lical, Theological, and
Ecclesiastical
Literature )
(12 vols.
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An American philan-
thropist; born in Boston, Feb. 20, 1792; died
in Brookline, Mass. , July 18, 1849. Graduated
at Harvard in 1810. He founded the State
Reform School, to which he gave $72,500.
Among his works are : (Three Weeks in Paris)
(1814); (The Political State of Italy) (1820);
(Account of the Hartford Convention) (1823);
and (The Diplomacy of the United States with
Foreign Nations) (2 vols. , 1828).
Lynch, James Daniel. An American poet
and miscellaneous writer; born in Mecklenburg
County, Va. , Jan. 6, 1836. His best-known
poems are: “The Clock of Destiny, (The
Star of Texas,' and (The Siege of the Alamo. '
He also published: (Kemper County Vindi-
cated' (1878); “Bench and Bar of Mississippi)
(1881); and (Bench and Bar of Texas) (1885).
Lyne, Joseph Leycester. An English di-
vine and religious writer, called “Father Ig.
natius” and Ignatius of Jesus”; born in
London, Nov. 23, 1837. He was a mission
curate in London, but withdrew to begin the
attempt of restoring monasticism in the Church
of England. He built Llanthony Abbey in
Wales, and established there a community of
monks on the pattern of the Benedictine or-
der. He is the author of many published
sermons, poems, tales, etc. , among which are :
(The Catholic Church of England) (1864);
Brother Placidus) (1870); Leonard Morris, or
the Benedictine Monk) (1871); (Mission Ser-
mons and Orations) (1886); (Tales of the Mon-
astery.
Lysias (liz'i-as). An Attic orator; about
450-380 B. C.
Of his anciently accredited 425
orations only 233 were authentic; 31 are still
extant, but some even of these, and considera-
ble fractions of others, are suspected to be spuri-
ous. All but one of these were written for other
persons to deliver in courts or public assem-
blies; the exception is a speech made by him
in court for the conviction of his brother's
murderer. They are all written in the purest
Attic, and the narration and arguments are
managed with extraordinary skill.
Lytle, William Haines (li-tl). An Ameri-
can general and poet; born in Cincinnati, O. ,
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Nov. 2, 1826; killed at the battle of Chicka-
mauga, Tenn. , Sept. 20, 1863. He graduated
at Cincinnati College, and studied law. He
was a captain in the Mexican War; and in
the Civil War served as colonel in 1861, and
later as brigadier-general of volunteers, having
been promoted to that rank for gallant conduct.
His best-known poems are Antony to Cleo-
patra) and (Jacqueline. No complete collec-
tion of his works was published.
Lytton, Edward Bulwer, Lord. See Bul.
wer.
Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer, Earl of
[«Owen Meredith »], the only son of Edward
Bulwer-Lytton; born in London, Nov. 8, 1831 ;
died in Paris, Nov. 24, 1891. He was educated
at Harrow and Bonn; went to Washington in
1849 as private secretary to his uncle, Lord
Dalling (William Henry Lytton Earle); and
subsequently had an important diplomatic ca-
reer in Vienna, Athens, Copenhagen, and Lis.
bon. He was made viceroy of India in 1876;
created Earl of Lytton in 1880; and ambassa-
dor to France in 1887. His works include:
(Clytemnestra, The Earl's Return, and Other
Poems) (1855); “The Wanderer) (1859); Lu-
cile,' a novel in verse (1860); (Fables in Song'
(1874); "Glenaveril (1885); King Poppy)
(1892); (The Ring of Amasis,' a novel (1863;
new ed. 1890); and (Marah,' poems, published
posthumously (1892). *
M
Maartens, Maarten (mär'tenz), pseudonym
of J. M. W. Van der Poorten-Schwartz. The
most noted Dutch novelist of the day; born in
Amsterdam, 1858. He writes his books in Eng-
lish. Among them are : (The Sin of Joost Ave-
lingh) (1890); A Question of Taste) (1891);
(God's Fool' (1892); (The Greater Glory)
(1894); etc. *
Mabie, Hamilton Wright. A distinguished
American essayist, critic, and editor; born at
Cold Spring, N. Y. , Dec. 13, 1845. He grad -
uated from Williams College, practiced law
for a time in New York city, and then entered
journalism, becoming in 1879 associate editor
of the Christian Union, now the Outlook. His
thoughtful, happily turned, and sound essays,
many of which have appeared originally in his
paper, have won him the position of a critic
of recognized authority and influence. He has
insisted on the value of the past and the neces-
sity of a broad culture for the true appreciation
of literature, while sympathetic towards the
new. The wide sale of his books has done much
to stimulate and direct the American taste for
letters. He has supplemented the written word
by much work on the lecture platform. He is
one of the most acceptable lecturers on liter-
ary subjects in the country. His books are :
(Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas); My
Study Fire); (Under the Trees and Elsewhere);
(Short Studies in Literature); “Essays in Lit-
erary Interpretation); Essays on Nature and
Culture ); (Essays on Books and Culture. )
Mabillon, Jean (mä-be-yôn'). A noted French
scholar and historian; born at St. Pierremont,
Ardennes, Nov. 23, 1632; died at Paris, Dec.
27, 1707. He belonged to the Benedictine order,
and lived in the famous Abbey of St. Germain-
des-Prés, Paris, after 1664. His critical (Ancient
Analects) (4 vols. , 1675-85), and (Italian Mu-
seum' (2 vols. , 1687-89), collected in Germany
and Italy, possess great value. In (On Diplo-
macy) (1681), his chief work, in which are stated
the principles of historic inquiry, and which
became a classic, he defended his method, which
had been attacked by the Jesuits. He wrote
also works relating to the Benedictine saints
and history.
Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de (mä-ble'). A
French publicist, brother of Condillac; born at
Grenoble, March 14, 1709; died in Paris, April
23, 1785. The admiration of antiquity prevalent
during the French Revolution was largely due
to his "Parallel between the Romans and the
French) (1740), 'Observations on the Romans)
(1751), and (Observations on the History of
Greece) (1766). His (Conversations of Pho-
cion (1763) has been said to contain the germ
of modern communism. (Collected Works, 1879. )
MacAfee, Mrs. Nelly Nichol (Marshall). An
American novelist, daughter of Gen. Humphrey
Marshall of the Confederate army; born at
Louisville, Ky. , 1845. Among her works are :
(Sodom Apples) (1866); “Wearing the Cross)
(1868); (A Criminal through Love' (1882); etc.
McAfee, Robert Breckinridge. An Ameri.
can lawyer and historian; born in Mercer
County, Ky. , February 1784; died there, March
12, 1849. He was United States chargé d'affaires
at Bogota, Colombia, from 1833 till 1837; and
was a member of the Royal Antiquarian So-
ciety of Denmark. He wrote a (History of
the War of 1812) (1816). Much valuable in-
formation has been obtained from his private
journal, relating to the early history of Kentucky.
