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Macdonald, George. A noted Scottish nov.
elist and poet; born at Huntley, 1824. He was
originally an Independent minister, but became
a lay member of the Church of England. He
has lectured in this country (1872–73). Ainong
his best-known novels are : David Elginbrod)
(1862); (Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood
(1866); (Robert Falconer) (1868). He published
poems in 1855, 1857, 1864, 1868, and 1882. *
McDowell, Katharine Sherwood. An
American poet; born in Holly Springs, Miss. ,
Feb. 26, 1849; died there, July 22, 1884. In 1872
she became private secretary to Longfellow,
She wrote: (The Radical Club, a poem ;
(Suwanee River Tales); Like Unto Like)
(1881); and Dialect Tales) (1884).
Mace, Frances Parker Laughton. An Amer.
ican poet; born in Orono, Me. , Jan. 15, 1836.
She has published (Legends, Lyrics, and Son-
nets) (1883), and poems entitled (Under Pine
and Palm); her contributions to magazines in-
clude : (Israfil, (Easter Morning,' and 'Thie
Kingdom of the Child. (Only Waiting,' a poem,
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Macé, Jean (mä-sā'). A French educator and
popular writer for the young; born in Paris,
1815. He served in the French army 1842–45.
In 1866 he founded a league of instruction in
the Belgian manner. His best-known work is
(Contes du Petit-Château) (1862), called in the
English translation (Home Fairy Tales. He
has also written : (History of a Mouthful of
Bread' (1861); (Servants of the Stomach'(1866);
(France before the Franks' (1881); etc. s*
Macedo, Joaquim Manoel de (mä-shā'do).
A Brazilian poet; born in San João d'Itaborahi,
June 24, 1820; professor of national history in
the college of Rio Janeiro. He has written
very successful novels, dramas, and comedies.
As a lyric poet he is greatly esteemed. His
works include: Moreninha,' a novel (1844;
5th ed. , revised, 1877); “O Moço Loura, a novel
of the early stages of the Portuguese conquest
(1845); A Nebulosa,' a poem (1857); (Cotie,'
a drama; (Fantasma Branco, a comedy (1856);
and Corógraphia do Brasil (1873).
Macedo, José Agostinho de. A noted Por-
tuguese miscellaneous writer; born at Beja,
Sept. II, 1761; died at Pedrouços, 1831. Among
his works are: (Gama) (1811), an epic; (A
Meditaçao' (Meditation : 1813), a poem, his chief
work; Man, or the Limits of Reason' (1815),
a philosophical treatise ; a number of sarcastic
critiques; etc.
Macfarlane, Charles. A Scottish historian;
born 18-; died 1858. He traveled extensively
in the East, and for many years resided in Italy.
He wrote: "Our Indian Empire) (1844); (Pic-
torial History of Scotland (8 vols. , 1849, with
G. L. Craik); (Turkey and Its Destiny' (1850);
(History of British India) (1852); etc.
McGaffey, Ernest. An American writer of
verse; born in Ohio, 1861. He is a lawyer in
Chicago. He has published (Poems of Gun
and Rod and Poems.
MacGahan, Barbara. A Russo-American
novelist, wife of J. A. ; born (Yelagena) on her
father's estate near Tula, Russia, April 1850.
She graduated from the Tula Female Seminary
in 1866. Her first novel was written in Russian
under the pseudonym “Pavel Kashirin”; she
has written in English one called “Xenia Rep-
nina. Her articles in American and European
periodicals have made her name widely known.
MacGahan, Januarius Aloysius. A noted
American journalist and war correspondent;
born near New Lexington, O. , June 12, 1844;
died at Constantinople, June 9, 1878. He was
war correspondent of the New York Herald
during the Franco-Prussian war (1870–71); ac-
companied the Russian expedition against
Khiva in 1873, and the Arctic expedition on
the Pandora in 1875. He wrote: (Campaign-
ing on the Oxus, and the Fall of Khiva)
(1874); (Under the Northern Lights) (1876);
(Turkish Atrocities in Bulgaria) (1876), which
appeared originally during the same year as a
famous series of war letters in the London
Daily News. He is regarded by the Bulgarians
as the author of their independence.
MacGillivray, William. A Scottish natural-
ist; born at Old Aberdeen, 1796 ; died at Aber-
been, 1852. He was professor of natural his.
tory in Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1841-52.
