tullus, giving birth to his
celebrated
(Marilia.
Warner - World's Best Literature - v29 - BIographical Dictionary
2, 1784;
died in St. Petersburg, Feb. 15, 1833. He stud-
ied classical philology, and made himself the
most accomplished Russian scholar of his day.
A translation of Schiller's (Conspiracy of
Fiesco) was an early effort; but his master-
piece is the translation of the Iliad into Rus-
sian (1829), not unworthy of the original, at
which he worked for twenty years. A trans-
lation of Shakespeare's King Lear,' of Vol.
taire's (Tancrede,' and of notable modern Greek
poems, occupied his later years.
His own
poem, (The Fishers,' is much admired.
Gneist, Rudolph (nist). A German jurist,
politician, and historical writer; born in Berlin,
Aug. 13, 1816. He is a National Liberal, and
has been in the Prussian Parliament since 1858.
William I. made him instructor in political
science to Prince William (now William II. ).
Among his numerous works are: Nobility
and Knighthood in England (1853); (The
English Constitutional and Administrative Law
of the Present Day) (1857-63); (Self-Govern-
ment in England (1863); "History of the Eng.
lish Parliament) (1886); (The Imperial Law
against the Machinations of the Socialists.
Gobineau, Joseph Arthur, Comte de. A
French diplomatist, ethnologist, and romance-
writer; born at Bordeaux in 1816; died at Paris,
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(
October 1882. During a long diplomatic career
he held important positions at Athens, Copen-
hagen, and Rio Janeiro; was a member of the
embassy to Persia, 1855; Imperial Commis-
sary to the United, States 1861. During his
long stay in the East he studied Oriental
religions, and brought out his famous work
(Religions and Philosophies in Central Asia)
(1865), a vivid and unprejudiced treatise.
Among his other notable publications are :
(On the Inequality of Human Races) (1853–
55), which has been the point of departure
for a new ethnological school; Ilistory of
the Persians) (1869). In fiction he has pro-
duced : (Typhaine Abbey) (1867), a romance;
(Souvenirs of Travels) (1872), stories; 'Asiatic
Tales) (1876), a masterpiece of pure literature
and imaginative realization of character-trans-
lated into English as (Romances of the East);
(Amadis,' a poem in three books (unfinished),
published posthumously in 1887.
Göckingk, Leopold Friedrich Günther von
(gėk'ingk). ' A German poet; born in Grön-
ingen, Halberstadt, July 13, 1748; died at
Wartenburg, Silesia, Feb. 18, 1828. His prime
was passed in official employment, and in
1789 he was ennobled. He retired some years
later, and devoted himself seriously to litera-
ture. His principal works are: (Epigrams)
(1772), some of which are admirable; (Songs
of Two Lovers) (1777), greatly admired by his
contemporaries, who read between the lines
the story of the writer's life; three volumes
of Poems) (1779); (Charades and Riddles)
(1817); “Life and Literary Remains of Nicolai)
(1800).
Godefroy, Frédéric (god-frwä'). A French
lexicographer and historian of literature; born
in Paris, Feb. 13, 1826. His life has been given
up to literary studies; the results of which,
the celebrated Comparative Lexicon of the
Language of Corneille and of the Seventeenth
Century in General, and (History of French
Literature from the Sixteenth Century to Our
Own Day,' have given him an international
reputation. His monumental effort, however, is
the voluminous Dictionary of the Old French
Language and of All its Dialects from the
Ninth to the Fifteenth Century. The 8th vol.
published 1895.
Godet, Philippe Ernest (go-dā'). A Swiss
poet and historian of literature; born in Neu-
châtel, April 23, 1850. He was bred to the
law, but abandoned it for journalism. He be-
came instructor in literature in the Academy
at Neuchâtel. As a poet he pleases, without
stirring any profound depths, in such volumes
as (A Handful of Rhymes, (First Poems, and
(Realities. In prose he wrote: (The Literary
History of French Switzerland, his greatest
work, which won the French Academy's Guérin
prize; (Studies and Talks); and a biography
of Pierre Viret.
Godfrey, Thomas. An American poet; born
in Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1736; died near Wil-
mington, N. C. , Aug. 3, 1763. He wrote in 1759
(The Prince of Parthia, a tragedy, believed
to be the first dramatic work written in this
country. In 1763 he published (The Court of
Fancy: A Poem. His poems were collected
in 1767 by his friend Nathaniel Evans.
Godkin, Edwin Lawrence. An American
journalist and essayist; born in Moyne, Ireland,
Oct. 2, 1831. He graduated from Queen's Col.
lege, and came to this country in early man-
hood. Since 1865 he has been prominent in
journalism. In addition to a "History of Hun-
gary,' and editorial work on the New York
Nation and Evening Post, he has produced mis-
cellaneous essays, the most prominent of which
appear in (The Problems of Modern Democ-
racy) and Impressions and Comments. *
Gödsche, Hermann (gėd'sha). A German
journalist, critic, and romance-writer; born in
Trachenberg, Silesia, Feb. 12, 1815; died at
Warmbrunn, Nov. 8, 1878. At first in the
postal service, he began writing in 1849, over
the name of “Armin); and rose to eminence
in journalism. As a novelist, his "Nena Sahib,'
(Villafranca,' and (Biarritz,' written under the
pseudonym of “Sir John Retcliffe," are repre-
sentative of his talent.
Godwin, Parke. An American author; born
at Paterson, N. J. , Feb. 25, 1816. He began
the study of law, but abandoned it for literary
pursuits. From 1837 until recently, he was
connected with the New York Evening Post,
besides contributing frequently to Putnam's
Magazine. In addition to translations from
the German, and the well-known compilation,
(Handbook of Universal Biography) (1851),
he has published: (Constructive Democracy'
(1851); Vala: A Mythological Tale) (1851);
(Out of the Past! (1870), a volume of essays;
and in 1883 a biography of the poet Bryant.
Godwin, William. An English political phi-
losopher; born at Wisbeach, Cambridge, March
3, 1750; died in London, April 7, 1836. His
principal works are : (Political Justice) (1793),
one of the strongest political essays in the
language ; (Caleb Williams; or, Things as They
Are) (1794), a novel enforcing the principles
of the greater work; (St. Leon' (1799), a novel
of domestic life; several other novels; (The
Inquirer, a series of essays ( 1796 ); (An-
tonio,' a tragedy) (1801); "Life of Chaucer)
(1803); History of the Commonwealth) (1824);
(Thoughts on Man,' a series of essays (1834).
His wife, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97), wrote
a memorable work on 'The Rights of Woman
(1792), and many others.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (geºtä). One of
the world's greatest poets; born at Frankfort
on the Main, Aug. 28, 1749; died at Weimar,
March 22, 1832. Among his early works are
the tragedy Prometheus ) ( 1773); “Erwin and
Elmira) (1774), a comedy; "Sorrows of Young
Werther) (1774); (Clavigo,' a tragedy (1774);
(Stella) (1775), a drama suggested by Swiſt's
life. In 1976 he became privy counselor to the
reigning Duke of Weimar, and for some years
was fully occupied with business of State. His
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leisure he devoted to composing, in prose, his
great tragedy Iphigenia,' which was recast in
verse in 1786; in writing the novel (Wilhelm
Meister); and in building up his greatest work,
(Faust. ' The succession of his works from
1789 forward was: “Tasso,' a drama (1789);
Metamorphosis of Plants) (1790); “The Grand
Cophta,' a dramatization of the affair of the
Diamond Necklace; (Wilhelm Meister's Ap.
prenticeship) (1796); (Hermann and Dorothea
(1796-97); "Elective Affinities) (1808); (Fiction
and Truth) (1811); (West-Eastern Divan)
(1814); Wilhelm Meister's Years of Travel
(1821); second part of Faust' (1831 : the
first part had appeared as A Fragment in
1790). *
Goeverneur, Jan Jacob Antonie (gö-ver-
nėr'). A Dutch poet; born in Iloevelaken,
Feb. 14, 1809; died at Groningen, March 19,
1889. His poems in serious vein appeared over
the pseudonym of Jan de Rijmer)); but they
are not so meritorious as his verses for child.
ren, which the little people of the Netherlands
now know by heart.
