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Very many of his writings are extant, among
them: Praise of Demosthenes); Dialogues
of the Gods); Dialogues of the Sea Gods);
Dialogues of the Dead'; (The True History);
(Lucius; or The Ass); (On the Syrian God-
dess); Death of Peregrinus); (The Lover of
Lying); The Sea Voyage; or Votive Offer-
ings); «The Banquet; or The Lapithe); (The
Fisherman'; (The Sale of Lives); (Hermoti-
mus); Alexander, or The False Prophet);
(Anacharsis. The genuine writings of Lucian
that are extant number 124, not including some
fifty epigrams. *
Lucilius, Gaius (lö-sil'yus). A Latin poet;
born about 180 B. C. , at Suessa Aurunca, in
Campania ; died at Naples, 103 B. C. He first
gave form to Roman satiric poetry. Only frag-
ments remain of his thirty books of satires.
These show that he wrote in various metres,
though mainly in hexameters. In his verses he
lashed the vices and follies of his time with
perfect freedom and impartiality.
Lucretius Carus, Titus (lö-kre'shus kā'rus).
A Roman poet; born about 98 B. C. ; died 55
B. C. His one work, 'On Nature, in six books,
was left incomplete; but it is one of the great-
est of Latin didactic poems. *
Lucy, Henry W. An English journalist
and author; born at Crosby, near Liverpool,
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Dec. 5, 1845. After some provincial expe-
rience as a journalist, he came to London in
1868 and joined the Daily News as special
correspondent, chief of the Gallery staff, and
writer of the Parliamentary summary. On the
death of Tom Taylor, who had written the
(Essence of Parliament' for London Punch, he
continued the work as (The Diary of Toby,
M, P. ) He is the author of Men and Man-
ners in Parliament) (1874); (A Handbook of
Parliamentary Procedure) (1880); "Gideon
Fleyce) (1882), a novel; (East by West) (1885),
an account of a journey round the world; (A
Diary of Two Parliaments) (1885-86).
Luden, Heinrich (lö'den). A German his.
torian; born at Loxstedt, April 10, 1780 ; died
at Jena, May 23, 1847. He was appointed pro-
fessor of history in the University of Jena, 1810.
He rendered a notable service to German his-
torical literature by the example he set of his-
tories written in elegant, spirited style. Among
his writings are: Manual of Universal History
of the Mediæval Nations) (2 vols. , 1821); (His-
tory of the German People) ( 12 vols. , 1825-37),
his greatest work, but reaching only to the
year 1237
Lüders, Charles Henry. An American poet;
born in Philadelphia, 1858; died there, July 12,
1891. Upon the completion of his university
studies he visited Europe, subsequently settling
in his native city, where he was a prominent
member of “The Pegasus," a club of poets.
He attained distinction by his contributions of
verse to leading magazines, one of his best
poems being “The Dead Nymph. With S.
Decatur Smith, Jr. , he published a volume en-
titled "Hallo! My Fancy) (188-); and a post-
humous volume of his, (The Dead Nymph'
appeared in 189-.
Ludlow, Fitzhugh. An American journalist
and author; born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. , Sept.
11, 1836; died in Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 12,
1870. He received his education at Union
College. He was editor of Vanity Fair from
1858 to 1860, and also wrote for the World and
Evening Post, besides contributing frequently
to Harper's Monthly. His most famous work
is (The Hasheesh Eater) (1857), a glowing
portrayal of the early delights and later horrors
of addiction to the drug. In 1868 he published
(The Opium Habit,' a warning against that
habit, to which he himself later became a vic-
tim. He wrote also (The Heart of the Conti-
nent' (1870). His poem (Too Late) is familiar
in anthologies.
Ludlow, James Meeker. An American cler-
gyman and author; born in Elizabeth, N. J. ,
1841. He is a minister in the Presbyterian
Church, and at present is a resident of East
Orange, N. J. His best-known works are : (The
Captain of the Janizaries, a Story of the Times
of Scanderbeg' (1886); A King of Tyre)
(1891); “That Angelic Woman' (1892), a novel.
Ludolf, Hiob (löd'olf). An eminent Ger-
man Orientalist; born at Erfurt, Jan. 15, 1624;
died at Frankfort on the Main, April 8, 1704
He traveled extensively through Europe; and
while visiting Rome made the acquaintance of
the Abyssinian patriarch Gregorius, and from
him acquired a knowledge of the Ethiopian lan-
guage. He is said to have understood 25 lan.
guages. He wrote: (Sketch of the History of
Ethiopia' (1681); “Grammar of the Amharic
Language) (1698); Ethiopic-Latin Diction.
ary); (Ethiopic Grammar. '
Ludwig, Karl (löd'vig). A great German
physiologist; born at Witzenhausen, in Hesse,
Dec. 29, 1816; died at Leipsic, April 24, 1895.
