No More Learning

ters to a College Friend' (1874); etc. ("Works,
1861-68. )
Montalván, Juan Pérez de (mon-täl-vän').
A Spanish dramatist and story-writer; born at
Madrid, 1602; died June 25, 1638. He was a
priest at Madrid, and notary of the Inquisition.
His best play, (Teruel's Lovers,' one of the
most popular of Spanish dramas, holds the
stage at the present day. Among his works
were : (Model Novels) (1624); Life and Pur-
gatory of St. Patrick) (1627); "El Para Todos!
(1632), a collection of diverting stories, anec-
dotes, and plays; etc. The best of his dramas
can be seen in Vol. xiv. of Rivadeneyra's (Li-
brary of Spanish Authors) (Madrid, 1881).
Montalvo, Garcia Ordoñez de (mõn-täl'vo).
A Spanish romancer; lived at the end of the
15th century. He was governor of the city of
Medina del Campo. He was the author of the
earliest Spanish version of the famous (Amadis
of Gaul.
Montchrestien, Antoine de (môn-krā-tyan').
A French poet, dramatist, and political econo-
mist; born at Falaise, Normandy, about 1570;
died near Domfront, October 1621. His life
was adventurous and romantic. He wrote a
work on political economy (he is said to have
been the first to introduce the term into French);
several poems, and seven tragedies possessing
merit. (Dramatic Works' Rouen, last ed.
1007. )
Montégut, Émile (môn-tā-gü'). A French
journalist and miscellaneous writer; born at
Limoges, June 24, 1825. He became a chev-
alier of the Legion of Honor in 1865. He
has published in book form “The Netherlands:
Impressions of Travel and Art) (1869); (Poets
and Artists of Italy) (1881); 'Literary Types
and Æsthetic Fancies) (1882); Books and
People of the Orient) (1885); "Critical Mis-
cellanies) (1887); (A Critic's Reading Hours)
(1891); etc.
Montemayor, Jorge de (mõn-tā-mä-yor'). A
celebrated Spanish romance-writer and poet ;
born at Montemayor, Portugal, about 1520; died
at Turin, Feb. 26, 1561. When a young man
he was in the army; afterward, being a skill-
ful musician, was attached to the traveling
chapel of the prince of Spain (later Philip II. ),
visiting several countries, particularly Italy and
Flanders. His principal work was the famous
Diana Enamorada) (Diana in Love,' 1542;
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Spanish pastoral romance since (Amadis of
a grand poem in four cantos on the death of
Gaul. ' It furnished the model for Sir Philip Hugo Basville ; (Mascheroniana, a poem on
Sidney's Arcadia. ((Works, Antwerp, 1554; the death of the mathematician Mascheroni;
several editions since. )
(Italian Dictionary) (1817-26); etc.
Montépin, Xavier Aymon de (môn-tā-pan'). Montiano y Luyando, Agustin de (mõn-ti-
A French novelist and dramatist; born at Apre- ä'nō ē lö-i-an'do). A Spanish poet and dram-
mont, Haute-Saône, March 18, 1824. His works atist; born at Valladolid, March 1, 1697; died
abound in sensational incidents and situations. at Madrid, Nov. I, 1764. He was director of
He has written nearly 100 novels, which have the Academy of History, Madrid. He wrote
been translated into almost every language, the (The Rape of Diana) and (The Lyre of Or-
first being 'The Knights of Lansquenet) (1847); pheus,' poems; “Virginia) (1750) and (Athaul-
and, alone or with collaborators, about 30 pho) (1753), tragedies aiming at a reform of
plays.
the Spanish drama by bringing it into conform-
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron ity with the rules of the French stage; and
de (môn-tes-kyė'). A famous French historian
other works.
and political philosopher; born near Bordeaux, Montrésor, Frances Frederica. An English
Jan. 18, 1689; died in Paris, Feb. 10, 1755. He
novelist, daughter of the late Admiral F. B.
gave up high magistracies to travel widely in
Montrésor, R. N. She resides in London. She
order to collect material for the renowned
is the author of several powerful stories of
(Spirit of Laws) (1748); his masterpiece, and lowly life: the first, Into the Highways and
one of the most influential works of modern
Hedges) (1895), met with instant success; and
times, establishing the historical method in
(False Coin or True) (1896), the story of a
political science. He wrote besides : Persian workhouse girl, and "Worth While) (1896),
Letters) (1721), a satire on French society; have been favorably received.
