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Thackeray
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(Works, 3d ed.
1859.
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Kebbel, Thomas Edward. An English
journalist and author; born in Leicestershire,
Nov. 23, 1828. Educated at Oxford, he be-
came a lawyer and afterwards engaged in jour-
nalism, being connected with the Press (1855)
and the Day (1867) as political writer. He
has written on political topics: Essays upon
History and Politics) ( 1864); (English States-
men since the Peace of 1815) (1868); (A His-
tory of Toryism' (1885); and biographies of
Lord Beaconsfield and Lord Derby in the
(English Statesmen) series. His more recent
works are: (The Old and the New English
Country Life) (1891); (Sport and Nature)
(1893).
Keble, John. A famous English religious
poet; born at Fairford, Gloucestershire, 1792;
died at Bournemouth, Hampshire, 1866. He was
remarkable for great beauty of character. A
clergyman of the English Church, he repeatedly
refused rich livings from a sense of duty. Of
his great work (The Christian Year' (2 vols. ,
1827), which he published anonymously, in 1872
appeared the 158th edition; over 500,000 copies
in all have been sold. It has been illustrated
and illuminated, books have been made from
and written on it, including a concordance, and
from its profits the author built one of the
most beautiful parish churches in England. *
Keddie, Henrietta. (“Sarah Tytler. ”] An
English novelist and miscellaneous writer;
born in 1827. She is the author of several
graceful and readable stories, the best known
being: Days of Yore) (1864); (Citoyenne
Jacqueline) (1865); Noblesse Oblige) (1869);
French Janet); (Blachall Ghosts. Of her mis.
cellaneous works, designed chiefly for juvenile
readers, may be noticed : Modern Painters)
( 1873 ); <Children of a Hundred Years Ago )
( 1876 ); Jane Austen and her Works) (1880);
Marie Antoinette : the Woman and the Queen
(1883).
Keenan, Henry Francis. An American nov-
elist; born at Rochester, N. Y. , May 4, 1849. A
successful journalist, a New York and a Paris
correspondent of note, he deserted journalism
for literature in 1883. He published: (Trajan)
(1884); (The Aliens) (1886); (One of a Thou-
sand' (1887).
Keightley, Thomas (kit'ly). An English
writer; born at Dublin, 1790 (? ); died near
Erith, Kent, Nov. 4, 1872. He is best known by
his Fairy Mythology' (2 vols. , 1828) and (Tales
and Popular Fictions) (1834).
Keim, Karl Theodor (kim). A noted Ger-
man theologian; born at Stuttgart, Dec. 17, 1825;
died at Giessen, Nov. 17, 1878. While a disciple
of the modern critical school of theology (of
Strauss, Baur, and Renan) he strove to recon-
cile it with the old faith. He wrote: (The His-
torical Christ) (3d ed. 1866), and the great work
(History of Jesus of Nazareth (3 vols. , 1867-72).
Keller, Gerard (kel'er). A Dutch miscel-
laneous writer; born at Gouda, Feb. 13, 1829.
His best works are his books of travel: (A
Summer in the North) (1861); (A Summer in
the South) (1864); Paris Besieged? (1871);
Murdered Paris) (1872); (Europe Sketched in
All her Glory) (1877-80); (America in Image
and in Writing) (1887). Of his numerous
novels may be named : (The Teacher's House-
hold) (1858); (Within and Without' (1860);
(The Mortgage on Wasenstein (1865); (From
Home) (2 vols. , 1867); (Over-Perfect) (1871);
(Three Tales) (( The Privy Councilor, How
They are Enjoyed,' (In Our Days, 1880); (Our
Minister) (1883); (Flickering Flames) (1884);
(Nemesis) (1885). He is the author also of
books for the young, and the dramas (The Bar-
ber's Daughter) (1878), «The Blue Ribbon)
(1881), “The Dangerous Cousin (1884).
Keller, Gottfried. A powerful German poet
and one of the foremost of German novelists;
born at Zürich, July 19, 1819; died there, July
16, 1890. Original in execution, he was a keen
observer, genuinely artistic, and with a strong
sense of humor, sometimes extravagantly in-
dulged. In his best vein he goes straight to the
heart. To romanticism in motifs, processes,
and characters, he joined realism in execution.
His writings disclose the fact that he was a
painter before being an author. An impression
of his poetical genius may be obtained from
(Complete Poems) (3d ed. 1888). Of his novels,
(Seldwyla Folk) (1856) is one of the best.
("Works, 11 vols. , 1889–93. ) *
Kelley, James Douglas Jerrold. An Amer.
ican naval officer and story-writer; born 185-.
Besides works relating to the navy, he has
written the story A Desperate Chance.
Kelley, William Darrah. An American
politician; born at Philadelphia, April 12,
1814; died at Washington, D. C. , Jan. 9. 1890.
He was a lawyer; was Member of Congress
from Pennsylvania 1861–90, and prominent as
an abolitionist and a protectionist. Besides
addresses and political writings, he published
(Letters from Europe) (1880), ' The New South
(1887), etc.
Kellgren, Johan Henrik (kel'gren). One of
the greatest of Swedish poets; born at Floby,
West Gothland, Dec. 1, 1751 ; died April 20,
1795. He excelled especially in lyrics, of which
one of his finest is Nya Skapelsen) (The New
Creation). Gustavus III. , whose private libra-
rian and secretary he was, furnished the plots
of most of his dramas and operas, he himself
contributing merely the versification. ("Works)
2 vols. , 1884. )
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Kellogg, Elijah. An American Congrega-
tional minister and writer for the young ; born
at Portland, Me. , 1813. His home is at Harps-
well, Me. He is author of several series of
juvenile books,–(Elm Island) series, (Good
Old Times) series, etc. , -- but is probably best
known by the Address of Spartacus to the
Gladiators.
Kelly, Jonathan Falconbridge. An Ameri-
can prose-writer; born in Philadelphia, in
1818; died in Cincinnati, O. , 1854. He was
the author of The Humors of Falconbridge)
(1856).
Kelvin, Lord. See Thomson.
:
Kemble, Frances Anne. A famous English
actress, daughter of Charles Kemble and niece
of Mrs. Siddons; born in London, Nov. 27,
1809; died there, Jan. 16, 1893. Among other
works, she published her Journal) (1834);
(Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Planta-
tion (1863); (Recollections of a Girlhood (3
vols. , 1878); (Recollections of Later Life) (3
vols. , 1882); and in the Atlantic Monthly, remi-
niscences of her theatrical career (1876–77).