His principal work was a History of British
Birds) (5 vols. , 1837-52). He wrote also Lives
of Eminent Zoologists) (1834), etc.
MacGregor, John. An English traveler;
born at Gravesend, Jan. 24, 1825; died at Bos-
combe, near Bournemouth, July 16, 1892. He
was called to the bar in 1851; was captain of
the Royal Canoe Club 1866. He wrote: (The
Rob Roy on the Baltic) (new ed. 1872-79);
(The Voyage Alone in the Rob Roy) (4th ed.
1880); (The Rob Roy on the Jordan' (new ed.
1880); (A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy)
(13th ed. 1884); etc.
Macha, Karel Hynek (mä'kä). A Bohemian
poet; born at Prague, Nov. 15, 1810; died at
Litomerice, Nov. 7, 1836. His chief work was
a lyrico-epic poem, (Máj' (May: 1836), contain-
ing a strain of Byronic pessimism. He wrote
also short lyrics and stories, including 'Cikáni)
(The Gipsies : 1857). His merit was recognized
only after his death. His complete works were
published in 1862, a German translation appear-
ing in the same year.
McHenry, James. An American physician,
novelist, and poet; born in Larne, County An-
trim, Ireland, Dec. 20, 1785; died there, July 21,
1845. He emigrated to the United States in
1817, and settled in Philadelphia in 1824. In-
cluded in his many publications are: (The
Pleasures of Friendship,' a poem (1822); “The
Usurper: An Historical Tragedy) (a poetical
work); also (O'Halloran, or the Insurgent :
A Romance of the Irish Rebellion, reprinted
at Glasgow; (The Wilderness of Braddock's
Times: A Tale of the West' (2 vols. , 1823);
and “The Betrothed of Wyoming) (2d ed. 1830).
Machiavelli, Niccolo (mak-i-a-vel'li). A fa-
mous Italian statesman, and political and his-
torical writer; born at Florence, May 3, 1469;
died there, June 22, 1527. Among his works
were : (The Prince (1513), the famous book
on the art of government which has made
( Machiavelism) a synonym for perfidy and
mercilessness in politics and diplomacy; Man-
dragola) (1513? ), a comedy ; (Art of War)
(1520); Discourses,' etc. (1531), a treatise on
republican government; (Florentine History)
(1532). An edition of his works in eight vol-
umes appeared in 1813. *
Mackarness, Mrs. Matilda Anne (Planché).
An English novelist; born 1826; died 1881.
Her numerous works include : ' Trap to Catch
a Sunbeam (1849 ; 35th ed. 1860); "Old Joliffe
(7th ed. 1851); 'Cloud with the Silver Lining'
(1852): False Appearances) (1858); (Sibert's
Wold (3d ed. 1864); (Clifford Castle) (new ed.
1885).
Mackay, Charles. A Scottish poet, journal-
ist, and miscellaneous writer; born at Perth,
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March 27, 1814; died in London, Dec. 24, 1889,
He was editor of the Illustrated London News,
1852–59. He lectured in the United States in
1857-58. While special correspondent of the
London Times in New York during the Civil
War (strongly favoring the Southern cause),
he unearthed the Fenian conspiracy (1862). He
wrote: (The Salamandrine, or Love and Im-
mortality) (1842); «Voices from the Crowd
(1846); Voices from the Mountains) (1847);
(History of the Mormons) (1851); etc.
Mackay, George Eric. A Scotch poet, son
of Charles. He sometimes writes under the
name George Eric Lancaster. Among his
works are: “Songs of Love and Death) (1865);
Ad Reginam (To the Queen : 1881, 3 eds. );
the popular "Love Letters of a Violinist' (1886);
(A Lover's Litanies) (1888); Nero and Actæa,'
a tragedy; etc.
Mackay, Minnie. (“Marie Corelli. ”] A pop-
ular English novelist, daughter of Charles;
born 1864. Among her works are: (A Ro-
mance of Two Worlds) (1886); (History of a
Vendetta) (1886); (Thelma) (1887), a society
novel; (Ardath, the story of a dead self; etc.
McKenney, Thomas Lorraine. An Ameri-
can prose-writer; born in Hopewell, Md. , March
21, 1785; died in New York city, Feb. 19, 1859.