(The Temple of Cnidus) (1725), an allegory;
'Causes of Roman Greatness and Decline)
Moodie, Susanna. A Canadian poet and
(1734), a powerful work; Dialogue of Sylla prose-writer, sister of Agnes Strickland; born
Eucrates and Lysimachus! (1745); etc.
in Reydon Hall, Suffolk, England, Dec. 6,
("Works, best edition, Paris, 1879. ) *
1803; died in Toronto, Canada, April 8, 1885.
She wrote: (Enthusiasm and Other Poems)
Montgomery, Florence. An English novel- (1829); (Roughing it in the Bush, or Life in
ist, daughter of Sir Alexander Montgomery; Canada) (2 vols. , 1852); (Matrimonial Specula-
born 1847. She has written : (A Very Simple tions) (1854); and (The Monctons) (2 vols. ,
Story) ( 1867 ) ; (Thrown Together) (1872 );
1856).
(Thwarted' (1874); "Wild Mike and his Vic-
tim (new ed. 1878); (Seaforth) (1878); (Trans-
Moody, Dwight Lyman. A noted American
formed) (1886); (The Fisherman's Daughter)
evangelist; born at Northfield, Mass. , Feb. 5,
(1888); etc.
1837. With Ira D. Sankey he held revival
meetings through the United States and in
Montgomery, James. An English poet, best Great Britain. He has founded a School for
known by his hymns and devotional poetry; Christian Workers in Northfield, and a Bible
born at Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, Nov. 4, 1771; Institute in Chicago. Among his works are:
died at Sheffield, England, April 30, 1854. He (Arrows and Anecdotes) (1877); (Secret Power)
founded and edited the Sheffield Iris, 1794- (1881); “Bible Characters) (1888); etc.
1825. He published: (The West Indies) (1809),
an anti-slavery poem ; (The World before the Mooney, James. An American ethnologist;
Flood) (1813); (Greenland (1819); (Prose by
born at Richmond, Ind. , 1861. From a boy of
a Poet) (1830-31), lectures on poetry and Eng.
12 his specialty has been Indian ethnology. He
lish literature; (Original Hymns) (1853), his
has written : (Medical Mythology of Ireland'
chief work; etc.
(1887); Funeral Customs of Ireland (1888);
(Holiday Customs of Ireland' (1890); Myths
Monti, Luigi (mon'tē). An American mis-
of the Cherokees); "Siouan Tribes of the
cellaneous writer; born in Palermo, Sicily, in
East); (The Messiah Religion and the Ghost-
1830. Being exiled, he came to Boston in 1850.
Dance); etc.
Besides contributions to magazines, he has pub-
lished 'The Adventures of an American Consul
Moore, Mrs. Bloomfield. See Bloomfield-
Abroad) (1878); and (Leone,' a novel in the
Moore.
(Round Robin) series. Longfellow introduced Moore, Charles Leonard. An American
him in his (Tales of a Wayside Inn) as the writer of verse; born at Philadelphia in 1854.
young Sicilian.
A lawyer there, he was consul at San Antonio,
Monti, Vincenzo. A celebrated Italian poet;
Brazil, 1878-79. He has written : Poems, An-
born rear Ravenna, Feb. 19, 1754; died at Milan,
tique and Modern) (1883); (A Book of Day-
Oct. 13, 1828. He was secretary of the Cis-
Dreams) in verse ; and “Banquet of Palacios,
alpine Republic; professor of rhetoric at Pavia ;
a comedy.
Napoleon's Italian court historiographer; a Moore, Clement Clarke. An American edu-
member of the Italian Institute. Among his cational writer and poet; born in New York
works ere the trag (Aristodemus) (1787), city, July 15, 1779; died in Newport, R. I. , July
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Hebrew and Greek lexicon published in Amer.
ica, and the author of a book of (Poems' (1844),
in which is included his best-known poem, "A
Visit from St. Nicholas) (“'Twas the night
before Christmas”). He was the donor of the
extensive grounds on which the General The-
ological Seminary, New York city, stands.