Kemény, Zsigmond, Baron (kem'á-ne). An
eminent Hungarian novelist and publicist ; born
at Magyar-Kapud, 1816; died at Puszta-Kam-
arás, Dec. 22, 1875. His romances and politi-
cal writings are classics in Hungarian literature.
Of the former, (Man and Wife) (1852) and
(The Abysses of the Heart) (1854), both psy-
chological studies, are among the best. (Stud-
ies) (2 vols. , 1870) is an admirable work. The
style of his writings and the tax they impose
on thought make them not always easy to
read, but what they demand they amply repay
in pleasure and profit. He was called prince
of the Magyar journalists. )
Kempis, Thomas à (kem'pis). A celebrated
German mystic; born at Kempen (whence his
name, « Thomas from Kempen”), near Cologne,
1380; died 1471. His true name was Hamer-
ken (Latin, Malleolus). Sub-prior of the mon-
astery of Mount St. Agnes, near Zwolle, he
was distinguished for piety and success as an
instructor of youth. He was author of the
(Imitation of Christ, one of the most famous
of books, which has been universally read and
has moved the hearts of men of all nations,
conditions and kinds, for four centuries. Its
title describes its contents; it abounds in max-
ims of humility and resignation, and is such a
book as only a man living the most unevent-
ful of lives, withdrawn from the world and
spent in contemplation, could have written. It
is said that it has been translated into more
languages than any other book except the
Bible. *
Kendall, Amos. A distinguished American
politician; born at Dunstable, Mass. , Aug. 16,
1789; died at Washington, D. C. , Nov. II, 1869.
He was Postmaster-General of the United States
1835-40. He wrote Life of Andrew Jackson';
(Autobiography) (1872).
Kendall, George Wilkins. An American
writer; born at Mount Vernon, N. H. , about
1809; died at Oak Springs, Tex. , Oct. 22, 1867.
He was founder of the New Orleans Picayune,
which became under his direction one of the
leading journals of the South. He wrote (The
War Between the United States and Mexico)
(1851).
Kendall, Henry Clarence. An Australian
poet; born in Ulladalla district, New South
Wales, 1841 ; died near Sydney, 1882. While a
lawyer's clerk in Sydney, three poems were
accepted by the London Athenæum in 1802;
he then devoted himself to literature, publish-
ing 'Leaves from an Australian Forest (1809)
and Songs from the Mountains) (1880), his
chief works. Especially happy in description
of Australian scenery, he is known as “the
poet of the bush. "
A collection of his poetry
appeared in 1886.
Kendrick, Ashael Clark. An American
scholar, editor, and miscellaneous writer; born
at Poultney, Vt. , Dec. 7, 1809; died at Roches-
ter, N. Y. , Oct. 21, 1895. Besides bringing out
translations and several text-books, and revis-
ing and editing Olshausen's New Testament
Commentary) and Meyer's Commentary on
John,' he published Our Poetical Favorites)
(3 vols. , 3d ed. 1880); Life and Letters of
Emily C. Judson) (1862). He was one of the
American committee of New Testament re-
visers.
Kennan, George. A noted traveler and
writer on Russian topics; born at Norwalk,
Huron County, O. , Feb. 16, 1845. In early life,
and before the completion of the Atlantic cable,
he was a member of the Western Union tele-
graph expedition to survey a route for a Behr-
ing Strait and Siberian telegraph line to Europe.
The result of this expedition was the book
called (Tent Life in Siberia) (1870). His jour-
neys through Northern Russia and Siberia in
the years 1885-86 for the purpose of investi-
gating the condition of the Siberian exiles, re-
sulted in the publication of a series of papers
in the Century Magazine (1890-91), afterwards
issued in book form under the title (Siberia
and the Exile System' (1891).
Kennedy, Crammond. An American law-
yer and miscellaneous writer; born at North
Berwick, Scotland, 1842. He came to New
York (1856), became known as the boy preacher,
served as chaplain in the Civil War, was man-
aging editor of the Christian Union (1870),
and since 1878 has practiced law at Washing-
ton, D. C. He has written: 'Corn in the
Blade) (1860), verse; Liberty of the Press)
(1876), a prize essay; etc.
Kennedy, Grace. An English novelist ; born
at Pinmore, Ayrshire, 1782; died at Edinburgh,
1825. Her best-known work was 'Father Clem-
ent) (1823), which reached a twelfth edition
and was translated into nearly every European
language. Her works were moral and religious
in character.
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Kennedy, John Pendleton. An American
writer; born at Baltimore, Oct. 25, 1795; died
at Newport, Aug. 18, 1870. Best known by
his very popular Horse-shoe Robinson (1835).
Among his other works was a Life of Will-
iam Wirt, Attorney-General of the United
States) (1849). Active in politics and several
times Member of Congress, he was Secretary
of the Navy under President Fillmore.
Kennedy, Patrick. An Irish antiquarian
writer; born in County Wexford, 1801; died
at Dublin, March 28, 1873. His studies were
given to the archæology and popular traditions
of Ireland. His chief work was Legendary
Fictions of the Irish Celts) (new ed. 1892).
Kennedy, William. A Scottish writer of
prose and verse; born near Paisley, 1799; died
near London in 1849. He resided many years
in Galveston, Tex. , serving there as British
consul. He published: My Early Days)
(1826); ( The Arrow and the Rose; with Other
Poems) (1830); “The Rise, Progress, and Pros-
pects of the Republic of Texas) (2 vols. , 1841).
Kennedy, William Sloane. A well-known
American biographer, story-writer, and poet;
born at Breckville, O. , 1850. His home is at
Belmont, Mass. He has written lives of Long-
fellow, Whittier, and Holmes; (Wonders and
Curiosities of the Railway: Locomotive Stories)
(1884); 'In Portia's Garden, verse ; etc.
Kennet, white. An English clergyman and
historian; born at Dover, in 1660; died in
1728. From 1718 until his death he occupied
the episcopal see of Peterborough. In 1706 he
brought out a complete History of England,
from the earliest times to the death of William
III. , a work of great accuracy and interest ;
and in 1713 Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia,
an attempt towards laying the foundation of an
American library.
Kenney, Charles Lamb. An English mis-
cellaneous writer, son of James; born at Bellevue,
France, April 29, 1821 ; died at Kensington, Aug.
25, 1881.