He published (Sketches of a Tour to the
Lakes, etc. (1827). With James Hall he wrote
(A History of Indian Tribes, illustrated with
120 colored Indian portraits (3 vols. , 1838-44);
and Memoirs, Official and Personal, with
Sketches of Travels among the Northern and
Southern Indians,' etc. (2d ed. 1846).
Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell. An Amer.
ican naval officer and author, brother of John
Slidell the famous Confederate commissioner,
- “Mackenzie » being assumed later ; born in
New York, April 6, 1803; died in Tarrytown,
N. Y. , Sept. 13, 1848. He published A Year in
Spain, by a Young American) (2 vols. , 1829-31;
enlarged ed. , 3 vols. , 1836), which attained great
popularity in England and the United States.
Washington Irving commended it highly. He
also wrote: Popular Essays on Naval Sub-
jects) (2 vols. , 1833); (The American in Eng-
land” (2 vols. , 1835).
Mackenzie, George, Sir. A noted Scottish
lawyer and statesman; born at Dundee, 1636;
died in London, 1691. As king's counsel in
1677, his ardor in prosecuting witches and the
Covenanters earned him the name “Bloody
Mackenzie. ” He wrote: (A Stoic's Religion)
(1663); Moral Essay upon Solitude) (1665);
(Moral Gallantry) (1667); etc. , besides legal
writings. (Works, 1716-22. )
Mackenzie, Henry. A Scotch novelist, es-
sayist, and miscellaneous writer ; born at Edin-
burgh, August 1745; died there, Jan. 14, 1831.
He was a lawyer at Edinburgh; was appointed
comptroller of taxes in 1804. His novels are :
(The Man of Feeling) (1771), - by far his
most famous work, and still remembered in
the class with Sterne ; (The Man of the World)
(1773); (Julia de Roubigné' (1777). (Works,
8 vols. , 1808. )
Mackenzie, Robert Shelton. An American
miscellaneous writer; born at Drews Court,
County Limerick, Ireland, June 22, 1809; died
in Philadelphia, Nov. 30, 1880. He came to the
United States in 1852. He wrote: (Lays of
Palestine) (1828); (Titian: A Venetian Art-
Novel); Life of Guizot! (1846); Life of
Charles Dickens) (1870); and (Sir Walter
Scott: The Story of his Life) (1871). He also
edited the Noctes Ambrosiana) (5 vols. , 1854).
Mackey, Albert Gallatin. An American
writer on Freemasonry; born at Charleston,
S. C. , March 12, 1807; died at Fortress Monroe,
Va. , June 20, 1881. His works are authorities.
They include: A Lexicon of Freemasonry'
(1845); The Mystic Tie) (1849); "Book of
the Chapter) (1858); (A Manual of the Lodge
(1862); A Text-Book of Masonic Jurispru-
dence) (1869); and an "Encyclopædia of Free-
masonry) (1874).
Mackintosh, Sir James. A famous Scottish
philosopher, lawyer, and politician; born at
Aldourie, Inverness-shire, Oct. 24, 1705; died in
London, 'May 30, 1832. He was recorder of
Bombay, India, 1804-6; judge of admiralty
1806-11; Member of Parliament, 1813; profes-
sor of law and politics at Haileybury College
1818-24; Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1830.
He wrote: Dissertation on the Progress of
Ethical Philosophy) (1830), in the 'Encyclopæ-
dia Britannica'; \History of England (1830);
(Life of Sir Thomas More); etc. Much of his
philosophical writing is to be found in Modern
British Essayists. ((Works,' 3 vols. , 1836. )
McLachlan, Alexander. A Scottish poet;
born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Aug. 12, 1818.
In 1841 he emigrated to Canada. His pub-
lished works are: Poems, chiefly in Scotch
dialect (1855); (Poems and Songs! (1874); and
(The Poets and Poetry of Scotland' (1876).
Maclaren, Ian. See Watson.
McLean, Sarah Pratt. See Greene.
McLellan, Isaac. An American poet; born
in Portland, Me. , May 21, 1806. His love for
outdoor sports was so intense, and his poems
on these themes so numerous, that they won
him the title of “the poet-sportsman. His
early poems, (The Death of Napoleon' and
(New England's Dead, attracted much atten-
tion. He is also the author of (The Fall of the
Indian) (1830); Mount Auburn' ( 1843); and
(Poems of the Rod and Gun) (1886).