McAnally, David Rice. An American edu-
cator and prose-writer; born in Tennessee, Feb.
17, 1810. He was long associated with Horace
Mann in efforts to improve methods in educa-
tion. He is the author of Life of Martha
Laurens Ramsay) (1852); “Life and Labors of
Bishop Marvine) (1878); and (History of Meth-
odism in Missouri (1881).
MacArthur, Robert Stuart. An American
Baptist divine; born at Dalesville, P. Q. , 1841.
He has been pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
New York, since 1870, and is editor of the
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Christian Inquirer and the Baptist Quarterly
Review. He has published "Quick Truths in
Quaint Texts"; "Calvary Pulpit, or Christ and
Him Crucified' (1890); etc.
Macaulay, Catharine, Mrs. (Sawbridge).
An English historian; born in Kent, 1733; died
June 22, 1791. She is best known by her (His-
tory of England (8 vols. , 1763-83). Her (His-
tory of England from the Revolution) (1778)
was called the republican history of Eng.
land, and was severely criticized. Only one
volume appeared.
Macaulay, James. A Scottish novelist and
writer for the young; born at Edinburgh, 1817.
He has been editor of several periodicals, for
thirty-five years editor-in-chief of the Religious
Tract Society; founded the Boy's Own Paper,
and the Girl's Own Paper. He has published
(Across the Ferry) (1871); (All True) (new ed.
1880); (From Middy to Admiral of the Fleet);
(Sea Pictures) (new ed. 1884); "Victoria, her
Liſe and Reign (1887); etc.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord. A
famous English historian, essayist, poet, and
statesman; born at Rothley Temple, Leicester-
shire, Oct. 25, 1800; died at Kensington, Dec.
28, 1859. Called to the bar in 1826, he was
Member of Parliament 1830-34, 1839-47, 1852-
57; member of the Supreme Council in India
(residing at Calcutta) 1834-38; Secretary of
War 1839-41 ; Paymaster-General 1846-47. The
History of England) is his one large work.
Vols. i. and ii. appeared in 1849 ; iii. and iv.
in 1855; V. , edited by his sister Lady Trevel-
yan, in 1866. His "Lays of Ancient Rome !
appeared in 1842. His works have been pub-
lished in innumerable forms in many coun-
tries; a complete edition, edited by Lady
Trevelyan, appeared in 1866. He was a keen
critic, an eloquent and convincing orator, and
one of the most delightful of English letter-
writers. He has contributed to English liter-
ature a vast number of brilliant essays, the
enumeration of which will be found in the
biographical notice in the Library. *
MacCarthy, Denis Florence. An Irish poet;
born at Dublin, 1817 (? ); died 1882. He was
a lawyer by profession, but never practiced.
He won the love of his countrymen by his
lyrics on Irish history and legend.
Among
his works are: (Ballads, Poems, and Lyrics)
(1850); (The Bell-Founder,' etc. (new ed. 1857);
Underglimpses,' etc. (1857). He wrote also
'Early Life of Shelley) (1872).
McCarthy, Justin. A noted Irish journalist,
politician, historian, novelist, and miscellaneous
writer; born at Cork, Nov. 22, 1830. He has
been a Home Rule Member of Parliament
since 1879, and since the fall of Parnell, chair-
man of the Irish Parliamentary party. He
spent three years (1868–70) in the United States,
traveling, lecturing, and engaged in literary
work, being (amongst other things) connected
editorially with the New York Independent.
Ile revisited this country in 1886. Among his
chief works are: (A History of Our Own
Times) (4 vols. , 1879-80); \History of the Four
Georges) (4 vols. , 1889); the novels Lady
Judith) (1871); (A Fair Saxon (1873); (Dear
Lady Disdain (1875); (The Right Honorable'
(1886, with Mrs. Campbell-Praed); etc. (Mod-
ern Leaders,' a collection of biographical
sketches, appeared in 1872. His latest work is
(The Story of Gladstone's Life) (1897). *
McCarthy, Justin Huntley. An Irish jour-
nalist, politician, historian, poet, and novelist,
son of Justin; born 1860. He has been a
Member of Parliament since 1884. He has
written : (Outline of Irish History) (1883);
(Serapion, and Other Poems) (1883); Eng.
land under Gladstone) (2d ed. 1885); “Camiola,
a Girl with a Fortune) (1885). He completed
a (History of the French Revolution in 1897.
McCaul, John. A Canadian educator and
writer; born in Dublin, Ireland, 1807. In 1849
and 1853 he was elected president of Toronto
University. He published several volumes of
articles and treatises on classical subjects, be-
sides editing portions of Horace, Longinus,
Lucian, and Thucydides, as college text-books.
He also wrote : Britanno-Roman Inscriptions)
(1863); and (Christian Epitaphs of the First
Six Centuries. )
Macchetta, Blanche Roosevelt (Tucker),
Mrs. (mä-ket'a). An American novelist and bi-
ographer, daughter of John Randolph Tucker,
United States Senator from Virginia ; born in
Wisconsin, 18—. She has written : (Home-Life
of Henry W. Longfellow' (1882);(Stage-Struck)
(1884); Life of Gustave Doré) (1885); (The
Copper Queen' (1886), a novel ; etc.
McClellan, George Brinton. A distingushed
American general ; born in Philadelphia, Dec.
3, 1826; died in Orange, N. J. , Oct. 29, 1885.
He was commander of the Army of the Poto-
mac, 1861–62. The most important of his works
are : (Report on the Organization and Campaigns
of the Army of the Potomac) (1864); «The
Armies of Europe); “European Cavalry); and
(McClellan's Own Story' (1887).
McClelland, Margaret Greenway. An
American novelist; born in Norwood, Va. , 18-;
died 1895. Besides many stories and poems
contributed to magazines, she wrote: (Oblive
ion' (1885); Princess' (1886); Jean Monteith)
(1887); (Madame Silva (1888); (Burkett's Lock)
(1889); Mammy Mystic); and other novels and
tales.
McClintock, John. An American educator
and author; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 27, 1814;
died in Madison, N. J. , March 4, 1870. He was
made president of Drew Theological Seminary
in 1867. He was the author with James Strong
of a large and valuable (Cyclopædia of Bib.
lical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature )
(12 vols. ); a work of many years' labor, and
intended to cover the whole field embraced in
the title. The last volume was published in
1895. He wrote also (An Analysis of Wat-
son's Theological Institutes) (1850); “Temporal
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Power of the Pope' (1853); and Living
Words,' a volume of sermons published since
his death.
MacColl, Evan. A Canadian poet; born in
Kenmore, Argyleshire, Scotland, Sept. 21, 1808.