Gogol, Nikolai Vasiljevich (gö'gol). A
great Russian novelist and humorist; born
at Sorochintzy in the government of Poltava,
March 31, 1809; died at Moscow, March 4,
1852. His principal works are: “Evenings on
a Farm,' a collection of stories and sketches
of life in Little Russia (1831); a second series
of the same (1834), including the prose epic
(Taras Bulba,' (Old-World Proprietors,' and
How the Two Ivans Quarreled); then fol-
lowed stories of life in St. Petersburg, - Nev-
sky Prospect'; (Akakia Akakievich's New
Cloak. ) The five last mentioned have been
translated into English; as also (Dead Souls)
(1837), the author's masterpiece. *
Goiorani, Ciro (go-yôr-än'-e). An Italian
poet and prose-writer; born in Pescia, Jan. 21,
1834. He got into trouble with the authorities
when a student at college in consequence of
his political activities; and has been in the
same trouble more or less all his life, banish-
ment resulting on two or three occasions. The
volume of Poems of a Tuscan Exile) ade-
quately typifies his poetry. His prose has been
written mostly for political journals.
Goldoni, Carlo (gol-do'nē). An Italian
comedy-writer; born in Venice, Feb. 25, 1707;
died at Paris, Jan. 6, 1793. He was brought
up by the Jesuits, and began the study of law,
succeeding in his practice after some early
vicissitudes, but always manifesting his genius
for dramatic authorship. "The Good Father)
and The Singer) are among his early attempts;
but his enduring renown dates from the ap-
pearance of The Venetian Gondolier, (Beli-
sarius,' and (Rosamond, although as a writer
of pure comedy he is best represented by
works like (The Coffee House. *
Goldschmidt, Meïr Aaron (gölt'shmit). A
Danish novelist and publicist; born in Vording-
borg, Oct. 26, 1819; died at Copenhagen, Aug.
15, 1887. He entered journalism when quite
young, with recognized power till the govern-
ment censorship interfered with him. A Jew)
and Homeless) are among the novels to which
his international reputation is due. His later
years were spent in an exhaustive investigation
into the state of public education throughout
Europe. *
Goldsmid, Frederic John, Sir. An English
general and author; born at Milan, Aug. 19,
1818. He held several military staff appoint-
ments, both general and regimental. In 1874
he brought out a volume entitled (Telegraph
and Travel”; edited (Eastern Persia : An Ac-
count of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary
Commission (1876); and published (The Life
of Sir James Outram (1880).
Goldsmith, Oliver. An English-Irish poet,
novelist, dramatist, and miscellaneous prose-
writer ; born in Pallas, County Longford, Ire-
land, Nov. 10, 1728; died at London, April 4,
1774. His first literary ventures were 'Enquiry
into the Present State of Polite Learning in
Europe) and (The Citizen of the World. "
Next appeared (The Traveller); (The Deserted
Village); (The Vicar of Wakefield); (The
Good-Natured Man); and "She Stoops to
Conquer. His essays and his histories, his
biographies and his text-books, are numerous
and famed. *
Goll, Jaroslav (gol). A Czech poet and his-
torian; born in Chlumetz, July 11, 1846. His
(Poems, in one volume, include some very
popular (Songs of the Exiles. His historical
works, among them (The French Marriage :
France and England, 1624 and 1625,' are im-
portant and popular. He is professor of history
at the Czech University in Prague.
Gomberville, Marin Le Roy de (gôn-ber-vēl').
A French romancer and poet, and one of the
original members of the French Academy;
born in Paris (? ) in 1599 or 1600; died there,
June 14, 1674. At 14 he brought out a vol-
ume of poems, some of them above the current
level of popular verse. At 20 he plunged into
the writing of interminable and extravagant
romances, which won unmerited admiration.
(Polexandre) is the only one now valued,- to
this he wrote a sequel, and projected a sequel
to this sequel. A sonnet on the Blessed Sac-
rament attained celebrity; and his Discourse
on the Merits and Defects of History and the
Method of Writing it Well was extensively
quoted by contemporary authors. Ilis Latin
poems and his philosophical works are alike
preposterous.
Gomes, João Baptista (go'mes). A Portu-
guese dramatist; born in Oporto about 1775;
died there (? ), Dec. 20, 1803. He was a very
poor boy, and entered a mercantile house when
a young man; while thus employed, he wrote
in his early twenties a tragedy, (The New Cas-
tro, on the love of Dom Pedro for Inez de
Castro, which was staged in Lisbon about 1800
and was highly successful. It is rich in effect-
ive situations and stately periods, while its
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dialogue and action adhere to the standards
of an almost perfect taste.
Gomes de Amorim, Francisco (go'mes de
ä-mö-rēn'). A Portuguese poet and romance-
writer; born in Avelomar, Minho, Aug. 13,
1827, died at Lisbon (? ), Nov. 4, 1891 or 1892.
His childhood was one of dire poverty, and
when a lad he drifted to Brazil, where he lived
in privation for several years. He returned to
his native land in 1840, and in the revolution-
ary movements of the next few years employed
his poetic talent in the patriotic cause. He has
a European reputation as being in the first
rank of modern Portuguese poets. Morning
Songs) and (Ephemeros) are the most cele-
brated of his poems. He has also written plays
and romances; among the latter, Love of
Country) may be mentioned.
Gomes Leal, Antonio Duarte (gõ'mes
lā'äl). A Portuguese poet; born in Lisbon,
June 6, 1848. His poems made their appear-
ance when he was quite young, and all are
characterized by radical thought and decided
heterodoxy in matters of religion. One or two
of his more recent productions brought him
into conflict with the authorities, and he was
arrested and imprisoned. "Antichrist, (Rene-
gade,' and 'The Defense against England
have been most widely read.
Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich (gon-chä-
rov'). A Russian novelist; born in Simbirsk,
June 18, 1812; died at St. Petersburg, Sept. 27,
1891. Upon completing his university studies
at Moscow, he obtained a post under the gov-
ernment and was sent to Japan in its service.
He studied languages and translated numer-
ous masterpieces of literature into Russian, but
soon began the production of works of his
Own. These include Jean Podzabryn,' a tale
of life among the high functionaries of the
empire, and (Oblómof. *
Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de (gôn-kör').
French novelists and miscellaneous prose-
writers, brothers. Edmond was born in Nancy,
May 26, 1822; died at Paris, July 16, 1896.
Jules was born in Paris, Dec. 17, 1830; died
near Paris, June 20, 1870. From childhood their
personal intimacy was as close as their literary
union subsequently became. The detailed ac-
count of them presented elsewhere makes it
necessary to allude only to a work on (Art in
the Eighteenth Century, many of the pictures
in which are from the brush of Jules, who was
a finished artist. Both were scholars of no
mean attainments, and possessed equally the
facile and strenuous talent that made them
co-builders of a single renown. *
Gondinet, Edmond (gôn-de-na). A French
dramatist; born in Laurière, March 7, 1828 ;
died at Paris, Nov. 19, 1888. His early com-
edies, (Too Curious) and (The Victims of
Money,' were received with a favor which led
to his writing regularly for the stage ; and the
farce (Christiane) in 1871 approved him as one
of the first members of his profession. He
draws best from Parisian social life; 'Panazol,
Papa's Convictions,' and (The Ladies' Pro-
fessor) afford typical examples. His pieces
written in collaboration have yielded enormous
royalties, especially (The Happiest of the
Three.
Gondola, Giovanni (gon-doʻlä). See Gun-
dulic.