Moore, Edward. An English dramatist and
fabulist; born at Abingdon, March 22, 1712;
died in London, March 1, 1757. He was edi.
lor of The World (1753), to which Lyttelton,
Pulteney, Chesterfield, Soame Jenyns, Horace
Walpole, and others of distinction were contrib-
utors. He wrote Fables for the Female Sex)
(1744); (The Foundling' ( 1748) and (Gil Blas)
(1751), comedies; “The Gamester) (1753, with
Garrick, often reprinted), a highly successful
tragedy; Poems, Fables, and Plays) (1756).
(Dramatic Works, 1788. )
Moore, Frank Frankfort. An English novel-
ist. Among his principal works may be men-
tioned «Flying from a Shadow) (1872); (The
Mate of the Jessica) (new ed. 1882); (Tre,
Pol, and Pen' (1887); Under Hatches) (1888);
etc.
Moore, George. An English novelist, poet,
and essayist; born 1859. Among his novels
are : (A Modern Lover' (1883); (A Mummer's
Wife) (6th ed. 1885); (A Drama in Muslin)
(1886); “Confessions of a Young Man (1888);
(Esther Waters) (1894); etc. He has written
also: in verse, Flowers of Passion (1877),
(Pagan Poems) (1881); and the volumes of es-
says (Impressions and Opinions) (1891), Mod-
ern Painting' (1893).
Moore, George Henry. An American his-
torical writer; born in Concord, N. H. , April
20, 1823; died in New York city, May 5, 1892.
He published: (The Treason of Charles Lee)
(1858); (Employment of Negroes in the Rev.
olutionary Army) (1862); Notes on the His.
tory of Slavery in Massachusetts) (1866); and
(Washington as an Angler) (1887).
Moore, Horatio Newton. An American
dramatist and novelist; born in New Jersey in
1814; died in Philadelphia, Aug. 26, 1859. His
first work of importance, Orlando, or Woman's
Virtue,' a tragedy, was published at 19; (The
Regicide,' a five-act drama, at 20. His short
novel Mary Morris) (1840) was very popular.
The Lives of Marion and Wayne) was issued
in 1854.
Moore, Thomas. A famous Irish poet and
song-writer ; born at Dublin, May 28, 1779; died
near Devizes, Feb. 25, 1852. He was the pet
of London society; received an appointment
in the civil service in the Bermudas, 1803-4;
traveled in the United States, 1803-4; married
an actress, 1811. His principal works were a
translation of the (Odes of Anacreon (1800);
(Odes and Epistles) ( 1806 ); (Irish Melodies )
(10 parts, 1807-34); ( The Twopenny Post Bag)
(1813); Lalla Rookh) (1817); Loves of the
Angels' (1823); etc. He wrote also : (The Epi-
curean) (1827), a romance ; 'Lives) of Sheridan
(1825) and Byron (1830); History of Ireland)
(1827-35); etc. *
Moratin, Leandro Fernandez de (mõ-rä-tēn').
A noted Spanish dramatist and poet, son of
Nicolas F. ; born at Madrid, March 10, 1760 ;
died at Paris, June 21, 1828. He has been called
“the Spanish Molière. Among his plays were :
(The Old Man and the Young Girl' (1790),
his best drama; “The New Comedy) (1792);
(The Baron (1803); “The Female Hypocrite!
(1804); (The Girl's Yes) (1806); etc. He wrote
also "Origins of the Spanish Stage); lyrical
poems; etc. His works can be seen in Vol. ii.
of Library of Spanish Authors. )
Moratin, Nicolas Fernandez de. A Span-
ish poet; born at Madrid, July 20, 1737 ; died
there, May 11, 1780. He was professor of poetry
in the Imperial College, Madrid. His best work,
and one of the best epics in the language, was
(The Ships of Cortés Destroyed) (1785). He
wrote besides (Diana) (1763), a fine didactic
poem ; and many of his short poems were ex-
cellent. In the attempt to substitute for the
usual religious dramas others more agreeable
to the taste of the times, he produced the com-
edy (The Belle) ( 1762 ), and the tragedies
(Lucrecia,' (Hormesinda' (1770), 'Guzman the
Good' (1777), etc. His works can be seen in
Vol. ii. of Rivadeneyra's Library of Spanish
Authors.