Since emigrating to Canada (1850), he has
written many poems, and is called the bard of
St. Andrew's Society of Kingston. Among his
publications are: My Rowan Tree, best
known of his lyrical verses; (Clarsach Nan
Beann, or Poems and Songs in Gaelic) (1837);
and (The Mountain Minstrel, or Poems and
Songs in English) (1887).
MacColl, Malcolm. A distinguished English
clergyman and religious and political writer;
born in Inverness-shire, March 27, 1838. He
became canon of Ripon 1884, and Savoy
chaplain 1894. He has published : (Mr. Glad-
stone and Oxford, by Scrutator) (2d ed. 1865);
(Science and Prayer) (4th ed. 1866); (The
Reformation in England (2d ed. 1869); (The
Ober-Ammergau Passion Play) (7th ed. 1870);
(Lawlessness, Sacerdotalism, and Ritualism)
(3d ed. 1875); (Christianity in Relation to Sci-
ence and Morals) (4th ed. 1889); etc.
McConnell, John Ludlum. An American
prose-writer ; born in Jacksonville, I. , Nov. II,
1826; died there, Jan. 17, 1862. His books, de-
scriptive of Western individuality and growth,
include :( Talbot and Vernon (1850); (Graham,
or Youth and Manhood (1850); (The Glens)
(1851); and (Western Characters, or Types of
Border Life) (1853).
McCook, Henry Christopher. An American
clergyman, naturalist, and miscellaneous writer;
born in New Lisbon, O. , July 3, 1837. He is
vice-president of the American Entomological
Society, and of the Academy of Natural Sci-
ences of Philadelphia; and author of "The
Mound-Making Ants of the Alleghanies (1877);
(The Natural History of the Agricultural Ant
of Texas) (1880); (Tenants of an Old Farm)
(1884); (The Gospel in Nature) (1887); and
(American Spiders and their Spinning-Work)
(1888).
McCosh, James. A prominent Scottish-Amer-
ican theologian; born in Carskeoch, Ayrshire,
Scotland, April 1, 1811; died in Princeton,
N. J. , in 1894. He came to America in 1868 ;
was president of Princeton College (1868-88),
and was one of the foremost men of his day in
university life. His principal works include:
(Christianity and Positivism (1871); (A Re-
ply to Prof. Tyndall's Belfast Address) (1875);
(The Development Hypothesis) (1876); (The
Emotions) (1880); Herbert Spencer's Philoso-
phy as Culminating in his Ethics) (1885).
McCrackan, William Denison. An Ameri-
can political and miscellaneous writer and
lecturer; born in Munich, Bavaria, 1864. His
home is in New York. He has written : (Rise
of the Swiss Republic); (Swiss Solutions of
American Problems); "Little Idyls of the Big
World); etc.
McCrae, George Gordon. An Australian
poet; born in Scotland. He has a position in
the civil service in Victoria. A number of his
poems are based on native Australian legends,
the best known being Māmba, the Bright-
Eyed' (1867), and Story of Balladeādro' (1867),
both published in Australian periodicals. No
collection of his verse has appeared.
MacCrie, Thomas. A Scottish Presbyterian
divine and historical writer ; born at Duns, No-
vember 1772; died at Edinburgh, Aug. 5, 1835.
He was professor of divinity at Whitburn, 1817-
27. He wrote: Life of John Knox) (1812,
several editions); Life of Andrew Melville) (2
vols. , 1819); “History of the Reformation in Italy)
(1827); History of the Reformation in Spain
(1829); the two last becoming standard works.
McCulloch, John Ramsay. A famous Scot.
tish statistician and political economist; born
at Whithorn, Wigtownshire, March 1, 1789; died
in London, Nov. II, 1864. He was professor of
political economy at London University (now
University College) 1828–32; editor of the Scots-
man 1818–20 ; comptroller of the stationery of-
fice 1838-64; and a regular contributor to the
Edinburgh Review. Among the very large
number of works he wrote or compiled may be
mentioned : Principles of Political Economy)
(1825), his chief work ; Dictionary of Commerce)
(1832); “Statistical Account of the British Em-
pire) (1837); etc. He was a disciple of Adam
Smith and Ricardo, and edited the works of
both, adding a life of the former to his edition
of the Wealth of Nations. )
McCurdy, James Frederick. A Canadian
Oriental scholar; born in Chatham, N. B. , Feb.
18, 1847. He has published: (Aryo-Semitic
Speech) (1881); (The Semitic Perfect in As-
syrian' in the (Transactions of the Congress of
Orientalists) (1883); and various essays on sub-
jects connected with Oriental learning.
Macdonald, George. A noted Scottish nov.
elist and poet; born at Huntley, 1824. He was
originally an Independent minister, but became
a lay member of the Church of England. He
has lectured in this country (1872–73). Ainong
his best-known novels are : David Elginbrod)
(1862); (Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood
(1866); (Robert Falconer) (1868). He published
poems in 1855, 1857, 1864, 1868, and 1882. *
McDowell, Katharine Sherwood. An
American poet; born in Holly Springs, Miss. ,
Feb. 26, 1849; died there, July 22, 1884. In 1872
she became private secretary to Longfellow,
She wrote: (The Radical Club, a poem ;
(Suwanee River Tales); Like Unto Like)
(1881); and Dialect Tales) (1884).
Mace, Frances Parker Laughton. An Amer.
ican poet; born in Orono, Me. , Jan. 15, 1836.
She has published (Legends, Lyrics, and Son-
nets) (1883), and poems entitled (Under Pine
and Palm); her contributions to magazines in-
clude : (Israfil, (Easter Morning,' and 'Thie
Kingdom of the Child. (Only Waiting,' a poem,
attained great popularity.
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Macé, Jean (mä-sā'). A French educator and
popular writer for the young; born in Paris,
1815. He served in the French army 1842–45.
In 1866 he founded a league of instruction in
the Belgian manner. His best-known work is
(Contes du Petit-Château) (1862), called in the
English translation (Home Fairy Tales. He
has also written : (History of a Mouthful of
Bread' (1861); (Servants of the Stomach'(1866);
(France before the Franks' (1881); etc. s*
Macedo, Joaquim Manoel de (mä-shā'do).
A Brazilian poet; born in San João d'Itaborahi,
June 24, 1820; professor of national history in
the college of Rio Janeiro. He has written
very successful novels, dramas, and comedies.
As a lyric poet he is greatly esteemed. His
works include: Moreninha,' a novel (1844;
5th ed. , revised, 1877); “O Moço Loura, a novel
of the early stages of the Portuguese conquest
(1845); A Nebulosa,' a poem (1857); (Cotie,'
a drama; (Fantasma Branco, a comedy (1856);
and Corógraphia do Brasil (1873).
