; and the volumes of travel (Sketches from
the North (1844), Northern Picture-Book)
(3d ed.
the North (1844), Northern Picture-Book)
(3d ed.
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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. (1842), Henry the Fowler) (1836),
etc. ; and the novels ( The Blue Flower) (1837),
Homesickness) (1837), etc. ("Works, new ed. ,
6 vols. , Leipzig, 1880. )
Mosenthal, Salomon Hermann von (mõ'-
zen-täl). A German dramatist; born at Cassel,
Jan. 14, 1821; died at Vienna, Feb. 17, 1877.
He obtained a positio in the Austrian gov-
ernment in 1850. His best-known works were
(Deborah) (1850: the original of (Leah the
Forsaken'), and (Heliotrope Manor) (1857).
He wrote also (The German Actors) (1863);
(The Mayor of Altenbüren (1868); (Maryna)
(1871); the tragedies "Düweke) (1860), (Pietra)
(1865); etc. (“Works,' 6 vols. , Stuttgart, 1878. )
Möser, Albert (mė'zer). A German poet;
born at Göttingen, May 7, 1835. His life has
been that of a teacher. He has written Po.
ems) (1865; new ed. 1890); Night and Stars)
(1872); Idylls) (1875); (From the Attic) (1893);
(Pol de Mont' (1893); etc.
Moser, Gustav von (mõʻzer). A prolific
German comedy-writer; born at Spandau, May
II, 1825. He resigned from the army in 1856 to
devote himself to literature. Among his pieces
are : (What do You Think about Russia ? ); (A
Modern Barbarian); (Ultimo); (The Hypo-
chondriac); (The Temptress); “The New Gov-
erness. ((Works, 18 vols. , Berlin, 1873-88. )
Möser, Justus (mė'zăr). A noted German
publicist and historian; born at Osnabrück, Dec.
14, 1720; died there, Jan. 8, 1794. He held very
important government posts. Modern Ger-
man historiography may be said to date from
him; his theory being that history should de-
scribe the development of peoples, laws, cus-
toms, and habits, instead of being a
chronicle of dynasties and wars. His most cel.
ebrated works were History of Osnabrück
(3d ed. 1819); and (Patriotic Reveries) (latest
ed. 1871), a work of national importance.
((Works, 10 vols. , Berlin, 1842-44. )
Mosheim, Johann Lorenz von (mös'him).
A distinguished German church historian and
theologian; born at Lübeck, Oct. 9, 1694; died
at Göttingen, Sept. 9, 1755. He was the first
to treat ecclesiastical history as a sequence of
secular causes and effects. He became pro-
fessor of history and chancellor of the uni-
versity at Göttingen in 1747. His great work
was his (Institutes of Ecclesiastical History)
(new ed. 1755). He published also other his-
torical writings, and was a noted pulpit orator.
His published sermons are contained in Sacred
Discourses) (4th ed. , 3 vols. , Hamburg, 1765).
Mota-Padilla, Matias de la (mõ'tä-pä-del'.
yä). A Mexican historian; born at Guadala.
jara, Oct. 6, 1688; died 1766. Ile was a lawyer,
and during the latter part of his life a priest.
He wrote among other things History of the
Conquest of New Galicia) (1870–71), a work
of much importance.
Motherwell, William. A Scottish poet and
antiquary ; born at Glasgow, Oct. 13, 1797 ;
died there, Nov. I, 1835. He was a journalist
and under-secretary of the sheriff of Paisley.
His principal works were: 'Minstrelsy, Ancient
and Modern (1827), and Poems, Narrative
and Lyrical) (1832; latest ed. 1881). *
Motley, John Lothrop. A distinguished
American historian and diplomatist; born at
Dorchester, Mas pril 15, 1814; died in Dor-
setshire, England, May 29, 1877. Originally a
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lawyer, he wrote two novels, became interested
in historical research, chose Dutch history for
his field, and spent years in Holland working
up the original sources. The chief fruits were :
(Rise of the Dutch Republic) (3 vols. , 1856);
(History of the United Netherlands) (4 vols. ,
1860-68); Life of John of Barneveld' (1874).
He was United States minister to Austria 1861-
67, and to Great Britain 1869-70. After 1868 he
resided in England. *
Moulton, Louise (Chandler). An Ameri-
can poet and prose-writer; born in Pomfret,
Conn. , April 5, 1835. She is one of the prom-
inent literary women of Boston, and the author
of many books, in which are included : (This,
That, and the Other) (1854), stories, essays,
and poems; Bedtime Stories for Children
(1873); (Swallow-Flights, and Other Poems)
(1878); (Ourselves and Our Neighbors) (1887);
"Some Women's Hearts) (1888); and (In the
Garden of Dreams, Lyrics, and Sonnets) (1890).
Moultrie, John. An English poet; born in
London, Dec. 30, 1799 ; died at Rugby, Dec.
26, 1874. He was rector of Rugby in 1828. He
published: My Brother's Grave and Other
Poems) (4th ed. 1854); (The Dream of Life
and Other Poems) (last ed. 1854); a volume of
(Sermons) (1852); etc.
