The most notable
of his numerous stories are: (The Million-
airess) (1852); (The Last Grisette) (1853);
(The King of Yvetot) (1866); "Stories of La
Grève) (1866), which won an Academy prize ;
(The Stonebreaker' (1867).
of his numerous stories are: (The Million-
airess) (1852); (The Last Grisette) (1853);
(The King of Yvetot) (1866); "Stories of La
Grève) (1866), which won an Academy prize ;
(The Stonebreaker' (1867).
Warner - World's Best Literature - v29 - BIographical Dictionary
A French
explorer and historical writer; born in Paris,
France, Aug. 13. 1798; died Aug. 2, 1890. He was
an extensive traveler and a voluminous writer.
Among his works are: “History of Brazil'
(1821); Buenos Ayres and Paraguay) (2 vols. ,
1823). He is also the author of a series of
historical novels: (Ysmael-ben-Kaisar, or the
Discovery of the New World) (3 vols. , 1829).
Denison, Charles Wheeler. An American
poet and prose-writer ; born in New London,
Conn. , Nov. 11, 1809; died Nov. 14, 1881. He
published: (The American Village and Other
Poems) (1845); (Out at Sea,' poems (1867).
His prose works include (The Child Hunters)
(1867) and a series of biographies : (The Tan-
ner Boy) (Grant); (Winfield the Lawyer's
Son) (Hancock); and others.
Denison, John Ledyard. An American his-
torian; born in Stonington, Conn. , Sept. 19, 1826.
He published a "Pictorial History of the Wars
of the United States,' and edited an “Illustrated
History of the New World' in English and in
German.
Denison, Mary Andrew8). An American
novelist, wife of C. W. ; born in Cambridge,
Mass. , May 26, 1826. Assisted in editing the
Olive Branch, in which her husband was inter-
ested; also contributed to American and Eng.
lish periodicals. Her works include: Home
Pictures) (1853); (That Husband of Mine,' of
which it is said the sale reached 200,000 copies;
and “What One Boy can Do) (1885).
Denne, Henry. An English Puritan divine,
who Aourished in the seventeenth century and
was noted for his attacks upon the vices of
the clergy. He published «The Man of Sin)
(1645); (The Drag Net of the Kingdom of
Heaven) (1646); (Grace, Mercy, and Truth);
etc. His sermons and other works were pub-
lished in London, 1642-60.
Denne-Baron, Pierre Jacques René (dān.
bär-ôn). A French poet and essayist; born in
Paris, Sept. 6, 1780; died there, June 5, 1854.
He had much learning and a faultless taste ;
(Hero and Leander) (1806) and Poetic
Flowers) (1825) being delightful though not
great, while his (Dictionary of Conversation
is widely known.
Dennery or d'Ennery, Adolphe Philippe
(den-er-e'). A French dramatist ; born at Paris,
June 17, 1811. He has produced, either alone
or in collaboration, about 200 separate compo-
sitions. Among his own productions are the
dramas (My Daughter's Honor (1835); (The
Pearl of Savoy) (1842); (Mary Jane) (1845),
one of the strongest popular plays of our time:
(The Two Orphans) (1873); the comedies and
vaudevilles (The Change of Uniform (1836),
and Robber Paris) (1844); and the fairy spec-
tacles Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp
(1863), and “The Tribute of Zamora. '
Dennie, Joseph. An American journalist;
born in Boston, Aug. 30, 1768; died in Phila-
delphia, Jan. 7, 1812. Published (The Farrago!
(1795), essays on life and literature. From 1796
to 1798 edited with great success the Farmer's
Weekly Museum at Walpole, N. H. In this ap-
peared his essays signed “The Lay Preacher,"
whose droll and easy style made him popular.
In Philadelphia (1801), assisted by Asbury
Dickens, he founded the Portfolio, which he
edited till his death under the pen-name of
« Oliver Old-School. ” Two collections of his
writings have been published: The Lay
Preacher, or Short Sermons for Idle Readers)
(1796); and 'The Lay Preacher) (1817).
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Dennis, John. An English dramatist and
critic (1657-1734); born in London. Of his
dramas none had much success or deserved it.
He was a savage critic, but he had some just
views of dramatic art and poetry, as is proved
by his (Three Letters on the Genius and Writ-
ings of Shakespeare) (1711). His fame is per-
petuated not by his own writings, but by the
satires and anecdotes of his enemies, Pope's
Dunciad' in particular. He invented a new
species of stage thunder; and the phrase
“stealing one's thunder” is due to his angry
outburst at some managers who used it in a
successful play when one of his had been
damned.
Deotyma (dā-o-tē'mä), pseudonym of Jad-
viga Luszczevska. A Polish poet and story-
writer; born in Warsaw, October 1830. She
has long been celebrated for the power and
charm of her prose and versification; (At the
Parting Way) (1876) being a story of rare
merit, and The Pole in Song' (1859) con-
taining many of her finest stanzas.
Depew, Chauncey Mitchell. An American
lawyer; born in Peekskill, N. Y. , April 23, 1834.
He is president of the New York Central and
Hudson River R. R. Co. Noted as a political
orator and an after-dinner speaker. Published
(Orations and After-Dinner Speeches) (1890).
De Peyster, John Watts (de-pēs'ter). An
American miscellaneous writer; born in New
York city, March 9, 1821. He has contributed
much to periodicals, and written a vast num-
ber of monographs, often polemic,- one being
in defense of his Loyalist grandfather, second
in command at King's Mountain on the Brit-
ish side. He is author of: Life of Field
Marshal Torstenson (1855); (The Dutch at
the North Pole) (1857); Life of Baron Cohorn)
(1860); and (Personal and Military History of
General Philip Kearny) (1869).
De Puy, Henry Walter. An American mis-
cellaneous writer ; born in Pompey Hill, Onon-
daga County, N. Y. , in 1820; died Feb. 2, 1876.
He constantly contributed political articles to
the press; he wrote several popular poems,
and was the author of "Kossuth and his Gen.
erals, with a brief history of Hungary (1851);
Louis Napoleon and his Times, with a
memoir of the Bonaparte family (1853) ; (Three
Score Years and Beyond) (1873); and (Ethan
Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of 1876.
De Puy, William Harrison. An American
clergyman and writer; born in New York, 1821.
His works include: (Statistics of the Methodist
Episcopal Church'; (Home and Health); and
Home Economics,' a book of great popularity.
De Quincey, Thomas. A celebrated Eng.
lish author; born in Manchester, Aug. 15, 1785;
died Dec. 8, 1859. He was a very prolific
writer; but his works are mostly occasional
essays, and papers on historical, literary, and
miscellaneous topics. Besides collections of
these, his published works include: (Confes-
sions of an English Opium Eater) (1821); "Let-
ters to a Young Man Whose Education has
been Neglected' (1823); Logic of Political
Economy' (1844); (Klosterheim' (1839); etc. *
Derby, George Horatio. [“John Phænix. ”]
An American humorist; born in Dedham,
Mass. , April 3, 1823; died in New York, May
15, 1861. Graduated at West Point (1846), and
served in the army during the Mexican War
(1846-47). He wrote under the name "John
Phoenix » a series of sketches and burlesques,
entitled Phænixiana) (1855), and "The Squi-
bob Papers) (1859).