Gongora y Argote, Luis de (gon'go-rä ē är-
gö'tā). A Spanish poet; born in Cordova, June
II, 1561; died there, May 24, 1627. Intended
for the law, he gave himself to poetry instead.
He entered the Church in 1600, gaining in con-
sequence a petty clerical post at the court of
Philip 111. , from which he retired disheartened.
Now began that singular stream of verse to
which he owes his place in letters; the domi-
nant traits in which are studied artificiality,
extreme pedantry and obscurity, and violent
metaphors. Thus, he says of the beauty of a
young girl that it would inflame Norway
with its two suns (eyes? ), and whiten Ethiopia
with its hands. Gongorism, as this sort of
thing was termed, had a horde of imitators,
spread rapidly from Spain to France, and
spoiled the style of a whole generation in both
countries: “The Story of Polyphemus and Gala-
tea) and (The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe
are its choicest expositions by its originator.
Gonzaga, Thomaz Antonio (gon-zä'gä).
[Known also as «Dirceu. ”] A Portuguese
poet; born in Oporto in August 1744; died at
Mozambique 1807 or 1809. Graduating from
Coimbra, he emigrated to Brazil and became
a judge for some years. Here he conceived
a violent passion for one Doña Maria Seixas,
whose connection with the development of his
genius suggests the relation of Lesbia to Ca.
tullus, giving birth to his celebrated (Marilia. '
These love poems are the most exquisite lyr-
ics in Portuguese literature, flawless in metre
and immaculate in style. The marriage was
prevented by his banishment to Mozambique
on a seemingly trumped-up charge of treason,
and a fever there left him permanently insane.
Gonzalès, Emmanuel (gôn-sal-āz'). A French
novelist of Spanish origin; born in Saintes,
Oct. 25, 1815; died at Paris, Oct. 15, 1887. On
very little capital and no encouragement he
founded the Revue de France, and estab.
lished his fame as a writer of fiction in its
columns. Émile de Girardin engaged him for
the Presse, where he made the hit of a season.
"An Angel's Memoirs,' Buckingham's Seven
Kisses,' (The Russian Princess,' and (The
Gold Seekers,' are among the romances in
which he most happily shows his genius for
narration, vivid style, and fertility of expedient.
González del Valle, José 2. (gon tha’lāth
dėl va'lā). A Spanish author, born in Havana,
Cuba, in 1820; died in Madrid, Spain, October
1851. He was professor of natural philosophy
in the University of Havana until failing health
compelled him to relinquish this post. He was
appointed honorary se etary to the Queen.
Among his novels are: Luisa,' (Carmen and
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Adela,' and Love and Death) (1839); “Tropi-
cales,' a volume of poems (Havana, 1842);
"Europºan Journeys) (1843); (A Funeral
Wreath) (1844); "Historical Sketch of Philos-
ophy) (1848); and (Lectures on Meteorology
(1849).
Gonzalo de Berceo (gon-thäʻlo dā ber-thā'o).
A Spanish poet; born in Berceo about 1196;
died at the monastery of San Millan de la
Cogolla, about 1270; was parish priest of
Berceo, and one of the first rhymesters to
write in Castilian. He wrote in rhymed quat-
rains and we have more than 13,000 of his
verses on the lives of obscure Castilian Saints,
on the Mass, the Dolors of the Virgin Mary,
the Judgment Day, etc. His style is rude and
inelegant, but the poet writes out of a full
simple heart, and he tells a story well. He
arrays with wonderful effectiveness the stage
properties of the Last Judgment; and his con-
templation of Mary at the Cross strikes the
chord of human sympathy.
Goodale, Elaine - Mrs. Eastman. An
American poet ; born in Mt. Washington, Mass. ,
Oct. 9, 1863. She became a teacher in the
Hampton Institute in Virginia, and wrote edi-
torially for the Southern Workman (1883). In
1885 she visited the Great Sioux reservation,
reporting her views to New York and Boston
journals. She taught school at White River
Camp, Lower Brulé Agency, Dakota. Her
Journal of a Farmer's Daughter) was published
in 1881. Together with her sister Dora Read,
she produced : Apple Blossoms : Verses of
Two Children (1878); "In Berkshire with the
Wild Flowers) (1879); and (Verses from Sky
Farm (1880).
Goodale, George Lincoln. An American
botanist; born at Saco, Me. , Aug. 3, 1839. He
graduated from Amherst in 1860, and from the
Harvard Medical School in 1863. For some
time he was a lecturer in medical schools in
Maine. In 1871 he was appointed professor of
Natural Sciences in Bowdoin College. Since
1872 he has been connected with Harvard
University, at first as instructor and later as
professor of botany. Among his works are:
Concerning a Few Common Plants (1879);
Physiological Botany) (1885); “Wild Flowers
of America) (1886); Useful Plants of the
Future.
Goode, George Brown. An American ich-
thyologist; born at New Albany, Ind. , Feb. 13,
1851; died 1896. He is a member of several
commissions and scientific societies, and has
been identified with expositions both here and
abroad. Besides over two hundred papers
on ichthyology, he has published: (The Game
Fishes of the United States) (1879); “The Be-
ginnings of Natural History in America) (1886);
(Virginia Cousins) (1888); (Museums of the
Future) (1890).
Goodrich, Charles Augustus. An American
clergyman and author, brother of Samuel G. ;
born at Ridgefield, Conn. , in 1790; died at
Hartford, Conn. , Jan. 4, 1862. He graduated
at Yale in 1812. He held the pastorates of
Congregational churches in Worcester, Mass. ,
and Berlin and Hartford, Conn. Among his
works are: (Lives of the Signers) (1829); His-
tory of the United States) (1852–55); Universal
Traveller.
Goodrich, Frank Boot. [«Dick Tinto. ”]
An American author; born in Boston, Dec.
14, 1826; graduated at Harvard in 1845. His
Paris letters to the New York Times, signed
(Dick Tinto," first brought him into notice.
He published: (Court of Napoleon; or, Society
under the First Empire) (1857); "Women of
Beauty and Heroism (1859); (World-Famous
Women, from Semiramis to Eugénie) (1870);
and others.
Goodrich, Samuel Griswold. [« Peter Par-
ley. ”] An American author; born in Ridge-
field, Conn. , Aug. 19, 1793; died in New York,
May 9, 1860. He edited the Token, published
in Boston from 1828 till 1842. From 1841 till
1854 he edited Merry's Museum and Parley's
Magazine. His «Peter Parley » books won
great popularity, evidenced by the fact that
the pen-name was attached to more than 70
spurious volumes. Among the 200 volumes
published by him are: (The Poetical Works
of John Trumbull) (1820); “Tales of Peter Par-
ley about America) (1827); similar books on
Europe, Asia, Africa, and other countries.
Goodwin, Mrs. Maud (Wilder). An Amer-
ican historical novelist ; born in New York
State in 1856. She is a resident of New York
city. Among her works are: (The Colonial
Cavalier); (The Head of a Hundred); "White
Aprons : An Historical Romance); Dolly Mad-
ison,' a biography.
Goodyear, William Henry. An American
writer on art; born in Connecticut, 1846. He
has published: (Roman and Mediaval Art);
(Renaissance and Modern Art); (History of
Art); (The Grammar of the Lotus); etc.
Gookin, Daniel (göʻkin). An American col.
onist; born in Kent, England, about 1612;
died at Cambridge, Mass. , March 19, 1687. He
came to Virginia in 1621, but removed to Mas-
sachusetts in 1644. He was appointed superin-
tendent of the Indians of that colony in 1656,
and major-general in 1681. His chief work is
(Historical Collections of the Indians in New
England, which was not published until 1792.
Gordon, Adam Lindsey. An Australian
poet; born in Fayal, Azores, in 1833; died
June 24, 1870. He was an Oxford man, who
emigrated to Australia and became a noted
lover of the turf. He won considerable repu-
tation as a writer of verse; his ' Poems' (1868),
largely bush ballads and lyrics of the antipodes,
reaching a fifth edition.
