His first volume of verses, (The
Muse in Livery,' was received with great
favor, as was his satiric drama (The Toy-Shop,'
brought out at Covent Garden through the in-
Auence of Pope.
Muse in Livery,' was received with great
favor, as was his satiric drama (The Toy-Shop,'
brought out at Covent Garden through the in-
Auence of Pope.
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A brilliant but
checkered political career has been varied by
literary work: 'Greater Britain) (1868), a record
of travel in the English colonies; Problems of
Greater Britain' (1890), political and economic
studies; and various essays on current topics,
worthy in conception and charming in style.
Dilke, Emilia Frances, Lady. An English
art critic and miscellaneous writer; wife of Sir
Charles W. She was for many years a writer
for the Saturday and Westminster Reviews,
and at one time art critic of the Academy. Her
chief work is (The Renaissance in France,
illustrated by herself. Her other publications
include: (The Shrine of Death) (1886); Art
in the Modern State) (1888); (The Shrine of
Love. )
Dincklage-Campe, Emmy von (dink’läg-ė-
kam'pe). A German novelist (1825-91); born
at Campe, Osnabrück. Her first novel, “The
Loving Old Couple,' was published in 1857.
Though she traveled extensively and observ-
antly in Europe and America, her themes for
stories were nearly all from her loved country-
side ; and she is called the poetess of the Ems
valley. ” Among her novels may be named :
(The School of the Heart); (Tales of Home);
Pictures of Emsland); (posthumously) (Po-
ems, and a story, 'The Woman Nihilist.
Dingelstedt, Franz von, Baron (din'gel-
stet). A German poet and dramatist; born
at Halsdorf in Upper Hesse, June 30, 1814;
died at Vienna, May 15, 1881. His Songs of a
Cos politan Nightwatchman (1841) shocked
all officialdom, but had a great popular suc.
cess; and his 'Poems) (1845) showed true poetic
feeling and great descriptive power, the latter
also visible in his travel sketches and stories;
one of the most successful of the latter is (The
Amazon,' a society novel. His tragedy (The
House of the Barneveldts) (1851) was a splen-
did success. He adapted plays from Molière,
Shakespeare, and others, to the German stage,
and wrote a volume of (Studies and Copies
after Shakespeare. *
Diniz, Julio (dē'nēs), pseudonym of Joaquim
Guilherme Gomes Coelho. A Portuguese nov-
elist and poet; born at Oporto, Nov. 14, 1839;
died there, Sept. 12, 1871. He introduced the
village story into Portuguese literature. His
first work, (The Rector's Wards) (1866), is also
his best; it was followed by An English
Family) (1867), describing middle-class life in
Oporto. His poems were published in 1880.
Diniz da Cruz e Silva, Antonio (de'nēs dā
kröth ē sēl'vä). A Portuguese poet (1731-99);
born at Lisbon. A lawyer and official, in 1776
he was made counsel to the superior court at
Rio Janeiro, and died there. He was one of
the founders of the celebrated literary society,
the Lisbon Arcadia. His poetry comprises son-
nets (over 300), eclogues, elegies, songs, epi-
grams, epistles, and several volumes of Pin-
daric odes; a lengthy poem, Brazil's Meta-
morphoses); and a heroi-comic epic, Hyssop,'
- modeled on Boileau's (Lutrin,' but a spirited,
original composition, far superior to Boileau's,
which was republished several times in France,
translated into French prose.
Dinnies, Anna Peyre (Shackelford). An
American poet and prose-writer; born in
Georgetown, S. C. , 1816. She has been a large
contributor to Southern periodicals. Her best
work is “The Floral Year) (1847); a collec-
tion of 100 poems, arranged in twelve groups,
typifying bouquets of Bowers.
Diogenes Laertius (di-oj'e-nēz lā-er'shus).
A Greek compiler of anecdotes, Aourishing
probably around 200-250 B. C. ; native of Laerte
in Cilicia. He wrote in 10 books a collection of
notes and memoranda (On the Lives, Teach-
ings, and Sayings of Famous Men,' particularly
the philosophers. Drawn from divers sources
without any judgment or discrimination, the
notes are of very unequal value. The fullest
memoranda concern Epicurus, for nearly all
the fragments of whom that we possess we are
indebted to this compiler. *
Disraeli, Benjamin. See Beaconsfield.