Derby, James Cephas. An American pub-
lisher of New York and San Francisco; born
1818; died 1892. He is the author of Fifty
Years among Authors, Books, and Publishers. )
Dernburg, Friedrich (dern'bürg). A Ger-
man journalist and descriptive writer ; born in
Mentz, Oct. 3, 1833. After a university course,
he rapidly acquired eminence in both journal-
ism and politics, being one of the companions
of the German Crown Prince (now Emperor)
in a trip to Rome, and later a well-known
personality at the Columbian Exposition. From
the White City' (1893), a series of World's
Fair sketches; In the Bonds of Guilt) (1894);
and “The Over Proud? (1889), afford typical
specimens of his fact and fiction.
De Rosny, Leon. A celebrated French Ori-
entalist; born at Loos, France, Aug. 5, 1837.
Professor of Japanese at the Special School of
Languages since 1868, and founder of the Inter-
national Congress of Orientalists. Among his
numerous works are : Asiatic Studies) (1864);
(The Origin of Language) (1869); Japanese
Anthology) (1871); A Grammar of the Chi-
nese Language (London, 1874); (Japanese Re.
ligion (1881); and various translations, pam-
phlets, and essays.
Déroulède, Paul (dé-rö-lād'). A French poet;
born at Paris, Sept. 2, 1846. His 'Soldier Songs
(1872) and Military Refrains) (1888) were
immensely popular, and won him the presi-
dency of the Patriotic League; an association
intensely hostile to Germans, and whose agi-
tation seemed likely to lead to a collision
with Germany, wherefore the poet was pre-
vailed upon to retire from the presidency.
He has written a drama of patriotism, (The
Hetman,' and the semi-religious drama (The
Moabitess. *
Derzhavin, Gavriil Románovich (der-sha'.
vin). A noted Russian poet; born at Kasan,
July 14, 1743; died on his estate in the gov-
ernment of Novgorod, July 21, 1816. He won
the favor of Catharine II. by his ode Feliza
(1782), and afterward rose to high office. His
last thirteen years were passed in retirement.
The characteristics of his poetry are originality
of conception, splendor of imagery, forcefulness
and mastery of language. His admiration for
Catharine II. inspired him with the true poetic
afflatus, though some of his poems are mere
strings of hollow phrases. He was nevertheless
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which has been translated into all European
languages and into Japanese.
De Sanctis, Francesco (dė sänk'tis). An
Italian literary historian and critic (1818-83);
born at Morra. His revolutionary critical dis-
quisitions on the great poets gained him dis-
tinction. He was general secretary of the
department of public education in the revolu-
tionary government of 1848; after restoration
of the monarchy he spent three years in prison,
where he studied German literature, and trans-
lated parts of Goethe and Schiller and Hegel's
Logic. Afterward he was minister of educa-
tion, and professor in the University of Naples.
His most important works are a History of
Italian Literature) and (Critical Essays, the
latter a work of high authority.
Désaugiers, Marc Antoine Madeleine (dė-
sõ-zhā'). A noted French song-writer and
dramatist; born at Fréjus, Nov. 17, 1772; died
at Paris, Aug. 9, 1827. His life till 1797 was
full of adventure ; he was at one time a pris.
oner of the revolted blacks in San Domingo
and in momentary fear of death. Going on
the stage in Paris, in 1805, his parody of the
opera “Danaids) ("The Little Danaids') was
acted for 300 consecutive nights. His vaude-
villes were remarkably successful. As a light
song-writer he is second only, if indeed sec-
ond, to Béranger. Many of his songs will live
long; e. g. , (The Consolations of Old Age);
'The Picture of New Years. Many of them
are exquisite little gems of art; e. g. , (The
Market'; 'Sunday Pleasures ); (The Palais
Royal.
Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline (dā-bord".
väl-mor''). A French poet (1785-1859); born
at Douai. She made her debut at the age of
16 in comic opera, but shortly after quit the
stage. She wrote several volumes of poems :
Elegies and Romances); New Elegies and
Poems'; 'Tears); (Poor Flowers'; Bouquets
and Prayers'; and (Poems of Childhood. All
her poems are distinguished by great sweetness
and unaffected pathos. Her most perfect song
is perhaps If He had known. She wrote
also several stories.
Descartes, René (dā-kärt'). An illustrious
French philosopher; born at La Haye, Tou-
raine, March 31, 1596; died at Stockholm, Feb.
11, 1650. His works comprise : Discourse on
Method' (1637); Meditations in Elementary
Philosophy'; 'Philosophical Beginnings); (Di.
optrique); Meteors); (Geometry); "Letters
to the Princess Elizabeth'; and many contro-
versial amplifications of his doctrines, among
them (Treatise on the Passions) (1649). *
Deschamps, Eustache, called Morel. A
French poet ; born about 1330 at Vertus, Dept.
Marne; died after 1415. He composed a
multitude of short poems of a political or
moral nature. The Mirror of Marriage com-
prises 13. 000 lines. He wrote an "Art of Poet.
izing,' the earliest mediæval work of its kind.
Deschamps de Saint Amand, Antony
(dā-shon). A French poet (1800-69); born at
Paris. After translating from Dante, he pub.
lished (1831) Political Satires,' notable for
vigor and poetic form. But his mind already
showed signs of organic disorder, and his "Last
Words) (1835) reveal it plainly. He also wrote:
(Resignation' (1839); “Studies of Italy) (1835);
and many short poems.
Deschamps de Saint Amand, Émile. A
French poet, elder brother of Antony (1791-
1871); born at Bourges. His song Peace Won
by Arms) (1812) attracted the notice of Napo-
leon. In 1818, with Latouche, he produced the
successful comedy (The Round of Favor. To
the journal La Muse Française, founded by
him and Victor Hugo (1824), he contributed
poems, stories, and critical essays, and stood as
leader of the romantic school. He published
several volumes of miscellaneous poems, essays
on Goethe, Schiller, and Shakespeare, and
many sprightly but earnest dramas, which were
set to music by Bellini, Halévy, Rossini, and
Auber; also a volume of Philosophical Stories)
(1854).
Deshoulières, Antoinette (dā-zö-lyảr'). An
eminent French poet; born in Paris, Jan. 1,
1638; died there, Feb. 17, 1694. She was edu-
cated in the spirit of the “précieuses” of the
Hôtel Rambouillet, and so assimilated their
spirit and methods as to be called the tenth
Muse » for her tragedies, comedies, and operas.
But her verses sound hollow and insincere.
Her best work and inspirations are found in
her Idylls,' especially in (The Sheep'; (The
Flowers'; (The Birds. '
Desjardins, Paul (dā-zhär-dan'). A French
writer of essays on social and moral questions ;
born 184 He is professor of rhetoric in the
St. Stanislas College, Paris, and member of
the editorial staff of the Journal des Débats.
His studies of social phenomena were collected
under the general title Contemporary Notes. '
One of his works led to the formation of the
Union for Moral Action. *
Deslys, Charles (dā-le'). A French novelist
(1821-85); born at Paris.
The most notable
of his numerous stories are: (The Million-
airess) (1852); (The Last Grisette) (1853);
(The King of Yvetot) (1866); "Stories of La
Grève) (1866), which won an Academy prize ;
(The Stonebreaker' (1867).
Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean (dā-mär-a'
dė san-sor-lan'). A French poet (1595-1676);
born at Paris. He was a favorite of Cardinal
Richelieu, and one of the first members of the
Academy. He wrote several plays; among
them a character comedy, (The Visionaries'
(1637), received with great favor. Some of his
comic figures had Molière for their original.
He wrote also epics; among them (Clovis )
(1657) and Mary Magdalene) (1669). In his
early years he led a wild, disordered life; but
later became a devotee, and wrote many reli-
gious poems and anti-Jansenist polemics.
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Desnoiresterres, Gustave (dã-nwär-tār'). A
French novelist and literary historian (1817--92);
born at Bayeux. Among his novels are (The
Black Chamber) (1843); 'Love on a Stage
Coach' (1853). He wrote several very valua-
ble essays and monographs on the history of
French literature and of French manners. The
Academy crowned his greatest work: Vol.
taire and French Society in the 18th Century)
(8 vols. , 1855).
Desnoyers, Louis (dān-wi-â'). A French
journalist and novelist (1805-68); born at Re-
plonges, Dept. Ain. He founded the journal
Charivari (1832), and was one of the founders
of the Siècle. He wrote soine vaudevilles, and
several novels, such as Adventures of Jean-
Paul Choppart) (1836); Memoirs of a 20-Sous
Piece) (1837).
Despériers, Bonaventure (dā-per-yā'). A
French story-teller; born at Arnay-le-Duc,
about 1505; died 1544. He was secretary to
Margaret of Navarre. He wrote a series of 90
stories : (New Recreations and Merry Conceits,
printed in 1558. In 1537 was published his
(Cymbalum Mundi in French,' a virulent and
contemptuous attack on the Christian religion,
which was burned by the common hangman,
and of which only one copy is in existence. The
author probably escaped a like fate by suicide.
Desportes, Philippe (dā-port'). A French
poet (1546-1606); born at Chartres. His poems
are marked by purity of style and well-knit
metrical form. Besides his numerous beautiful
and musical elegies and sonnets (457 of these),
he made a translation of the Psalms,' and
published a volume of Christian Prayers and
Meditations in prose.
Destouches, Philippe Néricault (dā-tösh').
A French dramatist (1680-1754); born at Tours.
His poetical talents won him the patronage
of the Duke of Orleans, and he was employed
a diplomatic mission to England. His
comedy (The Boaster) (1732) is a masterpiece
in matter, in elaboration, and in character de.
lineation; Lessing classes that work, with its
companion piece (The Spendthrift! (1736), as
(models of the finer high comedy. ” Hardly
inferior to these is ( The Married Philosopher
(1727), largely based on the the author's own life.
Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude,
Count (de-stüt' de tra-se'). A French philo-
sophical and metaphysical writer; born in Paris,
July 20, 1754; died there, March 10, 1836. Though
in repeated peril during the French Revolution,
he survived to write Elements of Ideology)
(1817), a development of Condillac's philosophy,
and in part an exposition of what passed then
for economics. His (Delineation of the Politics
of the World's Nations) (1820), and prior works,
received considerable notice in this country
through Jefferson's praise in his letters.
De Tabley, Lord — John Byrne Leicester
Warren. An English poet; born 1835; died
189. He was much admired for the beauty
and refinement of his lyrics. He published :
(Eclogues and Monodramas) (1864); (Re-
hearsals) (1870). He is still better known as
an authority on book-plates. "
Detlef, Karl (det'lef), pseudonym of Klara
Bauer. A German novelist; born in Swine-
münde, June 23, 1836 ; died in Breslau, June 29,
1876. Her Indissoluble Bonds) (1877) and
Must It Be ? ) (1872) are valuable and en-
grossing studies of character.
Deus, João de (dā-üsh). A Portuguese lyric
poet; born at São Bartolomeu de Messines, in
the province of Algarve, March 8, 1830. He is
regarded by his countrymen as introducer of a
new era of Portuguese poetry. National spirit,
originality, sensibility, and rhythmic melody
characterize his poems. They are published in
(Field-fowers) (1890); (A Branch of Blooms)
(1870); and other works.
De Vere, Sir Aubrey. An Irish poet (1788–
1846). His works are: Julian the Apostate :
a Dramatic Poem) (1822); (The Duke of
Mercia : an Historical Drama,' the volume con-
taining also (The Lamentations of Ireland)
(1823); “The Song of Faith, Devout Exercises
and Sonnets) (1842); and Mary Tudor: an
Historical Drama, published posthumously
(1847). His sonnets Wordsworth declared to be
“the most perfect of our age. ” *
De Vere, Aubrey Thomas. An Irish poet
and descriptive and political essayist, son of
Sir Aubrey; born at Curragh Chase, Limer.
ick, Jan. 10, 1814. (Poems' (1843) first revealed
his inheritance of talent from his distinguished
father; and in 'Irish Odes) (1869) and (Alex-
ander the Great) (1874) he has vindicated his
title to high poetic rank. In prose, his Pict-
uresque Sketches of Greece and Turkey) (1850)
and Constitutional and Unconstitutional Po.
litical Action (1881) show facility of style.
De Vere, Mary Ainge. (“Madeline Bridges. ")
An American poet; born in Brooklyn, N. Y. ,
18–. Has contributed much to the periodicals;
is the author of Love Songs and Other Poems)
(1870) and Poems) (1890).
De Vere, Maximilian Schele. A noted phi.
lologist ; born near Wexio, Sweden, Nov. I, 1820;
came to the United States in 1843; in 1844
became professor of modern languages and
belle-lettres in the University of Virginia. His
contributions to the leading magazines have
been both literary and scientific. His works
include: (Outlines of Comparative Philology)
(1853); (Stray Leaves from the Book of Na-
ture) (1856); (Studies in English); (Glimpses
of Europe in 1848); (Romance of American
History); (Wonders of the Deep); etc.
De Walden, Thomas Blaides. An English
dramatist; born in London, England, 1811;
died in New York city, Sept. 26, 1873. He
came to America in 1844 and began his career
as an actor; but he made his greatest success
a dramatist, writing and adapting more
than one hundred plays, including (Sam' for
F. S. Chanfrau, and (The Hypochondriac.
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Dewey, Orville. A prominent American
about 1593.
His (True History of the Dis-
clergyman and man of letters; born in Sheffield, covery and Conquest of New Spain) was pub-
Mass. , March 28, 1794; died there, March 21, lished at Madrid in 1632. He had little literary
1882. He entered the Unitarian ministry in skill and no scientific knowledge ; but he was
1819, and became prominent as a pastor in a keen observer with a good memory, and an
New Bedford and New York. For two years effective story-teller with a fine taste for marvel-
he was Dr. Channing's assistant in Boston. In ous teats and the supernatural, though trust.
1862 he retired and devoted himself to study. worthy for ordinary happenings. *
Among his works are : (Discourses on Human
Dibdin, Charles.
