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Davila, Arrigo Caterino (dä-vēl’ä). An
Italian historian and statesman; born in Pieve
di Sacco, near Padua, Oct. 30, 1576; assassin-
ated at San Michele, near Verona, about 1631.
His eminence in diplomacy and in statecraft
has been adequately supplemented in literature
by a “History of the Civil Wars in France);
one of the richest sources of information on
the subject, as far as it extends (1560 to 1597),
and very little discredited by the work of sub-
sequent investigators.
Davis, Andrew Jackson. An American
spiritualist and author; born in Orange County,
N. Y. , in 1826. He is a resident of Pough-
keepsie, N. Y. , and is the author of thirty vol-
umes, chief among which are: (The Great
Harmonia); (Harmonial Man); Philosophy
of Spiritual Discourse ); (The Penetralia. '
Davis, Edwin Hamilton. An American
archæologist ; born in Ross County, O. , Jan. 22,
1811; died in New York city, May 15, 1888.
He was author of Ancient Monuments of the
Mississippi Valley) (1848), which was described
by A. Morlot, the distinguished Swiss archæol.
ogist, as being “as glorious a monument of
American science as Bunker Hill is of Amer.
ican bravery. ”
Davis, Henry Winter. An American states-
man and orator; born in Annapolis, Md. , Aug.
16, 1817; died in Baltimore, Md. , Dec. 30, 1865.
He was Member of Congress for three terms
(1856–65), and took a leading part in advocat.
ing emancipation and loyalty to the Union.
His published works are : (The War of Ormuzd
and Ahriman in the 19th Century) (1853);
"Speeches and Addresses in Congress) (1867).
Davis, Jefferson. An American statesman;
born in Christian County, Ky. , June 3, 1808 ;
died in New Orleans, La. , Dec. 6, 1889. Edu-
cated at the United States Military Academy.
Served in the Black Hawk War; went to
Congress in 1845; served in the Mexican War;
was United States Senator in 1847-51; Secre-
tary of War in 1853-57 ; was appointed Presi-
dent of the Confederate States, Feb. 9, 1861;
the following November he was elected Presi.
dent for six years.
He was confined as a
prisoner of State for two years in Fortress
Monroe, indicted for high treason, released on
bail; never tried, being included in the general
amnesty of 1868. He wrote (The Rise and
Fall of the Confederate Government (1881).
Davis, John Chandler Bancroft. An Amer.
ican lawyer and diplomatist; born in 1822.
A Harvard graduate and a lawyer. In 1849 he
went to London as secretary of legation. In
1854 he became American correspondent of the
London Times. In 1869, and again in 1881,
he was Assistant Secretary of State. He rep.
resented the United States in the Alabama »
contest, zealously pushing the (indirect
claims. He is the author of: (The Massa-
chusetts Justice) (1847); “Mr. Sumner, the Ala-
bama Claims, and their Settlement) (1878);
and a work published in French entitled Pro.
cess Tribunals of the United States) (1878).
Davis, Mary Evelyn (Moon). An American
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written "Minding the Gap and Other Poems)
(1870); and "In War Times at La Rose Blanche)
(1887).
Davis, Rebecca (Harding). An American
novelist; born in Washington, Pa. , June 24,
1831. She contributed many short stories and
sketches to periodicals, and has written several
novels, including: Life in the Iron Mills)
(1861); (A Story of To-Day) (1861) published
later under the title (Margaret Howth); and
(A Law Unto Herself) (1878). She was the
first writer in this country to introduce the labor
question into fiction. Her later works include:
Waiting for the Verdict); (Dallas Galbraith);
Natasqua); (Frances Walstrup'; and others.
Davis, Richard Harding. An American
novelist, short-story writer, and contributor to
periodical literature; born in Philadelphia,
April 18, 1864. He graduated at Lehigh Uni-
versity, and entered journalism in Philadelphia.