Mountcastle, Clara H. [«Caris Sima. ”] A
Canadian poet and story-writer ; born at Clin-
ton, Ont. Nov. 26, 1837. She taught drawing
and painting 1871-84. She has written : (The
Mission of Love, and Other Poems) (1882);
(Lost, and Other Poems) (1882), “A Mystery)
(1886), verse; and the novel “Crow's Hollow. )
Mountford, William. An American miscel-
laneous prose-writer; born in Kidderminster,
England, May 31, 1816; came to the United
States in 1849; died in Boston, April 20, 1885.
Among his publications are: Martyria, a
Legend) (1846); (Euthanasy; or Happy Talks
toward the End of Life) (1850); “Beauties of
Channing); (Miracles, Past and Present' (1870).
Mowatt, Mrs. See Ritchie.
Mudford, William. An English journalist
and miscellaneous writer; born in London, Jan.
8, 1782; died there, March 10, 1848. He was
for many years editor of the London Courier,
afterward of the Kentish Observer. Among his
works were (Nubilia in Search of a Husband)
(4th ed. 1809); (The Contemplatist! (1811),
essays on morals and literature; (Life and
Adventures of Paul Plaintive) (1811), a novel;
(The Premier) (1831), a novel; (Tales and
Trifles from Blackwood's) (1849), containing the
well-known story (The Iron Shroud, his best
work; etc.
Mügge, Theodor (mig ge). A German nov-
elist and writer of travels; born at Berlin,
Nov. 8, 1806; died there, Feb. 18, 1861. For
some years he was a journalist. Among his
best-known works were the novels (The Cay-
alier) (1835), «Toussaint' (1840), Life and
Love in Norway) (1858), “The Prophet) (1860),
etc.
; and the volumes of travel (Sketches from
the North (1844), Northern Picture-Book)
(3d ed. 1862), etc. (Complete novels, 33 vols. ,
Berlin, 1862-67).
Mühlbach, Luise (mül'bäch), pseudonym of
Madame Klara Müller Mundt. A German
novelist, wife of Theodor Mundt; born at Neu-
brandenburg, Jan. 2, 1814; died at Berlin, Sept.
26, 1873. She wrote a number of popular his.
torical novels, including Queen Hortense (5th
ed. 1861); “Emperor Joseph II. and his Court)
(9th ed. 1866); Marie Antoinette and her Son
(1867); (Emperor Alexander and his Court)
(1868); Mohammed Ali and his House) (1871);
(Frederick the Great and his Court) (8th ed.
1882). She was a prolific writer.
Muhlenberg, William Augustus. An Amer-
ican Episcopal clergyman and miscellaneous
writer; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 16, 1796;
died in New York, April 8, 1877. From 1846
to 1877 he was rector of the Church of the
Holy Communion, New York. His time was
largely given to educational work and the
amelioration of the condition of the poor.
Among his writings are : (St. Johnland : Ideal
and Actual (1867); (Christ and the Bible)
(1869); and I Would Not Live Alway,' the
story of the hymn (1871).
Muir, John. An American naturalist and
explorer; born at Dunbar, Scotland, 1836. He
discovered Glacier Bay and the Muir Glacier
in Alaska in 1879. Besides contributing a
number of illustrated papers to magazines, and
editing Picturesque California, he has pub.
lished «The Mountains of California' (1894), a
valuable and very charming work. *
Muir, Sir William. A Scottish Orientalist,
brother of John; born at Glasgow, 1819. En-
tering the Bengal civil service at 18, he was
lieutenant-governor of the Northwest Prov.
inces, 1868–74; minister of finance for India,
1874-76; principal of the University of Edin-
burgh, 1885. He has written: Life of Ma.
homet and History of Islam (1883); (The
Caliphate : Its Rise, Decline, and Fall' (2d ed.
1892); etc.
Mulford, Elisha. An American Episcopal
clergyman and philosophical writer; born at
Montrose, Pa. , Nov. 19, 1833; died at Cam-
bridge, Mass. , Dec. 9, 1885. He wrote (The
Nation) (new ed. 1876) and (The Republic of
God) (1881), two works of great elevation of
thought and expression. *
Mulford, Prentice. An American journalist
and miscellaneous writer; born on Long Island
in 1834; died in 1891. He was settled in New
York, and afterwards in San Francisco. He
wrote: “The Swamp Angel); Life by Land
and Sea); (Your Forces, and How to Use
Them' (2 vols. , 1888).
Mulhall, Michael G. A British statistician;
born at Dublin, 1836. Having removed to
South America, he founded the Buenos Ayres
Standard (1861), the first English daily paper
printed in South America. He has published:
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:
(Handbook of the River Plata) (5th ed. 1885),
translated into Spanish; Progress of the
World) (1880); Dictionary of Statistics) (new
ed. 1892); etc. His wife, Mrs. Marion Mulhall,
has published “Between the Amazon and the
Andes) (1883), a book of travel.