Nature (1847); Discourses on the Nature of
An English lyric and
dramatic poet and actor; born at Southamp-
Religion (1847); (The Problem of Human
Destiny) (1864).
ton, 1745; died July 25, 1814. He opened a
little playhouse in London, the Sans Souci
Dexter, Henry Martyn. An American cler- | Theatre, and there brought out his own plays,
gyman and religious writer; born at Plympton, enlivened with his own songs, set to music of
Mass. , Aug. 13, 1821 ; died Nov. 13, 1890. Edu-
his own composition, and with himself as the
cated at Yale and Andover. He was pastor in leading actor. He wrote probably fifty plays
Manchester, N. H. , 1844-49; and of the Berke-
and operettas (best remembered among them
ley Street Congregational Church, Boston, Mass. , (The Quaker,' an operetta), two novels, a
1849-67, when he became editor of the Congre. (History of the Stage, and over a thousand
gationalist. His chief work is (The Congrega-
songs. His “Sea Songs) are popular favorites
tionalism of the Last Three Hundred Years)
still. He wrote an autobiography: Profes-
(1880).
sional Life) (4 vols. , 1803). *
Diamante, Juan Bautista (de-ä-män'tė). A
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall. An eminent Eng-
Spanish playwright; born about 1626; died
lish bibliographer; born in Calcutta, India, 1775
toward the end of the century. Of his plays,
or 1776; died in Kensington, London, Nov. 18,
45 are extant. All are founded on Spanish his-
1847. Books, not as literature merely, but as
tory; two on legends of the Cid, one —«Who
things, were the objects of his study and delight,
Honors his Father'- being verbatim coinci-
with such results as the “Bibliographical Decam-
dent with Corneille's (Cid) throughout entire
eron (1817); Bibliophobia) (1832); and ( Rem-
scenes. Which is the original ? Recent critics
iniscences of a Literary Life) (1836), - works in
lean strongly to the Spaniard. Diamante wrote
which the collection of books is dealt with
some religious or spiritual » plays, and a few
from the point of view of a lover of the print-
musical dramas; of the last class, Alpheus
ing, binding, and illustrating arts.
and Arethusa) is held the best.
Dibdin, Thomas John. An English dram-
Diaz, Mrs. Abby (Morton). An American
atist; born in London, March 21, 1771; died
story-writer; born in Massachusetts, 1821 ; was
there, Sept. 16, 1841. Prolific in plays of an
a member of the famous Brook Farm Associa-
ephemeral character, Blindman's Buff, (The
tion, and has been an earnest worker in social
Pirates, and similar things of an hour, he
reforms. Her books for children include : (The
lived well, worked hard, and died poor, leaving
Cat's Arabian Knights); (The John Spicer
interesting (Reminiscences) (1827) behind him.
Lectures); 'Polly Cologne); Jimmyjohns); and
(The William Henry Letters. Other works Dicey, Edward. An English journalist, trav-
are : Bybury to Beacon Street, a Discussion eler, and author; born in Leicestershire, Eng.
of Social Topics); Domestic Problems);'Only land, in 1832. He graduated with distinction
a Flock of Women. '
at Trinity College, Cambridge, and entered
Diaz or Dias, Antonio Gonçalves (dē’äs).
journalism. He was identified for a short time
A Brazilian poet; born at Caxias, Brazil, 1823;
with the Daily Telegraph and Daily News, and
died at sea, 1864 or 1866. His lyric poems
from 1870 to 1889 was editor of the Observer.
are comprised in the volumes entitled (First,"
Among his works are : Rome in 1860) (1861);
(Second,' and Last Songs. His other works
(The Battlefields of 1866' (1866); (A Month
are an epic left incomplete and four dramas.
in Russia during the Marriage of the Czare-
His verses give proof of great originality, with
wich) (1867); 'England and Egypt) (1881).
tenderness of feeling and a lively wit.
Dickens, Charles. An English editor, eldest
Diaz de Escobar, Narciso (de'äth de es-ko-
son of Charles Dickens; born in 1837; died
bär'). A Spanish poet; born at Malaga, June
July 20, 1896, at West Kensington, England.
25, 1860. He won great popularity with his
He was educated at King's College, Eton, and
lyric poems, and several of his dramatic com-
at Leipsic; became assistant to his father as
positions have been very successful :( A Morisco
editor of All the Year Round, and subsequently
Episode); (The Young Men of the Day);
chief partner in a printing firm. He edited
"Two Husbands and a Wife. In collaboration
a "Life of Charles Mathews); (The Dictionary
with other writers, he has published a volume
of London); Paris and the Thames. )
of "Character Sketches from Madrid. '
Dickens, Charles. A famous English nov-
elist; born at Landport in Portsea, Feb. 7,
Diaz del Castillo, Bernal (dē'äth del käs- 1812; died June 9, 1870. His works include:
tēl'yo). A Spanish chronicler of the conquest (Sketches by Boz' (1835-36); ' Pickwick Papers!
of Mexico; born about 1498; died in Mexico (1837); (Oliver Twist) (1838-39); Nicholas
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Nickleby) (1839); Master Humphrey's Clock)
(1840-41), a weekly issue in periodical form,
comprising among others the installments of
(Old Curiosity Shop) and Barnaby Rudge);
(American Notes (1842); A Christmas Carol
(1843); Martin Chuzzlewit) (1844); "The
Chimes) (1844); (The Cricket on the Hearth)
(1845); Pictures from Italy) (1846); (The
Battle of Life) (1846); Dombey and Son!
(1848); (The Haunted Man) (1848); David
Copperfield) (1850); Bleak House) (1853);
"A Child's History of England (1854); (Hard
Times) (1854); "Little Dorrit (1857); (A Tale
of Two Cities) (1859); "Great Expectations!
(1861); (Our Mutual Friend) (1865); (The
Mystery of Edwin Drood) (1870), unfinished;
and many short pieces and humorous essays,
stories, and sketches. *
Dickens, Mary Angela (Evans). An Eng.
lish novelist, daughter of William Evans; born
in 1838. In 1861 she married the eldest son of
Charles Dickens. Her best-known novel is (A
Mere Cipher) (1893). She has also written :
(Cross Currents) (1892); «Valiant Ignorance)
(1894); (Some Women's Ways,' a volume of
short stories.
Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth. Orator, novel-
ist, and playwright; born in Philadelphia, Oct.
28, 1842. At the outbreak of the Civil War she
became known as a speaker, and under the
stimulus of the great events became an orator
of great power and persuasiveness, who created
by her youth, real pathos, and brilliant rhetoric,
the greatest enthusiasm wherever she
heard ; no name was better known the country
through. She was called the “Joan of Arc »
of the war. Some of her books are: "What
Answer) (1868), a novel; (A Paying Invest-
ment) (1876); (A Ragged Register of People,
Places, and Opinions) (1879). She was the
author of two plays of excellent dramatic qual-
ity, Anne Boleyn) and Marie Tudor) (1875),
in which she played the title rôles.
Dickinson, Emily. An American poet; born
in Amherst, Mass. , Dec. 10, 1830; died there,
May 15, 1886. Living the life of a recluse, she
wrote much verse in forms peculiar to herself,
but she published almost nothing; although
the few pieces that appeared attracted much
attention. In 1892 a collection of her poems
was issued which received warm praise from
competent critics. In all, three volumes of her
verse and prose have appeared.
Dickinson, John. An early American polit-
ical writer and statesman. He was born in
Maryland, Nov. 13, 1732, and died at Wil-
mington, Del. , Feb. 14, 1808. He wrote a series
of State papers --(Address to the Inhabitants
of Quebec); (Petitions to the King); (Ad-
dress to the Armies) — that had great influence
in their day. He was the author of Letters
from a Pennsylvania Farmer to the Inhabitants
of the Colonies) (1767), and "Essay on Con-
stitutional Power of Great Britain over the
American Colonies) (1774). Dickinson Col-
lege at Carlisle, Pa. , was named in his honor.