Macleod, Fiona (mak-loud'). An Irish poet
and novelist; born 18%. She is one of the
younger writers connected with the Celtic renais-
sance.
She spent a large part of her child-
hood in the islands of lona and Arran, and
has traveled in Italy and southern France.
Besides magazine work, she has published:
(Pharais) (1895), a romance; (The Mountain
Lovers' (1895); (The Sin-Eater and Other
Tales) (1895); “The Washer of the Ford' (1896);
(Green Fire) (1896); and a modern version of
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the old Celtic romance (The Laughter of Peter-
kin.
Macleod, Norman. A distinguished Scottish
divine, and miscellaneous writer; born
Campbeltown, June 3, 1812; died at Glasgow,
June 16, 1872. He founded the Evangelical
Alliance in 1847; became chaplain to the Queen
for Scotland in 1857; edited Good Words
1860–72, making it an educational and literary
power. Among his works are: (The Earnest
Student) (1854), a biography; Parish Papers)
(1862); Wee Davie) (new ed. 1865); (The
Starling' (1867, new eds. 1870–77-80), a Scotch
story; Peeps at the Far East) (1871); (Char-
acter Sketches) (1872); etc. *
McLeod, Xavier Donald. An American poet
and miscellaneous writer; born in New York,
Nov. 17, 1821; killed near Cincinnati, July 20,
1865. An Episcopal clergyman, he became a
Roman Catholic in 1852, and later a priest. He
wrote: Pynnshurst' (1852); “Life of Sir Walter
Scott) (1852); (The Blood-Stone) (1853); (Les-
cure); Life of Mary Queen of Scots) (1857).
McMaster, Guy Humphrey. An American
poet; born in Clyde, N. Y. , Jan. 31, 1829; died
in Bath, Steuben County, N. Y. , Sept. 13, 1887.
At 19 he wrote Carmen Bellicosum,' better
known as The Old Continentals, published
in the Knickerbocker Magazine, and very pop-
ular. Aside from the above, his best-known
poems are : (A Dream of Thanksgiving Eve)
(1864); (The Professor's Guest Chamber' (1880);
(The Commanders) (1887).
McMaster, John Bach. An American his-
torian of celebrity; born at Brooklyn, N. Y. ,
June 29, 1852. He has been professor of Amer-
ican history in the University of Pennsylvania
since 1883. He has written (Benjamin Frank-
lin as a Man of Letters) (1887), etc. His prin-
cipal work is (History of the People of the
United States, of which the first volume ap-
peared in 1883, the fourth in 1895, other vol-
umes to follow. *
Macneil, Hector. A Scottish poet; born at
Rosebank, near Roslin, 1746; died 1818. He
wrote: (Scotland's Skaith (1795); (The Waes
of War) (1796), -- both immensely popular,-
and others. His poetical works, 2 vols. , ap-
peared in 1801 (3d ed. 1812). He published
also Scottish Adventurers) (1812), a historical
tale; Memoirs of Charles Macpherson) (1801),
an autobiography; etc.
Macnish, Robert. A noted Scottish medical
and miscellaneous writer ; born at Glasgow, Feb.
15, 1802; died there, Jan. 16, 1837.
He was a
contributor to Blackwood's and Fraser's, over
the signature « The Modern Pythagorean. ” His
best-known works are : Anatomy of Drunk-
enness) (10th ed. 1854), and Philosophy of
Sleep' (new ed. 1854). A second edition of his
( Book of Aphorisms) appeared in 1840; (The
Modern Pythagorean (containing tales, essays,
and sketches, with life) in 1844.
McPherson, Edward. An American journal-
ist and political writer; born in Gettysburg, Pa. ,
July 31, 1830; died in 1895. Among his publi.
cations are: (Political History of the United
States during the Great Rebellion (1865); (The
Political History of the United States during
Reconstruction (1870); and a (Hand-Book of
Politics) (1872).
Macpherson, James. The Scottish author of
the “Ossian” poems; born at Ruthven, Inver-
ness-shire, Oct. 27, 1736 ; died Feb. 17, 1796.
Some fragments of Gaelic verse with transla-
tions, published by him in 1760, attracted so
much attention that funds were raised for send-
ing him to the Highlands to discover more.
