Civil
and Moral Supremacy of the Italians) (1843),
in which he advocated the restoration of the
unity of Italy; and (The Modern Jesuit (1847).
On his return to Turin in 1848 he was received
with enthusiasm, and subsequently became
prime minister.
Gioja, Melchiore (jo'ya). An eminent
Italian political economist; born at Piacenza,
Italy, in 1767; died at Milan in 1829. Impris-
oned by the Austrian government in his youth
on account of his republican tendencies, he
welcomed with enthusiasm the advent of Na-
poleon in Italy and the establishment of the
Cisalpine Republic, under which he received
the office of historiographer. Among his re-
markable works are: (The New Galateo)
(1802); (The French, Germans, and Russians
in Lombardy) (1805); New View of the Eco-
nomic Sciences) (1815-19); (The Philosophy
of Statistics) (1826).
Giordani, Pietro (jôr-dä'nē). An Italian
essayist, controversialist, and critic; born in
Piacenza, Jan. I, 1774; died at Parma, Sept. 14,
1848. His productions are mainly essays and
criticisms on art and literature, theses on æs-
thetics, pamphlets, panegyrics, and monographs,
all of a fugitive nature, which keep their place
in letters by their style. His Letters, (Select
Prose, and Orations and Eulogies,' show his
style at its best.
Giozza, Pier Giacinto (jôt’sä). An Italian
critic, poet, essayist, and student of Dante; born
April 24, 1846, in Turin, where he studied lit-
erature and philosophy in the university. At
the present time he is a professor in the Ly-
ceum at Alessandria. His writings are noted for
their poetic qualities and correct taste. Fan-
tasies and Scintillations, (Excelsior, (Sighs of
the Soul,! (God in Dante's Paradise, (Investi-
gation of Curious Facts concerning Dante's
Poetry,' and (The Legend of the Inferno,' are
among the best of recent Italian writings.
Giraldi, Giglio Gregorio (je-räl'dē). An
Italian poet and scholar; born in Ferrara, June
13, 1479 ; died there, February 1552. His most
valuable works, “Historia de Diis Gentium,' a
historical manual of classical mythology; De
Annis et Mensibus, a treatise on the calendar;
was
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"Historiæ Poetarum Græcorum ac Latinorum,' a
study in classical literary biography; and sev-
eral more, are still quoted as authoritative. He
helped greatly to spread the taste for knowl-
edge characteristic of the age, and his Latin
verses prove him a consummate poet.
Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. An Italian
dramatist, novelist, and poet; born in Ferrara,
November 1504; died there, Dec. 30, 1573. In
early life he was so brilliant in literature, med-
icine, and philosophy that he became Secre-
tary of State under two successive dukes of
Este; but a contest raised by an impostor who
claimed the authorship of one of his works
brought him into disfavor, and he lost his of-
fice (1560). Becoming a distinguished profes-
sor of literature, he ended as rhetorician at the
Academy of Pavia, where he was admitted
about 1570 under the name of Cinthio, Cintio,
or Cinzio, signing his works thus variously
from this date. Of his plays the best known
is "Orbecche, perhaps the most powerful tra-
gedy written since the classical period and till
Shakespeare. Shakespeare and Beaumont and
Fletcher, in fact, appear to have helped them.
selves to his productions to some extent in the
construction of their own.
Girardin, Émile de (zhē-rär-dan'). A French
journalistic agitator and political and economic
writer, illegitimate son of Count Alexander de
Girardin and Madame Dupuy ; born in Paris
(not in Switzerland), June 22, 1806 (or 1803? );
died there, April 27, 1881. His early years were
passed in poverty and neglect, but he contrived
to educate himself sufficiently to write at 19 a
sentimental novel, “Emile,' which met with pop-
ular favor. It was as a journalist that he first
made himself known among the French, he
being indeed the originator of the cheap popu-
lar press of Paris with its enormous circulations.
His first wife was Sophie Gay. He accumu.
lated a fortune, and led an anti-Prussian agi-
tation in the war of 1870. Political Studies,
(The Abolition of Authority through the Sim-
plification of Government,' and (The Periodical
Press in the Nineteenth Century,' are among
his more solid writings. He was the author of
a few clever comedies.
Girardin, Marie Alfred Jules de. A French
admired by Napoleon, who gave him an im-
portant theatrical post; but on Napoleon's
overthrow he entered mercantile life.
As a
playwright he makes Molière his model. (The
Embarrassed Governor, (The Prophesying
Fanatic,' and 'The Discontented Capricious
One,' are good examples of his talent as a
contriver of ludicrous situations, helped out by
witty dialogue.
Girndt, Otto (gērnt). A German dramatist,
humorist, and writer of fiction; born in Lands-
berg on the Warthe, Feb. 6, 1835. His profes-
sion was law; but the vogue of his comedy
(Y 1,' acted when he was 30, turned him toward
the stage, in which he has won great popular-
ity. Cæsar Borgia) and (Charlotte Corday,'
dramas, "Oriental Entanglements, a comedy
that won a prize, and Dankelman,' a tragedy,
merit special mention. His stories are grace-
ful and replete with incident, though they do
not rank high; the best of them, “The Rescue
of the King) and Jolly Company, are fair
specimens of a lively style.