Mullany, Patrick Francis. [“ Brother Aza-
rias. ”] An Irish-American priest, educator, and
literary critic; born in Killemain, Ireland, June
29, 1847; emigrated to the United States in
childhood; died at Plattsburg, N. Y. , Aug. 20,
1893. He joined the order of the Brothers of
the Christian Schools. He became in 1866 pro-
fessor of mathematics and English literature
at Rock Hill College, Ellicott City, Md. , and
in 1878 president, remaining such until 1889,
after which he lived in New York and its
neighborhood until his death. As a lecturer
on literary, philosophic, and pedagogic themes,
he was eloquent and influential ; his papers on
Dante and Aristotle were read at the Concord
School of Philosophy, and he was a frequent
speaker in different parts of the country. He
was also a steady contributor to the periodicals;
his essays, afterwards gathered into book form,
embodying the results of wise thought and ripe
culture, and possessing a fine literary quality.
His critical attitude was that of the Christian
scholar making a constant appeal to the ideals
of the great past, and judging the present
thereby. His printed works are : (The Devel-
opment of English Literature); (Old English
Period); Philosophy of Literature); Psy-
chological Aspects of Education); (Address
on Thinking); Aristotle and the Christian
Church); Culture of the Spiritual Sense);
(Phases of Thought and Criticism. '
Müller, Friedrich (mül'ler). [Called Painter
Müller. ) A German painter, engraver, poet, and
dramatist; born at Kreuznach, Jan. 13, 1749;
died at Rome, April 23, 1825. As a poet he
belonged to the storm and stress » school.
Among his works may be mentioned: (Bac-
chido and Milo' ( 1775 ); (The Satyr Mop-
sus) (1775); (Adam's First Awaking and First
Happy Nights) (1778); the dramas (Genoveva)
(1808); Life of Faust) (latest ed. 1881); the
opera Niobe (1778); etc. (Works,' new ed. ,
Heidelberg, 1825. )
Müller, Friedrich Max. [Universally known
in England and America as (Max Müller. ”]
A celebrated German-English Sanskrit scholar
and comparative philologist, son of Wilhelm
Müller the poet; born at Dessau, Dec. 6,
1823. Removing to England (1846), he be-
came professor of modern languages and lit.
erature (1854), and professor of comparative
philology (1868–75), at Oxford. He has edited
and translated the Hitopadeça) (1844), and
edited the Rig Veda! (6 vols. , 1849-74), etc.
He has written : (History of Ancient Sanskrit
Literature) (2d ed. 1860); (Science of Lan-
guage) (latest ed. 1891); "Chips from a Ger-
man Workshop' (latest ed. 1895); (Science of
Reli n) (1870); (Essays on Language, My-
thology, and Religion (1881); (Science of
Thought) (1887); the novel (German Love):
and is the editor of the series (Sacred Books
of the East,' now being issued by the Claren-
don Press at Oxford, of which some sixty vol-
umes are now ready, and which constitutes the
most important translated collection of Oriental
literature. *
Müller, Johannes von. A celebrated Swiss
historian; born at Schaffhausen, Jan. 3, 1752 ;
died at Cassel, Prussia, May 29, 1809. He held
a number of positions in the service of Mainz,
Austria, and Prussia, and when he died was
director-general of education in the kingdom
of Westphalia. His principal works were : (His-
tory of the Swiss) (new ed. , 5 vols. , 1786-1808),
and (24 Books of Universal History) (3 vols. ,
1811; new ed. 1852).
Müller, Karl. A German romance-writer;
born at Stuttgart, Feb. 8, 1819; died there, Nov.
28, 1889. He was editor of several periodicals.
He wrote: (Life's Changes, by Franz von El.
ling' (1854); (New Mysteries of Paris) (1863);
New Mysteries of London (1865-67); (The
White Woman' (1868–73); (The Turks before
Vienna) (1870); (At the Court of the Northern
Semiramis) (1873); etc. Among his pseudo-
nyms were “Otfried Mylius,) (Rod. Nellen-
burg," etc.
Müller, Karl Otfried. A distinguished Ger-
man Hellenist and archæologist; born at Brieg,
Aug. 28, 1797 ; died at Athens, Aug. 1, 1840. He
was professor of archæology at Göttingen in
1819. His principal works were : (History of
Hellenic Races and States) (2d ed. 1844); (The
Etruscans) (2d ed. 1877-78); Introduction to a
Scientific Mythology) (1825); (Handbook of the
Archæology of Art) (latest ed. 1878); (Monu-
ments of Ancient Art) (3d ed. 1876–81); (History
of Greek Literature (4th ed. 1882–84); maps of
ancient Greece ; etc.
Müller, Otto. A German novelist; born at
Schotten, Hesse, June 1, 1816; died at Stuttgart,
Aug. 7, 1894. He edited several periodicals.
Among his works were the popular (Burgher)
(3d ed. 1870); (Charlotte Ackermann (1854),
which he dramatized ; (The Mayor of Frank-
fort) (3d ed. 1878); (The Convent Court) (2d
ed. 1862); (Roderich' (2d ed. 1862); (Tales)
(2d ed. 1870); etc.