On his return he published the 'Poems of Os-
sian,' consisting of Fingal, an Epic Poem in
Six Books) (1762), and (Temora, an Epic Poem
in Eight Books) (1763). They became at once
famous, and were translated into nearly every
European language. A fierce controversy has
been waged as to their being genuine Gaelic
remains. He was secretary to the governor of
Florida 1764-66; agent to the Nabob of Arcot
1779; Member of Parliament 1780-90. He wrote
also "History of Great Britain' (1775). * (See
under (Ossian) in the Library. ')
Macquoid, Mrs. Katharine . A popular
English novelist; born in London. Among her
numerous works are : (A Bad Beginning' (last
ed. 1884); Hester Kirton' (new ed. 1870);
(Patty) (new ed. 1873); (At the Red Glove)
(1885); Puff(1888); etc. Among several books
of travel are : “Through Normandy) (1877), and
(Through Brittany) (1877).
Madách, Emerich (ma'-dätsh). A popular
Hungarian poet; born at Alsó-Sztregova, Jan.
21, 1823; died at Balassa-Gyarmath, Oct. 5, 1864.
He studied law, and was a notary in his na-
tive county. His principal works are: Moses)
(1861); and “The Tragedy of Man (1861), a
philosophical dramatic poem treating of the
development of mankind since the Fall, pro-
duced on the stage in 1883. He wrote also
lyrics and dramatic fragments. *
Madden, Richard Robert. An English phy.
sician and miscellaneous writer; born in Ireland,
1798; died 1886. He was prominent in the Eng.
lish anti-slavery cause. He wrote: (Travels in
Turkey) (2d ed. 1833); (The Mussulman,' a
tale; (The Infirmities of Genius) (1833); (Life
of Savonarola) (2d ed. 1854); Life and Cor-
respondence of the Countess of Blessington)
(2d ed. 1855); (The United Irishmen, their Lives
and Times) (4 vols. , 1857-60), his great work.
Madison, James. The fourth President of
the United States; born at Port Conway, Va. ,
March 16, 1751; died at Montpelier, Va. , June
28, 1836.
He served two terms as President
(1809-17). He was associated with Jay and
Hamilton in the composition of the Feder-
alist. ' Madison Papers, 3 vols. , appeared in
1840; Letters and Other Writings,' 4 vols. ,
in 1865. His complete works have been pub-
lished in 6 vols. *
Maerlant, Jakob van (mär'-länt). A Flem-
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island of Voorne, about 1235; died at Damme,
near Bruges, 1291. He founded the didactic
school of poetry in the Netherlands, and has
been called “the father of Dutch poets. His
chief work was Mirror of History,' begun in
1283 but left unfinished. A statue has been
erected to him at Damme.
Maeterlinck, Maurice (met'er-lingk ). A
noted Belgian poet; born in Flanders, 1864.
He is the foremost representative of the school
calling itself «Young Belgium. ” Among his
works are the dramas (The Blind); (The In-
truder); Princess Maleine) (5th ed. 1891); (The
Seven Princesses) (1891): also the volume of
verse (Hot-House Blooms,' and the essays "The
Treasure of the Humble. *
Maffei, Andrea, Cavaliere (mą-fā'ē). An
Italian poet; born at Riva di Trento, 1802 ;
died at Milan, Nov. 27, 1885. He wrote (Dal
Benaco) (1854); (Verses Published and Un-
published? (1858); (Art, Ardors, and Fancies )
(2d ed. 1864), containing many rare lyrics. He
made numerous translations from the German,
English, and Greek. He was also in public
life, and became senator.
Magalhaens, Domingo José Gonçalves de
(mä-gäl-yä'ens). A Brazilian poet; born in
Rio Janeiro in 1811. From 1845 to 1867 he
was Brazilian minister to Dresden, Naples,
Turin, and Vienna. As a lyric poet he ranks
high among his countrymen. His works in-
clude: Poesias? (1832); and Antonio José !
and (Olgiato,' two dramas which had great
popularity in Spanish, French, and English
translations.
Magariños Cervantes, Alejandro (mä-gä-
rēn'yos ther-vän’tes). A Uruguayan miscellane-
ous writer; born in Montevideo, 1826. He has
written : (Historical Studies on the River La
Plata); (Church and State); several volumes
of poems; etc.
