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editor and
author; born in Peacham, Vt.
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), 1649.
His name became universally known in Spain
upon the appearance of his charming transla-
tion of Tasso's (Aminta. He wrote (Orpheus,
a long mediocre poem, and a Poetic Discourse)
against the poet Gongora, besides rendering
Lucan's Pharsalia) into Spanish with respect-
able fidelity to the original, but without its
power.
Jay, Antoine (zhā). A French critic, essay-
ist, and biographer; born in Guîtres, Gironde,
Oct. 20, 1770; died at Lagorce, April 9, 1855.
His early essays on literature won prizes from
the French Academy, the reputation thus ob-
tained being fully borne out by his work as an
editor on the Journal de Paris; by the History
of Cardinal Richelieu's Ministry); and the
( Biographies of Contemporaries,' to which he
contributed numerous articles. His Eulogy of
Corneille) and Hermits in Prison) are much
quoted.
Jay, John. An American lawyer ; born in
New York city, 1817; died there, 1894. He
graduated from Columbia College in 1836, and
was admitted to the bar in 1839.
He was an
active opponent of slavery, and counsel for
many fugitive slaves. From 1869 to 1875 he was
minister to Austria, and in 1883 became a
member of the New York Civil Service Com-
mission. Among his works are: (Caste and
Slavery in the American Church) (1843);
(America Free, or America Slave) (1856).
Jayadeva (ji-ä-dā'vä).
A Sanskrit poet;
born in Kenduli (? ), about 1150 (? ). He is
known only as the author of the 'Gita-Govinda'
or (Song of the Cowherd,' an expressively pas.
sionate and realistic outburst of the amorous
Muse. *
Jeaffreson, John Cordy (jef'ėr-son). An
English essayist, biographer, and critic; born
in Framlingham, Suffolk, Jan. 14, 1831. He
was bred to the bar, but became a novelist,
changing his mind when his fiction failed and
his Novels and Novelists from Elizabeth to
Victoria' (1858) succeeded ; since which time,
(A Book about Doctors) (1860), 'A Book about
Lawyers) (1866), and (A Book about the
Clergy) (1870) have spread his fame. In bi-
ography (The Real Lord Byron' (1883) and
(The Real Shelley) 35) are studies in which
the critic and the essayist show knowledge and
skill.
Jean Paul. See Richter.
Jefferies, Richard. An English essayist and
novelist ; born in Swindon, Wiltshire, Nov. 6,
1848; died at Goring, Sussex (? ), Aug. 14, 1887.
His published works include: (The Goddards
of North Wilts) (1873), a local family history;
( The Scarlet Shawl) (1874), a novel; Rest-
less Human Hearts) (1875), a novel ; (The
World's End' (1877), a novel; (The Dewy
Morn, a novel; (Wild Life in a Southern
County) (1879), a volume of descriptive
sketches : this was followed by similar books,
notably, "Round about a Great Estate); (The
Life of the Fieids); (The Open Air); (The
Amateur Poacher) (1879); Hodge and his
Masters) ; (The Game Keeper at Home); etc.
His later works were the novel (Green Ferne
Farm) (1880); Wood Magic) (1881), a fanci-
ful animal story ; Bevis) (1882), a tale of child-
hood; (The Story of My Heart) (1883), by
many pronounced his masterpiece; (Red Deer'
(1884), a description of Exmoor; (After Lon-
don) (1885), an imaginative tale; (Amaryllis
at the Fair) (1887), a novel of country life;
and some fugitive essays and sketches. Field
and Hedgerow) was published posthumously. *
Jefferson, Joseph. An American actor of
great repute and charm; born in Philadel-
phia, Feb. 20, 1829. He came of a long line of
dramatists, and has been associated with the
most famous actors of his time.
His play
(Rip Van Winkle) has delighted untold thou-
sands, and continues to do so. No American
actor occupies so warm a place in the Ameri-
can heart. His (Autobiography) was published
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in 1890, and he makes frequent lectures and
addresses on the art of the actor, which con-
tain his amusing and delightful recollections.
Jefferson, Thomas. A statesman of the first
rank and fame; born at Shadwell, Va. , April
2, 1743; died at Monticello, Va. , July 4, 1826.
The Declaration of Independence is the pro-
duction of his pen; and he was author of
(Notes on Virginia, Autobiography,' and (Cor-
respondence. (Complete Works, 10 vols. ,
1892. *
Jeffrey, Francis. A famous Scottish critic;
born at Edinburgh, Oct. 23, 1773; died there,
Jan. 26, 1850. He was educated for the law,
but chose letters, beginning his noted literary
career by co-operating in the founding of the
Edinburgh Review. He was one of the most
conspicuous figures of his day in criticism.
His multifarious writings are only partially rep-
resented in 'Contributions to the Edinburgh
Review) (1843), “Essay on Beauty,' and Nature
and Principles of Taste) (1879).
Jeffrey, Rosa Vertner Griffith. An Ameri-
can novelist and poet; born in Natchez, Miss. ,
1826; died 1894. She contributed to the Louis.
ville Journal under the name “Rosa” in 1850.
Her published works are in part: Poems, by
Rosa) (1857); (Woodburn,' a novel (1864);
Daisy Dare and Baby Power,' poems (1871);
(The Crimson Hand and Other Poems) (1881);
and (Marsh,' a novel (1884).
Jenkin, Henrietta Camilla. An English
novelist; born in Jamaica about 1807; died in
Edinburgh, Feb. 8, 1885. Well educated and
clever, she wrote fiction as a means of liveli-
hood. Her (Cousin Stella) (1859), a portrayal
of West-Indian life and manners, made a hit;
as did (Who Breaks, Pays) (1861), in which
the Airt is admirably pictured. Her other nov-
els are only mediocre.
Jenkins, Edward. An English political
pamphleteer; born in Bangalore, India, 1838,
and educated at McGill University, Canada,
and the University of Pennsylvania. A Mem-
ber of Parliament, he has written on social and
political questions in the satirical vein; his
(Ginx's Baby) (1870), Lord Bantam, Little
Hodge, and other efforts, have had great cur-
rency.
Jenkins, John Stilwell. An American prose-
writer; born in Albany, N. Y. , Feb. 15, 1818;
died in Weedsport, N. Y. , Sept. 20, 1852. He
was a lawyer by profession, but edited the Cay-
uga Times. Among his works are: (Generals
of the Last War with Great Britain) (1841);
an abridgment of Hammond's (Political His-
tory of New York) (1846); (Alice Howard)
(1846); Life of Silas Wright) (1847); “History
of the Mexican War) (1848); Heroines of
History' (1853); etc.
Jenneval (zhen-väl), pseudonym of Louis
Dechez. A French-Belgian patriotic song-
writer; born in Lyons, 1808; killed in the
campaign of Lierre, Oct. 19, 1830. His fame
rests upon that most renowned of Belgian patri.
otic songs, (Brabançonne, which won its way
rapidly to official recognition as the national
hymn; and his collected Poems give evidence
of a genuine inspiration.
Jennison, Lucy White. [“Owen Innsley. ”]
An American poet; born in Massachusetts in
1850. She has lived mainly in Europe. She
published Love Poems and Sonnets) (1881).
Jensen, Wilhelm (yen'sen). A prolific Ger-
man poet, novelist, and miscellaneous writer;
born in Heiligenhafen, Holstein, Feb. 15, 1837,
He is antithetic and realistic in method. Of
his poetry the (Songs from France) and (A
Dream in a Glade) must win a permanent
place. The tragedy Dido' is meritorious.