Macedo, José Agostinho de. A noted Por-
tuguese miscellaneous writer; born at Beja,
Sept. II, 1761; died at Pedrouços, 1831. Among
his works are: (Gama) (1811), an epic; (A
Meditaçao' (Meditation : 1813), a poem, his chief
work; Man, or the Limits of Reason' (1815),
a philosophical treatise ; a number of sarcastic
critiques; etc.
Macfarlane, Charles. A Scottish historian;
born 18-; died 1858. He traveled extensively
in the East, and for many years resided in Italy.
He wrote: "Our Indian Empire) (1844); (Pic-
torial History of Scotland (8 vols. , 1849, with
G. L. Craik); (Turkey and Its Destiny' (1850);
(History of British India) (1852); etc.
McGaffey, Ernest. An American writer of
verse; born in Ohio, 1861. He is a lawyer in
Chicago. He has published (Poems of Gun
and Rod and Poems.
MacGahan, Barbara. A Russo-American
novelist, wife of J. A. ; born (Yelagena) on her
father's estate near Tula, Russia, April 1850.
She graduated from the Tula Female Seminary
in 1866. Her first novel was written in Russian
under the pseudonym “Pavel Kashirin”; she
has written in English one called “Xenia Rep-
nina. Her articles in American and European
periodicals have made her name widely known.
MacGahan, Januarius Aloysius. A noted
American journalist and war correspondent;
born near New Lexington, O. , June 12, 1844;
died at Constantinople, June 9, 1878. He was
war correspondent of the New York Herald
during the Franco-Prussian war (1870–71); ac-
companied the Russian expedition against
Khiva in 1873, and the Arctic expedition on
the Pandora in 1875. He wrote: (Campaign-
ing on the Oxus, and the Fall of Khiva)
(1874); (Under the Northern Lights) (1876);
(Turkish Atrocities in Bulgaria) (1876), which
appeared originally during the same year as a
famous series of war letters in the London
Daily News. He is regarded by the Bulgarians
as the author of their independence.
MacGillivray, William. A Scottish natural-
ist; born at Old Aberdeen, 1796 ; died at Aber-
been, 1852. He was professor of natural his.
tory in Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1841-52.
His principal work was a History of British
Birds) (5 vols. , 1837-52). He wrote also Lives
of Eminent Zoologists) (1834), etc.
MacGregor, John. An English traveler;
born at Gravesend, Jan. 24, 1825; died at Bos-
combe, near Bournemouth, July 16, 1892. He
was called to the bar in 1851; was captain of
the Royal Canoe Club 1866. He wrote: (The
Rob Roy on the Baltic) (new ed. 1872-79);
(The Voyage Alone in the Rob Roy) (4th ed.
1880); (The Rob Roy on the Jordan' (new ed.
1880); (A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy)
(13th ed. 1884); etc.
Macha, Karel Hynek (mä'kä). A Bohemian
poet; born at Prague, Nov. 15, 1810; died at
Litomerice, Nov. 7, 1836. His chief work was
a lyrico-epic poem, (Máj' (May: 1836), contain-
ing a strain of Byronic pessimism. He wrote
also short lyrics and stories, including 'Cikáni)
(The Gipsies : 1857). His merit was recognized
only after his death. His complete works were
published in 1862, a German translation appear-
ing in the same year.
McHenry, James. An American physician,
novelist, and poet; born in Larne, County An-
trim, Ireland, Dec. 20, 1785; died there, July 21,
1845. He emigrated to the United States in
1817, and settled in Philadelphia in 1824. In-
cluded in his many publications are: (The
Pleasures of Friendship,' a poem (1822); “The
Usurper: An Historical Tragedy) (a poetical
work); also (O'Halloran, or the Insurgent :
A Romance of the Irish Rebellion, reprinted
at Glasgow; (The Wilderness of Braddock's
Times: A Tale of the West' (2 vols. , 1823);
and “The Betrothed of Wyoming) (2d ed. 1830).
Machiavelli, Niccolo (mak-i-a-vel'li). A fa-
mous Italian statesman, and political and his-
torical writer; born at Florence, May 3, 1469;
died there, June 22, 1527. Among his works
were : (The Prince (1513), the famous book
on the art of government which has made
( Machiavelism) a synonym for perfidy and
mercilessness in politics and diplomacy; Man-
dragola) (1513? ), a comedy ; (Art of War)
(1520); Discourses,' etc. (1531), a treatise on
republican government; (Florentine History)
(1532). An edition of his works in eight vol-
umes appeared in 1813. *
Mackarness, Mrs. Matilda Anne (Planché).
An English novelist; born 1826; died 1881.
Her numerous works include : ' Trap to Catch
a Sunbeam (1849 ; 35th ed. 1860); "Old Joliffe
(7th ed. 1851); 'Cloud with the Silver Lining'
(1852): False Appearances) (1858); (Sibert's
Wold (3d ed. 1864); (Clifford Castle) (new ed.
1885).
Mackay, Charles. A Scottish poet, journal-
ist, and miscellaneous writer; born at Perth,
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(
March 27, 1814; died in London, Dec. 24, 1889,
He was editor of the Illustrated London News,
1852–59. He lectured in the United States in
1857-58. While special correspondent of the
London Times in New York during the Civil
War (strongly favoring the Southern cause),
he unearthed the Fenian conspiracy (1862). He
wrote: (The Salamandrine, or Love and Im-
mortality) (1842); «Voices from the Crowd
(1846); Voices from the Mountains) (1847);
(History of the Mormons) (1851); etc.
Mackay, George Eric. A Scotch poet, son
of Charles. He sometimes writes under the
name George Eric Lancaster. Among his
works are: “Songs of Love and Death) (1865);
Ad Reginam (To the Queen : 1881, 3 eds. );
the popular "Love Letters of a Violinist' (1886);
(A Lover's Litanies) (1888); Nero and Actæa,'
a tragedy; etc.
Mackay, Minnie. (“Marie Corelli. ”] A pop-
ular English novelist, daughter of Charles;
born 1864. Among her works are: (A Ro-
mance of Two Worlds) (1886); (History of a
Vendetta) (1886); (Thelma) (1887), a society
novel; (Ardath, the story of a dead self; etc.
McKenney, Thomas Lorraine. An Ameri-
can prose-writer; born in Hopewell, Md. , March
21, 1785; died in New York city, Feb. 19, 1859.
He published (Sketches of a Tour to the
Lakes, etc. (1827). With James Hall he wrote
(A History of Indian Tribes, illustrated with
120 colored Indian portraits (3 vols. , 1838-44);
and Memoirs, Official and Personal, with
Sketches of Travels among the Northern and
Southern Indians,' etc. (2d ed. 1846).
Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell. An Amer.
ican naval officer and author, brother of John
Slidell the famous Confederate commissioner,
- “Mackenzie » being assumed later ; born in
New York, April 6, 1803; died in Tarrytown,
N.
thropist; born in Boston, Feb. 20, 1792; died
in Brookline, Mass. , July 18, 1849. Graduated
at Harvard in 1810. He founded the State
Reform School, to which he gave $72,500.
Among his works are : (Three Weeks in Paris)
(1814); (The Political State of Italy) (1820);
(Account of the Hartford Convention) (1823);
and (The Diplomacy of the United States with
Foreign Nations) (2 vols. , 1828).
Lynch, James Daniel. An American poet
and miscellaneous writer; born in Mecklenburg
County, Va. , Jan. 6, 1836. His best-known
poems are: “The Clock of Destiny, (The
Star of Texas,' and (The Siege of the Alamo. '
He also published: (Kemper County Vindi-
cated' (1878); “Bench and Bar of Mississippi)
(1881); and (Bench and Bar of Texas) (1885).
Lyne, Joseph Leycester. An English di-
vine and religious writer, called “Father Ig.
natius” and Ignatius of Jesus”; born in
London, Nov. 23, 1837. He was a mission
curate in London, but withdrew to begin the
attempt of restoring monasticism in the Church
of England. He built Llanthony Abbey in
Wales, and established there a community of
monks on the pattern of the Benedictine or-
der. He is the author of many published
sermons, poems, tales, etc. , among which are :
(The Catholic Church of England) (1864);
Brother Placidus) (1870); Leonard Morris, or
the Benedictine Monk) (1871); (Mission Ser-
mons and Orations) (1886); (Tales of the Mon-
astery.
Lysias (liz'i-as). An Attic orator; about
450-380 B. C.
Of his anciently accredited 425
orations only 233 were authentic; 31 are still
extant, but some even of these, and considera-
ble fractions of others, are suspected to be spuri-
ous. All but one of these were written for other
persons to deliver in courts or public assem-
blies; the exception is a speech made by him
in court for the conviction of his brother's
murderer. They are all written in the purest
Attic, and the narration and arguments are
managed with extraordinary skill.
Lytle, William Haines (li-tl). An Ameri-
can general and poet; born in Cincinnati, O. ,
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Nov. 2, 1826; killed at the battle of Chicka-
mauga, Tenn. , Sept. 20, 1863. He graduated
at Cincinnati College, and studied law. He
was a captain in the Mexican War; and in
the Civil War served as colonel in 1861, and
later as brigadier-general of volunteers, having
been promoted to that rank for gallant conduct.
His best-known poems are Antony to Cleo-
patra) and (Jacqueline. No complete collec-
tion of his works was published.
Lytton, Edward Bulwer, Lord. See Bul.
wer.
Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer, Earl of
[«Owen Meredith »], the only son of Edward
Bulwer-Lytton; born in London, Nov. 8, 1831 ;
died in Paris, Nov. 24, 1891. He was educated
at Harrow and Bonn; went to Washington in
1849 as private secretary to his uncle, Lord
Dalling (William Henry Lytton Earle); and
subsequently had an important diplomatic ca-
reer in Vienna, Athens, Copenhagen, and Lis.
bon. He was made viceroy of India in 1876;
created Earl of Lytton in 1880; and ambassa-
dor to France in 1887. His works include:
(Clytemnestra, The Earl's Return, and Other
Poems) (1855); “The Wanderer) (1859); Lu-
cile,' a novel in verse (1860); (Fables in Song'
(1874); "Glenaveril (1885); King Poppy)
(1892); (The Ring of Amasis,' a novel (1863;
new ed. 1890); and (Marah,' poems, published
posthumously (1892). *
M
Maartens, Maarten (mär'tenz), pseudonym
of J. M. W. Van der Poorten-Schwartz. The
most noted Dutch novelist of the day; born in
Amsterdam, 1858. He writes his books in Eng-
lish. Among them are : (The Sin of Joost Ave-
lingh) (1890); A Question of Taste) (1891);
(God's Fool' (1892); (The Greater Glory)
(1894); etc. *
Mabie, Hamilton Wright. A distinguished
American essayist, critic, and editor; born at
Cold Spring, N. Y. , Dec. 13, 1845. He grad -
uated from Williams College, practiced law
for a time in New York city, and then entered
journalism, becoming in 1879 associate editor
of the Christian Union, now the Outlook. His
thoughtful, happily turned, and sound essays,
many of which have appeared originally in his
paper, have won him the position of a critic
of recognized authority and influence. He has
insisted on the value of the past and the neces-
sity of a broad culture for the true appreciation
of literature, while sympathetic towards the
new. The wide sale of his books has done much
to stimulate and direct the American taste for
letters. He has supplemented the written word
by much work on the lecture platform. He is
one of the most acceptable lecturers on liter-
ary subjects in the country. His books are :
(Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas); My
Study Fire); (Under the Trees and Elsewhere);
(Short Studies in Literature); “Essays in Lit-
erary Interpretation); Essays on Nature and
Culture ); (Essays on Books and Culture. )
Mabillon, Jean (mä-be-yôn'). A noted French
scholar and historian; born at St. Pierremont,
Ardennes, Nov. 23, 1632; died at Paris, Dec.
27, 1707. He belonged to the Benedictine order,
and lived in the famous Abbey of St. Germain-
des-Prés, Paris, after 1664. His critical (Ancient
Analects) (4 vols. , 1675-85), and (Italian Mu-
seum' (2 vols. , 1687-89), collected in Germany
and Italy, possess great value. In (On Diplo-
macy) (1681), his chief work, in which are stated
the principles of historic inquiry, and which
became a classic, he defended his method, which
had been attacked by the Jesuits. He wrote
also works relating to the Benedictine saints
and history.
Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de (mä-ble'). A
French publicist, brother of Condillac; born at
Grenoble, March 14, 1709; died in Paris, April
23, 1785. The admiration of antiquity prevalent
during the French Revolution was largely due
to his "Parallel between the Romans and the
French) (1740), 'Observations on the Romans)
(1751), and (Observations on the History of
Greece) (1766). His (Conversations of Pho-
cion (1763) has been said to contain the germ
of modern communism. (Collected Works, 1879. )
MacAfee, Mrs. Nelly Nichol (Marshall). An
American novelist, daughter of Gen. Humphrey
Marshall of the Confederate army; born at
Louisville, Ky. , 1845. Among her works are :
(Sodom Apples) (1866); “Wearing the Cross)
(1868); (A Criminal through Love' (1882); etc.
McAfee, Robert Breckinridge. An Ameri.
can lawyer and historian; born in Mercer
County, Ky. , February 1784; died there, March
12, 1849. He was United States chargé d'affaires
at Bogota, Colombia, from 1833 till 1837; and
was a member of the Royal Antiquarian So-
ciety of Denmark. He wrote a (History of
the War of 1812) (1816). Much valuable in-
formation has been obtained from his private
journal, relating to the early history of Kentucky.