Diderot, Denis (de-dro'). A distinguished
French philosopher, foremost of the “Encyclo.
pedists”; born at Langres, Oct.
explorer and historical writer; born in Paris,
France, Aug. 13. 1798; died Aug. 2, 1890. He was
an extensive traveler and a voluminous writer.
Among his works are: “History of Brazil'
(1821); Buenos Ayres and Paraguay) (2 vols. ,
1823). He is also the author of a series of
historical novels: (Ysmael-ben-Kaisar, or the
Discovery of the New World) (3 vols. , 1829).
Denison, Charles Wheeler. An American
poet and prose-writer ; born in New London,
Conn. , Nov. 11, 1809; died Nov. 14, 1881. He
published: (The American Village and Other
Poems) (1845); (Out at Sea,' poems (1867).
His prose works include (The Child Hunters)
(1867) and a series of biographies : (The Tan-
ner Boy) (Grant); (Winfield the Lawyer's
Son) (Hancock); and others.
Denison, John Ledyard. An American his-
torian; born in Stonington, Conn. , Sept. 19, 1826.
He published a "Pictorial History of the Wars
of the United States,' and edited an “Illustrated
History of the New World' in English and in
German.
Denison, Mary Andrew8). An American
novelist, wife of C. W. ; born in Cambridge,
Mass. , May 26, 1826. Assisted in editing the
Olive Branch, in which her husband was inter-
ested; also contributed to American and Eng.
lish periodicals. Her works include: Home
Pictures) (1853); (That Husband of Mine,' of
which it is said the sale reached 200,000 copies;
and “What One Boy can Do) (1885).
Denne, Henry. An English Puritan divine,
who Aourished in the seventeenth century and
was noted for his attacks upon the vices of
the clergy. He published «The Man of Sin)
(1645); (The Drag Net of the Kingdom of
Heaven) (1646); (Grace, Mercy, and Truth);
etc. His sermons and other works were pub-
lished in London, 1642-60.
Denne-Baron, Pierre Jacques René (dān.
bär-ôn). A French poet and essayist; born in
Paris, Sept. 6, 1780; died there, June 5, 1854.
He had much learning and a faultless taste ;
(Hero and Leander) (1806) and Poetic
Flowers) (1825) being delightful though not
great, while his (Dictionary of Conversation
is widely known.
Dennery or d'Ennery, Adolphe Philippe
(den-er-e'). A French dramatist ; born at Paris,
June 17, 1811. He has produced, either alone
or in collaboration, about 200 separate compo-
sitions. Among his own productions are the
dramas (My Daughter's Honor (1835); (The
Pearl of Savoy) (1842); (Mary Jane) (1845),
one of the strongest popular plays of our time:
(The Two Orphans) (1873); the comedies and
vaudevilles (The Change of Uniform (1836),
and Robber Paris) (1844); and the fairy spec-
tacles Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp
(1863), and “The Tribute of Zamora. '
Dennie, Joseph. An American journalist;
born in Boston, Aug. 30, 1768; died in Phila-
delphia, Jan. 7, 1812. Published (The Farrago!
(1795), essays on life and literature. From 1796
to 1798 edited with great success the Farmer's
Weekly Museum at Walpole, N. H. In this ap-
peared his essays signed “The Lay Preacher,"
whose droll and easy style made him popular.
In Philadelphia (1801), assisted by Asbury
Dickens, he founded the Portfolio, which he
edited till his death under the pen-name of
« Oliver Old-School. ” Two collections of his
writings have been published: The Lay
Preacher, or Short Sermons for Idle Readers)
(1796); and 'The Lay Preacher) (1817).
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Dennis, John. An English dramatist and
critic (1657-1734); born in London. Of his
dramas none had much success or deserved it.
He was a savage critic, but he had some just
views of dramatic art and poetry, as is proved
by his (Three Letters on the Genius and Writ-
ings of Shakespeare) (1711). His fame is per-
petuated not by his own writings, but by the
satires and anecdotes of his enemies, Pope's
Dunciad' in particular. He invented a new
species of stage thunder; and the phrase
“stealing one's thunder” is due to his angry
outburst at some managers who used it in a
successful play when one of his had been
damned.
Deotyma (dā-o-tē'mä), pseudonym of Jad-
viga Luszczevska. A Polish poet and story-
writer; born in Warsaw, October 1830. She
has long been celebrated for the power and
charm of her prose and versification; (At the
Parting Way) (1876) being a story of rare
merit, and The Pole in Song' (1859) con-
taining many of her finest stanzas.
Depew, Chauncey Mitchell. An American
lawyer; born in Peekskill, N. Y. , April 23, 1834.
He is president of the New York Central and
Hudson River R. R. Co. Noted as a political
orator and an after-dinner speaker. Published
(Orations and After-Dinner Speeches) (1890).
De Peyster, John Watts (de-pēs'ter). An
American miscellaneous writer; born in New
York city, March 9, 1821. He has contributed
much to periodicals, and written a vast num-
ber of monographs, often polemic,- one being
in defense of his Loyalist grandfather, second
in command at King's Mountain on the Brit-
ish side. He is author of: Life of Field
Marshal Torstenson (1855); (The Dutch at
the North Pole) (1857); Life of Baron Cohorn)
(1860); and (Personal and Military History of
General Philip Kearny) (1869).
De Puy, Henry Walter. An American mis-
cellaneous writer ; born in Pompey Hill, Onon-
daga County, N. Y. , in 1820; died Feb. 2, 1876.
He constantly contributed political articles to
the press; he wrote several popular poems,
and was the author of "Kossuth and his Gen.
erals, with a brief history of Hungary (1851);
Louis Napoleon and his Times, with a
memoir of the Bonaparte family (1853) ; (Three
Score Years and Beyond) (1873); and (Ethan
Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of 1876.
De Puy, William Harrison. An American
clergyman and writer; born in New York, 1821.
His works include: (Statistics of the Methodist
Episcopal Church'; (Home and Health); and
Home Economics,' a book of great popularity.
De Quincey, Thomas. A celebrated Eng.
lish author; born in Manchester, Aug. 15, 1785;
died Dec. 8, 1859. He was a very prolific
writer; but his works are mostly occasional
essays, and papers on historical, literary, and
miscellaneous topics. Besides collections of
these, his published works include: (Confes-
sions of an English Opium Eater) (1821); "Let-
ters to a Young Man Whose Education has
been Neglected' (1823); Logic of Political
Economy' (1844); (Klosterheim' (1839); etc. *
Derby, George Horatio. [“John Phænix. ”]
An American humorist; born in Dedham,
Mass. , April 3, 1823; died in New York, May
15, 1861. Graduated at West Point (1846), and
served in the army during the Mexican War
(1846-47). He wrote under the name "John
Phoenix » a series of sketches and burlesques,
entitled Phænixiana) (1855), and "The Squi-
bob Papers) (1859).
Derby, James Cephas. An American pub-
lisher of New York and San Francisco; born
1818; died 1892. He is the author of Fifty
Years among Authors, Books, and Publishers. )
Dernburg, Friedrich (dern'bürg). A Ger-
man journalist and descriptive writer ; born in
Mentz, Oct. 3, 1833. After a university course,
he rapidly acquired eminence in both journal-
ism and politics, being one of the companions
of the German Crown Prince (now Emperor)
in a trip to Rome, and later a well-known
personality at the Columbian Exposition. From
the White City' (1893), a series of World's
Fair sketches; In the Bonds of Guilt) (1894);
and “The Over Proud? (1889), afford typical
specimens of his fact and fiction.