Of the novels, Eddystone, Under Warmer
Skies, Nameless,' and After Sunset,' have
achieved wide popularity. Impatience and
rapidity of production tend to mar his style.
Jerabek, Frantisek (yer'shä-bek). A Czech
poet of great eminence; born in Sabotka, Jan.
25, 1836; died at Prague, March 30 (? ), 1893.
(Hana' was his first dramatic effort; but (The
Way of Public Opinion) and (A Servant of
his Lord) are deemed the triumphs of his
genius. In the historic tragedies of (The Son
of Man) and (Závist) he obtains the most vivid
dramatic effects. Few play-writers of recent
times have equaled him in sensational climax
and in dignity of diction and movement.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka. An English hu-
morist and story-writer; born in Walsall, May
2, 1861. He wrote : "On the Stage - and Off'
(1885), largely autobiographical; 'Idle Thoughts
of an Idle Fellow); and a comedy, Barbara. '
(Three Men in a Boat) (1889) was the success
of its year; since which time his labors as
dramatist, journalist, and story-teller, have been
many.
Jerrold, Douglas William. An English hu-
morist; born in London, Jan. 3, 1803; died
there, June 8, 1857. His wit was caustic and
keen, and his long-continued contributions to
Punch are widely known. He wrote: (Mrs.
Caudle's Curtain Lectures); Story of a
Feather); (The Rent Day); (Time Works
Wonders); and (Retired from Business); all
jolly good things. *
Jerrold, William Blanchard. An English
journalist and topical writer, son of Douglas;
born in London, Dec. 23, 1826; died there
(Westminster), March 10, 1884. He edited
Lloyd's newspaper brilliantly, and became half
a Frenchman in residence, speech, and man-
ner, his best writings being contained in: Paris
for the English (3d ed. 1868); ( The Cockaynes
in Paris) (1871); and (The Best of all Good
Company) (1871), series of recollections of
Dickens, Bulwer, and others : but he wrote a
good comedy occasionally, and some readable
stories, and also a Life of Napoleon III.
(1875-77).
Jervey, Mrs. Caroline H. (“Gilman Glov-
er. ”] An American novelist; born in South
:
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JESSE - JOHNSON
April 4, 1835. The son of a peasant, and with-
out early advantages, he did not take to the
pen until mature life; but "Lonny, the Home-
less) (1889), «The Brothers! (1891), "Mother
Lenen's Revenge) (1892), and other tales of
village peasant life, have given him an enviable
renown.
Carolina in 1823; died in 1877. Her works in-
clude Vernon Grove) and (Helen Courtenay's
Promise.
Jesse, John Heneage. An English histori-
cal writer; born near London, 1815; died there,
July 7, 1874. His early verse, Mary Queen of
Scots) and (Tales of the Dead,' is of no mo-
ment. He is remembered for a series of com-
pilations of historical gossip, generally known
as Courts and Cabinets of the Stuarts, George
II. and 111. , etc. ; they show neither independ-
ent research nor critical judgment, but are con-
venient as bringing together many scattered
bits from the original memoirists. He wrote
also (George Selwyn and his Contemporaries)
(1843), and London and Its Celebrities' (1850).
Jessup, Henry Harris. An American mis-
sionary; born at Montrose, Pa. , 1832. He was
a missionary to Tripoli and Syria from 1856
to 1860, and is at present stationed at Beyrout.
His works include (The Women of the Arabs)
(1873), and (The Mohammedan Missionary
Problem (1879).
Jewett, Sarah Orne. An American short-
story writer; born in Maine, 1849. Her works
include : (Old Friends and New); (Play Days);
"Country By-Ways'; 'Deephaven'; (The Mate
of the Daylight, and Friends Ashore); (A
Country Doctor); (A Marsh Island); (A White
Heron and Other Stories ); (The Story of the
Normans,' a historical work; (The King of
Folly Island, and Other People); (Betty Lei-
cester); “Strangers and Wayfarers); (A Native
of Winby, and Other Tales); (The Life of
Nancy); (The Country of the Pointed Firs);
etc. *
Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor. An English
novelist; born at Measham, Derbyshire, 1812;
died in London, Sept. 23, 1880. Her novels,
(Zoë, the History of Two Lives) (1845), “The
Half-Sisters) (1848), (Right or Wrong) (1859),
and others of like charm and interest, met
with success.
Jewsbury, Maria Jane. An English poet
and prose-writer, sister of Geraldine; born in
Measham, Derbyshire, Oct. 25, 1800; died of
cholera at Poonah, India, Oct. 4, 1833. She
wrote Phantasmagoria, or Sketches of Life
and Character,' (1824 ? ) and the fascinating
(Letters to the Young) (1828) during a severe
illness. Her Lays of Leisure Hours) (1829)
attracted general admiration, and her (Three
Histories : the History of an Enthusiast, the
History of a Nonchalant, the History of a
Realist) (1830) ran through four editions. She
married Rev. W. K Fletcher, an Indian mis-
sionary.
Jirásek, Aloys (yê-räs'ek). A Czech novel-
ist; born in Hronov, Bohemia, 1851. His talent
is for the production of faithful and effective
word-paintings of Czech life and character;
( Between the Streams' (Against All, and (In
Foreign Service,' being typical examples.
Joachim, Joseph (yö-ä'kēm). A Swiss story-
writer; born at Kestenholz, near Solothurn,
Jobez, Alphonse (zho-bez'). A French his-
torian and writer on social science; born in
Lons-le-Saulnier, Aug. 1, 1813. His literary rep-
utation dates from the appearance of A Pref-
ace to Socialism, Democracy Is the Unknown,'
and "Woman and the Child, or Poverty En-
tails Oppression. His history of France un-
der Louis XV? is an authority.
Jodelle, Étienne (zho-del). A French dra-
matic poet; born in Paris about 1532; died
there (? ), 1573. At twenty his tragedy of
(Captive Cleopatra) met with almost unpar-
alleled success. It was an imitation of the later
classical models, confused with some of the
methods of Seneca. His later plays, Dido)
and (The Meeting,' were comparative failures.
Jodrell, Richard Paul. An English dram-
atist and scholar; born in Derbyshire (? ), Nov.
13, 1745; died in London, Jan. 26, 1831. He
wrote: (Seeing Is Believing (1786), a good
comedy ; (The Persian Heroine) (1786), a good
tragedy; and Philology of the English Lan-
guage) (1820), a good manual.
John, Eugènie (yön). See Marlitt.
Johnson, Charles Frederick. An American
scholar and author; born in New York city in
1836. He graduated from Yale in 1855; and
is at present a professor of English literature
at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. His works
include (Three Americans and Three English-
men) (1886), and (English Words.
Johnson, Emily Pauline (Tekahionwake).
A Canadian poet; born in the Six Nations
Reserve, Canada. She is of Indian descent.
Her first volume of verse was (The White
Wampum) (1894). Her first sketch, (A Red
Girl's Reasoning,' took a prize in the Cana-
dian Magazine.
Johnson, Helen Kendrick. An American
author; born 1843; is the author of "The Roddy
Books) (3 vols. , 1874-76), and (Raleigh West-
gate) (1889). She edited (Tears for the Little
Ones : Poems and Passages Inspired by the Loss
of Children) (1878); Poems and Songs for
Young People) (1884); and (The Nutshell
Series) (6 vols. , 1885).
Johnson, Oliver.
An American editor and
author; born in Peacham, Vt. , Dec. 27, 1809;
died in Brooklyn, N. Y. , Dec. 10, 1889. He
was editor of the Independent from 1865 to
1870; became editor of the Christian Union in
1872; was one of the founders of the New
England Anti-Slavery Society in 1832 ; and pub-
lished "William Lloyd Garrison and his Times)
(1880).