His first purely literary success was the story
of Gallegher,' based upon his newspaper ex-
periences, and published with other stories in
a volume (1891). He has since been constantly
engaged in story-writing, and descriptive narra-
tion of events, places, and people. Among his
works are : (Stories for Boys) (1891); (The
West from a Car Window) (1892); 'Van Bibber
and Others) (1892); (Our English Cousins)
(1894); (The Rulers of the Mediterranean)
(1894); (The Princess Aline) (1895); (About
Paris) (1895); (Three Gringoes in Venezuela
and Central America' (1896); (Soldiers of
Fortune (1897); etc.
Davis, Thomas Osborne. An Irish poet;
born in Mallow, County Cork, 1814; died in
Dublin, 1845. His verse was mainly on patri-
otic themes, and appears, collected, in Duffy's
Library of Ireland.
Davy, Sir Humphry. An eminent English
chemist, philosopher, and man of letters; born
at Penzance, Cornwall, Dec. 17, 1778; died at
Geneva, Switzerland, May 29, 1829. In addition
to the revolution he brought about in the domain
of chemistry and applied physics, he embodied
his discoveries and researches in fascinating
literary form in Consolations in Travel, or the
Last Days of a Philosopher) (1830); "Chemical
and Philosophical Researches (1800); (On the
Safety Lamp and on Flame (1828); and nu-
merous equally interesting productions.
Davydoff, Denis Vasiljevich (dä-ve-dôf').
A Russian poet and writer on military affairs
( 1784-1839); born at Moscow. His compositions
in verse were mostly written in camp, and con-
sisted of satires, elegies, dithyrambics, and sol-
dier ballads : the latter especially had a wide
circulation. Among his prose writings were:
Recollections of the Battle of Prussian-Eylau)
and An Essay toward a Theory of Partisan
Warfare.
Dawes, Anna Laurens. An American writer
on political topics, daughter of Henry L. Dawes
of Massachusetts. She was born in 1851, and
has written much for periodicals; among her
essays being : (How We Are Governed'; (The
Modern Jew: His Present and Future); (Bi.
ography of Charles Sumner. )
Dawes, Rufus. An American poet; born in
Boston, Jan. 26, 1803; died in Washington,
D. C. , Nov. 30, 1859. He wrote: “The Valley
of the Nashaway, and Other Poems) (1830);
(Geraldine) (1839), resembling Don Juan in
form and treatment; the successful romance
(Nix's Mate) (1840). His verses were sung at
the laying of the corner-stone of Bunker Hill
monument.
Dawson, Sir John William. A Canadian
geologist and writer; born in Pictou, Nova
Scotia, October 1820; has made many im-
portant discoveries in the science of geology,
and has written largely on geological subjects.
His publications include: Archaia, or Studies
of Creation in Genesis) (1859); (Air Breathers
of the Coal Period); Chain of Life) (1884);
and (Egypt and Syria) (1885). His scientific
papers include: (The Formation of Gypsum,'
and (The Renewal of Forests Destroyed by
Fire. He has also published (Hand-Book of
Geography and National History of Nova
Scotia.
Dawson, William James. An English poet;
born in Towcester, Northamptonshire, 185-
He is a clergyman by profession. His works
include : (Arvalon : a First Poem) (1878); (A
Vision of Souls) (1884); and "Poems and Lyr-
ics) (1893).
Day, John. An English dramatist; born
perhaps about 1575; flourished about 1606, and
died later than 1623. Of the half-dozen of his
plays which have outlived the vicissitudes of
manuscript, the Parliament of Bees) (1607),
a comedy, is of surpassing charm ; while the
(Isle of Gulls,' a drama impregnated with wit,
contains many strong passages.
Day, Richard Edwin. An American poet;
born in West Granby, Oswego County, N. Y. ,
April 27, 1852. He has published (Lyrics and
Satires) (1883), and Poems) (1888).
Day, Thomas. An English poet and prose-
writer; born in London, June 22, 1748; died
Sept. 28, 1789. He was an ardent sympathizer
with the American patriots. Among his works
are: “The Devoted Legions,' a poem against
the war with America (1776); (The Desolation
of America'; Letters of Marius) (1784). He
is the author of the celebrated History of
Sanford and Merton. '
D'Azeglio. See Azeglio.