De Rosny, Leon. A celebrated French Ori-
entalist; born at Loos, France, Aug. 5, 1837.
Professor of Japanese at the Special School of
Languages since 1868, and founder of the Inter-
national Congress of Orientalists. Among his
numerous works are : Asiatic Studies) (1864);
(The Origin of Language) (1869); Japanese
Anthology) (1871); A Grammar of the Chi-
nese Language (London, 1874); (Japanese Re.
ligion (1881); and various translations, pam-
phlets, and essays.
Déroulède, Paul (dé-rö-lād'). A French poet;
born at Paris, Sept. 2, 1846. His 'Soldier Songs
(1872) and Military Refrains) (1888) were
immensely popular, and won him the presi-
dency of the Patriotic League; an association
intensely hostile to Germans, and whose agi-
tation seemed likely to lead to a collision
with Germany, wherefore the poet was pre-
vailed upon to retire from the presidency.
He has written a drama of patriotism, (The
Hetman,' and the semi-religious drama (The
Moabitess. *
Derzhavin, Gavriil Románovich (der-sha'.
vin). A noted Russian poet; born at Kasan,
July 14, 1743; died on his estate in the gov-
ernment of Novgorod, July 21, 1816. He won
the favor of Catharine II. by his ode Feliza
(1782), and afterward rose to high office. His
last thirteen years were passed in retirement.
The characteristics of his poetry are originality
of conception, splendor of imagery, forcefulness
and mastery of language. His admiration for
Catharine II. inspired him with the true poetic
afflatus, though some of his poems are mere
strings of hollow phrases. He was nevertheless
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tempered man. His best poem is the ode (God,'
which has been translated into all European
languages and into Japanese.
De Sanctis, Francesco (dė sänk'tis). An
Italian literary historian and critic (1818-83);
born at Morra. His revolutionary critical dis-
quisitions on the great poets gained him dis-
tinction. He was general secretary of the
department of public education in the revolu-
tionary government of 1848; after restoration
of the monarchy he spent three years in prison,
where he studied German literature, and trans-
lated parts of Goethe and Schiller and Hegel's
Logic. Afterward he was minister of educa-
tion, and professor in the University of Naples.
His most important works are a History of
Italian Literature) and (Critical Essays, the
latter a work of high authority.
Désaugiers, Marc Antoine Madeleine (dė-
sõ-zhā'). A noted French song-writer and
dramatist; born at Fréjus, Nov. 17, 1772; died
at Paris, Aug. 9, 1827. His life till 1797 was
full of adventure ; he was at one time a pris.
oner of the revolted blacks in San Domingo
and in momentary fear of death. Going on
the stage in Paris, in 1805, his parody of the
opera “Danaids) ("The Little Danaids') was
acted for 300 consecutive nights. His vaude-
villes were remarkably successful. As a light
song-writer he is second only, if indeed sec-
ond, to Béranger. Many of his songs will live
long; e. g. , (The Consolations of Old Age);
'The Picture of New Years. Many of them
are exquisite little gems of art; e. g. , (The
Market'; 'Sunday Pleasures ); (The Palais
Royal.
Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline (dā-bord".
väl-mor''). A French poet (1785-1859); born
at Douai. She made her debut at the age of
16 in comic opera, but shortly after quit the
stage. She wrote several volumes of poems :
Elegies and Romances); New Elegies and
Poems'; 'Tears); (Poor Flowers'; Bouquets
and Prayers'; and (Poems of Childhood. All
her poems are distinguished by great sweetness
and unaffected pathos. Her most perfect song
is perhaps If He had known. She wrote
also several stories.
Descartes, René (dā-kärt'). An illustrious
French philosopher; born at La Haye, Tou-
raine, March 31, 1596; died at Stockholm, Feb.
11, 1650. His works comprise : Discourse on
Method' (1637); Meditations in Elementary
Philosophy'; 'Philosophical Beginnings); (Di.
optrique); Meteors); (Geometry); "Letters
to the Princess Elizabeth'; and many contro-
versial amplifications of his doctrines, among
them (Treatise on the Passions) (1649). *
Deschamps, Eustache, called Morel. A
French poet ; born about 1330 at Vertus, Dept.
Marne; died after 1415. He composed a
multitude of short poems of a political or
moral nature. The Mirror of Marriage com-
prises 13. 000 lines. He wrote an "Art of Poet.
izing,' the earliest mediæval work of its kind.
Deschamps de Saint Amand, Antony
(dā-shon). A French poet (1800-69); born at
Paris. After translating from Dante, he pub.
lished (1831) Political Satires,' notable for
vigor and poetic form. But his mind already
showed signs of organic disorder, and his "Last
Words) (1835) reveal it plainly. He also wrote:
(Resignation' (1839); “Studies of Italy) (1835);
and many short poems.
Deschamps de Saint Amand, Émile. A
French poet, elder brother of Antony (1791-
1871); born at Bourges. His song Peace Won
by Arms) (1812) attracted the notice of Napo-
leon. In 1818, with Latouche, he produced the
successful comedy (The Round of Favor. To
the journal La Muse Française, founded by
him and Victor Hugo (1824), he contributed
poems, stories, and critical essays, and stood as
leader of the romantic school. He published
several volumes of miscellaneous poems, essays
on Goethe, Schiller, and Shakespeare, and
many sprightly but earnest dramas, which were
set to music by Bellini, Halévy, Rossini, and
Auber; also a volume of Philosophical Stories)
(1854).
Deshoulières, Antoinette (dā-zö-lyảr'). An
eminent French poet; born in Paris, Jan. 1,
1638; died there, Feb. 17, 1694. She was edu-
cated in the spirit of the “précieuses” of the
Hôtel Rambouillet, and so assimilated their
spirit and methods as to be called the tenth
Muse » for her tragedies, comedies, and operas.
But her verses sound hollow and insincere.
Her best work and inspirations are found in
her Idylls,' especially in (The Sheep'; (The
Flowers'; (The Birds. '
Desjardins, Paul (dā-zhär-dan'). A French
writer of essays on social and moral questions ;
born 184 He is professor of rhetoric in the
St. Stanislas College, Paris, and member of
the editorial staff of the Journal des Débats.
His studies of social phenomena were collected
under the general title Contemporary Notes. '
One of his works led to the formation of the
Union for Moral Action. *
Deslys, Charles (dā-le'). A French novelist
(1821-85); born at Paris.
The most notable
of his numerous stories are: (The Million-
airess) (1852); (The Last Grisette) (1853);
(The King of Yvetot) (1866); "Stories of La
Grève) (1866), which won an Academy prize ;
(The Stonebreaker' (1867).
Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean (dā-mär-a'
dė san-sor-lan'). A French poet (1595-1676);
born at Paris. He was a favorite of Cardinal
Richelieu, and one of the first members of the
Academy. He wrote several plays; among
them a character comedy, (The Visionaries'
(1637), received with great favor. Some of his
comic figures had Molière for their original.