Johnson, Robert Underwood. An Ameri-
can poet and editor; born in Washington, D. C. ,
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Jan. 12, 1853. He is associate editor of the
Century Magazine. His efforts in behalf of
the establishment of international copyright
were recognized by the degree of M. A. , con-
ferred by Yale University in 1891. He edited,
with C. C. Buel, the notable (Battles and Lead-
ers of the Civil War' (1887-88), and has pub-
lished two volumes of poems: (The Winter
Hour and Other Poems (1892); and (Songs of
Liberty) (1897), which volume includes para-
phrases from the Servian after translations by
Nikola Tesla, with a prefatory note by him
on Servian poetry.
Johnson, Rossiter. A distinguished Ameri-
can editor; born in Rochester, N. Y. , Jan.
27, 1840. He was educated there, and edited
the Rochester Democrat jointly with Robert
Carter. From 1869 to 1872 he edited the Con-
cord (N. H. ) Statesman; in 1873-77 was asso-
ciated with George Ripley and Charles A.
Dana in editing the American Cyclopædia';
in 1879-80 aided Sydney Howard Gay in his
History of the United States. In 1883 he be-
came editor of the Annual Cyclopædia. He
devised and edited the series of Little Clas-
sics) (16 vols. , 1874-75; two additional vols. ,
1880; 25th ed. 1887).
Johnson, Samuel. An English critic, essay-
ist, poet, and lexicographer, the most pictur-
esque figure in British literature ; born in Lich-
field, Sept. 18, 1709; died in London, Dec. 13,
1784. His works include : «Voyage to Abys-
sinia) (1735), a translation; (London) (1738);
(Marmor Norfolciense) (1739), an essay; 'Life
of Richard Savage) (1744); (Macbeth) (1745),
an essay; (Plan for a Dictionary) (1747); (Van-
ity of Human Wishes) (1749); "Irene) (1749);
The Rambler (1750-52); The Adventurer pa-
pers (1753); the English Dictionary (1755);
The Idler (1758-60);(Rasselas) (1759); (Shakes-
peare with Notes) (1765); (The False Alarm
(1770); A Journey to the Western Isles of
Scotland! (1775); (Taxation No Tyranny)
(1775); (English Poets) (1779-81). (Collected
Works, il vols. , 1787. ) *
Johnson, Virginia Wales. An American
prose-writer ; born in Brooklyn, N. Y. , Dec. 28,
1849. Her publications include: (Kettle Club
Series) (1870); (Travels of an American Owl)
(1870); Joseph the Jew) (1873); (A Sack of
Gold) (1874); (The Catskill Fairies) (1875);
(The Calderwood Secret! (1875); (A Foreign
Marriage) (1880); “Tulip Place) (1886); (Miss
Nancy's Pilgrimage) (1887); (The House of
the Musician) (1887).
Johnston, Richard Malcolm. An American
story-writer and essayist; born in Hancock
County, Ga. , March 8, 1822. He studied for
the bar and practiced with distinction, but it
was as an educator that he first attracted at-
tention. His studies of character and manners
in Georgia began to appear shortly after the
Noted for humor and realism are his
Dukesborough Tales, (Old Mark Langston,
and "Ogeechee Cross-Firings. *
Johnston, William Preston. An American
educator and author; born in Louisville, Ky. ,
Jan. 5, 1831. He was a colonel in the Con-
federate army; became a professor in Wash-
ington and Lee Cniversity (1867-77); president
of Louisiana State University (1880-83); and
president of Tulane University (1884). His
works include "Life of General Albert Sid-
ney Johnston) (1878), and (The Prototype of
Hamlet (1890).
Johnstone, Charles. An Irish novelist;
born at Carrigogunnel, Limerick, about 1719 ;
died at Calcutta, India, about 1800. He had
wit and imagination, which he exploited in
(Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea)
(1760–65), «the best scandalous chronicle of
its day; and in History of John Juniper, Esq. ,
alias Juniper Jack) (1781). He emigrated to
India, where he succeeded in journalism.
Johnstone, Christian Isobel. [“Margaret
Dods. ”] A Scottish novelist; born in Fifeshire,
1781; died in Edinburgh, Aug. 26, 1857. She
edited, in association with her husband as pub-
lisher, many periodicals and papers, and wrote
popular tales, notably: (Clan Albin : a National
Tale) (1815), (Elizabeth de Bruce) (1827), “The
Edinburgh Tales) (1845-46), and others, de.
scribed as forceful, brilliant, and entertaining.
She also compiled (The Cook and Housewife's
Manual (1826).
Joinville, Jean, Sieur de (zhwan-vēl). A
noted French chronicler; born in Champagne
in 1224; died there (? ) in 1317 or 1318. He
took part in Louis IX. 's crusade, and on his
return spent his leisure composing his invalu-
able Memoirs,' which embody the important
History of Saint Louis,' sometimes treated as
a separate work.
Jokai, Maurice ( yö'ko-i). A Hungarian
novelist, journalist, and publicist; born in
Komorn, Feb. 19, 1825. Few lives have been
so busy, and few have been enriched with the
accomplishment of so much that is good in
the domain of letters. (The White Rose,
(The Gold Man,' (The Man with the Iron
Heart, (Mine, Thine, His, (Pater Pater,) (The
Poor Rich, and Peter the Priest) (1897), must
be named among his numerous fictions. *
Joliet, Charles (zho-lyā'). A French jour-
nalist, essayist, and miscellaneous writer; born
St. Hippolyte-on-the-Doubs, Aug. 8, 1832.
He has contributed to every periodical of note
in Paris, producing likewise countless volumes,
such as: “The Athenians,' poems; (The Ladies'
Doctor,' a humorous narrative; (The Viper,
a study of woman; (The Story of Two Young
Wives,' a novel; and others, all evincing the
happiest versatility and felicity of style.
Jolin, Johan Kristofer (yo'lin). A Swed-
ish dramatist, novelist, and poet; born in
Stockholm, Dec. 28, 1818; died there, Nov. 13,
1884. His work, which is popular and origi-
nal, includes (Master Smith,' a drama, and
(Vinglaren,' a novel, besides pleasing verse.
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chant) (1848); “Wild Western Scenes) (1849);
(The Rival Belles) (1852); Freaks of Fortune)
(1854); A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the
Confederate States Capital (1806).
Jones, Joseph Stevens. An American play-
writer; born in 1811; died in Boston, 1877.
He wrote many plays, some of the best known
being (Solon Shingle); (Eugene Aram); (The
Liberty Tree); Moll Pitcher); (The Silver
Spoon.
Jones, Justin. An American novelist, writ-
ing under the pseudonym Harry Hazel. ”
Among his works are: (The Flying Artillerist)
(1853); “The Yankee Middy) (1865); "Virginia
Graham, the Spy of the Grand Army) (1869);
((
etc.
Joly, Guy (zhô-lē'). A seventeenth-century
French writer of memoirs, who came into some
prominence during the Fronde, and compiled
Memoirs to explain and continue those of the
Cardinal de Retz) (1718),- a curious, readable,
and accurate, yet partisan work.
Jonckbloet, Willem Jozef Andreas (yonk'.
blėt''). A Dutch historian of literature, also
essayist and critic; born at The Hague, July 6,
1817; died in Wiesbaden, Oct. 19, 1885. He is
a conceded authority on Dutch letters, his mas-
terpieces on (The Middle Dutch Epic) (1849),
The History of Middle Dutch Literature)
(1851-54), and (Study of the Romance of Ren-
ard’ (1863), exhausting those subjects; and his
editions of Dutch classics are the standard.