Müller, Wilhelm. A German lyric poet;
born at Dessau, Oct. 7, 1794; died there, Sept.
30, 1827. His life was that of a teacher and a
librarian. He wrote in verse Poems from the
Posthumous Papers of a Traveling Bugler
(1821-24; 2d ed. 1826), (Songs of the Greeks)
(new ed. 1844), Romaic National Songs
(1825), Lyrical Journeys and Epigrammatic
Walks) (1827), etc. ; the novel (The Thirteenth
(1827); the critical essay (Introduction to Ho.
mer) (2d ed. 1836); the book of travel (Rome,
and Rome's Men and Women) (1820); etc.
A number of his songs became very popular;
some were set to music by Schubert and oth-
ers. (Miscellaneous writings, with biography,
5 vols. , Leipzig, 1830. Poetical works,
Berlin, 1874. ) *
)
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Müller, Wilhelm. A German historian;
born at Giengen, Würtemberg, Dec. 2, 1820;
died near Ravensburg, Feb. 7, 1892. He was
professor in the gymnasium at Tübingen in
1863. He wrote: (Guide for Instruction in
History) (14th ed. 1890); (Political History of
the Present (annual, 1867-92); (Illustrated
History of the Franco-Prussian War! (1873);
(Historical Women' (2d ed. 1882); “Emperor
William (4th ed. 1880); 'Count Moltke (3d ed.
1889); Prince Bismarck) (3d ed. 1890); (Em-
peror Frederick (1888);(Political History of the
Most Recent Times, 1876-90) (4th ed. 1890); etc.
Müller, Wolfgang, called von Königswinter
(fon kė'nigs-vin-ter). A German lyric and epic
poet and novelist; born at Königswinter, Prus-
sia, March 15, 1816; died at Neuenahr, Prussia,
June 29, 1873. Originally a physician (1842),
he was Member of the Frankfort Parliament
in 1848, but abandoned both medicine and
politics for literature. Among his works were:
Poems) (3d ed. 1868); "Legends of the Rhine
in Ballad Form? (4th ed. 1873); (The May
Queen' (1852), a charming village tale in verse;
Prince Minnewin' (2d ed. 1856); Heinrich
Heine's Journey to Hell (1856), published anon-
ymously; (Aschenbrödel (Cinderella : 1863), an
epic poem; the comedy (She has Uncovered
her Heart); and in the department of art his-
tory (Düsseldorf Artists) (1854) and Munich
Sketch Book) (1856). A selection of many of
his best poems, entitled (Verses of a Rhine
Poet,' appeared in 6 vols. , Leipzig, 1871-76.
Mulock, Dinah Maria. See Craik, Mrs.
Munby, Arthur Joseph. An English poet;
born in the wapentake of Bulmer, Yorkshire,
1828. His themes are largely pastoral idylls.
He has written : Verses Old and New) (1865);
Dorothy) (1880), which was well received ;
(Vestigia Retrorsum (Steps Backward : 1891);
(Vulgar Verses, by Jones Brown (1891), mostly
in dialect; (Susan) (1893).
Munch, Andreas (mönėh). A Norwegian
poet and dramatist; born at Christiania, Oct.
19, 1811; died near Copenhagen, June 27, 1884.
Originally a student of law, he was an edi-
tor (1841-46) and professor in the university
(1866) at Christiania. His chief works were
(Ephemera! (1836), his first effort; King
Sverre's Youth) (1837), a drama; (The Singer)
( 1838); (Poems Old and New) (1848); Pict-
ures from North and South) (1848), in prose ;
New Poems) (1850); (Grief and Consolation)
(1852), his most successful production; Lord
William Russell (3d ed. 1888), a tragedy ; (An
Evening at Giske) (1855), a historical drama.
(Works, Copenhagen, 5 vols. , 1887-90. )
Munch, Peder Andreas. A distinguished
Norwegian historian, antiquary, and philologist;
born at Christiania, Dec. 15, 1810; died at
Rome, May 23, 1863. He was professor of his-
tory in the university at Christiania in 1841.
His masterpiece was History of the Norwe-
gian People) (1851-64). (Works, published
by the State, 2d ed. Christiania, 1894. )
Münch-Bellinghausen, Eligius Franz Jo-
seph von, Baron (münch' bel'ling-hou'zen),
better known as “Friedrich Halm” (hälm).
An Austrian dramatist; born at Cracow, April
2, 1806; died at Vienna, May 22, 1871. He stud-
ied law, and held various official positions at
Vienna. He wrote: “Griseldis (10th ed. 1893),
which had great success; "The Adept) (1836);
(Camoens) ( 1837 ); "Imelda Lambertazzi!
(1838); (The Son of the Wilderness) (9th ed.
1894), well known in England and America
under the title (Ingomar); ( The Fencer of Ra-
venna' (5th ed. 1893), perhaps his best work;
(Wild Fire) (6th ed. 1894), a romantic com-
edy ; etc.