More, Hannah. An English religious writer;
born at Stapleton, Gloucestershire, Feb. 2, 1745;
died at Clifton, Sept. 7, 1833. She abandoned
a successful worldly literary career at its height
to devote her pen to the furtherance of edu-
cation and religion. Her best-known works
were the celebrated tract (The Shepherd of
Salisbury Plain) and the novel Cælebs in
Search of a Wife) (1809). She wrote also:
(Sacred Dramas? (1782); (Religion of the
Fashionable World' (1791); (Practical Piety)
(1811); etc. Garrick produced her tragedies
Percy) (1778) and (The Fatal Falsehood'
(1779). ((Works, 11 vols. , 1830. )
More, Paul Elmer. An American essayist;
born in Missouri, 1864. He is instructor in San-
skrit and Greek at Bryn Mawr College. He
has written : (The Great Refusal : Being Let-
ters of a Dreamer in Gotham.
More, Thomas, Sir. An eminent English
statesman and miscellaneous writer; born in
London, Feb. 7, 1478; executed on Tower Hill,
July 6, 1535. A great lawyer, he became Lord
Chancellor, and was put to death by Henry
VIII. for refusing to take the oath renouncing
the Pope and abjuring Catherine's rights. His
greatest literary work was the famous Utopia!
(1516), an account of an imaginary ideal com-
monwealth supposed to exist on a distant
island of the Atlantic. He wrote besides : ( Life
of John Picus, Earl of Mirandola) (1510); His.
tory of Richard III. (1513); etc. ((Works,
Latin and English, Louvain, 1556-57. ) *
Moréas, Jean (mõ-rā-ä'). A French poet,
novelist, and romance-writer; born at Athens,
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)
April 15, 1856. He is one of the leaders of
the school called the Decadents.
” He has
written in verse ( The Quicksands) (1884), (Can-
tilenas) (1886), Iconostasis); the novel (The
Young Ladies) (1887); the romances (The Thin
Woman,' (Tea at Miranda's) (1887), etc.
Morelli, Giovanni (mõ-rel'ē). A distin-
guished Italian art critic; born in Verona, Feb.
25, 1816; died in Milan, Feb. 28, 1891. He
traveled widely throughout Europe, studying
the great collections of paintings. His fame
rests principally upon the “Critical Art Studies
in Italian Painting' (1890-93), devoted to the
Borghese and Doria Pamfili galleries in Rome,
the Munich and Dresden galleries, and that
of Berlin. He bequeathed his valuable collec-
tion of paintings to his native city. In 1895
a monument was erected to his memory in
Milan.
Moreto y Cabañia, Agustin (mõ-rā'to ē kä-
bä'nyä). A noted Spanish dramatist; born at
Madrid about 1618; died at Toledo, Oct. 28,
1669. He introduced into Spain the comedy of
character and manners. Disdain for Disdain,'
his chief work, was one of the four classical
masterpieces of the old Spanish stage; (The
Handsome Don Diego) contained excellent
character-drawing; "Snares Ahead' (Trampa
Adelante) won high success; and (The Val-
iant Justiciary' and 'The Power of Blood' were
good specimens of his more earnest writing.
Morford, Henry. An American novelist and
dramatist; born in New Monmouth, N. J. , 1823;
died in New York city, 1881. Among his plays
are (The Merchant's Honor) and (The Bells
of Shandon. Two volumes of poems were
published by him : (Rhymes of Twenty Years)
(1859); and Rhymes of an Editor) (1873).
Among his novels are 'Shoulder Straps) (1863),
(The Coward) (1864), "Utterly Wrecked)
(1866), and (Only a Commoner) (1871).