Was a friend of Thackeray and Dick.
ens. Secretary of M. Lesseps, his book (The
Gates of the East? (1857) turned English pub-
lic opinion in favor of the Suez Canal, against
Lord Palmerston's opposition. He introduced
opera-bouffe in London, writing librettos for
(The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein,' (La Belle
Hélène, etc. He wrote also several popular
songs, among them "Ever my Queen. )
Kenney, James. An English dramatist; born
in Ireland, 1780; died July 25, 1849. He was a
bank clerk in London, with a taste for the
theatre, and wrote a number of pieces that
still hold the stage. Among them were the
farces (Raising the Wind (1803); (Turn Him
Out! (1812); 'Love, Law, and Physic) (1812);
the stock favorite (Sweethearts and Wives)
(1823); and the famous tragedy (The Sicilian
Vespers) (1840).
Kenrick, Francis Patrick. A distinguished
American Roman Catholic prelate and theo-
logical writer; born at Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 3,
1797 ; died at Baltimore, Md. , July 6, 1863. He
founded the seminary of St. Charles Borromeo
in Philadelphia in 1832: became archbishop of
Baltimore, 1851 ; honorary primate of the United
States, 1859. He was prominent as a contro-
versialist and a Biblical scholar. Among his
works were: Dogmatic Theology) (4 vols. ,
1839-40); Moral Theology) (3 vols. , 1841-43).
He also published a revision of the Douai Eng-
lish Bible, with notes.
Kenrick, Peter Richard. An American prel-
ate and writer, brother of Francis Patrick; born
in Dublin, 1806; died in St. Louis, 1896, of which
city he was the first Roman Catholic archbishop.
He published: (The Holy House of Loretto);
Anglican Ordinations); (Concio in Concilio
Vaticana'; etc.
Kent, James. An eminent American jurist;
born at Philippi, N. Y. , July 31, 1763; died at New
York, Dec. 12, 1847. Author of the famous Com-
mentaries on American Law) (4 vols. , 1826-30),
which holds in this country a position similar to
that occupied by Blackstone's commentaries in
Great Britain. It contains not only federal juris-
prudence, but the municipal law, written and
unwritten, of the several States; has proved its
general interest and special value by years of
use; passed through many editions, and is one
of the intellectual monuments of our country.
He was chief justice and chancellor of the State
of New York.
Kent, William Charles Mark. An English
miscellaneous writer ; born in London, 1823. He
has produced a number of works in prose and
verse, besides contributing to the 'Encyclopæ-
dia Britannica) and several of the best Eng-
lish reviews, and being active as a journalist.
His poem (Aletheia, or the Condemnation of
Mythology) (1850) was praised by Lamartine.
Among his prose works may be mentioned
(The Vision of Cagliostro) (1863). (The Derby
Ministry,' under the pseudonym “Mark Roch-
ester,” and “The Gladstone Government,' under
that of "A Templar, consisted of sketches of
prominent political personages.
Kenyon, James Benjamin. An American
poet; born in Frankfort, Herkimer County,
N. Y. , April 26, 1858. He has contributed to
periodicals, and is the author of "The Fallen,
and Other Poems) (1876); (Out of the Shad.
ows) (1880); “Songs in All Seasons) (1885); and
(In Realms of Gold) (1887).
Kepler, Johannes (kep'ler). An eminent
German astronomer; born at Weil, Würtem-
berg, Dec. 27, 1571 ; died at Ratisbon, Nov. 15,
1630. He was the discoverer of the laws of
planetary motion, famous as “Kepler's laws,
which revolutionized previous theories of the
position of humanity, and formed the founda-
tion for Newton's subsequent labors and mod-
ern astronomy. His great work was the New
Astronomy, with Commentaries on the Motions
of Mars) (1009). He also completed (1627)
the famous «Rudolphine Tables )) of Tych
Brahe, the basis of astronomy for the next
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hundred years; while his contribution to optics
was of first, to mathematics of striking, im-
portance. One of the great epoch-makers of
human thought. ('Works,' 8 vols. , 1858-71. )
Ker, David. An American journalist and
writer of travels, stories, and books for the
young; born in England, 18–. Formerly a
correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph,
he has of late years resided in New York. He
has written : (The Broken Image, and Other
Tales) (1870), published anonymously; "On
the Road to Khiva) (1874); Into Unknown
Seas) (1886), describing the cruise of two sailor
boys; etc.
Kératry, Auguste Hilarion de (kā-rä-trē).
A French politician; born at Rennes, Oct. 28,
1769; died at Port Marly, Nov. 7, 1859. He
wrote on a great variety of subjects, his chief
works being Moral and Philosophical Induc-
tions) (1817), and (The Beautiful the Imi-
tative Arts) (3 vols. , 1822).
Kerkhoven, Petrus Frans van (kerk-ho'ven).
A Flemish miscellaneous writer; born at Ant-
werp, 1818; died there, 1857. He was editor
of several journals; wrote numerous poems,
tragedies, comedies, romances, and novels,
among them Daniel' (1845); (Ferdinand the
Corsair) (1845). His works appeared in 1869-73
in thirteen volumes.
Kernanan, Coulson. An English poet, nov-
elist, and essayist; born at Ilfracombe, Aug. 1,
1858. His poetry is strong in matter and fin-
ished in form. Some of his novels are marked
by a play of gloomy fancy not unlike Haw-
thorne's. The striking story (A Dead Man's
Diary, published anonymously, soon reached a
fourth edition. Two others, 'Stranger than Fic-
tion' (1893) and Dead Faces) (1894), were
notable. He has shown himself to be also an
excellent critic. Much of his work was origi-
nally contributed to English and American peri-
odicals.
Kerner, Justinus (kır'ner). A famous Ger-
man poet and novelist; born at Ludwigsburg,
Würtemberg, 1786; died at Weinsberg, 1862.
Several of his lyrics — for instance, (Song of
Wandering, (The Wanderer in the Saw Mill,
--- are popular with the masses, and a number
were set to music by Schumann. His poetry
can be read in (The Last Bunch of Blossoms)
(1852) and (Winter Blossoms) (1859). Of his
prose works (which included medical writings,
he being a physician), “The Seeress of Pre-
vorst) (5th ed. 1877), a result of his studies in
animal magnetism and somnambulism, attracted
great attention. Noteworthy too was his (Pict-
ure Book from my Childhood) (2d ed. 1886).
His work was marked by keen observation,
fancy, satirical power, humor blended with pa-
thos, and thought always busy with the other
world. He may be called the romanticist of
the Swabian school of poets.