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. (1842), Henry the Fowler) (1836),
etc. ; and the novels ( The Blue Flower) (1837),
Homesickness) (1837), etc. ("Works, new ed. ,
6 vols. , Leipzig, 1880. )
Mosenthal, Salomon Hermann von (mõ'-
zen-täl). A German dramatist; born at Cassel,
Jan. 14, 1821; died at Vienna, Feb. 17, 1877.
He obtained a positio in the Austrian gov-
ernment in 1850. His best-known works were
(Deborah) (1850: the original of (Leah the
Forsaken'), and (Heliotrope Manor) (1857).
He wrote also (The German Actors) (1863);
(The Mayor of Altenbüren (1868); (Maryna)
(1871); the tragedies "Düweke) (1860), (Pietra)
(1865); etc. (“Works,' 6 vols. , Stuttgart, 1878. )
Möser, Albert (mė'zer). A German poet;
born at Göttingen, May 7, 1835. His life has
been that of a teacher. He has written Po.
ems) (1865; new ed. 1890); Night and Stars)
(1872); Idylls) (1875); (From the Attic) (1893);
(Pol de Mont' (1893); etc.
Moser, Gustav von (mõʻzer). A prolific
German comedy-writer; born at Spandau, May
II, 1825. He resigned from the army in 1856 to
devote himself to literature. Among his pieces
are : (What do You Think about Russia ? ); (A
Modern Barbarian); (Ultimo); (The Hypo-
chondriac); (The Temptress); “The New Gov-
erness. ((Works, 18 vols. , Berlin, 1873-88. )
Möser, Justus (mė'zăr). A noted German
publicist and historian; born at Osnabrück, Dec.
14, 1720; died there, Jan. 8, 1794. He held very
important government posts. Modern Ger-
man historiography may be said to date from
him; his theory being that history should de-
scribe the development of peoples, laws, cus-
toms, and habits, instead of being a
chronicle of dynasties and wars. His most cel.
ebrated works were History of Osnabrück
(3d ed. 1819); and (Patriotic Reveries) (latest
ed. 1871), a work of national importance.
((Works, 10 vols. , Berlin, 1842-44. )
Mosheim, Johann Lorenz von (mös'him).
A distinguished German church historian and
theologian; born at Lübeck, Oct. 9, 1694; died
at Göttingen, Sept. 9, 1755. He was the first
to treat ecclesiastical history as a sequence of
secular causes and effects. He became pro-
fessor of history and chancellor of the uni-
versity at Göttingen in 1747. His great work
was his (Institutes of Ecclesiastical History)
(new ed. 1755). He published also other his-
torical writings, and was a noted pulpit orator.
His published sermons are contained in Sacred
Discourses) (4th ed. , 3 vols. , Hamburg, 1765).
Mota-Padilla, Matias de la (mõ'tä-pä-del'.
yä). A Mexican historian; born at Guadala.
jara, Oct. 6, 1688; died 1766. Ile was a lawyer,
and during the latter part of his life a priest.
He wrote among other things History of the
Conquest of New Galicia) (1870–71), a work
of much importance.
Motherwell, William. A Scottish poet and
antiquary ; born at Glasgow, Oct. 13, 1797 ;
died there, Nov. I, 1835. He was a journalist
and under-secretary of the sheriff of Paisley.
His principal works were: 'Minstrelsy, Ancient
and Modern (1827), and Poems, Narrative
and Lyrical) (1832; latest ed. 1881). *
Motley, John Lothrop. A distinguished
American historian and diplomatist; born at
Dorchester, Mas pril 15, 1814; died in Dor-
setshire, England, May 29, 1877. Originally a
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lawyer, he wrote two novels, became interested
in historical research, chose Dutch history for
his field, and spent years in Holland working
up the original sources. The chief fruits were :
(Rise of the Dutch Republic) (3 vols. , 1856);
(History of the United Netherlands) (4 vols. ,
1860-68); Life of John of Barneveld' (1874).
He was United States minister to Austria 1861-
67, and to Great Britain 1869-70. After 1868 he
resided in England. *
Moulton, Louise (Chandler). An Ameri-
can poet and prose-writer; born in Pomfret,
Conn. , April 5, 1835. She is one of the prom-
inent literary women of Boston, and the author
of many books, in which are included : (This,
That, and the Other) (1854), stories, essays,
and poems; Bedtime Stories for Children
(1873); (Swallow-Flights, and Other Poems)
(1878); (Ourselves and Our Neighbors) (1887);
"Some Women's Hearts) (1888); and (In the
Garden of Dreams, Lyrics, and Sonnets) (1890).
Moultrie, John. An English poet; born in
London, Dec. 30, 1799 ; died at Rugby, Dec.
26, 1874. He was rector of Rugby in 1828. He
published: My Brother's Grave and Other
Poems) (4th ed. 1854); (The Dream of Life
and Other Poems) (last ed. 1854); a volume of
(Sermons) (1852); etc.