Maggi, Carlo Maria (mä'jē). Latin, Mad-
dius (mad’i-us). An Italian poet; born at
Milan, 1630; died 1699. He was member of the
famous Accademia Della Crusca, and professor
of Greek at Milan. He wrote poems in Greek,
Latin, and Italian; letters ; etc. He was one
of the restorers of Italian poetry.
Magill, Mary Tucker. An American mis-
cellaneous writer; born in Jefferson County,
Va. , Aug. 21, 1832. Besides magazine sketches,
she has written : (The Holcombes) (1868); 'Wo-
men; or, Chronicles of the Late War) (1870);
and (Pantomimes; or, Wordless Poems) (1882).
Maginn, William. An Irish scholar, poet,
and journalist, a noted man in his day; born
at Cork, Nov. II, 1793; died at Walton on
Thames, Aug. 20, 1842. He was a contributor
to the early volumes of Punch, and with Hugh
Fraser founded Fraser's Magazine in 1830. The
only collection of his writings (and that par-
tial) is the Miscellanies) (1855-57), edited by
R. Shelton Mackenzie. His best stories are
(The City of Demons) and (Bob Burke's Duel
with Ensign Brady. ' *
Magnin, Charles (mä-nyan'). A French
critic and poet; born in Paris, Nov. 4, 1793;
died there, Oct. 8, 1862. He was one of the
directors of the National Library in 1832. Be-
sides poetry, he wrote : (Racine) (1826), a suc-
cessful comedy; (The Origins of the Modern
Stage) (1838); "Historical and Literary Talks
and Meditations) (1843); History of Puppet
Shows) (1852); etc.
Magoon, Elias Lyman. An American pulpit
orator and author; born in Lebanon, N. H. ,
Oct. 20, 1810; died in Philadelphia, Nov. 25,
1886. Among his published works are: (Elo-
quence of the Colonial Times) (1847); Prov-
erbs for the People (1848); (Republican Christ-
ianity) (1849); and Westward Empire) (1856).
Magruder, Julia. An American prose-writer;
born in Charlottesville, Va. , Sept. 14, 1854. She
has published (Across the Chasm,' anonymous
(1885); At Anchor) (1887); A Magnificent
Plebeian (1887); “Princess Sonya'; "Violet. '
Mahaffy, John Pentland. An Irish classical
scholar and historian; born at Chapponnaire,
Switzerland, Feb. 26, 1839. He is professor of
ancient history at Trinity College, Dublin. He
has published: (Social Life in Greece) (3d ed.
1877); (Rambles and Studies in Greece) (2d
ed. 1878); (Greek Life and Thought) (1888);
(Greece under Roman Sway) (1890); “History
of Greek Classical Literature) (3 vols. , 2d ed.
1892); “The Empire of the Ptolemies' (1896);
etc. *
Mahan, Alfred Thayer. A distinguished
American naval officer and writer on naval his.
tory; born at West Point, N. Y. , Sept. 27, 1840.
He served in the Civil War; and was president
of the Naval War College, Newport, in 1886-89
and 1890-93. Visiting Europe in command of
the Chicago in 1893, he received many honors,
among them degrees from both Oxford and
Cambridge. His chief work, Influence of Sea
Power upon History) (1890), with its continua.
tion, 'Influence of Sea Power upon the French
Revolution and Empire) (1892), gave him a
world-wide reputation. He has published also:
(The Gulf and Inland Waters) (1883); Life
of Admiral Farragut) (1892); « The Interest of
America in Sea Power, Present and Future)
(1897), a compilation of his magazine articles;
(Life of Nelson (1897). *
Mahan, Asa. A distinguished American Con-
gregational divine and educator; born at Ver.
non, N. Y. , Nov. 9, 1800; died at Eastbourne,
England, April 4, 1889. He was president of
Oberlin College, 1838–50; of Cleveland Univer-
sity, 1850-56; of Adrian College, Mich. , 1860-
71. Among his works were: (System of Intel-
lectual Philosophy) (1845); (Science of Logic)
(1857); (History of Philosophy) (1883). He
published “Scripture Doctrine of Christian Per-
fection) (1839) in support of perfectionist views.
Mähly, Jakob (mā'lē). A Swiss poet, mis-
cellaneous writer, and classical scholar; born at
Basle, Dec. 24, 1828. He was professor of phi-
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including (Richard Bentley) (1868), (History
of Ancient Literature) (2 vols. , 1880), etc.