He wrote also epics; among them (Clovis )
(1657) and Mary Magdalene) (1669). In his
early years he led a wild, disordered life; but
later became a devotee, and wrote many reli-
gious poems and anti-Jansenist polemics.
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Desnoiresterres, Gustave (dã-nwär-tār'). A
French novelist and literary historian (1817--92);
born at Bayeux. Among his novels are (The
Black Chamber) (1843); 'Love on a Stage
Coach' (1853). He wrote several very valua-
ble essays and monographs on the history of
French literature and of French manners. The
Academy crowned his greatest work: Vol.
taire and French Society in the 18th Century)
(8 vols. , 1855).
Desnoyers, Louis (dān-wi-â'). A French
journalist and novelist (1805-68); born at Re-
plonges, Dept. Ain. He founded the journal
Charivari (1832), and was one of the founders
of the Siècle. He wrote soine vaudevilles, and
several novels, such as Adventures of Jean-
Paul Choppart) (1836); Memoirs of a 20-Sous
Piece) (1837).
Despériers, Bonaventure (dā-per-yā'). A
French story-teller; born at Arnay-le-Duc,
about 1505; died 1544. He was secretary to
Margaret of Navarre. He wrote a series of 90
stories : (New Recreations and Merry Conceits,
printed in 1558. In 1537 was published his
(Cymbalum Mundi in French,' a virulent and
contemptuous attack on the Christian religion,
which was burned by the common hangman,
and of which only one copy is in existence. The
author probably escaped a like fate by suicide.
Desportes, Philippe (dā-port'). A French
poet (1546-1606); born at Chartres. His poems
are marked by purity of style and well-knit
metrical form. Besides his numerous beautiful
and musical elegies and sonnets (457 of these),
he made a translation of the Psalms,' and
published a volume of Christian Prayers and
Meditations in prose.
Destouches, Philippe Néricault (dā-tösh').
A French dramatist (1680-1754); born at Tours.
His poetical talents won him the patronage
of the Duke of Orleans, and he was employed
a diplomatic mission to England. His
comedy (The Boaster) (1732) is a masterpiece
in matter, in elaboration, and in character de.
lineation; Lessing classes that work, with its
companion piece (The Spendthrift! (1736), as
(models of the finer high comedy. ” Hardly
inferior to these is ( The Married Philosopher
(1727), largely based on the the author's own life.
Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude,
Count (de-stüt' de tra-se'). A French philo-
sophical and metaphysical writer; born in Paris,
July 20, 1754; died there, March 10, 1836. Though
in repeated peril during the French Revolution,
he survived to write Elements of Ideology)
(1817), a development of Condillac's philosophy,
and in part an exposition of what passed then
for economics. His (Delineation of the Politics
of the World's Nations) (1820), and prior works,
received considerable notice in this country
through Jefferson's praise in his letters.
De Tabley, Lord — John Byrne Leicester
Warren. An English poet; born 1835; died
189. He was much admired for the beauty
and refinement of his lyrics. He published :
(Eclogues and Monodramas) (1864); (Re-
hearsals) (1870). He is still better known as
an authority on book-plates. "
Detlef, Karl (det'lef), pseudonym of Klara
Bauer. A German novelist; born in Swine-
münde, June 23, 1836 ; died in Breslau, June 29,
1876. Her Indissoluble Bonds) (1877) and
Must It Be ? ) (1872) are valuable and en-
grossing studies of character.
Deus, João de (dā-üsh). A Portuguese lyric
poet; born at São Bartolomeu de Messines, in
the province of Algarve, March 8, 1830. He is
regarded by his countrymen as introducer of a
new era of Portuguese poetry. National spirit,
originality, sensibility, and rhythmic melody
characterize his poems. They are published in
(Field-fowers) (1890); (A Branch of Blooms)
(1870); and other works.
De Vere, Sir Aubrey. An Irish poet (1788–
1846). His works are: Julian the Apostate :
a Dramatic Poem) (1822); (The Duke of
Mercia : an Historical Drama,' the volume con-
taining also (The Lamentations of Ireland)
(1823); “The Song of Faith, Devout Exercises
and Sonnets) (1842); and Mary Tudor: an
Historical Drama, published posthumously
(1847). His sonnets Wordsworth declared to be
“the most perfect of our age. ” *
De Vere, Aubrey Thomas. An Irish poet
and descriptive and political essayist, son of
Sir Aubrey; born at Curragh Chase, Limer.
ick, Jan. 10, 1814. (Poems' (1843) first revealed
his inheritance of talent from his distinguished
father; and in 'Irish Odes) (1869) and (Alex-
ander the Great) (1874) he has vindicated his
title to high poetic rank. In prose, his Pict-
uresque Sketches of Greece and Turkey) (1850)
and Constitutional and Unconstitutional Po.
litical Action (1881) show facility of style.
De Vere, Mary Ainge. (“Madeline Bridges. ")
An American poet; born in Brooklyn, N. Y. ,
18–. Has contributed much to the periodicals;
is the author of Love Songs and Other Poems)
(1870) and Poems) (1890).
De Vere, Maximilian Schele. A noted phi.
lologist ; born near Wexio, Sweden, Nov. I, 1820;
came to the United States in 1843; in 1844
became professor of modern languages and
belle-lettres in the University of Virginia. His
contributions to the leading magazines have
been both literary and scientific. His works
include: (Outlines of Comparative Philology)
(1853); (Stray Leaves from the Book of Na-
ture) (1856); (Studies in English); (Glimpses
of Europe in 1848); (Romance of American
History); (Wonders of the Deep); etc.
De Walden, Thomas Blaides. An English
dramatist; born in London, England, 1811;
died in New York city, Sept. 26, 1873. He
came to America in 1844 and began his career
as an actor; but he made his greatest success
a dramatist, writing and adapting more
than one hundred plays, including (Sam' for
F. S. Chanfrau, and (The Hypochondriac.
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about 1593.
His (True History of the Dis-
clergyman and man of letters; born in Sheffield, covery and Conquest of New Spain) was pub-
Mass. , March 28, 1794; died there, March 21, lished at Madrid in 1632. He had little literary
1882. He entered the Unitarian ministry in skill and no scientific knowledge ; but he was
1819, and became prominent as a pastor in a keen observer with a good memory, and an
New Bedford and New York. For two years effective story-teller with a fine taste for marvel-
he was Dr. Channing's assistant in Boston. In ous teats and the supernatural, though trust.
1862 he retired and devoted himself to study. worthy for ordinary happenings. *
Among his works are : (Discourses on Human
Dibdin, Charles.