He became professor of physiology at Leipsic
University, 1865. There is hardly any depart-
ment of physiology with which his name is
not honorably associated; some of his works
were of fundamental importance for medical
science and natural history. His principal
work is (Text-Book of Human Physiology)
(2 vols. , 1852-56).
Ludwig, Otto. An eminent German dram-
atist and story-writer; born at Eisfeld, Feb.
II, 1813; died at Dresden, Feb. 25, 1865. His
first ambition was for music; and, at first self-
taught, a melodrama he wrote gained him the
means of becoming a pupil of Mendelssohn at
Leipsic. But he soon abandoned this, and
went into retirement to write novels and dra.
mas; many of the latter he never published,
but in 1850 he brought out his tragedy (The
Hereditary Forester,' very faulty in construction
though with manifold great excellences. He
essayed a higher fight in the tragedy (The
Maccabees) (1855), but again failed in con-
struction. He turned now to story-telling, and
began a series of tales of Thuringian life.
To this series belongs (Between Heaven and
Earth) (1857), his masterpiece.
Ludwig Salvator, Archduke of Austria. A
noted explorer and traveler; born at Florence,
Aug. 4, 1847. His principal writings, all illus-
trated by himself and most of them published
anonymously, are : (Levkosia, Capital of Cy.
prus) (1873); Yacht Voyage to the Syrtes)
(1874); Los Angeles in Southern California)
(2d ed. 1885); (The Caravan Route from Egypt
to Syria' (1878); 'The Balearic Islands,' superbly
illustrated (7 vols. , 1869-91); (Around the World
without Intending It) (4th ed. 1886); (The Lipari
Islands) (1893).
Luis de Granada, Fray (lö'ēs de grä-nä'dä).
A Spanish mystic and preacher; born at Gra-
nada, 1504; died at Lisbon, 1588. He entered
the order of Preaching Friars or Dominicans in
1523. Though high church dignities were re-
peatedly offered to him, he remained a simple
friar all his life. Of his discourses or sermons,
thirteen were committed to writing and have
been preserved. He wrote many works of de.
votion; among them : (Sinners' Guide) (1556);
Meditations' (1556).
Luis de Leon. See Ponce de Leon.
Lukens, Henry Clay. An American jour-
nalist; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 18, 1838. In
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LUMBY - LYCOPHRON
1884 he was associate editor of the New York
Daily News, and subsequently editor of the Jour-
nalist, New York. His pen-name is “Erratic
Enrique. ” He has published: (The Marine
Circus at Cherbourg' (1865); "Lean Nora, a
travesty of Bürger's "Lenore (1870); “Story of
the Types) (1881); and (Jets and Flashes (1883).
Lumby, Joseph Rawson. An English clergy-
man, editor, and author; born at Stanningley,
Yorkshire. He was Norris professor of divinity
at Cambridge, 1879-92. For the Early English
Text Society he has edited (King Horn, Ratio
Raving, etc. ); for the Pitt Press, Sir Thomas
More's Life of Richard III. ) and (L'topia. '
He has written (A History of the Creed)
(1873); (A Popular Introduction to the New
Testament (1883); and a small work on Greek
Learning in the Western Church during the
Seventh and Eighth Centuries.
Lummis, Charles Fletcher. An American
author ; born in Massachusetts in 1859. He is
a resident of Los Angeles, Cal. He is de-
voted to the archæology and history of the
aboriginal tribes of the Southwest. Among his
works are: (The Land of Poco Tiempo);
(The Spanish Pioneers ); «The Man who Mar-
ried the Moon); (The Gold Fish of the Grand
Chimú); (A New Mexico David, and Other
Stories.
Lundy, Benjamin. An American anti-slavery
agitator; born at Hardwich, N. J. , Jan. 4, 1789;
died at Lowell, III. , Aug. 22, 1839. He advo-
cated emancipation in frequent contributions
to periodicals, till 1821, when he founded the
monthly Genius of Universal Emancipation,
which was published under difficulties for some
years. He started in Philadelphia a weekly anti-
slavery journal, The National Enquirer (1836);
and in 1839 was about to revive the Genius of
Universal Emancipation at Lowell, when he
died. «The Life, Travels, and Opinions of
Benjamin Lundy) was published in 1847.