Gordon, Archibald D. An American dra-
matic critic and playwright; born in Ceylon,
Oct. 11, 1848; died in Port Richmond, Staten
Island, N. Y. , Jan. 9, 1895. He entered a
publishing-house in New York city in 1865,
a
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and subsequently became connected with New
York and Chicago papers as dramatic critic.
His works include: "Trixie); (The Ugly
Duckling); "Is Marriage a Failure? ); (That
Girl from Mexico.
Gordon, Armistead Churchill. An Ameri-
can poet; born in Albemarle County, Va. , Dec.
20, 1855. After graduating from the Cniversity
of Virginia he became a lawyer in Staunton,
Va. In collaboration with Thomas Nelson
Page he wrote a volume of verse entitled
(Befo' de War); (Echoes in Negro Dialect)
(1888); “Congressional Currency.
Gordon, Clarence. [« Vieux Moustache. ”] An
American juvenile-story writer; born in New
York, 1835. He has written Christmas at
Under Tor); Boarding-School Days'; etc.
Gordon, Julien. See Cruger.
Gordon-Cumming, Constance Frederica.
An English traveler and writer, sister of the
famous sportsman Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming ;
born at Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland, May 26,
1837. She traveled extensively in Great Britain
in her early years, and recently has passed her
time in Oriental countries. Among her works
are: (In the Hebrides); Via Cornwall to
Egypt); (In the Himalayas); (At Home in
Fiji”; “A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-
War); (Two Happy Years in Ceylon); “Work
for the Blind in China. '
Gore, Catherine Grace. An English novel-
ist; born (Moody) in East Retford, Nottingham,
1799; died at Linwood, Hampshire, Jan. 27,
1861. She married a captain in the army, saw
much high life, and wrote of it in many novels.
(Women as They Are) (1830), Mothers and
Daughters) (1831), and "Cecil) (1845) are the
best known of her works.
Gore, Charles. An English clergyman and
author; born in 1853. He is a Fellow of Trin-
ity College, Oxford, and is now vicar of Rad-
ley, close to Oxford. He is best known as the
editor of "Lux Mundi,' and author of the essay
on (The Holy Spirit and Inspiration in that
volume. He has also written: "The Church
and the Ministry); the Bampton Lecture for
1891 on (The Incarnation of the Son of God);
and Roman Catholic Claims) (1888).
Görner, Karl August (gėr'ner). A German
playwright; born in Berlin, Jan. 29, 1806; died
in Hamburg, April 9, 1884. He ran away from
home when a lad in order to become an actor;
eventually had a company of his own; and
wrote over 100 successful plays, beginning with
(The Gardener and his Wife. ) Niece and
Aunt); Black Peter); A Happy Paterfamil-
ias); and (The Ennobled Shopkeeper, are
some of the others.
Gorostiza y Cepeda, Don Manuel Eduardo
de (gôr-ôs-tē'thä ē thā-pā'thä). A Mexican
comedy-writer and diplomat; born in Vera
Cruz, Nov. 13, 1791; died at Tacubaya, Oct.
23, 1851. His father was Spanish governor of
Mexico. At 25 he had made theatre-goers of
Madrid familiar with his name, but his impli-
cation in schemes of Mexican independence
interfered with his literary career. He was
made Mexican minister to England when in.
dependence was secured, and later had himself
transferred to Paris, in which city he achieved
his most enduring renown as a writer of plays.
Among them, Bread and an Onion, with Thee,
Love, merits special notice as the source of
Scribe's 'A Cottage and its Heart. His (Al-
lowance for All' and 'Such as It Is are master-
pieces in comedy construction.
Görres, Joseph (ger'es). A celebrated
German publicist and philosopher; born at
Coblentz, Jan. 25, 1776; died 1848. His Rhein-
ischer Merkur, in which he combatted French
republican ideas was by far the most powerful
journal in Germany: it was called by Napoleon
(the fifth power” of Europe. He was a man
of vast learning and great versatility; a few
of his writings are : (Aphorisms on Art); (Faith
and Science); History of Asian Myths); “The
Hero-Book of Iran,' translated from Persian;
(The Holy Alliance); “Swedenborg, his Visions
and his Relation to the Church);(Christian Mys-
ticism,' a work of high authority (latest ed. 5 vols. ,
1879); Athanasius,' a strong polemic against
Protestantism and Prussian bureaucracy; the
author had shortly before embraced Catholicism.
Goschen, George Joachim. An English
statesman; born in London, Aug. 10, 1831, of
German parentage. From Oxford he entered
mercantile life; became vice-president of the
Board of Trade and director of the Bank of
England; Liberal M. P. 1863; Privy-Councilor
1865; First Lord of the Admiralty 1871-74. He
was sent on important missions to Cairo and
Constantinople. In 1887 he seceded from the
Liberal party and joined the Liberal-Unionists,
and was Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord
Salisbury's administration.
Besides speeches
and addresses on political, educational, and
economical questions, he published: (The The-
ory of the Foreign Exchanges) (1864; 14th ed.
1890); Probable Result of an Increase in the
Purchasing Power of Gold) (1883).
Goslavski, Maurycy (gôs-läv'skē). A Polish
poet ; born in Podolia in 1802; died in Stan-
islavof, Aug. 17, 1834. He was a soldier by
profession; but published a volume of poetry
in 1828. He took part in the war for Polish in-
dependence in 1830, at which time he produced
his most famous stanzas, (The Poems of a Pol-
ish Uhlan. They were very popular among his
countrymen during the great agitation.
Gosse, Edmund William. An English poet,
essayist, and critic; born in London, Sept. 21,
1849. He attracted attention when very young
by the grace and finish of papers contributed
to London periodicals, and for many years his
literary judgments have been regarded as of
considerable weight. As a poet he is known
by (Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets); "On Viol
and Flute); (The Unknown Lover); etc. Some
of his literary criticisms and biographies are
contained in “Seventeenth-Century Studies) and
(From Shakespeare to Pope. *
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man.
Gosse, Philip Henry. An English natural-
ist and author; born in Worcester, 1810;
died 1888. In 1827 he started on a scientific
tour through Canada, the Southern United
States, and Jamaica, and on his return pub-
lished: (The Canadian Naturalist) (1840); (The
Birds of Jamaica) (1845); (A Naturalist's So-
journ in Jamaica. In 1856 he was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society. His works, which
amount to nearly fifty volumes, also include:
(Rambles of a Naturalist on the Devonshire
Coast (1853); (Aquarium (1854).
Gosson, Stephen. An English poet and
satirist; born in Kent (? ), 1555; died at Bishops-
gate, Feb. 13, 1623 or 1624. He was a clergy-
The (School of Abuse (1576) contains
good prose, and the Pleasant Quips) (1595)
good rhymes, but the latter are disfigured by
coarse language.
Goszczynski, Severin (gösh-chin'skē). A
Polish poet; born 1803, in Ilinze in the Ukraine;
died in Lemberg, Feb. 25, 1876. The influence
of Byron is unmistakable in his youthful Castle
of Kanioff. In the struggle for independence
in 1830 he achieved brilliant feats of arms, and
composed national odes that spread his fame
throughout Europe. Polish freedom proving a
chimera, he wandered through France and
Switzerland, writing poetry and prose as occas-
ion served. "The Terrible Huntsman,' (The
Three Chords,' and (Dziela are powerful poems.
Götter, Friedrich Wilhelm (göt'ter). An
important and even epoch-making German
poet; born in Gotha, Sept. 3, 1746; died there,
March 18, 1797. He wrote dramas while study.
ing foreign literatures at the University; entered
the diplomatic service, but gave it up to be.
come a private tutor, and fell under the in-
fuence of Goethe. Media,' a drama, a volume
of collected Poems, and numerous comedies
and minor pieces, represent his highest efforts.
He was the last German poet to use French
models largely.