Dean, John Ward. An American antiqua-
rian scholar and writer. He was born in
Wiscasset, Me. , March 13, 1815. He is editor
of the New England Historical and Genea-
logical Register); and the author of Memoir
of Rev. Nathaniel Ward) (1868); (Memoir of
Rev. Michael Wigglesworth (1871); and Life
of John H. Shepard. '
Deane, Silas. An American diplomatist;
born Dec. 24, 1737, in Groton, Conn. ; died in
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Deal, England, Aug. 23, 1789. With Franklin
and Lee he negotiated the treaty between
France and the United States in 1778; was
afterwards greatly misrepresented, and died
abroad in neglect and poverty. He published
in his own defense : Letters to Hon. Robert
Morgan (1784); (An Address to the Citizens
of the United States) (1784); and Paris Pa-
pers, or Mr. Silas Deane's Intercepted Letters
to his Brother and Other Friends) (1781).
Debraux, Paul Emile (de-bro'). A French
balladist; born at Ancerville, Dept. Meuse,
Aug. 30, 1796; died in Paris, Feb. 12, 1831.
He was an ardent Republican, and wrote for
the common people lively songs of wine and
love, which were sung everywhere in tavern
and workshop. He was called “the Béranger
of the rabble. His best-known songs are :
(Mt. St. John'; Belisarius); "Say, Do You
Remember? ); (The Soldier's Widow); Ma-
rengo. Béranger published a complete collec-
tion of his (Songs) (3 vols. ).
Dechez, Louis. See Jenneval.
Decken, Auguste von der. See Elbe, A.
von der.
Decker, Jeremias de (deck'er). A Dutch
poet (1609 66); born at Dort. He translated
into Dutch, Buchanan's Baptist, and into
Dutch verse (The Lamentations of Jeremiah. )
Of his original works the best are his household
poems and his collection of epigrams. His
iGood Friday' recounts scenes of Christ's pas-
sion. His satirical poem (Praise of Avarice)
is of little worth.
De Costa, Benjamin Franklin. An Amer-
ican clergyman and writer; born in Charles-
town, Mass. , July 10, 1831. Included in his
many publications are: (The Pre-Columbian
Discovery of America by the Northmen (1869);
(The Moabite Stone) (1870); and (The Rector
of Roxburgh,' a novel, under the pen-name of
«William Hickling ” (1873). He became pres-
ident (1884) of the first branch of the White
Cross Society," of which he was the organizer.
De Coster, Charles Théodore Henri (dė
kos'ter). A Belgian poet (1827-79); born at
Munich. His first poetical composition was
( The Owls' Mirror); then followed (Flemish
Legends) (1856); Brabant Stories) (1861), a
spirited description of lowly life ; (The Wed-
ding Tour) (1872); and the little comedy
Jenny) (1865).
Decourcelle, Pierre (dė kör-sel'). A French
dramatist ; born at Paris, Jan. 25, 1856. His first
work was the five-act drama, (The Ace of
Clubs, written for Sara Bernhardt; it had an
extraordinary success. Then followed a suc-
cession of comedies, dramas, comic-opera li-
bretti, and dramatizations of popular novels,
written by him individually or in collaboration
with other authors; among them : (The Ama-
zon' (1885); Madame Cartridge); (The Abbé
Constantin (founded on Halévy's story) ; (The
Man with the Broken Ear) (after About).
He wrote also a sensational novel, « The Gray
Hat) (1887), and "Fanfan) (1889), both of which
were received with great popular favor.
Dedekind, Friedrich (ded'é-kind). A Ger-
man poet (1525-98); born at Neustadt on the
Leine. His principal work is (Grobianus)
(1549), a satire in Latin distichs against drunk-
enness and obscenity; it had wide circulation,
and was translated into German, Dutch, and
English. He wrote two dramas having a re-
ligious polemic end in view : (The Christian
Knight) and (The Converted Papist.
Deems, Charles Force. An American clergy-
man and writer; born in Baltimore, Md. , Dec.
4, 1820; died in New York city, Nov. 18, 1893.
From 1866 to his death he was pastor of the
Church of the Strangers of New York city,
and was widely noted as editor and author.