Jones, Amanda Theodosia. An American
poet; born in East Bloomfield, Ontario County,
N. Y. , Oct. 19, 1835. Some of her war songs
were very popular. She published: "Ulah and
Other Poems) (1860); (Atlantis and Other
Poems) (1866); and (A Prairie Idyl, and Other
Poems) (1882).
Jones, Charles Colcock, Jr. An American
lawyer and author; born in Savannah, Ga. ,
Oct. 28, 1831 ; died July 19, 1893. He was lieu-
tenant-colonel in the Confederate service dur-
ing the War, afterward removing to New York,
where he practiced law. Among his works
are : Antiquities of the Southern Indians)
(1873); (Siege of Savannah in 1779) (1874);
History of Georgia' (1883).
Jones, Ebenezer. An English poet; born in
Islington, Jan. 20, 1820; died in London (? ),
Sept. 14, 1860. His genius was of the erratic
sort, as ( Studies of Sensation and Event (1843),
a collection of miscellaneous poems, showed.
(Winter Hymn to the Snow, When the World
Is Burning, and (To Death,' are his best-
known pieces. Since his death there has been
a revival of interest in his poetry.
Jones, Ernest Charles. An English poet,
novelist, and agitator; born in Berlin, Jan. 25,
1819; died at Manchester, Jan. 26, 1868.
He
became a leader in the Chartist agitation, to
which he sacrificed a large fortune. His prose
and poetry were inspired by his political opin-
ions; (The Lass and the Lady) (1854) and
"Lord Lindsay) being his best fictions, and
{The Battle Day and Other Poems) (1855) con-
taining his most popular songs.
Jones, Evan. A Welsh poet; born at Bryn-
tynoriad, Sept. 5, 1820; died near Cardiff, Feb.
23, 1852. He was a clergyman, and best known
as leuan Gwynedd, over which name he pro-
duced in his native tongue poems on (The
Huts of Wales, Moses on Mount Pisgah,
(Peace,' and other themes; in addition to
which he edited many periodicals, including Yr
Adolygydd, or National Review.
Jones, John B. An American journalist and
novelist; born in Baltimore, Md. , in 1810; died
1866. He spent many years in journalism, and
is author of Books of Visions) (1847); Rural
Sports: a Poem (1848); "The Western Mer-
Jonge, Johan Karel Jacob đe (yống'ẻ). A
Dutch historian, son of Johannes; born at The
Hague, June 17, 1827; died there, March 15,
1880. He has studied the colonial history of
his country with effect, as (The Rise of Nether.
land Dominion in the East Indies) (1862-78),
and other works, demonstrate.
Jonge, Johannes Cornelis de. A Dutch
historian; born in Zierikzee, May 9, 1793; died
near Ryswick, June 12, 1853. He has quarried
indefatigably and with rich results in the Neth-
erland vein; "Studies in the History of the
Low Countries) (1825-27) and (The History of
the Dutch Navy) (1833-48) being the best
specimens.
Jonson, Ben A celebrated English dram-
atist; born in London in 1572 or 1573; died
there (? ), Aug. 6, 1637. He was about twenty-
three when he tried dramatic authorship, and
seems to have been only moderately successful
until “Every Man in his Humour) was written,
followed by (Every Man Out of his Humour,
both comedies being the fruit of a wit so clear
and fine that his epitaph “O Rare Ben Jon-
son » fits him well. His poetry is "excellently
bright, and impregnated with the Elizabethan
atmosphere and spirit. *
Jordan, Cornelia Jane Matthews. An Amer-
ican poet; born in Lynchburg, Va. , 1830. She
wrote her poem Corinth) in 1863; it was pub-
lished in 1865; by order of Gen. Alfred H.
Terry, it was seized and burned in the court-
house yard at Lynchburg as objectionable and
incendiary. Her publications include : Flowers
of Hope and Memory) (1861); (Corinth and
Other Poems of the War' (1865); "A Christ.
mas Poem for Children (1865); Richmond:
Her Glory and Her Graves) (1867); Useful
Maxims for a Noble Life (1884).
Jordan, David Starr. An eminent Ameri-
can naturalist; born in Gainesville, N. Y. , Jan.
19, 1851. He graduated from Cornell Univer-
sity in 1872, and has held professorships in
several universities in the West ; was president
of Indiana University from 1885 to 1891; was
elected the first president of Leland Stanford
University (California) in 1891, and is still at
its head. He wrote voluminously on ichthy-
ology. Among his works are: A Manual of
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the Vertebrates of the Northern United States)
(1876); A Synoposis of the Fishes of North
America) (1883); (Science Sketches) (1887).
Jordan, Wilhelm (yor'dän). A German poet
and story-writer, and an eminent publicist; born
in Insterburg, Feb. 8, 1819. His early poems
and sketches brought him into trouble with
the authorities; but he managed, notwithstand-
ing, to rise to a position of power in public
life, while as a literary man his eminence has
long been unquestioned. As a poet he voices
his liberal political aspirations through the
medium of a chaste but not severe Muse, Bells
and Cannon' and (Earthly Fantasies) being
characteristic. In fiction he strives to make
propaganda and to demonstrate the necessity
of a higher social state by exposing the evils
of the existing one, and yet he is neither a
revolutionist nor a socialist, as (The Sebalds)
and (Two Cradles) amply prove. Demiurgos,'
a philosophical poem, "The False Prince, a
comedy, and “The Widow of Agis,' a tragedy,
are also his.
Josephus, Flavius (jõ-se'fus). A Jewish his-
torian; born in Jerusalem, 37 A. D. ; died at
Rome about 100 A. D. He was of noble birth,
and bore a conspicuous part in the contests
of his people with the Romans and the imperial
government of Rome, rising finally to great
favor with the Emperor Vespasian and his two
immediate successors. He passed the years of
his literary activity at Rome, living in dignified
ease upon a royal pension and in a luxurious
residence, enjoying also the rights of citizenship.
The products of these favoring circumstances
are the History of the War of the Jews
against the Romans, and of the Fall of Jeru-
salem, the "Judaic Antiquities, and an (Auto-
biography. As an eye-witness of much that
he records, his work merits attention; but it is
the subject of much controversy and doubt. *
Jósika, Baron Nikolaus (yo'she-ko). A Hun-
garian novelist; born in Torda, Transylvania,
April 28, 1794; died at Dresden, Feb. 27, 1865.
The scion of a rich and noble family, he re-
ceived a finished education, entered the army,
and at last became a man of letters. His first
efforts were collected into a volume of Sketches,
and were greatly admired. As a writer of real-
istic and historic fiction he achieved fame with
( The Poet Zrinyi, (The Last of the Bathory,
(Abafi,' and 'A Hungarian Family during the
Period of the Revolution. A profound student
of the life, manners, legends, and antiquities of
his countrymen, gifted with a bewitching style,
rich in invention and perennially enticing in
his plots, he well merits the praises he has won
as the Sir Walter Scott) of the land that
gave him birth.
Joubert, Joseph (zhö-bâr'). A French mor-
alist and writer of aphorisms; born in Mon-
tignac, Périgord, 1754; died at Paris, 1824. The
bulk of his epigrammatic work was published
posthumously under the critical supervision of
Châteaubriand and Raynal, the titles of the
volumes being (Thoughts) and “Thoughts, Es-
says, Maxims, and Correspondence. *
Joubert, Léo. A French biographer and
historical writer; born in Bourdeilles, Dordogne,
Dec.