Morgan, Lady (Sydney Owenson ). An
Irish novelist and miscellaneous writer; born
in Dublin, about 1783; died in London, April
14, 1859. The daughter of an Irish actor, she
became a leader in London society. Among
her works were the novels (The Wild Irish
Girl (1806), her most successful book; “O'Don-
nel (1814); (Florence Macarthy) (1816); (The
O'Briens and the O'Flahertys) (1827); etc. She
wrote also: France under the Bourbons) (1817),
and its companion, Italy) (1821), two books
which excited furious opposition; Woman and
her Master) (1840); Autobiography) (1858);
songs, comic operas, biographies, travels, etc.
See her (Memoirs,' edited by Hepworth Dixon
(2 vols. , 1862).
Morgan, Lewis Henry. An American ethnol-
ogist and archäologist of great repute; born
near Aurora, N. Y. , Nov. 21, 1818; died at
Rochester, N. Y. (where he was a lawyer), Dec.
17, 1881. Among his important contributions
to the science of ethnology is (Systems of
Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Fam-
ily,' published by the Smithsonian Institution
in 1869, and which remains the standard work
on the subject. His (League of the Iroquois,'
published in 1851, is the highest authority on
the tribal organization of the Six Nations.
His other works include: (The American Bea.
ver and his Works); (Ancient Society' (1887);
(Horses and Horse Life of the American Ab-
origines); etc.
Morier, James Justinian (mõ'ri-ér). An
English novelist and writer of travels ; born
1780; died at Brighton, March 19, 1849. He was
Lord Elgin's secretary during his embassy to
Constantinople, and secretary of legation at the
court of Persia (1811-15). He wrote two suc-
cessful books describing travels in Brazil, Asia,
Asia Minor, and Turkey. He was best known,
however, by his novels depicting Persian life:
(Adventures of Hajji-Baba) (1824-28; latest ed.
1895); “Zohrab the Hostage) (1832); (Ayesha,
the Maid of Kars) (1834); (Mirza) (1841). *
Mörike, Eduard (mė'rē-ke). A noted Ger-
man poet (the last and best of the “Suabian
school ») and novelist; born at Ludwigsburg,
Würtemberg, Sept. 8, 1804; died at Stuttgart, June
4, 1875. He was a clergyman and teacher, and
the greatest German lyrist after Goethe.
His
best verse can be seen in Poems) (11th ed.
1895), and Idylls from the Lake of Constance)
( 1846 ). Of his prose writings, famous are :
(Nolten the Painter) (3d ed. 1892) and (Mozart
on the Way to Prague) (5th ed. 1892). He
also made fine translations of Anacreon and
Theocritus. ("Works, Stuttgart, 1890. ) *
Morison, James Augustus Cotter. An Eng.
lish biographer and essayist; born in London,
1832 ; died Feb. 26, 1888. He was a Positivist
in philosophy, and one of the founders of the
Fortnightly Review. He wrote Life and
Times of St. Bernard) (3d ed. 1877); lives of
Gibbon, Macaulay, and Madame de Maintenon;
(The Service of Man: An Essay toward the
Religion of the Future) (2d ed. 1887); etc.
Morley, Henry. An English scholar and
physician; born in London, Sept. 15, 1822 ; died
May 14, 1894. He practiced medicine 1844-48;
edited the Examiner; was professor of Eng.
lish language and literature at University Col-
lege 1865-89, and Queen's College 1878–89,
London; principal of University Hall 1882-89.
He wrote: (A Defense of Ignorance? (1851);
several biographies; Memoirs of Bartholomew
Fair) (1857); (First Sketch of English Liter-
ature) (1873); (English Literature in the Reign
of Victoria) (1881); (English Writers' (8 vols. ,
1887-93); etc. ; besides editing many important
works, as Boswell's Life of Johnson (5 vols. ,
1886); Cassell's 'National Library,' (Carisbrook
Library,' etc.
Morley, John. A distinguished English states-
man, editor, biographer, essayist, and critic;
born at Blackburn, Lancashire, Dec. 24, 1838.