Gottfried von Strassburg (got'frēt fön
sträsóbörg).
died in St. Petersburg, Feb. 15, 1833. He stud-
ied classical philology, and made himself the
most accomplished Russian scholar of his day.
A translation of Schiller's (Conspiracy of
Fiesco) was an early effort; but his master-
piece is the translation of the Iliad into Rus-
sian (1829), not unworthy of the original, at
which he worked for twenty years. A trans-
lation of Shakespeare's King Lear,' of Vol.
taire's (Tancrede,' and of notable modern Greek
poems, occupied his later years.
His own
poem, (The Fishers,' is much admired.
Gneist, Rudolph (nist). A German jurist,
politician, and historical writer; born in Berlin,
Aug. 13, 1816. He is a National Liberal, and
has been in the Prussian Parliament since 1858.
William I. made him instructor in political
science to Prince William (now William II. ).
Among his numerous works are: Nobility
and Knighthood in England (1853); (The
English Constitutional and Administrative Law
of the Present Day) (1857-63); (Self-Govern-
ment in England (1863); "History of the Eng.
lish Parliament) (1886); (The Imperial Law
against the Machinations of the Socialists.
Gobineau, Joseph Arthur, Comte de. A
French diplomatist, ethnologist, and romance-
writer; born at Bordeaux in 1816; died at Paris,
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(
October 1882. During a long diplomatic career
he held important positions at Athens, Copen-
hagen, and Rio Janeiro; was a member of the
embassy to Persia, 1855; Imperial Commis-
sary to the United, States 1861. During his
long stay in the East he studied Oriental
religions, and brought out his famous work
(Religions and Philosophies in Central Asia)
(1865), a vivid and unprejudiced treatise.
Among his other notable publications are :
(On the Inequality of Human Races) (1853–
55), which has been the point of departure
for a new ethnological school; Ilistory of
the Persians) (1869). In fiction he has pro-
duced : (Typhaine Abbey) (1867), a romance;
(Souvenirs of Travels) (1872), stories; 'Asiatic
Tales) (1876), a masterpiece of pure literature
and imaginative realization of character-trans-
lated into English as (Romances of the East);
(Amadis,' a poem in three books (unfinished),
published posthumously in 1887.
Göckingk, Leopold Friedrich Günther von
(gėk'ingk). ' A German poet; born in Grön-
ingen, Halberstadt, July 13, 1748; died at
Wartenburg, Silesia, Feb. 18, 1828. His prime
was passed in official employment, and in
1789 he was ennobled. He retired some years
later, and devoted himself seriously to litera-
ture. His principal works are: (Epigrams)
(1772), some of which are admirable; (Songs
of Two Lovers) (1777), greatly admired by his
contemporaries, who read between the lines
the story of the writer's life; three volumes
of Poems) (1779); (Charades and Riddles)
(1817); “Life and Literary Remains of Nicolai)
(1800).
Godefroy, Frédéric (god-frwä'). A French
lexicographer and historian of literature; born
in Paris, Feb. 13, 1826. His life has been given
up to literary studies; the results of which,
the celebrated Comparative Lexicon of the
Language of Corneille and of the Seventeenth
Century in General, and (History of French
Literature from the Sixteenth Century to Our
Own Day,' have given him an international
reputation. His monumental effort, however, is
the voluminous Dictionary of the Old French
Language and of All its Dialects from the
Ninth to the Fifteenth Century. The 8th vol.
published 1895.
Godet, Philippe Ernest (go-dā'). A Swiss
poet and historian of literature; born in Neu-
châtel, April 23, 1850. He was bred to the
law, but abandoned it for journalism. He be-
came instructor in literature in the Academy
at Neuchâtel. As a poet he pleases, without
stirring any profound depths, in such volumes
as (A Handful of Rhymes, (First Poems, and
(Realities. In prose he wrote: (The Literary
History of French Switzerland, his greatest
work, which won the French Academy's Guérin
prize; (Studies and Talks); and a biography
of Pierre Viret.
Godfrey, Thomas. An American poet; born
in Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1736; died near Wil-
mington, N. C. , Aug. 3, 1763. He wrote in 1759
(The Prince of Parthia, a tragedy, believed
to be the first dramatic work written in this
country. In 1763 he published (The Court of
Fancy: A Poem. His poems were collected
in 1767 by his friend Nathaniel Evans.
Godkin, Edwin Lawrence. An American
journalist and essayist; born in Moyne, Ireland,
Oct. 2, 1831. He graduated from Queen's Col.
lege, and came to this country in early man-
hood. Since 1865 he has been prominent in
journalism. In addition to a "History of Hun-
gary,' and editorial work on the New York
Nation and Evening Post, he has produced mis-
cellaneous essays, the most prominent of which
appear in (The Problems of Modern Democ-
racy) and Impressions and Comments. *
Gödsche, Hermann (gėd'sha). A German
journalist, critic, and romance-writer; born in
Trachenberg, Silesia, Feb. 12, 1815; died at
Warmbrunn, Nov. 8, 1878. At first in the
postal service, he began writing in 1849, over
the name of “Armin); and rose to eminence
in journalism. As a novelist, his "Nena Sahib,'
(Villafranca,' and (Biarritz,' written under the
pseudonym of “Sir John Retcliffe," are repre-
sentative of his talent.
Godwin, Parke. An American author; born
at Paterson, N. J. , Feb. 25, 1816. He began
the study of law, but abandoned it for literary
pursuits. From 1837 until recently, he was
connected with the New York Evening Post,
besides contributing frequently to Putnam's
Magazine. In addition to translations from
the German, and the well-known compilation,
(Handbook of Universal Biography) (1851),
he has published: (Constructive Democracy'
(1851); Vala: A Mythological Tale) (1851);
(Out of the Past! (1870), a volume of essays;
and in 1883 a biography of the poet Bryant.
Godwin, William. An English political phi-
losopher; born at Wisbeach, Cambridge, March
3, 1750; died in London, April 7, 1836. His
principal works are : (Political Justice) (1793),
one of the strongest political essays in the
language ; (Caleb Williams; or, Things as They
Are) (1794), a novel enforcing the principles
of the greater work; (St. Leon' (1799), a novel
of domestic life; several other novels; (The
Inquirer, a series of essays ( 1796 ); (An-
tonio,' a tragedy) (1801); "Life of Chaucer)
(1803); History of the Commonwealth) (1824);
(Thoughts on Man,' a series of essays (1834).
His wife, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97), wrote
a memorable work on 'The Rights of Woman
(1792), and many others.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (geºtä). One of
the world's greatest poets; born at Frankfort
on the Main, Aug. 28, 1749; died at Weimar,
March 22, 1832. Among his early works are
the tragedy Prometheus ) ( 1773); “Erwin and
Elmira) (1774), a comedy; "Sorrows of Young
Werther) (1774); (Clavigo,' a tragedy (1774);
(Stella) (1775), a drama suggested by Swiſt's
life. In 1976 he became privy counselor to the
reigning Duke of Weimar, and for some years
was fully occupied with business of State. His
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leisure he devoted to composing, in prose, his
great tragedy Iphigenia,' which was recast in
verse in 1786; in writing the novel (Wilhelm
Meister); and in building up his greatest work,
(Faust. ' The succession of his works from
1789 forward was: “Tasso,' a drama (1789);
Metamorphosis of Plants) (1790); “The Grand
Cophta,' a dramatization of the affair of the
Diamond Necklace; (Wilhelm Meister's Ap.
prenticeship) (1796); (Hermann and Dorothea
(1796-97); "Elective Affinities) (1808); (Fiction
and Truth) (1811); (West-Eastern Divan)
(1814); Wilhelm Meister's Years of Travel
(1821); second part of Faust' (1831 : the
first part had appeared as A Fragment in
1790). *
Goeverneur, Jan Jacob Antonie (gö-ver-
nėr'). A Dutch poet; born in Iloevelaken,
Feb. 14, 1809; died at Groningen, March 19,
1889. His poems in serious vein appeared over
the pseudonym of Jan de Rijmer)); but they
are not so meritorious as his verses for child.
ren, which the little people of the Netherlands
now know by heart.