McAnally, David Rice. An American edu-
cator and prose-writer; born in Tennessee, Feb.
17, 1810. He was long associated with Horace
Mann in efforts to improve methods in educa-
tion. He is the author of Life of Martha
Laurens Ramsay) (1852); “Life and Labors of
Bishop Marvine) (1878); and (History of Meth-
odism in Missouri (1881).
MacArthur, Robert Stuart. An American
Baptist divine; born at Dalesville, P. Q. , 1841.
He has been pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
New York, since 1870, and is editor of the
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Christian Inquirer and the Baptist Quarterly
Review. He has published "Quick Truths in
Quaint Texts"; "Calvary Pulpit, or Christ and
Him Crucified' (1890); etc.
Macaulay, Catharine, Mrs. (Sawbridge).
An English historian; born in Kent, 1733; died
June 22, 1791. She is best known by her (His-
tory of England (8 vols. , 1763-83). Her (His-
tory of England from the Revolution) (1778)
was called the republican history of Eng.
land, and was severely criticized. Only one
volume appeared.
Macaulay, James. A Scottish novelist and
writer for the young; born at Edinburgh, 1817.
He has been editor of several periodicals, for
thirty-five years editor-in-chief of the Religious
Tract Society; founded the Boy's Own Paper,
and the Girl's Own Paper. He has published
(Across the Ferry) (1871); (All True) (new ed.
1880); (From Middy to Admiral of the Fleet);
(Sea Pictures) (new ed. 1884); "Victoria, her
Liſe and Reign (1887); etc.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord. A
famous English historian, essayist, poet, and
statesman; born at Rothley Temple, Leicester-
shire, Oct. 25, 1800; died at Kensington, Dec.
28, 1859. Called to the bar in 1826, he was
Member of Parliament 1830-34, 1839-47, 1852-
57; member of the Supreme Council in India
(residing at Calcutta) 1834-38; Secretary of
War 1839-41 ; Paymaster-General 1846-47. The
History of England) is his one large work.
Vols. i. and ii. appeared in 1849 ; iii. and iv.
in 1855; V. , edited by his sister Lady Trevel-
yan, in 1866. His "Lays of Ancient Rome !
appeared in 1842. His works have been pub-
lished in innumerable forms in many coun-
tries; a complete edition, edited by Lady
Trevelyan, appeared in 1866. He was a keen
critic, an eloquent and convincing orator, and
one of the most delightful of English letter-
writers. He has contributed to English liter-
ature a vast number of brilliant essays, the
enumeration of which will be found in the
biographical notice in the Library. *
MacCarthy, Denis Florence. An Irish poet;
born at Dublin, 1817 (? ); died 1882. He was
a lawyer by profession, but never practiced.
He won the love of his countrymen by his
lyrics on Irish history and legend.
Among
his works are: (Ballads, Poems, and Lyrics)
(1850); (The Bell-Founder,' etc. (new ed. 1857);
Underglimpses,' etc. (1857). He wrote also
'Early Life of Shelley) (1872).
McCarthy, Justin. A noted Irish journalist,
politician, historian, novelist, and miscellaneous
writer; born at Cork, Nov. 22, 1830. He has
been a Home Rule Member of Parliament
since 1879, and since the fall of Parnell, chair-
man of the Irish Parliamentary party. He
spent three years (1868–70) in the United States,
traveling, lecturing, and engaged in literary
work, being (amongst other things) connected
editorially with the New York Independent.
Ile revisited this country in 1886. Among his
chief works are: (A History of Our Own
Times) (4 vols. , 1879-80); \History of the Four
Georges) (4 vols. , 1889); the novels Lady
Judith) (1871); (A Fair Saxon (1873); (Dear
Lady Disdain (1875); (The Right Honorable'
(1886, with Mrs. Campbell-Praed); etc. (Mod-
ern Leaders,' a collection of biographical
sketches, appeared in 1872. His latest work is
(The Story of Gladstone's Life) (1897). *
McCarthy, Justin Huntley. An Irish jour-
nalist, politician, historian, poet, and novelist,
son of Justin; born 1860. He has been a
Member of Parliament since 1884. He has
written : (Outline of Irish History) (1883);
(Serapion, and Other Poems) (1883); Eng.
land under Gladstone) (2d ed. 1885); “Camiola,
a Girl with a Fortune) (1885). He completed
a (History of the French Revolution in 1897.
McCaul, John. A Canadian educator and
writer; born in Dublin, Ireland, 1807. In 1849
and 1853 he was elected president of Toronto
University. He published several volumes of
articles and treatises on classical subjects, be-
sides editing portions of Horace, Longinus,
Lucian, and Thucydides, as college text-books.
He also wrote : Britanno-Roman Inscriptions)
(1863); and (Christian Epitaphs of the First
Six Centuries. )
Macchetta, Blanche Roosevelt (Tucker),
Mrs. (mä-ket'a). An American novelist and bi-
ographer, daughter of John Randolph Tucker,
United States Senator from Virginia ; born in
Wisconsin, 18—. She has written : (Home-Life
of Henry W. Longfellow' (1882);(Stage-Struck)
(1884); Life of Gustave Doré) (1885); (The
Copper Queen' (1886), a novel ; etc.
McClellan, George Brinton. A distingushed
American general ; born in Philadelphia, Dec.
3, 1826; died in Orange, N. J. , Oct. 29, 1885.
He was commander of the Army of the Poto-
mac, 1861–62. The most important of his works
are : (Report on the Organization and Campaigns
of the Army of the Potomac) (1864); «The
Armies of Europe); “European Cavalry); and
(McClellan's Own Story' (1887).
McClelland, Margaret Greenway. An
American novelist; born in Norwood, Va. , 18-;
died 1895. Besides many stories and poems
contributed to magazines, she wrote: (Oblive
ion' (1885); Princess' (1886); Jean Monteith)
(1887); (Madame Silva (1888); (Burkett's Lock)
(1889); Mammy Mystic); and other novels and
tales.
McClintock, John. An American educator
and author; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 27, 1814;
died in Madison, N. J. , March 4, 1870. He was
made president of Drew Theological Seminary
in 1867. He was the author with James Strong
of a large and valuable (Cyclopædia of Bib.
lical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature )
(12 vols. ); a work of many years' labor, and
intended to cover the whole field embraced in
the title. The last volume was published in
1895. He wrote also (An Analysis of Wat-
son's Theological Institutes) (1850); “Temporal
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Power of the Pope' (1853); and Living
Words,' a volume of sermons published since
his death.
MacColl, Evan. A Canadian poet; born in
Kenmore, Argyleshire, Scotland, Sept. 21, 1808.