Included in his publications are : (Triumph of
Peace and Other Poems) (1840); (The Light
of the Nations) (1870); Weights and Wings
(1872); (Chips and Chunks for Every Fire-
side); and My Septuagint' (1892).
Deffand, Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Mar-
quise du (def-fän'). A French wit and letter-
writer, mistress of a most brilliant salon ; born
in Burgundy, 1697 ; died at Paris, Sept. 24,
1780. Her correspondence with Horace Wal-
pole was published in 1780, with d'Alembert
and other great Frenchmen in 1809 (2 vols. ),
with Voltaire in 1810 (4 vols. ), with the Duchess
de Choiseul and others in 1859 (3 vols. ). *
Defoe, Daniel. The author of "Robinson
Crusoe); born in St. Giles Parish, Cripplegate,
1000 or 1601; died near London, 1731. His
works comprise political tracts, verse, polemic
writings, economic and social pamphlets, ro-
mances, histories, and biographies. Among
them are : (The Storm (1704); Apparition of
Mrs. Veal) (1706); “Robinson Crusoe' (1719);
(Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
(1719); (King of Pirates) (1719); Duncan
Campbell (1720); Mr. Campbell's Pacquet
(1720); Memoirs of a Cavalier) (1720); (Cap-
tain Singleton) (1720); (Moll Flanders) (1722);
Journal of the Plague Year) (1722); Car-
touche) (1722); Colonel Jacque) (1722); (The
Highland Rogue' (1723); (The Fortunate Mis-
tress) (1724); Narrative of Murders at Calais)
(1724); (John Sheppard) (1724); (Account of
Jonathan Wild? (1725); and other romances.
His pamphlets include : Essay upon Projects
(1698); 'Shortest Way with Dissenters) (1702);
and Political History of the Devil' (1726). *
De Fontaine, Felix.
An American journal-
ist; born in Boston, Mass. , 1832; died in Co-
lumbus, S. C. , Dec. II, 1896. The first statement
given to the North, of the attack on Fort Sum-
ter, was written by him; and he was corre-
spondent of the Charleston Courier from the
principal battle-fields during the Civil War.
Subsequently he came to New York city, and
was connected with the Herald most of the
time until his death. He was the author of
'Cyclopædia of the Best Thoughts of Charles
Dickens); “Gleanings from a Confederate
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t.
Army Note-Book); and Birds of a Feather
Flock Together. '
De Forest, John William. An American
novelist, born in Humphreysville (near Sey-
mour), Conn. , March 31, 1826. Without enter-
ing college he passed many years in inde-
pendent study and foreign travel, becoming a
proficient in several languages; entered the
army as captain at the outbreak of the Civil
War, and rose to major; and since 1850 has
been a fertile writer of essays, short stories,
and novels for the leading magazines, taking
prominent rank among American novelists.
Among his works are: “History of the Indians
of Connecticut) (1853); (Oriental Acquaint-
ance) (1856); “Witching Times) (1856); (Euro-
pean Acquaintance (1858); (Seacliff) (1859);
Miss Ravenel's Conversion) (1867); (Over-
land (1871); Kate Beaumont) (1872); (The
Wetherell Affair (1873); (Honest John Vane)
(1875); Justine Vane) (1875); Playing the
Mischief (1876); “Irene Vane) (1877); “Irene,
the Missionary) (1879); “The Oddest of Court.
ships; or, The Bloody Chasm) (1881).
De Gubernatis. See Gubernatis.
De Kay, Charles. An American poet, grand-
son of Joseph Rodman Drake; born in Wash-
ington, D. C. , July 25, 1848. His poems are
mostly founded on themes from Oriental, clas-
sical, and literary history. Among his works
are : (The Bohemian (1878); Hesperus and
Other Poems) (1880); “The Vision of Nimrod )
(1881); (The Vision of Esther) (1882); (The
Love Poems of Louis Barnaval, Edited (and
written] by Charles De Kay) (1883); and many
occasional poems. His prose includes: Life
and Works of Antoine Louis Barye, Sculptor)
(1889); and (The Family Life of Heinrich
Heine) (1892), a translation.