He was admitted to the bar in 1873; edited
successively the Literary Gazette, the Fort-
nightly Review, the Pall Mall Gazette, and
Macmillan's Magazine ; became Member of
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Parliament 1883; chief secretary for Ireland
1886, 1892. He has written lives of Voltaire
(1872), Rousseau (1874), Burke (1879), Cobden
(1881), Emerson (1884), Sir Robert Walpole
(1889); and edited the valuable series known
as (English Men of Letters. " *
Morley, Margaret Warner. An American
writer of popular scientific, biological, and botan-
ical works. She has written : (The Song of
Life) (1891); Life and Love) (1895); A Few
Familiar Flowers) (1897); (Flowers and their
Friends) (1897); etc.
Morris, George Pope. An American jour-
nalist and song-writer; born in Philadelphia,
Oct. 10, 1802; died in New York city, July 6,
1864. In 1846, with N. P. Willis, he founded
the Home Journal. He became famous as a
writer of songs, among which is included
(Woodman, Spare that Tree. His books are :
(Briercliff,' a drama; (The Little Frenchman);
and Poems.
Morris, George Sylvester. An American
prose-writer; born in Norwich, Vt. , 1840; died
1889. He has published : British Thought and
Thinkers) (1880); Kant's Critique of Pure
Reason: A Critical Exposition (1882); and
(Hegel's Philosophy of the State and of His-
tory: An Exposition (1887).
Morris, Gouverneur. A famous American
statesman; born at Morrisania, N. Y. , Jan. 31,
1752; died there, Nov. 6, 1816. He was mem-
ber of the Continental Congress, 1777-80; of the
committee that drafted the Constitution, 1787;
minister to France, 1792-94; United States Sen-
ator from New York, 1800-3. He was noted
for ability both in political thought and polit-
ical action. Specimens of his writing can be
seen in Jared Sparks's (Memoirs of Gouverneur
Morris) (3 vols. , 1832), Annie Cary Morris's
(Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris) (2
vols. , 1889), etc.
Morris, Harrison Smith. An American poet;
born in Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 1856. With John
A. Henry he wrote (A Duet in Lyrics) (1883).
He is author of Madonna and Other Poems,
and has edited many editions of standard works.
Morris, Lewis, Sir. An English poet; born
at Carmarthen, 1832. He practiced law till
1881 ; became secretary of University College,
Wales, in 1877; is now justice of the peace
for Carmarthenshire. He has written : (Songs
of Two Worlds) (three series, respectively in
1871, 1874, and 1875); (The Epic of Hades)
(1876), his best-known work; (Gwen) (1879),
a dramatic monologue ; (The Ode of Life)
(1880); (A Vision of Saints) (1890); etc.
Morris, William. A celebrated English
poet, and writer on socialism ; born near Lon-
don, 1834; died at Hammersmith, Oct. 3, 1896.
Having studied painting, he became a designer
and manufacturer of artistic household furni-
ture, wall paper, stained glass, etc. (1863). In
later life he took great interest in social ques-
tions, was a leader in the Socialist League,
and contributed to the Commonweai. His chief
poetical work was "The Story of Sigurd (1876).
He wrote besides in verse : (Defence of Guene-
vere, and Other Poems) (1858); Life and Death
of Jason' (1867); (The Earthly Paradise) (1808-
70); Love Is Enough) (1872); Poems by the
Way) (1892); etc. Translations of the Æneid
(1876), the Odyssey (1887), and Beowulf (1895);
and “The House of the Wolfings) (1889), “The
Roots of the Mountains) (1890), etc. , represent
his prose work. He also published "Hopes and
Fears for Art) (1882), five lectures; (Signs of
Change) (1888), a socialistic book; and others. *
Morrison, Arthur. An English writer of
fiction; born 1864. During his employment
and residence for some years as secretary of a
Charity Trust in the East End of London, he
made a study of life in the slums, which he
has reproduced in his powerful Tales of Mean
Streets) (1895), and “The Child of the Jago)
(1896). A volume of detective stories, entitled
(Martin Hewitt, Investigator,' appeared in 1890.
Morse, Mrs. Charlotte Dunning (Wood). An
American novelist, writing under the name
« Charlotte Dunning ” ; born in New York
State, 1858. She has written : Upon a Cast,"
a society novel; A Step Aside); Cabin and
Gondola.