Kerner, Theobald. A German poet and
novelist, son of Justinus; born at Gaildorf, June
14, 1817. A physician like his father, like him
he has published both medical and literary
works. Among the latter, his (Poems) ap-
peared in 1851; Princess Klatschrose) the
same year (2d ed. 1894); (The Flying Tailor,
an opera, in 1862; (Parson Staber, or the New
Ahasuerus,' a comedy, in 1888. (The Kerner
House and its Guests) (1893) consisted of bright
and interesting sketches of the inmates and vis.
itors of his famous father's domicile, his own
since the latter's death.
Kerr, Orpheus C. See Newell.
Kervyn de Lettenhove, Josef Marie Bruno
Konstantin (ker-van' de let'en-hô-ve). A Bel-
gian historian; born at St. Michel, West Flan-
ders, Aug. 17, 1817; died at Brussels, April 3,
1891. His principal work was History of
Flanders) (3d ed. , 4 vols. , 1874). Among his
other works may be mentioned (The Hugue-
nots) (6 vols. , 1883-85), Marie Stuart) (2 vols. ,
1890).
Ketchum, Mrs. Annie (Chambers). An
American educator, lecturer, and miscellaneous
writer; born in Scott County, Ky. , 1824. She
was principal of the high school for girls at
Memphis, Tenn. , 1855-58. She has written:
(Christmas Carillons and Other Poems) (1888);
(Nellie Braden,' a novel; Rilla Motto,' a ro-
mance ; etc.
Ketteler, Wilhelm Emanuel von (ket'e-ler).
A distinguished German prelate; born at Mün-
ster, Dec. 25, 1811; died at Burghausen, Bava-
ria, July 13, 1877. One of the ablest of Ger-
man ultramontanists; bishop of Mentz (1850),
for which diocese he obtained special privi-
leges; and member of the first Reichstag (1871).
He wrote on the questions of the day. Among
his works may be mentioned : Freedom, Au-
thority, and Church (7th ed. 1862); (The
Labor Question and Christianity) (3d ed. 1864),
which even Lassalle praised; (Germany after
the War of 1866) (6th ed. 1867).
Kettell, Samuel. An American prose-writer;
born in Newburyport, Mass. , Aug. 5, 1800; died
in Malden, Mass. , Dec. 3, 1855. He assisted
Samuel G. Goodrich in the preparation of some
of his Peter Parley' books. Under the pen-
names of Peeping Tom ” and “Timothy
Titterwell » he contributed many humorous
articles to the Boston Courier, afterward be-
coming its editor. His principal works are :
(Records of the Spanish Inquisition (1828);
and (Specimens of American Poetry, with
Critical and Biographical Notices) (3 vols. .
1829).
Kettle, Mary Rosa Stuart, best known as
“Rosa Mackenzie Kettle. ) An English novel-
ist; born at Overseale, Leicestershire. She is
popular through her stories of Cornwall and
the South Coast. Her earliest success was
(Fabian's Tower) (1852). She has also pub-
lished: (La Belle Marie: A Romance of the
Cornish Coast) (1862); (Hillsden on the Moors)
(1873); My Home in the Shires) (1877); (The
Sea and the Moor) (1877); (The Sisters of Om-
bersleigh; or Under the South Downs) (1888).
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Kexel, Olof (chaiks'el). A Swedish miscel-
laneous writer; born at Kalmar, 1748; died at
Stockholm, 1796. He wrote numerous satires,
songs, poems, plays, and a historical romance,
(Zalameski.
Key, Francis Scott. An American poet;
born in Frederick County, Md. , Aug. 9, 1780;
died at Baltimore, Jan. II, 1843. Author of
(The Star Spangled Banner, which was sug-
gested and partially written while he was view-
ing the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near
Baltimore, by the British feet, on which he was
a prisoner.
Keyes, Erasmus Darwin. A distinguished
American soldier; born at Brimfield, Mass. , May
29, 1810; died 1895. A graduate of West Point
(1832), he rose to the rank of major-general in
the Civil War. He wrote (Fifty Years' Ob-
servation of Men and Events) (1884).
Keyser, Jakob Rudolph (ki'zer). One of
the foremost Norwegian historians ; born at
Christiania, Jan. I, 1803; died there, Oct. 8, 1864.
Among his many important works were
(History of Norway) (2 vols. , 1865-70); (His-
tory of the Norwegian Church under Catholi-
cism (2 vols. , 1856-58).
Khayyam, Omar (ki-yäm'). A noted Per-
sian poet, mathematician, and astronomer; born
at Nishápúr, 1050 (? ); died there, 1123 (? ). He
is best known by his famous (Rubaiyát,' or
(Quatrains,' — four-line stanzas with the third
unrhymed,- of which about 500 are considered
genuine; Fitzgerald gives 101. Though some
of these had been already translated into Eng-
lish by Hyde, Ouseley, and Cowell (in prose),
the first English translation to make them
widely known was Fitzgerald's, editions of
which appeared in 1859, 1868, 1872, 1879, 1889.
Other English translations have been by Whin-
field (London, 1881), McCarthy (ib. , 1889), Les-
lie Garner (Milwaukee, 1888), Le Gallienne
(1897). An American edition in 1884 contained
the celebrated illustrations by Elihu Vedder.
There are also German, French, Norwegian,
and Hungarian versions. A valuable work is
that of N. H. Dole, containing English, French,
and German translations, comparatively ar-
ranged, with further selections, notes, biogra-
phies, bibliography, etc. , and an Introduction
(2 vols. , 1896). A new translation by John Payne,
the famous translator of Villon and the Ara-
bian Nights,' is announced, containing some
400 additional quatrains. *
Kheraskov, Mikhail (che-räs-kof'). A Rus-
sian epic poet; born Oct. 25, 1733; died at
Moscow, Oct. 9, 1806. His principal works
were the (Rossiad (1785), in 12 cantos, on the
conquest of Kazan, and “Vladimir) (1786), in
18 cantos, on the conversion of St. Vladimir.
Khvostchinskaia, Nadezhda Dmitrievna
(chvo-schin'skä-e-ä). A Russian novelist; born
at Riazan, 1825; died at Peterhof, July 2, 1889.
A prolific writer, her best works were : (Anna
Mikhailovna) (1850); Waiting for Something
Better); the romance (The Country Teacher);
(The Great Bear, the last particularly having
a pronounced success. She wrote also good
short stories and published poetry. (“Works,
6 vols. , 1859. )
Kidder, Daniel Parish. An American de.
scriptive writer; born at Darien, N. Y. , 1815;
died at Evanston, Ill. , 1891. He was a mis-
sionary to Brazil, and very active in the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church; was editor of the
Sunday School Advocate.