Gogol, Nikolai Vasiljevich (gö'gol). A
great Russian novelist and humorist; born
at Sorochintzy in the government of Poltava,
March 31, 1809; died at Moscow, March 4,
1852. His principal works are: “Evenings on
a Farm,' a collection of stories and sketches
of life in Little Russia (1831); a second series
of the same (1834), including the prose epic
(Taras Bulba,' (Old-World Proprietors,' and
How the Two Ivans Quarreled); then fol-
lowed stories of life in St. Petersburg, - Nev-
sky Prospect'; (Akakia Akakievich's New
Cloak. ) The five last mentioned have been
translated into English; as also (Dead Souls)
(1837), the author's masterpiece. *
Goiorani, Ciro (go-yôr-än'-e). An Italian
poet and prose-writer; born in Pescia, Jan. 21,
1834. He got into trouble with the authorities
when a student at college in consequence of
his political activities; and has been in the
same trouble more or less all his life, banish-
ment resulting on two or three occasions. The
volume of Poems of a Tuscan Exile) ade-
quately typifies his poetry. His prose has been
written mostly for political journals.
Goldoni, Carlo (gol-do'nē). An Italian
comedy-writer; born in Venice, Feb. 25, 1707;
died at Paris, Jan. 6, 1793. He was brought
up by the Jesuits, and began the study of law,
succeeding in his practice after some early
vicissitudes, but always manifesting his genius
for dramatic authorship. "The Good Father)
and The Singer) are among his early attempts;
but his enduring renown dates from the ap-
pearance of The Venetian Gondolier, (Beli-
sarius,' and (Rosamond, although as a writer
of pure comedy he is best represented by
works like (The Coffee House. *
Goldschmidt, Meïr Aaron (gölt'shmit). A
Danish novelist and publicist; born in Vording-
borg, Oct. 26, 1819; died at Copenhagen, Aug.
15, 1887. He entered journalism when quite
young, with recognized power till the govern-
ment censorship interfered with him. A Jew)
and Homeless) are among the novels to which
his international reputation is due. His later
years were spent in an exhaustive investigation
into the state of public education throughout
Europe. *
Goldsmid, Frederic John, Sir. An English
general and author; born at Milan, Aug. 19,
1818. He held several military staff appoint-
ments, both general and regimental. In 1874
he brought out a volume entitled (Telegraph
and Travel”; edited (Eastern Persia : An Ac-
count of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary
Commission (1876); and published (The Life
of Sir James Outram (1880).
Goldsmith, Oliver. An English-Irish poet,
novelist, dramatist, and miscellaneous prose-
writer ; born in Pallas, County Longford, Ire-
land, Nov. 10, 1728; died at London, April 4,
1774. His first literary ventures were 'Enquiry
into the Present State of Polite Learning in
Europe) and (The Citizen of the World. "
Next appeared (The Traveller); (The Deserted
Village); (The Vicar of Wakefield); (The
Good-Natured Man); and "She Stoops to
Conquer. His essays and his histories, his
biographies and his text-books, are numerous
and famed. *
Goll, Jaroslav (gol). A Czech poet and his-
torian; born in Chlumetz, July 11, 1846. His
(Poems, in one volume, include some very
popular (Songs of the Exiles. His historical
works, among them (The French Marriage :
France and England, 1624 and 1625,' are im-
portant and popular. He is professor of history
at the Czech University in Prague.
Gomberville, Marin Le Roy de (gôn-ber-vēl').
A French romancer and poet, and one of the
original members of the French Academy;
born in Paris (? ) in 1599 or 1600; died there,
June 14, 1674. At 14 he brought out a vol-
ume of poems, some of them above the current
level of popular verse. At 20 he plunged into
the writing of interminable and extravagant
romances, which won unmerited admiration.
(Polexandre) is the only one now valued,- to
this he wrote a sequel, and projected a sequel
to this sequel. A sonnet on the Blessed Sac-
rament attained celebrity; and his Discourse
on the Merits and Defects of History and the
Method of Writing it Well was extensively
quoted by contemporary authors. Ilis Latin
poems and his philosophical works are alike
preposterous.
Gomes, João Baptista (go'mes). A Portu-
guese dramatist; born in Oporto about 1775;
died there (? ), Dec. 20, 1803. He was a very
poor boy, and entered a mercantile house when
a young man; while thus employed, he wrote
in his early twenties a tragedy, (The New Cas-
tro, on the love of Dom Pedro for Inez de
Castro, which was staged in Lisbon about 1800
and was highly successful. It is rich in effect-
ive situations and stately periods, while its
:
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dialogue and action adhere to the standards
of an almost perfect taste.
Gomes de Amorim, Francisco (go'mes de
ä-mö-rēn'). A Portuguese poet and romance-
writer; born in Avelomar, Minho, Aug. 13,
1827, died at Lisbon (? ), Nov. 4, 1891 or 1892.
His childhood was one of dire poverty, and
when a lad he drifted to Brazil, where he lived
in privation for several years. He returned to
his native land in 1840, and in the revolution-
ary movements of the next few years employed
his poetic talent in the patriotic cause. He has
a European reputation as being in the first
rank of modern Portuguese poets. Morning
Songs) and (Ephemeros) are the most cele-
brated of his poems. He has also written plays
and romances; among the latter, Love of
Country) may be mentioned.
Gomes Leal, Antonio Duarte (gõ'mes
lā'äl). A Portuguese poet; born in Lisbon,
June 6, 1848. His poems made their appear-
ance when he was quite young, and all are
characterized by radical thought and decided
heterodoxy in matters of religion. One or two
of his more recent productions brought him
into conflict with the authorities, and he was
arrested and imprisoned. "Antichrist, (Rene-
gade,' and 'The Defense against England
have been most widely read.
Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich (gon-chä-
rov'). A Russian novelist; born in Simbirsk,
June 18, 1812; died at St. Petersburg, Sept. 27,
1891. Upon completing his university studies
at Moscow, he obtained a post under the gov-
ernment and was sent to Japan in its service.
He studied languages and translated numer-
ous masterpieces of literature into Russian, but
soon began the production of works of his
Own. These include Jean Podzabryn,' a tale
of life among the high functionaries of the
empire, and (Oblómof. *
Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de (gôn-kör').
French novelists and miscellaneous prose-
writers, brothers. Edmond was born in Nancy,
May 26, 1822; died at Paris, July 16, 1896.
Jules was born in Paris, Dec. 17, 1830; died
near Paris, June 20, 1870. From childhood their
personal intimacy was as close as their literary
union subsequently became. The detailed ac-
count of them presented elsewhere makes it
necessary to allude only to a work on (Art in
the Eighteenth Century, many of the pictures
in which are from the brush of Jules, who was
a finished artist. Both were scholars of no
mean attainments, and possessed equally the
facile and strenuous talent that made them
co-builders of a single renown. *
Gondinet, Edmond (gôn-de-na). A French
dramatist; born in Laurière, March 7, 1828 ;
died at Paris, Nov. 19, 1888. His early com-
edies, (Too Curious) and (The Victims of
Money,' were received with a favor which led
to his writing regularly for the stage ; and the
farce (Christiane) in 1871 approved him as one
of the first members of his profession. He
draws best from Parisian social life; 'Panazol,
Papa's Convictions,' and (The Ladies' Pro-
fessor) afford typical examples. His pieces
written in collaboration have yielded enormous
royalties, especially (The Happiest of the
Three.
Gondola, Giovanni (gon-doʻlä). See Gun-
dulic.
Gongora y Argote, Luis de (gon'go-rä ē är-
gö'tā). A Spanish poet; born in Cordova, June
II, 1561; died there, May 24, 1627. Intended
for the law, he gave himself to poetry instead.