Since emigrating to Canada (1850), he has
written many poems, and is called the bard of
St. Andrew's Society of Kingston. Among his
publications are: My Rowan Tree, best
known of his lyrical verses; (Clarsach Nan
Beann, or Poems and Songs in Gaelic) (1837);
and (The Mountain Minstrel, or Poems and
Songs in English) (1887).
MacColl, Malcolm. A distinguished English
clergyman and religious and political writer;
born in Inverness-shire, March 27, 1838. He
became canon of Ripon 1884, and Savoy
chaplain 1894. He has published : (Mr. Glad-
stone and Oxford, by Scrutator) (2d ed. 1865);
(Science and Prayer) (4th ed. 1866); (The
Reformation in England (2d ed. 1869); (The
Ober-Ammergau Passion Play) (7th ed. 1870);
(Lawlessness, Sacerdotalism, and Ritualism)
(3d ed. 1875); (Christianity in Relation to Sci-
ence and Morals) (4th ed. 1889); etc.
McConnell, John Ludlum. An American
prose-writer ; born in Jacksonville, I. , Nov. II,
1826; died there, Jan. 17, 1862. His books, de-
scriptive of Western individuality and growth,
include :( Talbot and Vernon (1850); (Graham,
or Youth and Manhood (1850); (The Glens)
(1851); and (Western Characters, or Types of
Border Life) (1853).
McCook, Henry Christopher. An American
clergyman, naturalist, and miscellaneous writer;
born in New Lisbon, O. , July 3, 1837. He is
vice-president of the American Entomological
Society, and of the Academy of Natural Sci-
ences of Philadelphia; and author of "The
Mound-Making Ants of the Alleghanies (1877);
(The Natural History of the Agricultural Ant
of Texas) (1880); (Tenants of an Old Farm)
(1884); (The Gospel in Nature) (1887); and
(American Spiders and their Spinning-Work)
(1888).
McCosh, James. A prominent Scottish-Amer-
ican theologian; born in Carskeoch, Ayrshire,
Scotland, April 1, 1811; died in Princeton,
N. J. , in 1894. He came to America in 1868 ;
was president of Princeton College (1868-88),
and was one of the foremost men of his day in
university life. His principal works include:
(Christianity and Positivism (1871); (A Re-
ply to Prof. Tyndall's Belfast Address) (1875);
(The Development Hypothesis) (1876); (The
Emotions) (1880); Herbert Spencer's Philoso-
phy as Culminating in his Ethics) (1885).
McCrackan, William Denison. An Ameri-
can political and miscellaneous writer and
lecturer; born in Munich, Bavaria, 1864. His
home is in New York. He has written : (Rise
of the Swiss Republic); (Swiss Solutions of
American Problems); "Little Idyls of the Big
World); etc.
McCrae, George Gordon. An Australian
poet; born in Scotland. He has a position in
the civil service in Victoria. A number of his
poems are based on native Australian legends,
the best known being Māmba, the Bright-
Eyed' (1867), and Story of Balladeādro' (1867),
both published in Australian periodicals. No
collection of his verse has appeared.
MacCrie, Thomas. A Scottish Presbyterian
divine and historical writer ; born at Duns, No-
vember 1772; died at Edinburgh, Aug. 5, 1835.
He was professor of divinity at Whitburn, 1817-
27. He wrote: Life of John Knox) (1812,
several editions); Life of Andrew Melville) (2
vols. , 1819); “History of the Reformation in Italy)
(1827); History of the Reformation in Spain
(1829); the two last becoming standard works.
McCulloch, John Ramsay. A famous Scot.
tish statistician and political economist; born
at Whithorn, Wigtownshire, March 1, 1789; died
in London, Nov. II, 1864. He was professor of
political economy at London University (now
University College) 1828–32; editor of the Scots-
man 1818–20 ; comptroller of the stationery of-
fice 1838-64; and a regular contributor to the
Edinburgh Review. Among the very large
number of works he wrote or compiled may be
mentioned : Principles of Political Economy)
(1825), his chief work ; Dictionary of Commerce)
(1832); “Statistical Account of the British Em-
pire) (1837); etc. He was a disciple of Adam
Smith and Ricardo, and edited the works of
both, adding a life of the former to his edition
of the Wealth of Nations. )
McCurdy, James Frederick. A Canadian
Oriental scholar; born in Chatham, N. B. , Feb.
18, 1847. He has published: (Aryo-Semitic
Speech) (1881); (The Semitic Perfect in As-
syrian' in the (Transactions of the Congress of
Orientalists) (1883); and various essays on sub-
jects connected with Oriental learning.
Macdonald, George. A noted Scottish nov.
elist and poet; born at Huntley, 1824. He was
originally an Independent minister, but became
a lay member of the Church of England. He
has lectured in this country (1872–73). Ainong
his best-known novels are : David Elginbrod)
(1862); (Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood
(1866); (Robert Falconer) (1868). He published
poems in 1855, 1857, 1864, 1868, and 1882. *
McDowell, Katharine Sherwood. An
American poet; born in Holly Springs, Miss. ,
Feb. 26, 1849; died there, July 22, 1884. In 1872
she became private secretary to Longfellow,
She wrote: (The Radical Club, a poem ;
(Suwanee River Tales); Like Unto Like)
(1881); and Dialect Tales) (1884).
Mace, Frances Parker Laughton. An Amer.
ican poet; born in Orono, Me. , Jan. 15, 1836.
She has published (Legends, Lyrics, and Son-
nets) (1883), and poems entitled (Under Pine
and Palm); her contributions to magazines in-
clude : (Israfil, (Easter Morning,' and 'Thie
Kingdom of the Child. (Only Waiting,' a poem,
attained great popularity.
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Macé, Jean (mä-sā'). A French educator and
popular writer for the young; born in Paris,
1815. He served in the French army 1842–45.
In 1866 he founded a league of instruction in
the Belgian manner. His best-known work is
(Contes du Petit-Château) (1862), called in the
English translation (Home Fairy Tales. He
has also written : (History of a Mouthful of
Bread' (1861); (Servants of the Stomach'(1866);
(France before the Franks' (1881); etc. s*
Macedo, Joaquim Manoel de (mä-shā'do).
A Brazilian poet; born in San João d'Itaborahi,
June 24, 1820; professor of national history in
the college of Rio Janeiro. He has written
very successful novels, dramas, and comedies.
As a lyric poet he is greatly esteemed. His
works include: Moreninha,' a novel (1844;
5th ed. , revised, 1877); “O Moço Loura, a novel
of the early stages of the Portuguese conquest
(1845); A Nebulosa,' a poem (1857); (Cotie,'
a drama; (Fantasma Branco, a comedy (1856);
and Corógraphia do Brasil (1873).