Kebbel, Thomas Edward. An English
journalist and author; born in Leicestershire,
Nov. 23, 1828. Educated at Oxford, he be-
came a lawyer and afterwards engaged in jour-
nalism, being connected with the Press (1855)
and the Day (1867) as political writer. He
has written on political topics: Essays upon
History and Politics) ( 1864); (English States-
men since the Peace of 1815) (1868); (A His-
tory of Toryism' (1885); and biographies of
Lord Beaconsfield and Lord Derby in the
(English Statesmen) series. His more recent
works are: (The Old and the New English
Country Life) (1891); (Sport and Nature)
(1893).
Keble, John. A famous English religious
poet; born at Fairford, Gloucestershire, 1792;
died at Bournemouth, Hampshire, 1866. He was
remarkable for great beauty of character. A
clergyman of the English Church, he repeatedly
refused rich livings from a sense of duty. Of
his great work (The Christian Year' (2 vols. ,
1827), which he published anonymously, in 1872
appeared the 158th edition; over 500,000 copies
in all have been sold. It has been illustrated
and illuminated, books have been made from
and written on it, including a concordance, and
from its profits the author built one of the
most beautiful parish churches in England. *
Keddie, Henrietta. (“Sarah Tytler. ”] An
English novelist and miscellaneous writer;
born in 1827. She is the author of several
graceful and readable stories, the best known
being: Days of Yore) (1864); (Citoyenne
Jacqueline) (1865); Noblesse Oblige) (1869);
French Janet); (Blachall Ghosts. Of her mis.
cellaneous works, designed chiefly for juvenile
readers, may be noticed : Modern Painters)
( 1873 ); <Children of a Hundred Years Ago )
( 1876 ); Jane Austen and her Works) (1880);
Marie Antoinette : the Woman and the Queen
(1883).
Keenan, Henry Francis. An American nov-
elist; born at Rochester, N. Y. , May 4, 1849. A
successful journalist, a New York and a Paris
correspondent of note, he deserted journalism
for literature in 1883. He published: (Trajan)
(1884); (The Aliens) (1886); (One of a Thou-
sand' (1887).
Keightley, Thomas (kit'ly). An English
writer; born at Dublin, 1790 (? ); died near
Erith, Kent, Nov. 4, 1872. He is best known by
his Fairy Mythology' (2 vols. , 1828) and (Tales
and Popular Fictions) (1834).
Keim, Karl Theodor (kim). A noted Ger-
man theologian; born at Stuttgart, Dec. 17, 1825;
died at Giessen, Nov. 17, 1878. While a disciple
of the modern critical school of theology (of
Strauss, Baur, and Renan) he strove to recon-
cile it with the old faith. He wrote: (The His-
torical Christ) (3d ed. 1866), and the great work
(History of Jesus of Nazareth (3 vols. , 1867-72).
Keller, Gerard (kel'er). A Dutch miscel-
laneous writer; born at Gouda, Feb. 13, 1829.
His best works are his books of travel: (A
Summer in the North) (1861); (A Summer in
the South) (1864); Paris Besieged? (1871);
Murdered Paris) (1872); (Europe Sketched in
All her Glory) (1877-80); (America in Image
and in Writing) (1887). Of his numerous
novels may be named : (The Teacher's House-
hold) (1858); (Within and Without' (1860);
(The Mortgage on Wasenstein (1865); (From
Home) (2 vols. , 1867); (Over-Perfect) (1871);
(Three Tales) (( The Privy Councilor, How
They are Enjoyed,' (In Our Days, 1880); (Our
Minister) (1883); (Flickering Flames) (1884);
(Nemesis) (1885). He is the author also of
books for the young, and the dramas (The Bar-
ber's Daughter) (1878), «The Blue Ribbon)
(1881), “The Dangerous Cousin (1884).
Keller, Gottfried. A powerful German poet
and one of the foremost of German novelists;
born at Zürich, July 19, 1819; died there, July
16, 1890. Original in execution, he was a keen
observer, genuinely artistic, and with a strong
sense of humor, sometimes extravagantly in-
dulged. In his best vein he goes straight to the
heart. To romanticism in motifs, processes,
and characters, he joined realism in execution.
His writings disclose the fact that he was a
painter before being an author. An impression
of his poetical genius may be obtained from
(Complete Poems) (3d ed. 1888). Of his novels,
(Seldwyla Folk) (1856) is one of the best.
("Works, 11 vols. , 1889–93. ) *
Kelley, James Douglas Jerrold. An Amer.
ican naval officer and story-writer; born 185-.
Besides works relating to the navy, he has
written the story A Desperate Chance.
Kelley, William Darrah. An American
politician; born at Philadelphia, April 12,
1814; died at Washington, D. C. , Jan. 9. 1890.
He was a lawyer; was Member of Congress
from Pennsylvania 1861–90, and prominent as
an abolitionist and a protectionist. Besides
addresses and political writings, he published
(Letters from Europe) (1880), ' The New South
(1887), etc.
Kellgren, Johan Henrik (kel'gren). One of
the greatest of Swedish poets; born at Floby,
West Gothland, Dec. 1, 1751 ; died April 20,
1795. He excelled especially in lyrics, of which
one of his finest is Nya Skapelsen) (The New
Creation). Gustavus III. , whose private libra-
rian and secretary he was, furnished the plots
of most of his dramas and operas, he himself
contributing merely the versification. ("Works)
2 vols. , 1884. )
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Kellogg, Elijah. An American Congrega-
tional minister and writer for the young ; born
at Portland, Me. , 1813. His home is at Harps-
well, Me. He is author of several series of
juvenile books,–(Elm Island) series, (Good
Old Times) series, etc. , -- but is probably best
known by the Address of Spartacus to the
Gladiators.
Kelly, Jonathan Falconbridge. An Ameri-
can prose-writer; born in Philadelphia, in
1818; died in Cincinnati, O. , 1854. He was
the author of The Humors of Falconbridge)
(1856).
Kelvin, Lord. See Thomson.
:
Kemble, Frances Anne. A famous English
actress, daughter of Charles Kemble and niece
of Mrs. Siddons; born in London, Nov. 27,
1809; died there, Jan. 16, 1893. Among other
works, she published her Journal) (1834);
(Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Planta-
tion (1863); (Recollections of a Girlhood (3
vols. , 1878); (Recollections of Later Life) (3
vols. , 1882); and in the Atlantic Monthly, remi-
niscences of her theatrical career (1876–77).