His name became universally known in Spain
upon the appearance of his charming transla-
tion of Tasso's (Aminta. He wrote (Orpheus,
a long mediocre poem, and a Poetic Discourse)
against the poet Gongora, besides rendering
Lucan's Pharsalia) into Spanish with respect-
able fidelity to the original, but without its
power.
Jay, Antoine (zhā). A French critic, essay-
ist, and biographer; born in Guîtres, Gironde,
Oct. 20, 1770; died at Lagorce, April 9, 1855.
His early essays on literature won prizes from
the French Academy, the reputation thus ob-
tained being fully borne out by his work as an
editor on the Journal de Paris; by the History
of Cardinal Richelieu's Ministry); and the
( Biographies of Contemporaries,' to which he
contributed numerous articles. His Eulogy of
Corneille) and Hermits in Prison) are much
quoted.
Jay, John. An American lawyer ; born in
New York city, 1817; died there, 1894. He
graduated from Columbia College in 1836, and
was admitted to the bar in 1839.
He was an
active opponent of slavery, and counsel for
many fugitive slaves. From 1869 to 1875 he was
minister to Austria, and in 1883 became a
member of the New York Civil Service Com-
mission. Among his works are: (Caste and
Slavery in the American Church) (1843);
(America Free, or America Slave) (1856).
Jayadeva (ji-ä-dā'vä).
A Sanskrit poet;
born in Kenduli (? ), about 1150 (? ). He is
known only as the author of the 'Gita-Govinda'
or (Song of the Cowherd,' an expressively pas.
sionate and realistic outburst of the amorous
Muse. *
Jeaffreson, John Cordy (jef'ėr-son). An
English essayist, biographer, and critic; born
in Framlingham, Suffolk, Jan. 14, 1831. He
was bred to the bar, but became a novelist,
changing his mind when his fiction failed and
his Novels and Novelists from Elizabeth to
Victoria' (1858) succeeded ; since which time,
(A Book about Doctors) (1860), 'A Book about
Lawyers) (1866), and (A Book about the
Clergy) (1870) have spread his fame. In bi-
ography (The Real Lord Byron' (1883) and
(The Real Shelley) 35) are studies in which
the critic and the essayist show knowledge and
skill.
Jean Paul. See Richter.
Jefferies, Richard. An English essayist and
novelist ; born in Swindon, Wiltshire, Nov. 6,
1848; died at Goring, Sussex (? ), Aug. 14, 1887.
His published works include: (The Goddards
of North Wilts) (1873), a local family history;
( The Scarlet Shawl) (1874), a novel; Rest-
less Human Hearts) (1875), a novel ; (The
World's End' (1877), a novel; (The Dewy
Morn, a novel; (Wild Life in a Southern
County) (1879), a volume of descriptive
sketches : this was followed by similar books,
notably, "Round about a Great Estate); (The
Life of the Fieids); (The Open Air); (The
Amateur Poacher) (1879); Hodge and his
Masters) ; (The Game Keeper at Home); etc.
His later works were the novel (Green Ferne
Farm) (1880); Wood Magic) (1881), a fanci-
ful animal story ; Bevis) (1882), a tale of child-
hood; (The Story of My Heart) (1883), by
many pronounced his masterpiece; (Red Deer'
(1884), a description of Exmoor; (After Lon-
don) (1885), an imaginative tale; (Amaryllis
at the Fair) (1887), a novel of country life;
and some fugitive essays and sketches. Field
and Hedgerow) was published posthumously. *
Jefferson, Joseph. An American actor of
great repute and charm; born in Philadel-
phia, Feb. 20, 1829. He came of a long line of
dramatists, and has been associated with the
most famous actors of his time.
His play
(Rip Van Winkle) has delighted untold thou-
sands, and continues to do so. No American
actor occupies so warm a place in the Ameri-
can heart. His (Autobiography) was published
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in 1890, and he makes frequent lectures and
addresses on the art of the actor, which con-
tain his amusing and delightful recollections.
Jefferson, Thomas. A statesman of the first
rank and fame; born at Shadwell, Va. , April
2, 1743; died at Monticello, Va. , July 4, 1826.
The Declaration of Independence is the pro-
duction of his pen; and he was author of
(Notes on Virginia, Autobiography,' and (Cor-
respondence. (Complete Works, 10 vols. ,
1892. *
Jeffrey, Francis. A famous Scottish critic;
born at Edinburgh, Oct. 23, 1773; died there,
Jan. 26, 1850. He was educated for the law,
but chose letters, beginning his noted literary
career by co-operating in the founding of the
Edinburgh Review. He was one of the most
conspicuous figures of his day in criticism.
His multifarious writings are only partially rep-
resented in 'Contributions to the Edinburgh
Review) (1843), “Essay on Beauty,' and Nature
and Principles of Taste) (1879).
Jeffrey, Rosa Vertner Griffith. An Ameri-
can novelist and poet; born in Natchez, Miss. ,
1826; died 1894. She contributed to the Louis.
ville Journal under the name “Rosa” in 1850.
Her published works are in part: Poems, by
Rosa) (1857); (Woodburn,' a novel (1864);
Daisy Dare and Baby Power,' poems (1871);
(The Crimson Hand and Other Poems) (1881);
and (Marsh,' a novel (1884).
Jenkin, Henrietta Camilla. An English
novelist; born in Jamaica about 1807; died in
Edinburgh, Feb. 8, 1885. Well educated and
clever, she wrote fiction as a means of liveli-
hood. Her (Cousin Stella) (1859), a portrayal
of West-Indian life and manners, made a hit;
as did (Who Breaks, Pays) (1861), in which
the Airt is admirably pictured. Her other nov-
els are only mediocre.
Jenkins, Edward. An English political
pamphleteer; born in Bangalore, India, 1838,
and educated at McGill University, Canada,
and the University of Pennsylvania. A Mem-
ber of Parliament, he has written on social and
political questions in the satirical vein; his
(Ginx's Baby) (1870), Lord Bantam, Little
Hodge, and other efforts, have had great cur-
rency.
Jenkins, John Stilwell. An American prose-
writer; born in Albany, N. Y. , Feb. 15, 1818;
died in Weedsport, N. Y. , Sept. 20, 1852. He
was a lawyer by profession, but edited the Cay-
uga Times. Among his works are: (Generals
of the Last War with Great Britain) (1841);
an abridgment of Hammond's (Political His-
tory of New York) (1846); (Alice Howard)
(1846); Life of Silas Wright) (1847); “History
of the Mexican War) (1848); Heroines of
History' (1853); etc.
Jenneval (zhen-väl), pseudonym of Louis
Dechez. A French-Belgian patriotic song-
writer; born in Lyons, 1808; killed in the
campaign of Lierre, Oct. 19, 1830. His fame
rests upon that most renowned of Belgian patri.
otic songs, (Brabançonne, which won its way
rapidly to official recognition as the national
hymn; and his collected Poems give evidence
of a genuine inspiration.
Jennison, Lucy White. [“Owen Innsley. ”]
An American poet; born in Massachusetts in
1850. She has lived mainly in Europe. She
published Love Poems and Sonnets) (1881).
Jensen, Wilhelm (yen'sen). A prolific Ger-
man poet, novelist, and miscellaneous writer;
born in Heiligenhafen, Holstein, Feb. 15, 1837,
He is antithetic and realistic in method. Of
his poetry the (Songs from France) and (A
Dream in a Glade) must win a permanent
place. The tragedy Dido' is meritorious.