Lunt, George. An American poet and prose-
writer; born in Newburyport, Mass. , Dec. 31,
1803; died in Boston, May 17, 1885. During the
Civil War he was associate editor, with George
S. Hillard, of the Boston Courier. He was a
forceful, graceful writer. He published (Poems)
(1839); (The Age of Gold' (1843); (The Dove
and the Eagle) (1851); "Lyric Poems) (1854);
(The Union,' a poem (1860); (Origin of the
Late War) (1866); (Old New England Traits)
(1873).
Lunt, William Parsons. An American cler-
gyman; born in Newburyport, Mass. , April 21,
1805; died in Akabah, Arabia Petræa, March
23, 1857. His writings are singularly felicitous
in purity of taste, and have been much admired.
Among his published works are: (Gleanings);
(Discourse at the Interment of John Quincy
Adams); (Union of the Human Race); (Ser-
mon on Daniel Webster. He also compiled
( The Christian Psalter. )
Luschka, Hubert von (löshʼkä). A German
anatomist and physiologist; born at Constance,
July 27, 1820; died at Tübingen, March 1, 1875.
He became professor of anatomy in the Univer-
sity of Tübingen in 1855. His principal work
is Human Anatomy as related to Practical
Medicine) (3 vols. , 1862–69).
Luska, sidney. See Harland, Henry.
Luther, Martin. The renowned church re-
former; born at Eisleben, in Saxony, Nov. 10,
1483; died there, Feb. 18, 1546. Noteworthy
among his numerous writings are : (The Baby-
lonian Captivity of the Church) (1520); the
treatise Against Henry, King of England
(1522); (The Slave Will, Luther's reply to
Erasmus's tractate (On Free Will); "Letters)
(6 vols. , 1825-56); (Table Talk) (1566). His
greatest service to the literature of Germany
was his translation of the Bible, the New Tes.
tament version being completed in 1522 and
the Old Testament in 1534. *
Lützow, Karl von (lüts'ou). A German his-
torian of art; born at Göttingen, Dec. 25, 1832.
He wrote: Munich Antiques) (7 vols. , 1861-
69); Masterpieces of Ecclesiastical Architect-
ure) (1862), fruit of his studies in France and
England; Monuments of Art, in association
with Lübke (6th ed. 1892); History of German
Copperplate and Wood Engraving. '
Luzan, Ignacio de (lö'thän). A Spanish poet
and scholar; born at Saragossa, 1702; died at
Madrid, 1754. His work on (The Poetic Art)
(1737) is greatly admired.
Luzzatti, Luigi (löts-ä'tē). An Italian states.
man; born at Venice, 1841. He is author of a
series of works on political law, among them
(State and Church in Belgium' and 'Embry-
ology and Development of Political Constitu-
tions.
Lyall, Alfred Comyns, Sir. An English
administrator and author; born at Coulston,
Surrey, in 1835. In the course of a long and
useful career in India he was Home Secretary,
Foreign Secretary, and in 1882 Lieutenant-
Governor of the North-West Provinces, having
in the previous year been created K. C. B. As
an author his reputation is due chiefly to his
(Asiatic Studies, Religious and Social) (1882);
a biography of Warren Hastings (1889) in
the (English Men of Action) series; and (The
Rise of the British Dominion in India' (3d ed.
1893).
Lyall, Edna, pseudonym of Ada Ellen
Bayly. An English novelist; born at Brighton.
Among her works are: (Won by Waiting);
(Donovan); Autobiography of a Slander);
(Knight Errant); (A Hardy Norseman); "In
the Golden Days); "We Two); Derrick
Vaughan, Novelist); Doreen); “To Right the
Wrong); etc.
Lycophron (li'kof-ron). A Greek poet and
grammarian, native of Chalcis in Eubæa; lived
in the third century B. C. He had a part in
organizing the Alexandrine Library. He was
classed as a tragic poet with the “Pleiad, so
called. One poem alone of his numerous
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compositions remains : Alexandra,' which con-
tains, in 1474 iambic verses, a prophecy of
Cassandra relating to the fall of Troy and the
fortunes of the heroes therein concerned.
Lycurgus (li-kér'gus). An Attic orator of
the fourth century B. C. He was a disciple of
Plato and Isocrates, and a zealous adherent
of the patriotic party. His Orations) against
Leocrates are extant: they are notable less for
their form than for their noble and dignified
exposition.