Dekker, Eduard Douwes (dek'er). A Dutch
novelist (1820-87), pseudonym “Multatuli");
born at Amsterdam. He spent several years
in government service in the Dutch East Indies.
His story (Max Havelaar) (1860) is a shocking
accusation of wrongs and scandals against the
Dutch administration of Java. He later pub-
lished many satirical works on social, political,
and philosophical questions, among them a
volume of admirable Parables); a novel, (The
Blessed Virgin'; a drama; and (The School
of Princes. ' *
Dekker, Thomas. An English dramatist;
born in London, about 1570; died some time
after 1637. He wrote a great number of plays,
but only a few of them were published, among
them the two comedies (The Shoemaker's Holi-
day) and (Old Fortunatus); they are both
specimens of whatever is best and most genuine
in English humor, and the second in particular
abounds in passages of consummate poetic
beauty. Of other writings of his we have (The
Wonderful Year,' a pamphlet describing graph-
ically the horrors of the plague; an amusing
tract, (The Bachelor's Banquet,' a satire on hen-
pecked husbands; and many other fugitive
pieces lashing the vices and follies of the age.
He also collaborated with other dramatists. *
De Lancey, Edward Floyd. An American
historical writer; born in Mamaroneck, N. Y. ,
Oct. 23, 1821. He is author of Documentary
History of New York) (1851); (The Cap-
ture of Fort Washington the Result of Trea-
son) (1877); and (Origin and History of
Manors in the Province of New York) (1886).
Deland, Ellen Douglass. An American
writer of juvenile works; born in New York
in 1860. She has published: (Oakleigh'; 'In
the Old Herrick House); (Malvern. '
Deland, Margaret Wade ( Campbell).
An American poet and novelist; born in Alle-
gheny, Pa. , Feb. 23, 1857. She is now a resi-
dent of Boston. Her fame rests mainly upon
her theological polemic novel John Ward,
Preacher) (1888), which has been very widely
read. Among her other well-known works are :
(The Story of a Child); Mr. Tommy Dove
and Other Stories ); Philip and his Wife);
Florida Days, a collection of sketches of
travel ; and (Sydney. Her most popular poems
are contained in the volume entitled “The
Old Garden and Other Verses.
Delaporte, Michel (dė-lä-port'). A French
playwright (1806-72); born in Paris. He wrote
a long series of vaudevilles, many of them in
collaboration with others. Of pieces of his
own composition may be named (The House-
wife! (1851), «Toinette and her Carbineer)
(1856), as the most successful. In association
with Varin he wrote: (A Hercules and a
Pretty Woman (1861); (Ah, 'Tis Pleasant to
Love); (The Gillyflower Woman (1869).
Delavigne, Jean François Casimir (de-lä-
vēn'). A French lyric poet and dramatist
(1793-1843); born at Havre. He struck a patri-
otic and popular chord in his (Messenian Odes)
(1818), satires directed against the monarchy
of the Restoration. His historical dramas and
tragedies are numerous; among them are:
(Louis XI. "; "The Sicilian Vespers); (Marino
Faliero); Don John of Austria. His plays
are no longer seen on the stage. *
De Leon, Edwin. An American prose-writer;
born in Columbia, S. C. , 1828; died in New
York city, 1891. From 1854 to 1862 he was
engaged in editorial work; from 1862 to 1870
held the office of United States consul-general
and diplomatic agent at Cairo, Egypt. His
published works include: Thirty Years of
my Life on Three Continents); (The Khedive's
Egypt,' a novel ; (Askaros Kassis, the Captain';
and (Under the Star and Under the Crescent. '
Deléry, François Charles (dė-lā're). An
American prose-writer; born in St. Charles
Parish, La. , Jan. 28, 1815; died in Bay St.
Louis, Miss. , June 12, 1880. His works were
written in French, and include: Essay on
Liberty) (1847); "Studies of the Passions)
(1849); (King Cotton); and Confederates and
Federals) (1864).
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Delitzsch, Franz. A German theologian;
born in Leipzig, Feb. 23. 1813; died there,
March 4, 1890. In 1867 he became professor
of theology at Leipzig. Among his numerous
devotional and theological works may be men-
tioned: (History of Jewish Poetry) (1836);
(The House of God' (1848); (A Day in Caper-
naum (1871); and the well-known translation
of the New Testament into Hebrew (1st ed.