He entered the Church in 1600, gaining in con-
sequence a petty clerical post at the court of
Philip 111. , from which he retired disheartened.
Now began that singular stream of verse to
which he owes his place in letters; the domi-
nant traits in which are studied artificiality,
extreme pedantry and obscurity, and violent
metaphors. Thus, he says of the beauty of a
young girl that it would inflame Norway
with its two suns (eyes? ), and whiten Ethiopia
with its hands. Gongorism, as this sort of
thing was termed, had a horde of imitators,
spread rapidly from Spain to France, and
spoiled the style of a whole generation in both
countries: “The Story of Polyphemus and Gala-
tea) and (The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe
are its choicest expositions by its originator.
Gonzaga, Thomaz Antonio (gon-zä'gä).
[Known also as «Dirceu. ”] A Portuguese
poet; born in Oporto in August 1744; died at
Mozambique 1807 or 1809. Graduating from
Coimbra, he emigrated to Brazil and became
a judge for some years. Here he conceived
a violent passion for one Doña Maria Seixas,
whose connection with the development of his
genius suggests the relation of Lesbia to Ca.
tullus, giving birth to his celebrated (Marilia. '
These love poems are the most exquisite lyr-
ics in Portuguese literature, flawless in metre
and immaculate in style. The marriage was
prevented by his banishment to Mozambique
on a seemingly trumped-up charge of treason,
and a fever there left him permanently insane.
Gonzalès, Emmanuel (gôn-sal-āz'). A French
novelist of Spanish origin; born in Saintes,
Oct. 25, 1815; died at Paris, Oct. 15, 1887. On
very little capital and no encouragement he
founded the Revue de France, and estab.
lished his fame as a writer of fiction in its
columns. Émile de Girardin engaged him for
the Presse, where he made the hit of a season.
"An Angel's Memoirs,' Buckingham's Seven
Kisses,' (The Russian Princess,' and (The
Gold Seekers,' are among the romances in
which he most happily shows his genius for
narration, vivid style, and fertility of expedient.
González del Valle, José 2. (gon tha’lāth
dėl va'lā). A Spanish author, born in Havana,
Cuba, in 1820; died in Madrid, Spain, October
1851. He was professor of natural philosophy
in the University of Havana until failing health
compelled him to relinquish this post. He was
appointed honorary se etary to the Queen.
Among his novels are: Luisa,' (Carmen and
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Adela,' and Love and Death) (1839); “Tropi-
cales,' a volume of poems (Havana, 1842);
"Europºan Journeys) (1843); (A Funeral
Wreath) (1844); "Historical Sketch of Philos-
ophy) (1848); and (Lectures on Meteorology
(1849).
Gonzalo de Berceo (gon-thäʻlo dā ber-thā'o).
A Spanish poet; born in Berceo about 1196;
died at the monastery of San Millan de la
Cogolla, about 1270; was parish priest of
Berceo, and one of the first rhymesters to
write in Castilian. He wrote in rhymed quat-
rains and we have more than 13,000 of his
verses on the lives of obscure Castilian Saints,
on the Mass, the Dolors of the Virgin Mary,
the Judgment Day, etc. His style is rude and
inelegant, but the poet writes out of a full
simple heart, and he tells a story well. He
arrays with wonderful effectiveness the stage
properties of the Last Judgment; and his con-
templation of Mary at the Cross strikes the
chord of human sympathy.
Goodale, Elaine - Mrs. Eastman. An
American poet ; born in Mt. Washington, Mass. ,
Oct. 9, 1863. She became a teacher in the
Hampton Institute in Virginia, and wrote edi-
torially for the Southern Workman (1883). In
1885 she visited the Great Sioux reservation,
reporting her views to New York and Boston
journals. She taught school at White River
Camp, Lower Brulé Agency, Dakota. Her
Journal of a Farmer's Daughter) was published
in 1881. Together with her sister Dora Read,
she produced : Apple Blossoms : Verses of
Two Children (1878); "In Berkshire with the
Wild Flowers) (1879); and (Verses from Sky
Farm (1880).
Goodale, George Lincoln. An American
botanist; born at Saco, Me. , Aug. 3, 1839. He
graduated from Amherst in 1860, and from the
Harvard Medical School in 1863. For some
time he was a lecturer in medical schools in
Maine. In 1871 he was appointed professor of
Natural Sciences in Bowdoin College. Since
1872 he has been connected with Harvard
University, at first as instructor and later as
professor of botany. Among his works are:
Concerning a Few Common Plants (1879);
Physiological Botany) (1885); “Wild Flowers
of America) (1886); Useful Plants of the
Future.
Goode, George Brown. An American ich-
thyologist; born at New Albany, Ind. , Feb. 13,
1851; died 1896. He is a member of several
commissions and scientific societies, and has
been identified with expositions both here and
abroad. Besides over two hundred papers
on ichthyology, he has published: (The Game
Fishes of the United States) (1879); “The Be-
ginnings of Natural History in America) (1886);
(Virginia Cousins) (1888); (Museums of the
Future) (1890).
Goodrich, Charles Augustus. An American
clergyman and author, brother of Samuel G. ;
born at Ridgefield, Conn. , in 1790; died at
Hartford, Conn. , Jan. 4, 1862. He graduated
at Yale in 1812. He held the pastorates of
Congregational churches in Worcester, Mass. ,
and Berlin and Hartford, Conn. Among his
works are: (Lives of the Signers) (1829); His-
tory of the United States) (1852–55); Universal
Traveller.
Goodrich, Frank Boot. [«Dick Tinto. ”]
An American author; born in Boston, Dec.
14, 1826; graduated at Harvard in 1845. His
Paris letters to the New York Times, signed
(Dick Tinto," first brought him into notice.
He published: (Court of Napoleon; or, Society
under the First Empire) (1857); "Women of
Beauty and Heroism (1859); (World-Famous
Women, from Semiramis to Eugénie) (1870);
and others.
Goodrich, Samuel Griswold. [« Peter Par-
ley. ”] An American author; born in Ridge-
field, Conn. , Aug. 19, 1793; died in New York,
May 9, 1860. He edited the Token, published
in Boston from 1828 till 1842. From 1841 till
1854 he edited Merry's Museum and Parley's
Magazine. His «Peter Parley » books won
great popularity, evidenced by the fact that
the pen-name was attached to more than 70
spurious volumes. Among the 200 volumes
published by him are: (The Poetical Works
of John Trumbull) (1820); “Tales of Peter Par-
ley about America) (1827); similar books on
Europe, Asia, Africa, and other countries.
Goodwin, Mrs. Maud (Wilder). An Amer-
ican historical novelist ; born in New York
State in 1856. She is a resident of New York
city. Among her works are: (The Colonial
Cavalier); (The Head of a Hundred); "White
Aprons : An Historical Romance); Dolly Mad-
ison,' a biography.
Goodyear, William Henry. An American
writer on art; born in Connecticut, 1846. He
has published: (Roman and Mediaval Art);
(Renaissance and Modern Art); (History of
Art); (The Grammar of the Lotus); etc.
Gookin, Daniel (göʻkin). An American col.
onist; born in Kent, England, about 1612;
died at Cambridge, Mass. , March 19, 1687. He
came to Virginia in 1621, but removed to Mas-
sachusetts in 1644. He was appointed superin-
tendent of the Indians of that colony in 1656,
and major-general in 1681. His chief work is
(Historical Collections of the Indians in New
England, which was not published until 1792.
Gordon, Adam Lindsey. An Australian
poet; born in Fayal, Azores, in 1833; died
June 24, 1870. He was an Oxford man, who
emigrated to Australia and became a noted
lover of the turf. He won considerable repu-
tation as a writer of verse; his ' Poems' (1868),
largely bush ballads and lyrics of the antipodes,
reaching a fifth edition.