Lydgate, John. An English poet of the 15th
century. He was a monk of Bury St. Edmunds.
He translated Benoit de St. Maure's History
of Troy) at the command of Henry V. ; wrote
a poem on the Battle of Agincourt,' and one
upon the coronation of Henry VII.
; his (Story
of Thebes) is written as though it were one of
the “Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. He wrote
some ballads that became popular favorites, as
(The London Lackpenny); (A Satirical Ballad
on the Times); A Lover's Complaint. '
Lyell, Sir Charles. A distinguished English
geologist; born at Kinnordy, Scotland, Nov. 14,
1797 ; died at London, Feb. 22, 1875. In his
(Principles of Geology) (3 vols. , 1830) he as-
sailed the doctrine of “catastrophism in geol-
ogy. He published: (Elements of Geology)
(1837); “Travels in North America, with Geo-
logical Observations) (2 vols. , 1845); “A Second
Visit to the United States) (2 vols. , 1846): these
voyages were made for the purpose of testing
his principle of continuous geologic evolution.
His last work was "Geological Evidences of
the Antiquity of Man (1863).
Lyle, William. A Scottish poet; born in
Edinburgh, Nov. 17, 1822. Since coming to
the United States he has resided in Roches-
ter, N. Y. His poems are widely read in this
country and Canada. Among his most popular
Scottish dialect poems is (The Grave of Three
Hundred. He has also written several Eng-
lish poems, including Diotima. (The Martyr
Queen) was published in 1888.
Lyly, John. An English dramatist; born
1554; died in London, 1606. Between 1578 and
1600 he composed several plays, chiefly myth-
ological, which were acted by the boys of
St. Paul's School in presence of Queen Eliza-
beth. But he is noteworthy principally on ac-
count of his two books (Euphues, or the An-
atomy of Wit) (1579), and “Euphues and his
England) (1580), which were the first serious
attempts in English to use words as mere musi-
cal notes, quite subordinating the matter to the
sound. Fantastic as the form was, the recog.
nition of new possibilities in the language in-
toxicated the cultured classes, and set the liter-
ary fashion for many years: story-writers who
wished to assure themselves an audience en.
titled their books (Euphues his —, and the
influence is clear and strong on Sidney and
Spenser.
Lyman, Joseph Bardwell. An American
agriculturist; born in Chester, Mass. , Oct. 6,
1829; died in Richmond Hill, L. I. , Jan, 28,
1872. In 1867 he became agricultural editor
of the New York World. The following year
he was editor of Hearth and Home, and shortly
after joined the staff of the Tribune. He wrote,
with his wife, (The Philosophy of Housekeep-
ing) (1867). He published: (Resources of the
Pacific States) (1865); (Women of the War)
(1866); and (Cotton Culture) (1867).
Lyman, Laura Elizabeth Baker. An Amer-
ican journalist; born in Kent's Hill, Me. , April
2, 1831. Under her pen-name of Kate Hun-
nibee,” she became widely known from a series
of articles which appeared in Hearth and
Home. She edited the Home Interest depart-
ment in the New York Tribune (1869-70), and
the Dining-Room Magazine (1876–77).
Lyman, Theodore. An American philan-
thropist; born in Boston, Feb. 20, 1792; died
in Brookline, Mass. , July 18, 1849. Graduated
at Harvard in 1810. He founded the State
Reform School, to which he gave $72,500.
Among his works are : (Three Weeks in Paris)
(1814); (The Political State of Italy) (1820);
(Account of the Hartford Convention) (1823);
and (The Diplomacy of the United States with
Foreign Nations) (2 vols. , 1828).
Lynch, James Daniel. An American poet
and miscellaneous writer; born in Mecklenburg
County, Va. , Jan. 6, 1836. His best-known
poems are: “The Clock of Destiny, (The
Star of Texas,' and (The Siege of the Alamo. '
He also published: (Kemper County Vindi-
cated' (1878); “Bench and Bar of Mississippi)
(1881); and (Bench and Bar of Texas) (1885).
Lyne, Joseph Leycester. An English di-
vine and religious writer, called “Father Ig.
natius” and Ignatius of Jesus”; born in
London, Nov. 23, 1837. He was a mission
curate in London, but withdrew to begin the
attempt of restoring monasticism in the Church
of England. He built Llanthony Abbey in
Wales, and established there a community of
monks on the pattern of the Benedictine or-
der. He is the author of many published
sermons, poems, tales, etc. , among which are :
(The Catholic Church of England) (1864);
Brother Placidus) (1870); Leonard Morris, or
the Benedictine Monk) (1871); (Mission Ser-
mons and Orations) (1886); (Tales of the Mon-
astery.