Morse, Edward Sylvester. A distinguished
American biologist; born at Portland, Me. , 1838.
He founded the Peabody Academy of Sciences,
Salem, Mass. , being its curator and president
since 1881; was professor at Bowdoin College,
1871-74; professor at the Imperial University,
Tokio, Japan, 1877; president of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science,
1885-87. Besides numerous scientific and pop-
ular papers, he has published: (First Book in
Zoology) (new ed. 1880); Japanese Homes )
(1885); etc.
Morse, John Torrey. An American writer
of biography; born in Boston, Jan. 9, 1840, and
resides in that city as a lawyer. He is editor
of the American Statesmen Series, and has
published biographies of Alexander Hamilton
(2 vols. , his strongest work), John and J. Q.
Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, Franklin, and Dr.
Holmes; also (Banks and Banking); (Arbitra.
tion and Award); and (Famous Trials. His lit.
erary work is marked by virile energy, strong
grasp, and luminous common-sense.
Morse, Mrs. Lucy (Gibbons). An Ameri-
can novelist ; born in New York State, 1839.
Her home is in New York. She has written
(Rachel Stanwood); (The Chezzles : A Story
of Young People (1888).
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese. The famous
inventor of the electro-magnetic telegraph, also
an artist and a publicist; born at Charlestown,
Mass. , April 27, 1791; died at New York, April
2, 1872. He was professor of natural history
at Yale College; the first president of the
National Academy of Design, New York (1820-
42); and one of the first professors of the Uni-
versity of the City of New York (professor of
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mere
the fine arts). He wrote (Foreign Conspiracies
against the Liberties of the United States)
(1835); “Our Liberties Defended, a memoir of
Lucretia Maria Davidson (1829); etc.
Morton, John Madison. An English play-
wright; born at Pangbourne, Jan. 3, 1811; died
Dec. 19, 1891. He wrote over 100 farces, many
of great popularity; including the well-known
(Box and Cox, adapted from the French.
Morton, Sarah Wentworth (Apthorpe). An
American verse-writer; born in Braintree, Mass. ,
Aug. 29, 1759; died in Quincy, Mass. , May 14,
1846. She was the writer of Quabi, an In-
dian tale in four cantos (1790), and (My Mind
and its Thoughts) (1823).
Morton, Thomas. An English dramatist;
born in the county of Durham, 1764; died in
London, March 28, 1838. He abandoned the
law for play-writing. Among his dramas, some
of which are still favorites, were : (Children in
the Wood' (1793); “The Way to Get Married)
( 1796); (Cure for the Heart-Ache) (1797);
(Speed the Plough' (1798), introducing the ori-
ginal Mrs. Grundy, who is heard of but never
seen; (The Blind Girl (1801); (Town and
Country) (1807); (School for Grown Children)
(1827); etc.
Mosby, Joh Singleton. A famous Confed-
erate cavalry leader; born in Powhatan County,
Va. , 1833. After the Civil War he practiced
law at Warrenton, Va. ; was United States con-
sul at Hong-Kong, 1875-85; afterward practiced
law at San Francisco. He wrote War Rem-
iniscences) (1887).
Moschus (mos'kus). A celebrated Greek bu-
colic poet; born at Syracuse ; lived about 200
B. C. His extant works are generally published
with those of Theocritus and Bion, the latter
being his friend and very likely his teacher.
They consist of four complete idyls, three
small fragments, and an epigram ; and are
mostly joyous and sportive in character. They
can be found in Ahrens's (Remains of the Bu-
colic Greek Poets) (1861); English translations
by Fawkes, in Chalmers's (English Poets. *
Mosen, Julius (mõ’zen). A German poet,
dramatist, and novelist; born at Marieney, Sax-
ony, July 8, 1803; died at Oldenburg, Oct. 10,
1867. He gave up the practice of law at Dres-
den to become official dramatist of the court
theatre at Oldenburg. His chief work was the
epic (Ahasuerus) (1838), based on the legend
of the Wandering Jew. He published (Poems)
(1836), some of which became popular songs; the
historical dramas (The Brides of Florence)
(1842), «The Prince's Son (1858), «Emperor
Otto III.