Kemény, Zsigmond, Baron (kem'á-ne). An
eminent Hungarian novelist and publicist ; born
at Magyar-Kapud, 1816; died at Puszta-Kam-
arás, Dec. 22, 1875. His romances and politi-
cal writings are classics in Hungarian literature.
Of the former, (Man and Wife) (1852) and
(The Abysses of the Heart) (1854), both psy-
chological studies, are among the best. (Stud-
ies) (2 vols. , 1870) is an admirable work. The
style of his writings and the tax they impose
on thought make them not always easy to
read, but what they demand they amply repay
in pleasure and profit. He was called prince
of the Magyar journalists. )
Kempis, Thomas à (kem'pis). A celebrated
German mystic; born at Kempen (whence his
name, « Thomas from Kempen”), near Cologne,
1380; died 1471. His true name was Hamer-
ken (Latin, Malleolus). Sub-prior of the mon-
astery of Mount St. Agnes, near Zwolle, he
was distinguished for piety and success as an
instructor of youth. He was author of the
(Imitation of Christ, one of the most famous
of books, which has been universally read and
has moved the hearts of men of all nations,
conditions and kinds, for four centuries. Its
title describes its contents; it abounds in max-
ims of humility and resignation, and is such a
book as only a man living the most unevent-
ful of lives, withdrawn from the world and
spent in contemplation, could have written. It
is said that it has been translated into more
languages than any other book except the
Bible. *
Kendall, Amos. A distinguished American
politician; born at Dunstable, Mass. , Aug. 16,
1789; died at Washington, D. C. , Nov. II, 1869.
He was Postmaster-General of the United States
1835-40. He wrote Life of Andrew Jackson';
(Autobiography) (1872).
Kendall, George Wilkins. An American
writer; born at Mount Vernon, N. H. , about
1809; died at Oak Springs, Tex. , Oct. 22, 1867.
He was founder of the New Orleans Picayune,
which became under his direction one of the
leading journals of the South. He wrote (The
War Between the United States and Mexico)
(1851).
Kendall, Henry Clarence. An Australian
poet; born in Ulladalla district, New South
Wales, 1841 ; died near Sydney, 1882. While a
lawyer's clerk in Sydney, three poems were
accepted by the London Athenæum in 1802;
he then devoted himself to literature, publish-
ing 'Leaves from an Australian Forest (1809)
and Songs from the Mountains) (1880), his
chief works. Especially happy in description
of Australian scenery, he is known as “the
poet of the bush. "
A collection of his poetry
appeared in 1886.
Kendrick, Ashael Clark. An American
scholar, editor, and miscellaneous writer; born
at Poultney, Vt. , Dec. 7, 1809; died at Roches-
ter, N. Y. , Oct. 21, 1895. Besides bringing out
translations and several text-books, and revis-
ing and editing Olshausen's New Testament
Commentary) and Meyer's Commentary on
John,' he published Our Poetical Favorites)
(3 vols. , 3d ed. 1880); Life and Letters of
Emily C. Judson) (1862). He was one of the
American committee of New Testament re-
visers.
Kennan, George. A noted traveler and
writer on Russian topics; born at Norwalk,
Huron County, O. , Feb. 16, 1845. In early life,
and before the completion of the Atlantic cable,
he was a member of the Western Union tele-
graph expedition to survey a route for a Behr-
ing Strait and Siberian telegraph line to Europe.
The result of this expedition was the book
called (Tent Life in Siberia) (1870). His jour-
neys through Northern Russia and Siberia in
the years 1885-86 for the purpose of investi-
gating the condition of the Siberian exiles, re-
sulted in the publication of a series of papers
in the Century Magazine (1890-91), afterwards
issued in book form under the title (Siberia
and the Exile System' (1891).
Kennedy, Crammond. An American law-
yer and miscellaneous writer; born at North
Berwick, Scotland, 1842. He came to New
York (1856), became known as the boy preacher,
served as chaplain in the Civil War, was man-
aging editor of the Christian Union (1870),
and since 1878 has practiced law at Washing-
ton, D. C. He has written: 'Corn in the
Blade) (1860), verse; Liberty of the Press)
(1876), a prize essay; etc.
Kennedy, Grace. An English novelist ; born
at Pinmore, Ayrshire, 1782; died at Edinburgh,
1825. Her best-known work was 'Father Clem-
ent) (1823), which reached a twelfth edition
and was translated into nearly every European
language. Her works were moral and religious
in character.
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Kennedy, John Pendleton. An American
writer; born at Baltimore, Oct. 25, 1795; died
at Newport, Aug. 18, 1870. Best known by
his very popular Horse-shoe Robinson (1835).
Among his other works was a Life of Will-
iam Wirt, Attorney-General of the United
States) (1849). Active in politics and several
times Member of Congress, he was Secretary
of the Navy under President Fillmore.
Kennedy, Patrick. An Irish antiquarian
writer; born in County Wexford, 1801; died
at Dublin, March 28, 1873. His studies were
given to the archæology and popular traditions
of Ireland. His chief work was Legendary
Fictions of the Irish Celts) (new ed. 1892).
Kennedy, William. A Scottish writer of
prose and verse; born near Paisley, 1799; died
near London in 1849. He resided many years
in Galveston, Tex. , serving there as British
consul. He published: My Early Days)
(1826); ( The Arrow and the Rose; with Other
Poems) (1830); “The Rise, Progress, and Pros-
pects of the Republic of Texas) (2 vols. , 1841).
Kennedy, William Sloane. A well-known
American biographer, story-writer, and poet;
born at Breckville, O. , 1850. His home is at
Belmont, Mass. He has written lives of Long-
fellow, Whittier, and Holmes; (Wonders and
Curiosities of the Railway: Locomotive Stories)
(1884); 'In Portia's Garden, verse ; etc.
Kennet, white. An English clergyman and
historian; born at Dover, in 1660; died in
1728. From 1718 until his death he occupied
the episcopal see of Peterborough. In 1706 he
brought out a complete History of England,
from the earliest times to the death of William
III. , a work of great accuracy and interest ;
and in 1713 Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia,
an attempt towards laying the foundation of an
American library.
Kenney, Charles Lamb. An English mis-
cellaneous writer, son of James; born at Bellevue,
France, April 29, 1821 ; died at Kensington, Aug.
25, 1881.