Gisecke, Nikolaus Dietrich (ge'zek-ė). A
German poet; born in Csó, Hungary, of Ger-
man parents, April 2, 1724; died at Sonders.
hausen, Feb. 23, 1765. He settled early in
Hamburg, where he formed one of a little lit.
erary circle. He was a clergyman, and his ser-
mons contain elegant diction ; but his literary
position is due wholly to a volume of poems,
simple and unaffected in style, and voicing a
mild melancholy,
Giseke, Robert. A German dramatist, nov-
elist, and poet, great-grandson of Nikolaus;
born in Marienwerder, Jan. 15, 1827; died at
Leubus, Dec. 12, 1890. Early an accomplished
theologian and an authority on philosophy and
history, his prospects were destroyed by his
political utterances in 1848, and he was driven
to journalism for a livelihood.
After some
years he began to write novels, of which the
best is perhaps (Otto Ludwig Brook. But his
original and striking plays gave him his great-
est renown; notably (The Two Cagliostros,'
(Lucifer, or the Demagogues,' (The Elector
Maurice of Saxony,' and (A Burgomaster of
Berlin. '
Gissing, George. An English novelist ; born
in Wakefield, 1857. He has made a remarka.
ble study of the London masses, from the ranks
of skilled labor to the most noisome human
refuse of the slums, the result being half re-
pulsive and wholly powerful; particularly in
(The Nether World, New Grub Street,'
(Demos,' and 'Sleeping Fires. )
Giusti, Giuseppe (jös'tē). An Italian poet
and political satirist; born in Monsummano,
May 1809; died in Florence, March 31, 1850.
His maiden masterpiece was the "Dies Iræ,
on the death of the Emperor Francis I. , - a
poem in which a mockery of woe blends tell-
ingly with sarcasm. He worked this vein the
next ten years, as (The Boot, (The Crowned,'
and (The Investiture of a Knight demonstrate.
lil , . . . 4. a
died at Paris, Oct. 26, 1888. He was attached to
the Lyceum of Versailles, and at Loches; con-
tributed stories to the European Review, the
Revue des Deux Mondes, Paris Illustré, and
other French periodicals. Among his works
are: Brave Men) (1874), crowned by the
Academy; Uncle Placide) (1878); (The Cap-
tain's Niece'; (Grandfather) (1880), crowned
by the Academy; (The Gaudry Family) (1884);
(The Second Violin) (1887); and translations.
Giraud, Count Giovanni (zhe-ro'). An Ital-
ian comedy-writer; born in Rome, Oct. 28, 1776;
died in Naples, Oct. 1, 1834. He was bred to the
profession of arms, but relieved the monotony
of the camp by writing comedies. They were
produced with immense success in Venice, and
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These and the satires written from 1847 to 1849,
as well as (The Papacy of Little Peter,' evince
genius. *
Gjellerup, Karl Adolf (gyāl'ér-öp). A Danish
novelist, dramatist, poet, and critic; born in
Roholte, Seeland, July 2, 1857. He prepared
for the ministry; but published a novel, (An
Idealist, under the pseudonym “Epigonos,
at 21. Rödtjörn, a book of poems, appeared
a few years later; followed by the novels
(Romulus, (The Pupil of the Germans,' and
several others. Brynhild' and (Saint Just
are tragedies ; (The Book of my Love) is an
assortment of erotic poems. As a critic his
work is discriminating and accurate ; but all
his productions show the influence of foreign
literatures.
Gjorgjic, Ignaz (jôr'jich). A Dalmatian poet
and scholar; born in Ragusa, Feb. 13, 1676;
died there, Jan. 21, 1737. He was abbot of the
Benedictine monastery on the island of Meleda,
but was exiled for his part in a political dis-
pute. The Pope interceded for him and had
him restored to his cloisters. Of his poems,
(The Sighs of the Penitent Magdalen) is the
most deserving of mention. Marunko i Pav-
ica) is the humorous story of two Venetian
youths, and (The Slav Psalter) is a hymnal.
Gladden, Washington. An American clergy.
man and author; born at Pittsgrove, Pa. , Feb.
11, 1836. He has held pastorates in Congrega.
tional churches in New York, Massachusetts,
and Ohio, and served on the editorial staff
of the Independent and Sunday Afternoon.
Among his numerous works are :Plain Thoughts
on the Art of Living) (1868); (From the Hub
to the Hudson (1869); (The Young Men and
the Church) (1885); (Cosmopolis City Club. '
Gladstone, William Ewart. A great Eng-
lish statesman and writer on theological and
philological subjects, essayist, and translator
from the classics; born in Liverpool, Dec. 29,
1809. His place in literature has been made
enduring by Juventus Mundi, (Studies in
Homer and the Homeric Age, and a large
number of essays, rich in thought and clear
and weighty in style. His works include:
(Church and State); (Homeric Synchronism);
'Gleanings of Past Years); a version of
Horace ; etc.