Macedo, José Agostinho de. A noted Por-
tuguese miscellaneous writer; born at Beja,
Sept. II, 1761; died at Pedrouços, 1831. Among
his works are: (Gama) (1811), an epic; (A
Meditaçao' (Meditation : 1813), a poem, his chief
work; Man, or the Limits of Reason' (1815),
a philosophical treatise ; a number of sarcastic
critiques; etc.
Macfarlane, Charles. A Scottish historian;
born 18-; died 1858. He traveled extensively
in the East, and for many years resided in Italy.
He wrote: "Our Indian Empire) (1844); (Pic-
torial History of Scotland (8 vols. , 1849, with
G. L. Craik); (Turkey and Its Destiny' (1850);
(History of British India) (1852); etc.
McGaffey, Ernest. An American writer of
verse; born in Ohio, 1861. He is a lawyer in
Chicago. He has published (Poems of Gun
and Rod and Poems.
MacGahan, Barbara. A Russo-American
novelist, wife of J. A. ; born (Yelagena) on her
father's estate near Tula, Russia, April 1850.
She graduated from the Tula Female Seminary
in 1866. Her first novel was written in Russian
under the pseudonym “Pavel Kashirin”; she
has written in English one called “Xenia Rep-
nina. Her articles in American and European
periodicals have made her name widely known.
MacGahan, Januarius Aloysius. A noted
American journalist and war correspondent;
born near New Lexington, O. , June 12, 1844;
died at Constantinople, June 9, 1878. He was
war correspondent of the New York Herald
during the Franco-Prussian war (1870–71); ac-
companied the Russian expedition against
Khiva in 1873, and the Arctic expedition on
the Pandora in 1875. He wrote: (Campaign-
ing on the Oxus, and the Fall of Khiva)
(1874); (Under the Northern Lights) (1876);
(Turkish Atrocities in Bulgaria) (1876), which
appeared originally during the same year as a
famous series of war letters in the London
Daily News. He is regarded by the Bulgarians
as the author of their independence.
MacGillivray, William. A Scottish natural-
ist; born at Old Aberdeen, 1796 ; died at Aber-
been, 1852. He was professor of natural his.
tory in Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1841-52.
His principal work was a History of British
Birds) (5 vols. , 1837-52). He wrote also Lives
of Eminent Zoologists) (1834), etc.
MacGregor, John. An English traveler;
born at Gravesend, Jan. 24, 1825; died at Bos-
combe, near Bournemouth, July 16, 1892. He
was called to the bar in 1851; was captain of
the Royal Canoe Club 1866. He wrote: (The
Rob Roy on the Baltic) (new ed. 1872-79);
(The Voyage Alone in the Rob Roy) (4th ed.
1880); (The Rob Roy on the Jordan' (new ed.
1880); (A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy)
(13th ed. 1884); etc.
Macha, Karel Hynek (mä'kä). A Bohemian
poet; born at Prague, Nov. 15, 1810; died at
Litomerice, Nov. 7, 1836. His chief work was
a lyrico-epic poem, (Máj' (May: 1836), contain-
ing a strain of Byronic pessimism. He wrote
also short lyrics and stories, including 'Cikáni)
(The Gipsies : 1857). His merit was recognized
only after his death. His complete works were
published in 1862, a German translation appear-
ing in the same year.
McHenry, James. An American physician,
novelist, and poet; born in Larne, County An-
trim, Ireland, Dec. 20, 1785; died there, July 21,
1845. He emigrated to the United States in
1817, and settled in Philadelphia in 1824. In-
cluded in his many publications are: (The
Pleasures of Friendship,' a poem (1822); “The
Usurper: An Historical Tragedy) (a poetical
work); also (O'Halloran, or the Insurgent :
A Romance of the Irish Rebellion, reprinted
at Glasgow; (The Wilderness of Braddock's
Times: A Tale of the West' (2 vols. , 1823);
and “The Betrothed of Wyoming) (2d ed. 1830).
Machiavelli, Niccolo (mak-i-a-vel'li). A fa-
mous Italian statesman, and political and his-
torical writer; born at Florence, May 3, 1469;
died there, June 22, 1527. Among his works
were : (The Prince (1513), the famous book
on the art of government which has made
( Machiavelism) a synonym for perfidy and
mercilessness in politics and diplomacy; Man-
dragola) (1513? ), a comedy ; (Art of War)
(1520); Discourses,' etc. (1531), a treatise on
republican government; (Florentine History)
(1532). An edition of his works in eight vol-
umes appeared in 1813. *
Mackarness, Mrs. Matilda Anne (Planché).
An English novelist; born 1826; died 1881.
Her numerous works include : ' Trap to Catch
a Sunbeam (1849 ; 35th ed. 1860); "Old Joliffe
(7th ed. 1851); 'Cloud with the Silver Lining'
(1852): False Appearances) (1858); (Sibert's
Wold (3d ed. 1864); (Clifford Castle) (new ed.
1885).
Mackay, Charles. A Scottish poet, journal-
ist, and miscellaneous writer; born at Perth,
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MACKAY - MACLEOD
(
March 27, 1814; died in London, Dec. 24, 1889,
He was editor of the Illustrated London News,
1852–59. He lectured in the United States in
1857-58. While special correspondent of the
London Times in New York during the Civil
War (strongly favoring the Southern cause),
he unearthed the Fenian conspiracy (1862). He
wrote: (The Salamandrine, or Love and Im-
mortality) (1842); «Voices from the Crowd
(1846); Voices from the Mountains) (1847);
(History of the Mormons) (1851); etc.
Mackay, George Eric. A Scotch poet, son
of Charles. He sometimes writes under the
name George Eric Lancaster. Among his
works are: “Songs of Love and Death) (1865);
Ad Reginam (To the Queen : 1881, 3 eds. );
the popular "Love Letters of a Violinist' (1886);
(A Lover's Litanies) (1888); Nero and Actæa,'
a tragedy; etc.
Mackay, Minnie. (“Marie Corelli. ”] A pop-
ular English novelist, daughter of Charles;
born 1864. Among her works are: (A Ro-
mance of Two Worlds) (1886); (History of a
Vendetta) (1886); (Thelma) (1887), a society
novel; (Ardath, the story of a dead self; etc.
McKenney, Thomas Lorraine. An Ameri-
can prose-writer; born in Hopewell, Md. , March
21, 1785; died in New York city, Feb. 19, 1859.
He published (Sketches of a Tour to the
Lakes, etc. (1827). With James Hall he wrote
(A History of Indian Tribes, illustrated with
120 colored Indian portraits (3 vols. , 1838-44);
and Memoirs, Official and Personal, with
Sketches of Travels among the Northern and
Southern Indians,' etc. (2d ed. 1846).
Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell. An Amer.
ican naval officer and author, brother of John
Slidell the famous Confederate commissioner,
- “Mackenzie » being assumed later ; born in
New York, April 6, 1803; died in Tarrytown,
N.