Of the novels, Eddystone, Under Warmer
Skies, Nameless,' and After Sunset,' have
achieved wide popularity. Impatience and
rapidity of production tend to mar his style.
Jerabek, Frantisek (yer'shä-bek). A Czech
poet of great eminence; born in Sabotka, Jan.
25, 1836; died at Prague, March 30 (? ), 1893.
(Hana' was his first dramatic effort; but (The
Way of Public Opinion) and (A Servant of
his Lord) are deemed the triumphs of his
genius. In the historic tragedies of (The Son
of Man) and (Závist) he obtains the most vivid
dramatic effects. Few play-writers of recent
times have equaled him in sensational climax
and in dignity of diction and movement.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka. An English hu-
morist and story-writer; born in Walsall, May
2, 1861. He wrote : "On the Stage - and Off'
(1885), largely autobiographical; 'Idle Thoughts
of an Idle Fellow); and a comedy, Barbara. '
(Three Men in a Boat) (1889) was the success
of its year; since which time his labors as
dramatist, journalist, and story-teller, have been
many.
Jerrold, Douglas William. An English hu-
morist; born in London, Jan. 3, 1803; died
there, June 8, 1857. His wit was caustic and
keen, and his long-continued contributions to
Punch are widely known. He wrote: (Mrs.
Caudle's Curtain Lectures); Story of a
Feather); (The Rent Day); (Time Works
Wonders); and (Retired from Business); all
jolly good things. *
Jerrold, William Blanchard. An English
journalist and topical writer, son of Douglas;
born in London, Dec. 23, 1826; died there
(Westminster), March 10, 1884. He edited
Lloyd's newspaper brilliantly, and became half
a Frenchman in residence, speech, and man-
ner, his best writings being contained in: Paris
for the English (3d ed. 1868); ( The Cockaynes
in Paris) (1871); and (The Best of all Good
Company) (1871), series of recollections of
Dickens, Bulwer, and others : but he wrote a
good comedy occasionally, and some readable
stories, and also a Life of Napoleon III.
(1875-77).
Jervey, Mrs. Caroline H. (“Gilman Glov-
er. ”] An American novelist; born in South
:
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April 4, 1835. The son of a peasant, and with-
out early advantages, he did not take to the
pen until mature life; but "Lonny, the Home-
less) (1889), «The Brothers! (1891), "Mother
Lenen's Revenge) (1892), and other tales of
village peasant life, have given him an enviable
renown.
Carolina in 1823; died in 1877. Her works in-
clude Vernon Grove) and (Helen Courtenay's
Promise.
Jesse, John Heneage. An English histori-
cal writer; born near London, 1815; died there,
July 7, 1874. His early verse, Mary Queen of
Scots) and (Tales of the Dead,' is of no mo-
ment. He is remembered for a series of com-
pilations of historical gossip, generally known
as Courts and Cabinets of the Stuarts, George
II. and 111. , etc. ; they show neither independ-
ent research nor critical judgment, but are con-
venient as bringing together many scattered
bits from the original memoirists. He wrote
also (George Selwyn and his Contemporaries)
(1843), and London and Its Celebrities' (1850).
Jessup, Henry Harris. An American mis-
sionary; born at Montrose, Pa. , 1832. He was
a missionary to Tripoli and Syria from 1856
to 1860, and is at present stationed at Beyrout.
His works include (The Women of the Arabs)
(1873), and (The Mohammedan Missionary
Problem (1879).
Jewett, Sarah Orne. An American short-
story writer; born in Maine, 1849. Her works
include : (Old Friends and New); (Play Days);
"Country By-Ways'; 'Deephaven'; (The Mate
of the Daylight, and Friends Ashore); (A
Country Doctor); (A Marsh Island); (A White
Heron and Other Stories ); (The Story of the
Normans,' a historical work; (The King of
Folly Island, and Other People); (Betty Lei-
cester); “Strangers and Wayfarers); (A Native
of Winby, and Other Tales); (The Life of
Nancy); (The Country of the Pointed Firs);
etc. *
Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor. An English
novelist; born at Measham, Derbyshire, 1812;
died in London, Sept. 23, 1880. Her novels,
(Zoë, the History of Two Lives) (1845), “The
Half-Sisters) (1848), (Right or Wrong) (1859),
and others of like charm and interest, met
with success.
Jewsbury, Maria Jane. An English poet
and prose-writer, sister of Geraldine; born in
Measham, Derbyshire, Oct. 25, 1800; died of
cholera at Poonah, India, Oct. 4, 1833. She
wrote Phantasmagoria, or Sketches of Life
and Character,' (1824 ? ) and the fascinating
(Letters to the Young) (1828) during a severe
illness. Her Lays of Leisure Hours) (1829)
attracted general admiration, and her (Three
Histories : the History of an Enthusiast, the
History of a Nonchalant, the History of a
Realist) (1830) ran through four editions. She
married Rev. W. K Fletcher, an Indian mis-
sionary.
Jirásek, Aloys (yê-räs'ek). A Czech novel-
ist; born in Hronov, Bohemia, 1851. His talent
is for the production of faithful and effective
word-paintings of Czech life and character;
( Between the Streams' (Against All, and (In
Foreign Service,' being typical examples.
Joachim, Joseph (yö-ä'kēm). A Swiss story-
writer; born at Kestenholz, near Solothurn,
Jobez, Alphonse (zho-bez'). A French his-
torian and writer on social science; born in
Lons-le-Saulnier, Aug. 1, 1813. His literary rep-
utation dates from the appearance of A Pref-
ace to Socialism, Democracy Is the Unknown,'
and "Woman and the Child, or Poverty En-
tails Oppression. His history of France un-
der Louis XV? is an authority.
Jodelle, Étienne (zho-del). A French dra-
matic poet; born in Paris about 1532; died
there (? ), 1573. At twenty his tragedy of
(Captive Cleopatra) met with almost unpar-
alleled success. It was an imitation of the later
classical models, confused with some of the
methods of Seneca. His later plays, Dido)
and (The Meeting,' were comparative failures.
Jodrell, Richard Paul. An English dram-
atist and scholar; born in Derbyshire (? ), Nov.
13, 1745; died in London, Jan. 26, 1831. He
wrote: (Seeing Is Believing (1786), a good
comedy ; (The Persian Heroine) (1786), a good
tragedy; and Philology of the English Lan-
guage) (1820), a good manual.
John, Eugènie (yön). See Marlitt.
Johnson, Charles Frederick. An American
scholar and author; born in New York city in
1836. He graduated from Yale in 1855; and
is at present a professor of English literature
at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. His works
include (Three Americans and Three English-
men) (1886), and (English Words.
Johnson, Emily Pauline (Tekahionwake).
A Canadian poet; born in the Six Nations
Reserve, Canada. She is of Indian descent.
Her first volume of verse was (The White
Wampum) (1894). Her first sketch, (A Red
Girl's Reasoning,' took a prize in the Cana-
dian Magazine.
Johnson, Helen Kendrick. An American
author; born 1843; is the author of "The Roddy
Books) (3 vols. , 1874-76), and (Raleigh West-
gate) (1889). She edited (Tears for the Little
Ones : Poems and Passages Inspired by the Loss
of Children) (1878); Poems and Songs for
Young People) (1884); and (The Nutshell
Series) (6 vols. , 1885).
Johnson, Oliver.
An American editor and
author; born in Peacham, Vt. , Dec. 27, 1809;
died in Brooklyn, N. Y. , Dec. 10, 1889. He
was editor of the Independent from 1865 to
1870; became editor of the Christian Union in
1872; was one of the founders of the New
England Anti-Slavery Society in 1832 ; and pub-
lished "William Lloyd Garrison and his Times)
(1880).