Was a friend of Thackeray and Dick.
ens. Secretary of M. Lesseps, his book (The
Gates of the East? (1857) turned English pub-
lic opinion in favor of the Suez Canal, against
Lord Palmerston's opposition. He introduced
opera-bouffe in London, writing librettos for
(The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein,' (La Belle
Hélène, etc. He wrote also several popular
songs, among them "Ever my Queen. )
Kenney, James. An English dramatist; born
in Ireland, 1780; died July 25, 1849. He was a
bank clerk in London, with a taste for the
theatre, and wrote a number of pieces that
still hold the stage. Among them were the
farces (Raising the Wind (1803); (Turn Him
Out! (1812); 'Love, Law, and Physic) (1812);
the stock favorite (Sweethearts and Wives)
(1823); and the famous tragedy (The Sicilian
Vespers) (1840).
Kenrick, Francis Patrick. A distinguished
American Roman Catholic prelate and theo-
logical writer; born at Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 3,
1797 ; died at Baltimore, Md. , July 6, 1863. He
founded the seminary of St. Charles Borromeo
in Philadelphia in 1832: became archbishop of
Baltimore, 1851 ; honorary primate of the United
States, 1859. He was prominent as a contro-
versialist and a Biblical scholar. Among his
works were: Dogmatic Theology) (4 vols. ,
1839-40); Moral Theology) (3 vols. , 1841-43).
He also published a revision of the Douai Eng-
lish Bible, with notes.
Kenrick, Peter Richard. An American prel-
ate and writer, brother of Francis Patrick; born
in Dublin, 1806; died in St. Louis, 1896, of which
city he was the first Roman Catholic archbishop.
He published: (The Holy House of Loretto);
Anglican Ordinations); (Concio in Concilio
Vaticana'; etc.
Kent, James. An eminent American jurist;
born at Philippi, N. Y. , July 31, 1763; died at New
York, Dec. 12, 1847. Author of the famous Com-
mentaries on American Law) (4 vols. , 1826-30),
which holds in this country a position similar to
that occupied by Blackstone's commentaries in
Great Britain. It contains not only federal juris-
prudence, but the municipal law, written and
unwritten, of the several States; has proved its
general interest and special value by years of
use; passed through many editions, and is one
of the intellectual monuments of our country.
He was chief justice and chancellor of the State
of New York.
Kent, William Charles Mark. An English
miscellaneous writer ; born in London, 1823. He
has produced a number of works in prose and
verse, besides contributing to the 'Encyclopæ-
dia Britannica) and several of the best Eng-
lish reviews, and being active as a journalist.
His poem (Aletheia, or the Condemnation of
Mythology) (1850) was praised by Lamartine.
Among his prose works may be mentioned
(The Vision of Cagliostro) (1863). (The Derby
Ministry,' under the pseudonym “Mark Roch-
ester,” and “The Gladstone Government,' under
that of "A Templar, consisted of sketches of
prominent political personages.
Kenyon, James Benjamin. An American
poet; born in Frankfort, Herkimer County,
N. Y. , April 26, 1858. He has contributed to
periodicals, and is the author of "The Fallen,
and Other Poems) (1876); (Out of the Shad.
ows) (1880); “Songs in All Seasons) (1885); and
(In Realms of Gold) (1887).
Kepler, Johannes (kep'ler). An eminent
German astronomer; born at Weil, Würtem-
berg, Dec. 27, 1571 ; died at Ratisbon, Nov. 15,
1630. He was the discoverer of the laws of
planetary motion, famous as “Kepler's laws,
which revolutionized previous theories of the
position of humanity, and formed the founda-
tion for Newton's subsequent labors and mod-
ern astronomy. His great work was the New
Astronomy, with Commentaries on the Motions
of Mars) (1009). He also completed (1627)
the famous «Rudolphine Tables )) of Tych
Brahe, the basis of astronomy for the next
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hundred years; while his contribution to optics
was of first, to mathematics of striking, im-
portance. One of the great epoch-makers of
human thought. ('Works,' 8 vols. , 1858-71. )
Ker, David. An American journalist and
writer of travels, stories, and books for the
young; born in England, 18–. Formerly a
correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph,
he has of late years resided in New York. He
has written : (The Broken Image, and Other
Tales) (1870), published anonymously; "On
the Road to Khiva) (1874); Into Unknown
Seas) (1886), describing the cruise of two sailor
boys; etc.
Kératry, Auguste Hilarion de (kā-rä-trē).
A French politician; born at Rennes, Oct. 28,
1769; died at Port Marly, Nov. 7, 1859. He
wrote on a great variety of subjects, his chief
works being Moral and Philosophical Induc-
tions) (1817), and (The Beautiful the Imi-
tative Arts) (3 vols. , 1822).
Kerkhoven, Petrus Frans van (kerk-ho'ven).
A Flemish miscellaneous writer; born at Ant-
werp, 1818; died there, 1857. He was editor
of several journals; wrote numerous poems,
tragedies, comedies, romances, and novels,
among them Daniel' (1845); (Ferdinand the
Corsair) (1845). His works appeared in 1869-73
in thirteen volumes.
Kernanan, Coulson. An English poet, nov-
elist, and essayist; born at Ilfracombe, Aug. 1,
1858. His poetry is strong in matter and fin-
ished in form. Some of his novels are marked
by a play of gloomy fancy not unlike Haw-
thorne's. The striking story (A Dead Man's
Diary, published anonymously, soon reached a
fourth edition. Two others, 'Stranger than Fic-
tion' (1893) and Dead Faces) (1894), were
notable. He has shown himself to be also an
excellent critic. Much of his work was origi-
nally contributed to English and American peri-
odicals.
Kerner, Justinus (kır'ner). A famous Ger-
man poet and novelist; born at Ludwigsburg,
Würtemberg, 1786; died at Weinsberg, 1862.
Several of his lyrics — for instance, (Song of
Wandering, (The Wanderer in the Saw Mill,
--- are popular with the masses, and a number
were set to music by Schumann. His poetry
can be read in (The Last Bunch of Blossoms)
(1852) and (Winter Blossoms) (1859). Of his
prose works (which included medical writings,
he being a physician), “The Seeress of Pre-
vorst) (5th ed. 1877), a result of his studies in
animal magnetism and somnambulism, attracted
great attention. Noteworthy too was his (Pict-
ure Book from my Childhood) (2d ed. 1886).
His work was marked by keen observation,
fancy, satirical power, humor blended with pa-
thos, and thought always busy with the other
world. He may be called the romanticist of
the Swabian school of poets.