Gordon, Archibald D. An American dra-
matic critic and playwright; born in Ceylon,
Oct. 11, 1848; died in Port Richmond, Staten
Island, N. Y. , Jan. 9, 1895. He entered a
publishing-house in New York city in 1865,
a
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and subsequently became connected with New
York and Chicago papers as dramatic critic.
His works include: "Trixie); (The Ugly
Duckling); "Is Marriage a Failure? ); (That
Girl from Mexico.
Gordon, Armistead Churchill. An Ameri-
can poet; born in Albemarle County, Va. , Dec.
20, 1855. After graduating from the Cniversity
of Virginia he became a lawyer in Staunton,
Va. In collaboration with Thomas Nelson
Page he wrote a volume of verse entitled
(Befo' de War); (Echoes in Negro Dialect)
(1888); “Congressional Currency.
Gordon, Clarence. [« Vieux Moustache. ”] An
American juvenile-story writer; born in New
York, 1835. He has written Christmas at
Under Tor); Boarding-School Days'; etc.
Gordon, Julien. See Cruger.
Gordon-Cumming, Constance Frederica.
An English traveler and writer, sister of the
famous sportsman Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming ;
born at Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland, May 26,
1837. She traveled extensively in Great Britain
in her early years, and recently has passed her
time in Oriental countries. Among her works
are: (In the Hebrides); Via Cornwall to
Egypt); (In the Himalayas); (At Home in
Fiji”; “A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-
War); (Two Happy Years in Ceylon); “Work
for the Blind in China. '
Gore, Catherine Grace. An English novel-
ist; born (Moody) in East Retford, Nottingham,
1799; died at Linwood, Hampshire, Jan. 27,
1861. She married a captain in the army, saw
much high life, and wrote of it in many novels.
(Women as They Are) (1830), Mothers and
Daughters) (1831), and "Cecil) (1845) are the
best known of her works.
Gore, Charles. An English clergyman and
author; born in 1853. He is a Fellow of Trin-
ity College, Oxford, and is now vicar of Rad-
ley, close to Oxford. He is best known as the
editor of "Lux Mundi,' and author of the essay
on (The Holy Spirit and Inspiration in that
volume. He has also written: "The Church
and the Ministry); the Bampton Lecture for
1891 on (The Incarnation of the Son of God);
and Roman Catholic Claims) (1888).
Görner, Karl August (gėr'ner). A German
playwright; born in Berlin, Jan. 29, 1806; died
in Hamburg, April 9, 1884. He ran away from
home when a lad in order to become an actor;
eventually had a company of his own; and
wrote over 100 successful plays, beginning with
(The Gardener and his Wife. ) Niece and
Aunt); Black Peter); A Happy Paterfamil-
ias); and (The Ennobled Shopkeeper, are
some of the others.
Gorostiza y Cepeda, Don Manuel Eduardo
de (gôr-ôs-tē'thä ē thā-pā'thä). A Mexican
comedy-writer and diplomat; born in Vera
Cruz, Nov. 13, 1791; died at Tacubaya, Oct.
23, 1851. His father was Spanish governor of
Mexico. At 25 he had made theatre-goers of
Madrid familiar with his name, but his impli-
cation in schemes of Mexican independence
interfered with his literary career. He was
made Mexican minister to England when in.
dependence was secured, and later had himself
transferred to Paris, in which city he achieved
his most enduring renown as a writer of plays.
Among them, Bread and an Onion, with Thee,
Love, merits special notice as the source of
Scribe's 'A Cottage and its Heart. His (Al-
lowance for All' and 'Such as It Is are master-
pieces in comedy construction.
Görres, Joseph (ger'es). A celebrated
German publicist and philosopher; born at
Coblentz, Jan. 25, 1776; died 1848. His Rhein-
ischer Merkur, in which he combatted French
republican ideas was by far the most powerful
journal in Germany: it was called by Napoleon
(the fifth power” of Europe. He was a man
of vast learning and great versatility; a few
of his writings are : (Aphorisms on Art); (Faith
and Science); History of Asian Myths); “The
Hero-Book of Iran,' translated from Persian;
(The Holy Alliance); “Swedenborg, his Visions
and his Relation to the Church);(Christian Mys-
ticism,' a work of high authority (latest ed. 5 vols. ,
1879); Athanasius,' a strong polemic against
Protestantism and Prussian bureaucracy; the
author had shortly before embraced Catholicism.
Goschen, George Joachim. An English
statesman; born in London, Aug. 10, 1831, of
German parentage. From Oxford he entered
mercantile life; became vice-president of the
Board of Trade and director of the Bank of
England; Liberal M. P. 1863; Privy-Councilor
1865; First Lord of the Admiralty 1871-74. He
was sent on important missions to Cairo and
Constantinople. In 1887 he seceded from the
Liberal party and joined the Liberal-Unionists,
and was Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord
Salisbury's administration.
Besides speeches
and addresses on political, educational, and
economical questions, he published: (The The-
ory of the Foreign Exchanges) (1864; 14th ed.
1890); Probable Result of an Increase in the
Purchasing Power of Gold) (1883).
Goslavski, Maurycy (gôs-läv'skē). A Polish
poet ; born in Podolia in 1802; died in Stan-
islavof, Aug. 17, 1834. He was a soldier by
profession; but published a volume of poetry
in 1828. He took part in the war for Polish in-
dependence in 1830, at which time he produced
his most famous stanzas, (The Poems of a Pol-
ish Uhlan. They were very popular among his
countrymen during the great agitation.
Gosse, Edmund William. An English poet,
essayist, and critic; born in London, Sept. 21,
1849. He attracted attention when very young
by the grace and finish of papers contributed
to London periodicals, and for many years his
literary judgments have been regarded as of
considerable weight. As a poet he is known
by (Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets); "On Viol
and Flute); (The Unknown Lover); etc. Some
of his literary criticisms and biographies are
contained in “Seventeenth-Century Studies) and
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man.
Gosse, Philip Henry. An English natural-
ist and author; born in Worcester, 1810;
died 1888. In 1827 he started on a scientific
tour through Canada, the Southern United
States, and Jamaica, and on his return pub-
lished: (The Canadian Naturalist) (1840); (The
Birds of Jamaica) (1845); (A Naturalist's So-
journ in Jamaica. In 1856 he was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society. His works, which
amount to nearly fifty volumes, also include:
(Rambles of a Naturalist on the Devonshire
Coast (1853); (Aquarium (1854).
Gosson, Stephen. An English poet and
satirist; born in Kent (? ), 1555; died at Bishops-
gate, Feb. 13, 1623 or 1624. He was a clergy-
The (School of Abuse (1576) contains
good prose, and the Pleasant Quips) (1595)
good rhymes, but the latter are disfigured by
coarse language.
Goszczynski, Severin (gösh-chin'skē). A
Polish poet; born 1803, in Ilinze in the Ukraine;
died in Lemberg, Feb. 25, 1876. The influence
of Byron is unmistakable in his youthful Castle
of Kanioff. In the struggle for independence
in 1830 he achieved brilliant feats of arms, and
composed national odes that spread his fame
throughout Europe. Polish freedom proving a
chimera, he wandered through France and
Switzerland, writing poetry and prose as occas-
ion served. "The Terrible Huntsman,' (The
Three Chords,' and (Dziela are powerful poems.
Götter, Friedrich Wilhelm (göt'ter). An
important and even epoch-making German
poet; born in Gotha, Sept. 3, 1746; died there,
March 18, 1797. He wrote dramas while study.
ing foreign literatures at the University; entered
the diplomatic service, but gave it up to be.
come a private tutor, and fell under the in-
fuence of Goethe. Media,' a drama, a volume
of collected Poems, and numerous comedies
and minor pieces, represent his highest efforts.
He was the last German poet to use French
models largely.
Gottfried von Strassburg (got'frēt fön
sträsóbörg).