Johnson, Robert Underwood. An Ameri-
can poet and editor; born in Washington, D. C. ,
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(
Jan. 12, 1853. He is associate editor of the
Century Magazine. His efforts in behalf of
the establishment of international copyright
were recognized by the degree of M. A. , con-
ferred by Yale University in 1891. He edited,
with C. C. Buel, the notable (Battles and Lead-
ers of the Civil War' (1887-88), and has pub-
lished two volumes of poems: (The Winter
Hour and Other Poems (1892); and (Songs of
Liberty) (1897), which volume includes para-
phrases from the Servian after translations by
Nikola Tesla, with a prefatory note by him
on Servian poetry.
Johnson, Rossiter. A distinguished Ameri-
can editor; born in Rochester, N. Y. , Jan.
27, 1840. He was educated there, and edited
the Rochester Democrat jointly with Robert
Carter. From 1869 to 1872 he edited the Con-
cord (N. H. ) Statesman; in 1873-77 was asso-
ciated with George Ripley and Charles A.
Dana in editing the American Cyclopædia';
in 1879-80 aided Sydney Howard Gay in his
History of the United States. In 1883 he be-
came editor of the Annual Cyclopædia. He
devised and edited the series of Little Clas-
sics) (16 vols. , 1874-75; two additional vols. ,
1880; 25th ed. 1887).
Johnson, Samuel. An English critic, essay-
ist, poet, and lexicographer, the most pictur-
esque figure in British literature ; born in Lich-
field, Sept. 18, 1709; died in London, Dec. 13,
1784. His works include : «Voyage to Abys-
sinia) (1735), a translation; (London) (1738);
(Marmor Norfolciense) (1739), an essay; 'Life
of Richard Savage) (1744); (Macbeth) (1745),
an essay; (Plan for a Dictionary) (1747); (Van-
ity of Human Wishes) (1749); "Irene) (1749);
The Rambler (1750-52); The Adventurer pa-
pers (1753); the English Dictionary (1755);
The Idler (1758-60);(Rasselas) (1759); (Shakes-
peare with Notes) (1765); (The False Alarm
(1770); A Journey to the Western Isles of
Scotland! (1775); (Taxation No Tyranny)
(1775); (English Poets) (1779-81). (Collected
Works, il vols. , 1787. ) *
Johnson, Virginia Wales. An American
prose-writer ; born in Brooklyn, N. Y. , Dec. 28,
1849. Her publications include: (Kettle Club
Series) (1870); (Travels of an American Owl)
(1870); Joseph the Jew) (1873); (A Sack of
Gold) (1874); (The Catskill Fairies) (1875);
(The Calderwood Secret! (1875); (A Foreign
Marriage) (1880); “Tulip Place) (1886); (Miss
Nancy's Pilgrimage) (1887); (The House of
the Musician) (1887).
Johnston, Richard Malcolm. An American
story-writer and essayist; born in Hancock
County, Ga. , March 8, 1822. He studied for
the bar and practiced with distinction, but it
was as an educator that he first attracted at-
tention. His studies of character and manners
in Georgia began to appear shortly after the
Noted for humor and realism are his
Dukesborough Tales, (Old Mark Langston,
and "Ogeechee Cross-Firings. *
Johnston, William Preston. An American
educator and author; born in Louisville, Ky. ,
Jan. 5, 1831. He was a colonel in the Con-
federate army; became a professor in Wash-
ington and Lee Cniversity (1867-77); president
of Louisiana State University (1880-83); and
president of Tulane University (1884). His
works include "Life of General Albert Sid-
ney Johnston) (1878), and (The Prototype of
Hamlet (1890).
Johnstone, Charles. An Irish novelist;
born at Carrigogunnel, Limerick, about 1719 ;
died at Calcutta, India, about 1800. He had
wit and imagination, which he exploited in
(Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea)
(1760–65), «the best scandalous chronicle of
its day; and in History of John Juniper, Esq. ,
alias Juniper Jack) (1781). He emigrated to
India, where he succeeded in journalism.
Johnstone, Christian Isobel. [“Margaret
Dods. ”] A Scottish novelist; born in Fifeshire,
1781; died in Edinburgh, Aug. 26, 1857. She
edited, in association with her husband as pub-
lisher, many periodicals and papers, and wrote
popular tales, notably: (Clan Albin : a National
Tale) (1815), (Elizabeth de Bruce) (1827), “The
Edinburgh Tales) (1845-46), and others, de.
scribed as forceful, brilliant, and entertaining.
She also compiled (The Cook and Housewife's
Manual (1826).
Joinville, Jean, Sieur de (zhwan-vēl). A
noted French chronicler; born in Champagne
in 1224; died there (? ) in 1317 or 1318. He
took part in Louis IX. 's crusade, and on his
return spent his leisure composing his invalu-
able Memoirs,' which embody the important
History of Saint Louis,' sometimes treated as
a separate work.
Jokai, Maurice ( yö'ko-i). A Hungarian
novelist, journalist, and publicist; born in
Komorn, Feb. 19, 1825. Few lives have been
so busy, and few have been enriched with the
accomplishment of so much that is good in
the domain of letters. (The White Rose,
(The Gold Man,' (The Man with the Iron
Heart, (Mine, Thine, His, (Pater Pater,) (The
Poor Rich, and Peter the Priest) (1897), must
be named among his numerous fictions. *
Joliet, Charles (zho-lyā'). A French jour-
nalist, essayist, and miscellaneous writer; born
St. Hippolyte-on-the-Doubs, Aug. 8, 1832.
He has contributed to every periodical of note
in Paris, producing likewise countless volumes,
such as: “The Athenians,' poems; (The Ladies'
Doctor,' a humorous narrative; (The Viper,
a study of woman; (The Story of Two Young
Wives,' a novel; and others, all evincing the
happiest versatility and felicity of style.
Jolin, Johan Kristofer (yo'lin). A Swed-
ish dramatist, novelist, and poet; born in
Stockholm, Dec. 28, 1818; died there, Nov. 13,
1884. His work, which is popular and origi-
nal, includes (Master Smith,' a drama, and
(Vinglaren,' a novel, besides pleasing verse.
(
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chant) (1848); “Wild Western Scenes) (1849);
(The Rival Belles) (1852); Freaks of Fortune)
(1854); A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the
Confederate States Capital (1806).
Jones, Joseph Stevens. An American play-
writer; born in 1811; died in Boston, 1877.
He wrote many plays, some of the best known
being (Solon Shingle); (Eugene Aram); (The
Liberty Tree); Moll Pitcher); (The Silver
Spoon.
Jones, Justin. An American novelist, writ-
ing under the pseudonym Harry Hazel. ”
Among his works are: (The Flying Artillerist)
(1853); “The Yankee Middy) (1865); "Virginia
Graham, the Spy of the Grand Army) (1869);
((
etc.
Joly, Guy (zhô-lē'). A seventeenth-century
French writer of memoirs, who came into some
prominence during the Fronde, and compiled
Memoirs to explain and continue those of the
Cardinal de Retz) (1718),- a curious, readable,
and accurate, yet partisan work.
Jonckbloet, Willem Jozef Andreas (yonk'.
blėt''). A Dutch historian of literature, also
essayist and critic; born at The Hague, July 6,
1817; died in Wiesbaden, Oct. 19, 1885. He is
a conceded authority on Dutch letters, his mas-
terpieces on (The Middle Dutch Epic) (1849),
The History of Middle Dutch Literature)
(1851-54), and (Study of the Romance of Ren-
ard’ (1863), exhausting those subjects; and his
editions of Dutch classics are the standard.