Nature (1847); Discourses on the Nature of
An English lyric and
dramatic poet and actor; born at Southamp-
Religion (1847); (The Problem of Human
Destiny) (1864).
ton, 1745; died July 25, 1814. He opened a
little playhouse in London, the Sans Souci
Dexter, Henry Martyn. An American cler- | Theatre, and there brought out his own plays,
gyman and religious writer; born at Plympton, enlivened with his own songs, set to music of
Mass. , Aug. 13, 1821 ; died Nov. 13, 1890. Edu-
his own composition, and with himself as the
cated at Yale and Andover. He was pastor in leading actor. He wrote probably fifty plays
Manchester, N. H. , 1844-49; and of the Berke-
and operettas (best remembered among them
ley Street Congregational Church, Boston, Mass. , (The Quaker,' an operetta), two novels, a
1849-67, when he became editor of the Congre. (History of the Stage, and over a thousand
gationalist. His chief work is (The Congrega-
songs. His “Sea Songs) are popular favorites
tionalism of the Last Three Hundred Years)
still. He wrote an autobiography: Profes-
(1880).
sional Life) (4 vols. , 1803). *
Diamante, Juan Bautista (de-ä-män'tė). A
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall. An eminent Eng-
Spanish playwright; born about 1626; died
lish bibliographer; born in Calcutta, India, 1775
toward the end of the century. Of his plays,
or 1776; died in Kensington, London, Nov. 18,
45 are extant. All are founded on Spanish his-
1847. Books, not as literature merely, but as
tory; two on legends of the Cid, one —«Who
things, were the objects of his study and delight,
Honors his Father'- being verbatim coinci-
with such results as the “Bibliographical Decam-
dent with Corneille's (Cid) throughout entire
eron (1817); Bibliophobia) (1832); and ( Rem-
scenes. Which is the original ? Recent critics
iniscences of a Literary Life) (1836), - works in
lean strongly to the Spaniard. Diamante wrote
which the collection of books is dealt with
some religious or spiritual » plays, and a few
from the point of view of a lover of the print-
musical dramas; of the last class, Alpheus
ing, binding, and illustrating arts.
and Arethusa) is held the best.
Dibdin, Thomas John. An English dram-
Diaz, Mrs. Abby (Morton). An American
atist; born in London, March 21, 1771; died
story-writer; born in Massachusetts, 1821 ; was
there, Sept. 16, 1841. Prolific in plays of an
a member of the famous Brook Farm Associa-
ephemeral character, Blindman's Buff, (The
tion, and has been an earnest worker in social
Pirates, and similar things of an hour, he
reforms. Her books for children include : (The
lived well, worked hard, and died poor, leaving
Cat's Arabian Knights); (The John Spicer
interesting (Reminiscences) (1827) behind him.
Lectures); 'Polly Cologne); Jimmyjohns); and
(The William Henry Letters. Other works Dicey, Edward. An English journalist, trav-
are : Bybury to Beacon Street, a Discussion eler, and author; born in Leicestershire, Eng.
of Social Topics); Domestic Problems);'Only land, in 1832. He graduated with distinction
a Flock of Women. '
at Trinity College, Cambridge, and entered
Diaz or Dias, Antonio Gonçalves (dē’äs).
journalism. He was identified for a short time
A Brazilian poet; born at Caxias, Brazil, 1823;
with the Daily Telegraph and Daily News, and
died at sea, 1864 or 1866. His lyric poems
from 1870 to 1889 was editor of the Observer.
are comprised in the volumes entitled (First,"
Among his works are : Rome in 1860) (1861);
(Second,' and Last Songs. His other works
(The Battlefields of 1866' (1866); (A Month
are an epic left incomplete and four dramas.
in Russia during the Marriage of the Czare-
His verses give proof of great originality, with
wich) (1867); 'England and Egypt) (1881).
tenderness of feeling and a lively wit.
Dickens, Charles. An English editor, eldest
Diaz de Escobar, Narciso (de'äth de es-ko-
son of Charles Dickens; born in 1837; died
bär'). A Spanish poet; born at Malaga, June
July 20, 1896, at West Kensington, England.
25, 1860. He won great popularity with his
He was educated at King's College, Eton, and
lyric poems, and several of his dramatic com-
at Leipsic; became assistant to his father as
positions have been very successful :( A Morisco
editor of All the Year Round, and subsequently
Episode); (The Young Men of the Day);
chief partner in a printing firm. He edited
"Two Husbands and a Wife. In collaboration
a "Life of Charles Mathews); (The Dictionary
with other writers, he has published a volume
of London); Paris and the Thames. )
of "Character Sketches from Madrid. '
Dickens, Charles. A famous English nov-
elist; born at Landport in Portsea, Feb. 7,
Diaz del Castillo, Bernal (dē'äth del käs- 1812; died June 9, 1870. His works include:
tēl'yo). A Spanish chronicler of the conquest (Sketches by Boz' (1835-36); ' Pickwick Papers!
of Mexico; born about 1498; died in Mexico (1837); (Oliver Twist) (1838-39); Nicholas
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DIETRICKSON
:
:
:
Nickleby) (1839); Master Humphrey's Clock)
(1840-41), a weekly issue in periodical form,
comprising among others the installments of
(Old Curiosity Shop) and Barnaby Rudge);
(American Notes (1842); A Christmas Carol
(1843); Martin Chuzzlewit) (1844); "The
Chimes) (1844); (The Cricket on the Hearth)
(1845); Pictures from Italy) (1846); (The
Battle of Life) (1846); Dombey and Son!
(1848); (The Haunted Man) (1848); David
Copperfield) (1850); Bleak House) (1853);
"A Child's History of England (1854); (Hard
Times) (1854); "Little Dorrit (1857); (A Tale
of Two Cities) (1859); "Great Expectations!
(1861); (Our Mutual Friend) (1865); (The
Mystery of Edwin Drood) (1870), unfinished;
and many short pieces and humorous essays,
stories, and sketches. *
Dickens, Mary Angela (Evans). An Eng.
lish novelist, daughter of William Evans; born
in 1838. In 1861 she married the eldest son of
Charles Dickens. Her best-known novel is (A
Mere Cipher) (1893). She has also written :
(Cross Currents) (1892); «Valiant Ignorance)
(1894); (Some Women's Ways,' a volume of
short stories.
Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth. Orator, novel-
ist, and playwright; born in Philadelphia, Oct.
28, 1842. At the outbreak of the Civil War she
became known as a speaker, and under the
stimulus of the great events became an orator
of great power and persuasiveness, who created
by her youth, real pathos, and brilliant rhetoric,
the greatest enthusiasm wherever she
heard ; no name was better known the country
through. She was called the “Joan of Arc »
of the war. Some of her books are: "What
Answer) (1868), a novel; (A Paying Invest-
ment) (1876); (A Ragged Register of People,
Places, and Opinions) (1879). She was the
author of two plays of excellent dramatic qual-
ity, Anne Boleyn) and Marie Tudor) (1875),
in which she played the title rôles.
Dickinson, Emily. An American poet; born
in Amherst, Mass. , Dec. 10, 1830; died there,
May 15, 1886. Living the life of a recluse, she
wrote much verse in forms peculiar to herself,
but she published almost nothing; although
the few pieces that appeared attracted much
attention. In 1892 a collection of her poems
was issued which received warm praise from
competent critics. In all, three volumes of her
verse and prose have appeared.
Dickinson, John. An early American polit-
ical writer and statesman. He was born in
Maryland, Nov. 13, 1732, and died at Wil-
mington, Del. , Feb. 14, 1808. He wrote a series
of State papers --(Address to the Inhabitants
of Quebec); (Petitions to the King); (Ad-
dress to the Armies) — that had great influence
in their day. He was the author of Letters
from a Pennsylvania Farmer to the Inhabitants
of the Colonies) (1767), and "Essay on Con-
stitutional Power of Great Britain over the
American Colonies) (1774). Dickinson Col-
lege at Carlisle, Pa. , was named in his honor.
Diderot, Denis (de-dro'). A distinguished
French philosopher, foremost of the “Encyclo.
pedists”; born at Langres, Oct.