1877, 2d ed. 1886).
Delmar, Alexander. An American political
economist; born in New York city, Aug. 9,
1836. He established the Social Science Re.
view and was its editor 1864-66. He is the
author of (Gold Money and Paper Money)
(1862); “Essays on Political Economy) (1865);
(Letter on the Finances) (1868); (History of
Money in Ancient Countries) (1884); (The
Science of Money); (The National-Banking
System'; and (Statistical Almanac.
Delmonte, Felix Maria (del-môn'te). A
Dominican lawyer and poet; born in Santo
Domingo city, Dominican Republic, about 1810.
Has been many times a member of the Do-
minican Congress. He is the author of "Las
Vérgenes de Galindo,' a historical tale in verse;
(El Mendigo,' a drama;'Ozama,' a drama; and
many lyrical poems.
Delmonte y Tejada, Antonio (del-môn'te ē
tė-yä'dä). A Dominican historian; born in
Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo, in
1783; died in 1861. He is the author of 'His-
toria de Santo Domingo) (3 vols. ), a history
of the island from its discovery.
Deloney, Thomas. An English ballad writer
and pamphleteer; born in London (? ), about
1543; died there (? ), about 1600. He turned
all current topics, from the Armada to a
murder, into racy ballads and snatches, some
happy, others execrable, all popular; the
(Strange Histories) (1607) comprising most of
the good ones, while in (The Gentle Craft)
(1597), a eulogy of shoemakers, we have a
specimen of his pamphlets.
De Long, George Washington. An Amer-
ican Arctic explorer, and officer in the United
States navy; born in New York city, Aug. 22,
1844; died in Siberia, Oct. 30, 1881. Graduat-
ing from the Naval Academy in 1865, he reached
the grade of lieutenant-commander, and per-
ished of cold and exposure while in command
of the Jeannette Expedition in 1879-81. His
journals have been published, entitled (The
Voyage of the Jeannette (1883); and the story
of the search for the survivors is told in Mel-
ville's 'In the Lena Delta) (1884).
Delord, Taxile (de-lôr'). A French historian,
journalist, and topical prose-writer; born in
Avignon, Nov. 25, 1815; died in Paris, May 16,
1877. He was successful politically, and edited
important Parisian journals, his permanent
work being contained in Physiology of the
Parisian Woman) (1841); (History of the Sec-
ond Empire) (1868–75); and Literary Morn-
ings) (1860).
Delpit, Albert (del-pe') A French novelist
and dramatist (1849-93); born in New Orleans.
When quite young he assisted the elder Dumas
in editing the journals Le Mousquetaire and
Le D'Artagnan. After the war with Germany,
in which he served as a volunteer, he won aca.
demic prizes with a volume of poems, “The
Invasion'; and the poem (Repentance, or the
Country Parish Priest's Story. ' He had little
success with his dramas t:ll (Coralie's Son)
(1879) gained the highest recognition both from
the reading public and theatre-goers. (Odette's
Marriage) obtained him a pronounced success
in high society. He wrote also “Cruel Loves);
(As in Life); and other plays.
Delvau, Alfred (del-võ'). A French Revolu-
tionary prose-writer; born in Paris, 1825: died
there, May 3, 1867. A History of the Revolu-
tion of February) (1850), and (Henri Murger
and Bohemianism) (1866), sufficiently denote
the range of his partisan, but more than medi-
ocre, capacities.
Delwig, Anton Antonovich, Baron (del’vig).
A Russian lyrist (1798-1831 ); born in Moscow.
He was a schoolfellow and lifelong friend of
Pushkin. He held government office, but his
St. Petersburg house was the rallying-place
of the literary world, especially of the younger
set,- Pushkin, Glinka, Baratinsky, Vlasemsky.
Among his poetical compositions those written
in the tone of the popular ballad are the best,
and some of them are in great favor.