Mountcastle, Clara H. [«Caris Sima. ”] A
Canadian poet and story-writer ; born at Clin-
ton, Ont. Nov. 26, 1837. She taught drawing
and painting 1871-84. She has written : (The
Mission of Love, and Other Poems) (1882);
(Lost, and Other Poems) (1882), “A Mystery)
(1886), verse; and the novel “Crow's Hollow. )
Mountford, William. An American miscel-
laneous prose-writer; born in Kidderminster,
England, May 31, 1816; came to the United
States in 1849; died in Boston, April 20, 1885.
Among his publications are: Martyria, a
Legend) (1846); (Euthanasy; or Happy Talks
toward the End of Life) (1850); “Beauties of
Channing); (Miracles, Past and Present' (1870).
Mowatt, Mrs. See Ritchie.
Mudford, William. An English journalist
and miscellaneous writer; born in London, Jan.
8, 1782; died there, March 10, 1848. He was
for many years editor of the London Courier,
afterward of the Kentish Observer. Among his
works were (Nubilia in Search of a Husband)
(4th ed. 1809); (The Contemplatist! (1811),
essays on morals and literature; (Life and
Adventures of Paul Plaintive) (1811), a novel;
(The Premier) (1831), a novel; (Tales and
Trifles from Blackwood's) (1849), containing the
well-known story (The Iron Shroud, his best
work; etc.
Mügge, Theodor (mig ge). A German nov-
elist and writer of travels; born at Berlin,
Nov. 8, 1806; died there, Feb. 18, 1861. For
some years he was a journalist. Among his
best-known works were the novels (The Cay-
alier) (1835), «Toussaint' (1840), Life and
Love in Norway) (1858), “The Prophet) (1860),
etc.
; and the volumes of travel (Sketches from
the North (1844), Northern Picture-Book)
(3d ed. 1862), etc. (Complete novels, 33 vols. ,
Berlin, 1862-67).
Mühlbach, Luise (mül'bäch), pseudonym of
Madame Klara Müller Mundt. A German
novelist, wife of Theodor Mundt; born at Neu-
brandenburg, Jan. 2, 1814; died at Berlin, Sept.
26, 1873. She wrote a number of popular his.
torical novels, including Queen Hortense (5th
ed. 1861); “Emperor Joseph II. and his Court)
(9th ed. 1866); Marie Antoinette and her Son
(1867); (Emperor Alexander and his Court)
(1868); Mohammed Ali and his House) (1871);
(Frederick the Great and his Court) (8th ed.
1882). She was a prolific writer.
Muhlenberg, William Augustus. An Amer-
ican Episcopal clergyman and miscellaneous
writer; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 16, 1796;
died in New York, April 8, 1877. From 1846
to 1877 he was rector of the Church of the
Holy Communion, New York. His time was
largely given to educational work and the
amelioration of the condition of the poor.
Among his writings are : (St. Johnland : Ideal
and Actual (1867); (Christ and the Bible)
(1869); and I Would Not Live Alway,' the
story of the hymn (1871).
Muir, John. An American naturalist and
explorer; born at Dunbar, Scotland, 1836. He
discovered Glacier Bay and the Muir Glacier
in Alaska in 1879. Besides contributing a
number of illustrated papers to magazines, and
editing Picturesque California, he has pub.
lished «The Mountains of California' (1894), a
valuable and very charming work. *
Muir, Sir William. A Scottish Orientalist,
brother of John; born at Glasgow, 1819. En-
tering the Bengal civil service at 18, he was
lieutenant-governor of the Northwest Prov.
inces, 1868–74; minister of finance for India,
1874-76; principal of the University of Edin-
burgh, 1885. He has written: Life of Ma.
homet and History of Islam (1883); (The
Caliphate : Its Rise, Decline, and Fall' (2d ed.
1892); etc.
Mulford, Elisha. An American Episcopal
clergyman and philosophical writer; born at
Montrose, Pa. , Nov. 19, 1833; died at Cam-
bridge, Mass. , Dec. 9, 1885. He wrote (The
Nation) (new ed. 1876) and (The Republic of
God) (1881), two works of great elevation of
thought and expression. *
Mulford, Prentice. An American journalist
and miscellaneous writer; born on Long Island
in 1834; died in 1891. He was settled in New
York, and afterwards in San Francisco. He
wrote: “The Swamp Angel); Life by Land
and Sea); (Your Forces, and How to Use
Them' (2 vols. , 1888).
Mulhall, Michael G. A British statistician;
born at Dublin, 1836. Having removed to
South America, he founded the Buenos Ayres
Standard (1861), the first English daily paper
printed in South America. He has published:
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:
(Handbook of the River Plata) (5th ed. 1885),
translated into Spanish; Progress of the
World) (1880); Dictionary of Statistics) (new
ed. 1892); etc. His wife, Mrs. Marion Mulhall,
has published “Between the Amazon and the
Andes) (1883), a book of travel.