Kerner, Theobald. A German poet and
novelist, son of Justinus; born at Gaildorf, June
14, 1817. A physician like his father, like him
he has published both medical and literary
works. Among the latter, his (Poems) ap-
peared in 1851; Princess Klatschrose) the
same year (2d ed. 1894); (The Flying Tailor,
an opera, in 1862; (Parson Staber, or the New
Ahasuerus,' a comedy, in 1888. (The Kerner
House and its Guests) (1893) consisted of bright
and interesting sketches of the inmates and vis.
itors of his famous father's domicile, his own
since the latter's death.
Kerr, Orpheus C. See Newell.
Kervyn de Lettenhove, Josef Marie Bruno
Konstantin (ker-van' de let'en-hô-ve). A Bel-
gian historian; born at St. Michel, West Flan-
ders, Aug. 17, 1817; died at Brussels, April 3,
1891. His principal work was History of
Flanders) (3d ed. , 4 vols. , 1874). Among his
other works may be mentioned (The Hugue-
nots) (6 vols. , 1883-85), Marie Stuart) (2 vols. ,
1890).
Ketchum, Mrs. Annie (Chambers). An
American educator, lecturer, and miscellaneous
writer; born in Scott County, Ky. , 1824. She
was principal of the high school for girls at
Memphis, Tenn. , 1855-58. She has written:
(Christmas Carillons and Other Poems) (1888);
(Nellie Braden,' a novel; Rilla Motto,' a ro-
mance ; etc.
Ketteler, Wilhelm Emanuel von (ket'e-ler).
A distinguished German prelate; born at Mün-
ster, Dec. 25, 1811; died at Burghausen, Bava-
ria, July 13, 1877. One of the ablest of Ger-
man ultramontanists; bishop of Mentz (1850),
for which diocese he obtained special privi-
leges; and member of the first Reichstag (1871).
He wrote on the questions of the day. Among
his works may be mentioned : Freedom, Au-
thority, and Church (7th ed. 1862); (The
Labor Question and Christianity) (3d ed. 1864),
which even Lassalle praised; (Germany after
the War of 1866) (6th ed. 1867).
Kettell, Samuel. An American prose-writer;
born in Newburyport, Mass. , Aug. 5, 1800; died
in Malden, Mass. , Dec. 3, 1855. He assisted
Samuel G. Goodrich in the preparation of some
of his Peter Parley' books. Under the pen-
names of Peeping Tom ” and “Timothy
Titterwell » he contributed many humorous
articles to the Boston Courier, afterward be-
coming its editor. His principal works are :
(Records of the Spanish Inquisition (1828);
and (Specimens of American Poetry, with
Critical and Biographical Notices) (3 vols. .
1829).
Kettle, Mary Rosa Stuart, best known as
“Rosa Mackenzie Kettle. ) An English novel-
ist; born at Overseale, Leicestershire. She is
popular through her stories of Cornwall and
the South Coast. Her earliest success was
(Fabian's Tower) (1852). She has also pub-
lished: (La Belle Marie: A Romance of the
Cornish Coast) (1862); (Hillsden on the Moors)
(1873); My Home in the Shires) (1877); (The
Sea and the Moor) (1877); (The Sisters of Om-
bersleigh; or Under the South Downs) (1888).
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Kexel, Olof (chaiks'el). A Swedish miscel-
laneous writer; born at Kalmar, 1748; died at
Stockholm, 1796. He wrote numerous satires,
songs, poems, plays, and a historical romance,
(Zalameski.
Key, Francis Scott. An American poet;
born in Frederick County, Md. , Aug. 9, 1780;
died at Baltimore, Jan. II, 1843. Author of
(The Star Spangled Banner, which was sug-
gested and partially written while he was view-
ing the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near
Baltimore, by the British feet, on which he was
a prisoner.
Keyes, Erasmus Darwin. A distinguished
American soldier; born at Brimfield, Mass. , May
29, 1810; died 1895. A graduate of West Point
(1832), he rose to the rank of major-general in
the Civil War. He wrote (Fifty Years' Ob-
servation of Men and Events) (1884).
Keyser, Jakob Rudolph (ki'zer). One of
the foremost Norwegian historians ; born at
Christiania, Jan. I, 1803; died there, Oct. 8, 1864.
Among his many important works were
(History of Norway) (2 vols. , 1865-70); (His-
tory of the Norwegian Church under Catholi-
cism (2 vols. , 1856-58).
Khayyam, Omar (ki-yäm'). A noted Per-
sian poet, mathematician, and astronomer; born
at Nishápúr, 1050 (? ); died there, 1123 (? ). He
is best known by his famous (Rubaiyát,' or
(Quatrains,' — four-line stanzas with the third
unrhymed,- of which about 500 are considered
genuine; Fitzgerald gives 101. Though some
of these had been already translated into Eng-
lish by Hyde, Ouseley, and Cowell (in prose),
the first English translation to make them
widely known was Fitzgerald's, editions of
which appeared in 1859, 1868, 1872, 1879, 1889.
Other English translations have been by Whin-
field (London, 1881), McCarthy (ib. , 1889), Les-
lie Garner (Milwaukee, 1888), Le Gallienne
(1897). An American edition in 1884 contained
the celebrated illustrations by Elihu Vedder.
There are also German, French, Norwegian,
and Hungarian versions. A valuable work is
that of N. H. Dole, containing English, French,
and German translations, comparatively ar-
ranged, with further selections, notes, biogra-
phies, bibliography, etc. , and an Introduction
(2 vols. , 1896). A new translation by John Payne,
the famous translator of Villon and the Ara-
bian Nights,' is announced, containing some
400 additional quatrains. *
Kheraskov, Mikhail (che-räs-kof'). A Rus-
sian epic poet; born Oct. 25, 1733; died at
Moscow, Oct. 9, 1806. His principal works
were the (Rossiad (1785), in 12 cantos, on the
conquest of Kazan, and “Vladimir) (1786), in
18 cantos, on the conversion of St. Vladimir.
Khvostchinskaia, Nadezhda Dmitrievna
(chvo-schin'skä-e-ä). A Russian novelist; born
at Riazan, 1825; died at Peterhof, July 2, 1889.
A prolific writer, her best works were : (Anna
Mikhailovna) (1850); Waiting for Something
Better); the romance (The Country Teacher);
(The Great Bear, the last particularly having
a pronounced success. She wrote also good
short stories and published poetry. (“Works,
6 vols. , 1859. )
Kidder, Daniel Parish. An American de.
scriptive writer; born at Darien, N. Y. , 1815;
died at Evanston, Ill. , 1891. He was a mis-
sionary to Brazil, and very active in the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church; was editor of the
Sunday School Advocate.