Demeter, Dimitrija (dem'é-ter). A Croa.
tian dramatist and poet; born at Agram, July
21, 1811 ; died there, June 24, 1872. His princi-
pal dramas are : (Love and Duty); Blood-
Revenge); and the tragedy (Teuta. ' He wrote
a lyro-epic poem, “The Battlefield of Grobnik,'
and several stories. He translated several for-
eign dramatic works into Croatian.
De Mille, Henry Churchill. An American
playwright; born in North Carolina, about 1853;
died at Pompton, N. J. , Feb. 10, 1893. He grad-
uated at Columbia College, and was by turns
preacher and school-teacher until 1882, when
he became examiner of plays at the Madison
Square Theatre, and later for a short time an
actor. His first successful play was the Main
Line, in which he collaborated with Charles
Barnard. In 1887, having become associated
with David Belasco, he wrote the well-known
society dramas: "The Wife) (1887); Lord
Chumley) (1888); (The Charity Ball' (1889);
(Men and Women) (1890). His last work was
a melodrama adapted from the German, en-
titled Lost Paradise, which was successfully
produced in 1892 and is still a favorite.
De Mille, James. A Canadian novelist;
born in St. John, N. B. , August 1837; died in
Halifax, N. S. , Jan. 28, 1880. Graduated at
Brown College (1854). He was professor of
classics in Acadia College (1860-65), and of
history and rhetoric in Dalhousie College, Hali-
fax, from 1865 until his death. Among his
publications are: (The Dodge Club) (1860);


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"Cord and Creese) (1867); (A Comedy of Ter-
rors) (1872); «The Living Link) (1874); and
many books for boys, including (Treasures of
the Sea. ' A treatise of his on rhetoric was pub-
lished in 1878.
Deming, Philander, An American humor.
ous writer of dialect sketches. He was born
in 1829. His work is very original, and has
been published in 'Adirondack Stories);
(Tompkins and Other Folks. "
Demogeot, Jacques Claude (dem-7-zho'). A
French literary historian and poet; born at
Paris, July 5, 1808. He wrote a (Study on
Pliny the Younger); the prize essay Letters
and Men of Letters in the 19th Century);
"French Literature in the 17th Century, his
greatest work.
His poetical writings are a
drama, “Romeo and Juliet' (1852); New Paris,
consisting of epico-lyric descriptions; and (Sto-
ries and Talks in Verse (1860).
Demosthenes (dē-mos'the-nēz). An Athenian
orator; born about 384 B. C. ; died at Calauria,
322 B. C. Necessity drove him to take up the
business of writing pleas and defenses of suit-
ors and defendants in the law courts; after-
ward he appeared himself in the courts and
the assemblies, and became a foremost leader
of the party of independence against the de-
signs of Philip of Macedon. The Olynthiacs)
and the Philippics) were part of this war-
fare; and his greatest speech, 'On the Crown,'
was a vindication of his course. Sixty orations
ascribed to him are extant, but some of them
are spurious. *
Dempster, Charlotte Louisa Hawkins. An
Scotch novelist; born in Forfarshire, Scotland,
in 1835. She has traveled extensively, and is
at present a resident of Cannes, France. She
has been a frequent contributor to English peri-
odicals. Her first book was: (The Hôtel du
Petit St. Jean : A Gascon Story' (1869); the
second, Véra! (1872) established her repu-
tation. Her other works include : Essays'
(1872); "Iseulte) (1875); (Blue Roses) (1877);
"Within Sound of the Sea) (1878), a Scotch
story ; Ninette) (1888), an idyl of Provence.
Denham, Sir John. An English poet; born
in Dublin in 1615; died in London (? ), March
15 (? ), 1669. He figured at the court of Charles
II. , translated the Æneid? (1656 ? ), produced
the tragedy of (The Sophy) (1642), and in
'Cooper's Hill' (1642) rose above mediocrity.
Denis, Jean Ferdinand (den-e'). A French
explorer and historical writer; born in Paris,
France, Aug. 13. 1798; died Aug. 2, 1890. He was
an extensive traveler and a voluminous writer.
Among his works are: “History of Brazil'
(1821); Buenos Ayres and Paraguay) (2 vols. ,
1823).