Mullany, Patrick Francis. [“ Brother Aza-
rias. ”] An Irish-American priest, educator, and
literary critic; born in Killemain, Ireland, June
29, 1847; emigrated to the United States in
childhood; died at Plattsburg, N. Y. , Aug. 20,
1893. He joined the order of the Brothers of
the Christian Schools. He became in 1866 pro-
fessor of mathematics and English literature
at Rock Hill College, Ellicott City, Md. , and
in 1878 president, remaining such until 1889,
after which he lived in New York and its
neighborhood until his death. As a lecturer
on literary, philosophic, and pedagogic themes,
he was eloquent and influential ; his papers on
Dante and Aristotle were read at the Concord
School of Philosophy, and he was a frequent
speaker in different parts of the country. He
was also a steady contributor to the periodicals;
his essays, afterwards gathered into book form,
embodying the results of wise thought and ripe
culture, and possessing a fine literary quality.
His critical attitude was that of the Christian
scholar making a constant appeal to the ideals
of the great past, and judging the present
thereby. His printed works are : (The Devel-
opment of English Literature); (Old English
Period); Philosophy of Literature); Psy-
chological Aspects of Education); (Address
on Thinking); Aristotle and the Christian
Church); Culture of the Spiritual Sense);
(Phases of Thought and Criticism. '
Müller, Friedrich (mül'ler). [Called Painter
Müller. ) A German painter, engraver, poet, and
dramatist; born at Kreuznach, Jan. 13, 1749;
died at Rome, April 23, 1825. As a poet he
belonged to the storm and stress » school.
Among his works may be mentioned: (Bac-
chido and Milo' ( 1775 ); (The Satyr Mop-
sus) (1775); (Adam's First Awaking and First
Happy Nights) (1778); the dramas (Genoveva)
(1808); Life of Faust) (latest ed. 1881); the
opera Niobe (1778); etc. (Works,' new ed. ,
Heidelberg, 1825. )
Müller, Friedrich Max. [Universally known
in England and America as (Max Müller. ”]
A celebrated German-English Sanskrit scholar
and comparative philologist, son of Wilhelm
Müller the poet; born at Dessau, Dec. 6,
1823. Removing to England (1846), he be-
came professor of modern languages and lit.
erature (1854), and professor of comparative
philology (1868–75), at Oxford. He has edited
and translated the Hitopadeça) (1844), and
edited the Rig Veda! (6 vols. , 1849-74), etc.
He has written : (History of Ancient Sanskrit
Literature) (2d ed. 1860); (Science of Lan-
guage) (latest ed. 1891); "Chips from a Ger-
man Workshop' (latest ed. 1895); (Science of
Reli n) (1870); (Essays on Language, My-
thology, and Religion (1881); (Science of
Thought) (1887); the novel (German Love):
and is the editor of the series (Sacred Books
of the East,' now being issued by the Claren-
don Press at Oxford, of which some sixty vol-
umes are now ready, and which constitutes the
most important translated collection of Oriental
literature. *
Müller, Johannes von. A celebrated Swiss
historian; born at Schaffhausen, Jan. 3, 1752 ;
died at Cassel, Prussia, May 29, 1809. He held
a number of positions in the service of Mainz,
Austria, and Prussia, and when he died was
director-general of education in the kingdom
of Westphalia. His principal works were : (His-
tory of the Swiss) (new ed. , 5 vols. , 1786-1808),
and (24 Books of Universal History) (3 vols. ,
1811; new ed. 1852).
Müller, Karl. A German romance-writer;
born at Stuttgart, Feb. 8, 1819; died there, Nov.
28, 1889. He was editor of several periodicals.
He wrote: (Life's Changes, by Franz von El.
ling' (1854); (New Mysteries of Paris) (1863);
New Mysteries of London (1865-67); (The
White Woman' (1868–73); (The Turks before
Vienna) (1870); (At the Court of the Northern
Semiramis) (1873); etc. Among his pseudo-
nyms were “Otfried Mylius,) (Rod. Nellen-
burg," etc.
Müller, Karl Otfried. A distinguished Ger-
man Hellenist and archæologist; born at Brieg,
Aug. 28, 1797 ; died at Athens, Aug. 1, 1840. He
was professor of archæology at Göttingen in
1819. His principal works were : (History of
Hellenic Races and States) (2d ed. 1844); (The
Etruscans) (2d ed. 1877-78); Introduction to a
Scientific Mythology) (1825); (Handbook of the
Archæology of Art) (latest ed. 1878); (Monu-
ments of Ancient Art) (3d ed. 1876–81); (History
of Greek Literature (4th ed. 1882–84); maps of
ancient Greece ; etc.
Müller, Otto. A German novelist; born at
Schotten, Hesse, June 1, 1816; died at Stuttgart,
Aug. 7, 1894. He edited several periodicals.
Among his works were the popular (Burgher)
(3d ed. 1870); (Charlotte Ackermann (1854),
which he dramatized ; (The Mayor of Frank-
fort) (3d ed. 1878); (The Convent Court) (2d
ed. 1862); (Roderich' (2d ed. 1862); (Tales)
(2d ed. 1870); etc.