Glaisher, James. An English astronomer;
born in London, England, April 7, 1809. From
1836 until his retirement in 1874 he was con-
nected with the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
He is the author of more than a hundred books
and papers relating to astronomy, meteorology,
and the theory of numbers. Between 1863 and
1866 he made twenty-nine balloon ascents for
scientific purposes, in one of which he attained
the greatest height till then reached (seven
miles). The results of his observations are
published in the popular (Travels in the Air)
(1870). He translated and edited (The Atmo-
sphere) by Flammarion, and (The World of
Comets) by Guillemin.
Glapthorne, Henry. An English dramatist
who is krown to have fourished about 1639.
He wrote many plays, five of which have been
printed : Albertus Wallenstein); (The Hol-
lander); (Argalus and Parthenia); (Wit in a
Constable); 'The Lady's Privilege); etc.
Glascock, William Nugent. A Scottish au-
thor; born 1787; died Oct. 8, 1847, at Baltin-
glass. He was captain in the navy; entering
service January 1800, and retiring in 1847. His
literary works include: The Naval Sketch
Book) (2 vols. , 1826); (Sailors and Saints; or,
Matrimonial Manoeuvres) (3 vols. , 1829); "Tales
of a Tar: With Characteristic Anecdotes)
(1836 ); "Land Sharks and Sea Gulls) (3 vols. ,
1838); Naval Service; or, Officers' Manual) (2
vols. , 1836), which has had a great sale and
been translated for all the Continental services.
Glaser, Adolf (glā'zėr). A German novel-
ist, poet, dramatist, and translator; born in
Wiesbaden, Dec. 15, 1829. He won success in
journalism; and published poems under the
pseudonym “Reinald Reimar, as well as two
or three plays. His first novel, written in 1857,
was “The Schaller Family, followed by many
popular works of fiction. (What Is Truth? )
(A Magdalen without a Halo, (Savonarola,
(Cordula,' are absorbing tales, in which im.
agination, humor, and ingenuity of plot are
predominating qualities. "Galileo Galilei, a
tragedy, and a series of translations from Dutch
authors, must be included.
Glassbrenner, Adolf (gläs'brān-er). A Ger-
man humorist; born in Berlin, March 27, 1810;
died there, Sept. 25, 1876. He was editing the
satiric paper Don Quixote when it was sup-
pressed in 1833, and then turned to comic
sketch-writing (Berlin as it Is and — Drinks,'
with Lively Berlin,' published under the pseu-
donym "Adolf Brennglas," quickly brought him
into popularity, which Life and Conduct in
the Exclusive World) and Berlin Folk Life)
increased; while (The New Reineke Füchs)
and (Forbidden Songs) displayed his versatil-
ity. He produced stories for children, and
comedies of exquisite drollery. He was a leader
in the popular agitation of 1848.
Glazier, Willard. An American author;
born in Fowler, N. Y. , Aug. 22, 1841. His
works include: 'Capture, Prison Pen, and Es-
cape) (1865), which was very popular; (Three
Years in the Federal Cavalry) (1870); (Battles
for the Union); Heroes of Three Wars);
(Peculiarities of American Cities); and Down
the Great River. '
Gleig, George Robert. A British historian
and miscellaneous prose-writer; born in Stir-
ling, Scotland, April 20, 1796 ; died near Winch-
field, England, July 9, 1888. He was a soldier
under Wellington in Spain, and commanded a
regiment in the American war of 1812, being
wounded during the sack of Washington. He
wrote “The Subaltern) (1825), an admirable
account of a soldier's life in war, used by Par-
ton in his life of Jackson; Campaigns of the
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;
British Army at Washington and New Orleans)
(new ed. 1861); 'Lives of Eminent British Com-
manders) (1831); and many others.
Gleim, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig (glim). A
German poet and patron of literature; born
in Ermsleben, Halberstadt, April 2, 1719; died
Feb. 18, 1803. He attained an immense pres-
tige and popularity among his countrymen as
a sort of Mæcenas. His passion for letters in-
duced him to resign profitable government posts
while still young. (An Essay in Sportive
Rhyme,' an early work, shows French influence.
The Seven Years' War afforded him themes
for his best work: (Songs of a Prussian Grena-
dier) are patriotic outbursts. (Petrarcan Songs,'
Horatian Odes,' (Songs in Imitation of Anac-
reon, and Epigrammatic Verse,' are pleas-
ing, but less interesting. His fables and tales
became extremely popular.
Glen, William. A Scottish song-writer;
born in Glasgow, Nov. 14, 1789; died there,
December 1826. He was trained to mercan-
tile business, but preferred conviviality and
the Muse. His fame rests upon his Poems,
Chiefly Lyrical) (1815): “Wae's me for Prince
Charlie," a Jacobite song, is widely known.