Lysias (liz'i-as). An Attic orator; about
450-380 B. C.
Of his anciently accredited 425
orations only 233 were authentic; 31 are still
extant, but some even of these, and considera-
ble fractions of others, are suspected to be spuri-
ous. All but one of these were written for other
persons to deliver in courts or public assem-
blies; the exception is a speech made by him
in court for the conviction of his brother's
murderer. They are all written in the purest
Attic, and the narration and arguments are
managed with extraordinary skill.
Lytle, William Haines (li-tl). An Ameri-
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LYTTON – MACARTHUR
Nov. 2, 1826; killed at the battle of Chicka-
mauga, Tenn. , Sept. 20, 1863. He graduated
at Cincinnati College, and studied law. He
was a captain in the Mexican War; and in
the Civil War served as colonel in 1861, and
later as brigadier-general of volunteers, having
been promoted to that rank for gallant conduct.
His best-known poems are Antony to Cleo-
patra) and (Jacqueline. No complete collec-
tion of his works was published.
Lytton, Edward Bulwer, Lord. See Bul.
wer.
Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer, Earl of
[«Owen Meredith »], the only son of Edward
Bulwer-Lytton; born in London, Nov. 8, 1831 ;
died in Paris, Nov. 24, 1891. He was educated
at Harrow and Bonn; went to Washington in
1849 as private secretary to his uncle, Lord
Dalling (William Henry Lytton Earle); and
subsequently had an important diplomatic ca-
reer in Vienna, Athens, Copenhagen, and Lis.
bon. He was made viceroy of India in 1876;
created Earl of Lytton in 1880; and ambassa-
dor to France in 1887. His works include:
(Clytemnestra, The Earl's Return, and Other
Poems) (1855); “The Wanderer) (1859); Lu-
cile,' a novel in verse (1860); (Fables in Song'
(1874); "Glenaveril (1885); King Poppy)
(1892); (The Ring of Amasis,' a novel (1863;
new ed. 1890); and (Marah,' poems, published
posthumously (1892). *
M
Maartens, Maarten (mär'tenz), pseudonym
of J. M. W. Van der Poorten-Schwartz. The
most noted Dutch novelist of the day; born in
Amsterdam, 1858. He writes his books in Eng-
lish. Among them are : (The Sin of Joost Ave-
lingh) (1890); A Question of Taste) (1891);
(God's Fool' (1892); (The Greater Glory)
(1894); etc. *
Mabie, Hamilton Wright. A distinguished
American essayist, critic, and editor; born at
Cold Spring, N. Y. , Dec. 13, 1845. He grad -
uated from Williams College, practiced law
for a time in New York city, and then entered
journalism, becoming in 1879 associate editor
of the Christian Union, now the Outlook. His
thoughtful, happily turned, and sound essays,
many of which have appeared originally in his
paper, have won him the position of a critic
of recognized authority and influence. He has
insisted on the value of the past and the neces-
sity of a broad culture for the true appreciation
of literature, while sympathetic towards the
new. The wide sale of his books has done much
to stimulate and direct the American taste for
letters. He has supplemented the written word
by much work on the lecture platform. He is
one of the most acceptable lecturers on liter-
ary subjects in the country. His books are :
(Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas); My
Study Fire); (Under the Trees and Elsewhere);
(Short Studies in Literature); “Essays in Lit-
erary Interpretation); Essays on Nature and
Culture ); (Essays on Books and Culture. )
Mabillon, Jean (mä-be-yôn'). A noted French
scholar and historian; born at St. Pierremont,
Ardennes, Nov. 23, 1632; died at Paris, Dec.
27, 1707. He belonged to the Benedictine order,
and lived in the famous Abbey of St. Germain-
des-Prés, Paris, after 1664. His critical (Ancient
Analects) (4 vols. , 1675-85), and (Italian Mu-
seum' (2 vols. , 1687-89), collected in Germany
and Italy, possess great value. In (On Diplo-
macy) (1681), his chief work, in which are stated
the principles of historic inquiry, and which
became a classic, he defended his method, which
had been attacked by the Jesuits. He wrote
also works relating to the Benedictine saints
and history.
Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de (mä-ble'). A
French publicist, brother of Condillac; born at
Grenoble, March 14, 1709; died in Paris, April
23, 1785. The admiration of antiquity prevalent
during the French Revolution was largely due
to his "Parallel between the Romans and the
French) (1740), 'Observations on the Romans)
(1751), and (Observations on the History of
Greece) (1766). His (Conversations of Pho-
cion (1763) has been said to contain the germ
of modern communism. (Collected Works, 1879. )
MacAfee, Mrs. Nelly Nichol (Marshall). An
American novelist, daughter of Gen. Humphrey
Marshall of the Confederate army; born at
Louisville, Ky. , 1845. Among her works are :
(Sodom Apples) (1866); “Wearing the Cross)
(1868); (A Criminal through Love' (1882); etc.
McAfee, Robert Breckinridge. An Ameri.
can lawyer and historian; born in Mercer
County, Ky. , February 1784; died there, March
12, 1849. He was United States chargé d'affaires
at Bogota, Colombia, from 1833 till 1837; and
was a member of the Royal Antiquarian So-
ciety of Denmark. He wrote a (History of
the War of 1812) (1816). Much valuable in-
formation has been obtained from his private
journal, relating to the early history of Kentucky.
McAnally, David Rice. An American edu-
cator and prose-writer; born in Tennessee, Feb.
17, 1810. He was long associated with Horace
Mann in efforts to improve methods in educa-
tion. He is the author of Life of Martha
Laurens Ramsay) (1852); “Life and Labors of
Bishop Marvine) (1878); and (History of Meth-
odism in Missouri (1881).
MacArthur, Robert Stuart. An American
Baptist divine; born at Dalesville, P. Q. , 1841.
He has been pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
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Christian Inquirer and the Baptist Quarterly
Review. He has published "Quick Truths in
Quaint Texts"; "Calvary Pulpit, or Christ and
Him Crucified' (1890); etc.
Macaulay, Catharine, Mrs. (Sawbridge).
An English historian; born in Kent, 1733; died
June 22, 1791. She is best known by her (His-
tory of England (8 vols. , 1763-83). Her (His-
tory of England from the Revolution) (1778)
was called the republican history of Eng.
land, and was severely criticized. Only one
volume appeared.
Macaulay, James. A Scottish novelist and
writer for the young; born at Edinburgh, 1817.
He has been editor of several periodicals, for
thirty-five years editor-in-chief of the Religious
Tract Society; founded the Boy's Own Paper,
and the Girl's Own Paper. He has published
(Across the Ferry) (1871); (All True) (new ed.
1880); (From Middy to Admiral of the Fleet);
(Sea Pictures) (new ed. 1884); "Victoria, her
Liſe and Reign (1887); etc.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord. A
famous English historian, essayist, poet, and
statesman; born at Rothley Temple, Leicester-
shire, Oct. 25, 1800; died at Kensington, Dec.
28, 1859. Called to the bar in 1826, he was
Member of Parliament 1830-34, 1839-47, 1852-
57; member of the Supreme Council in India
(residing at Calcutta) 1834-38; Secretary of
War 1839-41 ; Paymaster-General 1846-47. The
History of England) is his one large work.
Vols. i. and ii. appeared in 1849 ; iii. and iv.
in 1855; V. , edited by his sister Lady Trevel-
yan, in 1866. His "Lays of Ancient Rome !
appeared in 1842. His works have been pub-
lished in innumerable forms in many coun-
tries; a complete edition, edited by Lady
Trevelyan, appeared in 1866. He was a keen
critic, an eloquent and convincing orator, and
one of the most delightful of English letter-
writers. He has contributed to English liter-
ature a vast number of brilliant essays, the
enumeration of which will be found in the
biographical notice in the Library. *
MacCarthy, Denis Florence. An Irish poet;
born at Dublin, 1817 (? ); died 1882. He was
a lawyer by profession, but never practiced.
He won the love of his countrymen by his
lyrics on Irish history and legend.
Among
his works are: (Ballads, Poems, and Lyrics)
(1850); (The Bell-Founder,' etc. (new ed. 1857);
Underglimpses,' etc. (1857). He wrote also
'Early Life of Shelley) (1872).
McCarthy, Justin. A noted Irish journalist,
politician, historian, novelist, and miscellaneous
writer; born at Cork, Nov. 22, 1830. He has
been a Home Rule Member of Parliament
since 1879, and since the fall of Parnell, chair-
man of the Irish Parliamentary party.