Jones, Amanda Theodosia. An American
poet; born in East Bloomfield, Ontario County,
N. Y. , Oct. 19, 1835. Some of her war songs
were very popular. She published: "Ulah and
Other Poems) (1860); (Atlantis and Other
Poems) (1866); and (A Prairie Idyl, and Other
Poems) (1882).
Jones, Charles Colcock, Jr. An American
lawyer and author; born in Savannah, Ga. ,
Oct. 28, 1831 ; died July 19, 1893. He was lieu-
tenant-colonel in the Confederate service dur-
ing the War, afterward removing to New York,
where he practiced law. Among his works
are : Antiquities of the Southern Indians)
(1873); (Siege of Savannah in 1779) (1874);
History of Georgia' (1883).
Jones, Ebenezer. An English poet; born in
Islington, Jan. 20, 1820; died in London (? ),
Sept. 14, 1860. His genius was of the erratic
sort, as ( Studies of Sensation and Event (1843),
a collection of miscellaneous poems, showed.
(Winter Hymn to the Snow, When the World
Is Burning, and (To Death,' are his best-
known pieces. Since his death there has been
a revival of interest in his poetry.
Jones, Ernest Charles. An English poet,
novelist, and agitator; born in Berlin, Jan. 25,
1819; died at Manchester, Jan. 26, 1868.
He
became a leader in the Chartist agitation, to
which he sacrificed a large fortune. His prose
and poetry were inspired by his political opin-
ions; (The Lass and the Lady) (1854) and
"Lord Lindsay) being his best fictions, and
{The Battle Day and Other Poems) (1855) con-
taining his most popular songs.
Jones, Evan. A Welsh poet; born at Bryn-
tynoriad, Sept. 5, 1820; died near Cardiff, Feb.
23, 1852. He was a clergyman, and best known
as leuan Gwynedd, over which name he pro-
duced in his native tongue poems on (The
Huts of Wales, Moses on Mount Pisgah,
(Peace,' and other themes; in addition to
which he edited many periodicals, including Yr
Adolygydd, or National Review.
Jones, John B. An American journalist and
novelist; born in Baltimore, Md. , in 1810; died
1866. He spent many years in journalism, and
is author of Books of Visions) (1847); Rural
Sports: a Poem (1848); "The Western Mer-
Jonge, Johan Karel Jacob đe (yống'ẻ). A
Dutch historian, son of Johannes; born at The
Hague, June 17, 1827; died there, March 15,
1880. He has studied the colonial history of
his country with effect, as (The Rise of Nether.
land Dominion in the East Indies) (1862-78),
and other works, demonstrate.
Jonge, Johannes Cornelis de. A Dutch
historian; born in Zierikzee, May 9, 1793; died
near Ryswick, June 12, 1853. He has quarried
indefatigably and with rich results in the Neth-
erland vein; "Studies in the History of the
Low Countries) (1825-27) and (The History of
the Dutch Navy) (1833-48) being the best
specimens.
Jonson, Ben A celebrated English dram-
atist; born in London in 1572 or 1573; died
there (? ), Aug. 6, 1637. He was about twenty-
three when he tried dramatic authorship, and
seems to have been only moderately successful
until “Every Man in his Humour) was written,
followed by (Every Man Out of his Humour,
both comedies being the fruit of a wit so clear
and fine that his epitaph “O Rare Ben Jon-
son » fits him well. His poetry is "excellently
bright, and impregnated with the Elizabethan
atmosphere and spirit. *
Jordan, Cornelia Jane Matthews. An Amer-
ican poet; born in Lynchburg, Va. , 1830. She
wrote her poem Corinth) in 1863; it was pub-
lished in 1865; by order of Gen. Alfred H.
Terry, it was seized and burned in the court-
house yard at Lynchburg as objectionable and
incendiary. Her publications include : Flowers
of Hope and Memory) (1861); (Corinth and
Other Poems of the War' (1865); "A Christ.
mas Poem for Children (1865); Richmond:
Her Glory and Her Graves) (1867); Useful
Maxims for a Noble Life (1884).
Jordan, David Starr. An eminent Ameri-
can naturalist; born in Gainesville, N. Y. , Jan.
19, 1851. He graduated from Cornell Univer-
sity in 1872, and has held professorships in
several universities in the West ; was president
of Indiana University from 1885 to 1891; was
elected the first president of Leland Stanford
University (California) in 1891, and is still at
its head. He wrote voluminously on ichthy-
ology. Among his works are: A Manual of
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the Vertebrates of the Northern United States)
(1876); A Synoposis of the Fishes of North
America) (1883); (Science Sketches) (1887).
Jordan, Wilhelm (yor'dän). A German poet
and story-writer, and an eminent publicist; born
in Insterburg, Feb. 8, 1819. His early poems
and sketches brought him into trouble with
the authorities; but he managed, notwithstand-
ing, to rise to a position of power in public
life, while as a literary man his eminence has
long been unquestioned. As a poet he voices
his liberal political aspirations through the
medium of a chaste but not severe Muse, Bells
and Cannon' and (Earthly Fantasies) being
characteristic. In fiction he strives to make
propaganda and to demonstrate the necessity
of a higher social state by exposing the evils
of the existing one, and yet he is neither a
revolutionist nor a socialist, as (The Sebalds)
and (Two Cradles) amply prove. Demiurgos,'
a philosophical poem, "The False Prince, a
comedy, and “The Widow of Agis,' a tragedy,
are also his.
Josephus, Flavius (jõ-se'fus). A Jewish his-
torian; born in Jerusalem, 37 A. D. ; died at
Rome about 100 A. D. He was of noble birth,
and bore a conspicuous part in the contests
of his people with the Romans and the imperial
government of Rome, rising finally to great
favor with the Emperor Vespasian and his two
immediate successors. He passed the years of
his literary activity at Rome, living in dignified
ease upon a royal pension and in a luxurious
residence, enjoying also the rights of citizenship.
The products of these favoring circumstances
are the History of the War of the Jews
against the Romans, and of the Fall of Jeru-
salem, the "Judaic Antiquities, and an (Auto-
biography. As an eye-witness of much that
he records, his work merits attention; but it is
the subject of much controversy and doubt. *
Jósika, Baron Nikolaus (yo'she-ko). A Hun-
garian novelist; born in Torda, Transylvania,
April 28, 1794; died at Dresden, Feb. 27, 1865.
The scion of a rich and noble family, he re-
ceived a finished education, entered the army,
and at last became a man of letters. His first
efforts were collected into a volume of Sketches,
and were greatly admired. As a writer of real-
istic and historic fiction he achieved fame with
( The Poet Zrinyi, (The Last of the Bathory,
(Abafi,' and 'A Hungarian Family during the
Period of the Revolution. A profound student
of the life, manners, legends, and antiquities of
his countrymen, gifted with a bewitching style,
rich in invention and perennially enticing in
his plots, he well merits the praises he has won
as the Sir Walter Scott) of the land that
gave him birth.
Joubert, Joseph (zhö-bâr'). A French mor-
alist and writer of aphorisms; born in Mon-
tignac, Périgord, 1754; died at Paris, 1824. The
bulk of his epigrammatic work was published
posthumously under the critical supervision of
Châteaubriand and Raynal, the titles of the
volumes being (Thoughts) and “Thoughts, Es-
says, Maxims, and Correspondence. *
Joubert, Léo. A French biographer and
historical writer; born in Bourdeilles, Dordogne,
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