Müller, Wilhelm. A German lyric poet;
born at Dessau, Oct. 7, 1794; died there, Sept.
30, 1827. His life was that of a teacher and a
librarian. He wrote in verse Poems from the
Posthumous Papers of a Traveling Bugler
(1821-24; 2d ed. 1826), (Songs of the Greeks)
(new ed. 1844), Romaic National Songs
(1825), Lyrical Journeys and Epigrammatic
Walks) (1827), etc. ; the novel (The Thirteenth
(1827); the critical essay (Introduction to Ho.
mer) (2d ed. 1836); the book of travel (Rome,
and Rome's Men and Women) (1820); etc.
A number of his songs became very popular;
some were set to music by Schubert and oth-
ers. (Miscellaneous writings, with biography,
5 vols. , Leipzig, 1830. Poetical works,
Berlin, 1874. ) *
)
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Müller, Wilhelm. A German historian;
born at Giengen, Würtemberg, Dec. 2, 1820;
died near Ravensburg, Feb. 7, 1892. He was
professor in the gymnasium at Tübingen in
1863. He wrote: (Guide for Instruction in
History) (14th ed. 1890); (Political History of
the Present (annual, 1867-92); (Illustrated
History of the Franco-Prussian War! (1873);
(Historical Women' (2d ed. 1882); “Emperor
William (4th ed. 1880); 'Count Moltke (3d ed.
1889); Prince Bismarck) (3d ed. 1890); (Em-
peror Frederick (1888);(Political History of the
Most Recent Times, 1876-90) (4th ed. 1890); etc.
Müller, Wolfgang, called von Königswinter
(fon kė'nigs-vin-ter). A German lyric and epic
poet and novelist; born at Königswinter, Prus-
sia, March 15, 1816; died at Neuenahr, Prussia,
June 29, 1873. Originally a physician (1842),
he was Member of the Frankfort Parliament
in 1848, but abandoned both medicine and
politics for literature. Among his works were:
Poems) (3d ed. 1868); "Legends of the Rhine
in Ballad Form? (4th ed. 1873); (The May
Queen' (1852), a charming village tale in verse;
Prince Minnewin' (2d ed. 1856); Heinrich
Heine's Journey to Hell (1856), published anon-
ymously; (Aschenbrödel (Cinderella : 1863), an
epic poem; the comedy (She has Uncovered
her Heart); and in the department of art his-
tory (Düsseldorf Artists) (1854) and Munich
Sketch Book) (1856). A selection of many of
his best poems, entitled (Verses of a Rhine
Poet,' appeared in 6 vols. , Leipzig, 1871-76.
Mulock, Dinah Maria. See Craik, Mrs.
Munby, Arthur Joseph. An English poet;
born in the wapentake of Bulmer, Yorkshire,
1828. His themes are largely pastoral idylls.
He has written : Verses Old and New) (1865);
Dorothy) (1880), which was well received ;
(Vestigia Retrorsum (Steps Backward : 1891);
(Vulgar Verses, by Jones Brown (1891), mostly
in dialect; (Susan) (1893).
Munch, Andreas (mönėh). A Norwegian
poet and dramatist; born at Christiania, Oct.
19, 1811; died near Copenhagen, June 27, 1884.
Originally a student of law, he was an edi-
tor (1841-46) and professor in the university
(1866) at Christiania. His chief works were
(Ephemera! (1836), his first effort; King
Sverre's Youth) (1837), a drama; (The Singer)
( 1838); (Poems Old and New) (1848); Pict-
ures from North and South) (1848), in prose ;
New Poems) (1850); (Grief and Consolation)
(1852), his most successful production; Lord
William Russell (3d ed. 1888), a tragedy ; (An
Evening at Giske) (1855), a historical drama.
(Works, Copenhagen, 5 vols. , 1887-90. )
Munch, Peder Andreas. A distinguished
Norwegian historian, antiquary, and philologist;
born at Christiania, Dec. 15, 1810; died at
Rome, May 23, 1863. He was professor of his-
tory in the university at Christiania in 1841.
His masterpiece was History of the Norwe-
gian People) (1851-64). (Works, published
by the State, 2d ed. Christiania, 1894. )
Münch-Bellinghausen, Eligius Franz Jo-
seph von, Baron (münch' bel'ling-hou'zen),
better known as “Friedrich Halm” (hälm).
An Austrian dramatist; born at Cracow, April
2, 1806; died at Vienna, May 22, 1871. He stud-
ied law, and held various official positions at
Vienna. He wrote: “Griseldis (10th ed. 1893),
which had great success; "The Adept) (1836);
(Camoens) ( 1837 ); "Imelda Lambertazzi!
(1838); (The Son of the Wilderness) (9th ed.
1894), well known in England and America
under the title (Ingomar); ( The Fencer of Ra-
venna' (5th ed. 1893), perhaps his best work;
(Wild Fire) (6th ed. 1894), a romantic com-
edy ; etc.