D'Israeli, Isaac. A notable English liter-
ary essayist, compiler, and historian, father of
Benjamin; born at Enfield in Middlesex, May
1766; died Jan. 9, 1848. He was of Spanish-
Jew stock, but left the Jewish communion.
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Rejecting a career of trade, he frequented the
British Museum and compiled an interesting
collection of literary miscellanea or (ana, the
Curiosities of Literature, etc. , which he pub-
lished anonymously in 1791. The author ex-
pected little sale, and presented the copyright
to the publisher, but bought it back a few
years later on its remarkable success; it is still
continually republished. A series of like collec-
tions followed, with the same success : (Calam-
ities of Authors); Quarrels of Authors); “Mis-
cellanies, or Literary Recollections. He wrote
some unsuccessful romances; among them is
(Mejnoun and Leila,' probably the earliest Ori-
ental romance in the language. His Com-
mentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles
1. marked a distinct advance in the methods
of historical research.
Ditson, George Leighton. An American
historical writer and traveler; born in West-
ford, Mass. , Aug. 5, 1812; has published (Cir-
cassia, or a Tour to the Caucasus) (1850);
(The Para Papers on France, Egypt, and
Ethiopia) (1858); (Adventures and Observa-
tions on the Northern Coast of Africa) (1859);
(The Federati of Italy) (1871).
Dix, Dorothea Lynde. An American phi-
lanthropist and author; born in Maine in 1802;
died in Trenton, N. J. , July 19, 1887. In early
life she kept a school for girls. Later she gave
her attention to ameliorating the condition of
paupers, criminals, and insane persons. Dur-
ing the Civil War she was superintendent of
hospital nurses for the Union army. Among
her works many of which were published
anonymously -- are: (The Garland of Flora
(1829); Prisons and Prison Discipline) (1845).
Dix, John Adams. An American statesman
and general; born at Boscawen, N. H. , July
24, 1798; died in New York city, April 21, 1879.
He was with his father in the war of 1812,
and subsequently held other commissions in the
army; but resigned in 1828, settled in Coopers-
town, N. Y. , and began the practice of law,
which he had studied during his military service.
Thereafter he was prominent in the politics of
his adopted State, and was elected to the
United States Senate in 1845. He was Secre-
tary of the Treasury during a brief period in
1861 under Buchanan, during which time he
telegraphed to a naval officer the famous
phrase: “If any one attempts to haul down
the American flag, shoot him on the spot ! »
During the Civil War he was made major-
general of volunteers. From 1867 to 1868 he
was Minister to France, and in 1872 was elected
Governor of New York. Among his works are:
(Resources of the City of New York) (1827);
(A Winter in Madeira, and a Summer in Spain
and France) (1855); “Speeches and Occasional
Addresses) (2 vols. , 1864). He translated Dies
Iræ) (1863), and (Stabat Mater) (1868), both
privately printed.
Dix, Morgan. An American clergyman and
writer, son of John A. ; born in New York city,
Nov. I, 1827; rector of Trinity parish, New York
city, since Nov. 10, 1862. His publications in-
clude: “Essay on Christian Art) (1853); (Me.
moirs of John Adams Dix) (1883); “The Gospel
and Philosophy, Six Lectures) (1886); and two
volumes of (Sermons) (1878-86).
Dixon, James. An American lawyer and
statesman; born in Enfield, Conn. , Aug. 5, 1814;
died in Hartford, Conn. , March 27, 1873. He
graduated at Williams College; achieved dis.
tinction in the practice of the law, in partner-
ship with Judge W. W. Ellsworth; but turning
his attention to public affairs, was repeatedly
elected to the Connecticut Legislature as a
Whig, served two terms in the United States
House of Representatives, and was a member
of the United States Senate from 1857 to 1869.
In 1862 he received the degree of LL. D. from
Trinity College. He excelled as a writer of
both prose and poetry, and his poems occupy
a conspicuous place in Everest's (Poets of Con-
necticut. Several of his sonnets have an hon-
orable place with those of Lowell and Bryant
in Leigh Hunt's "The Book of the Sonnet. '
Dixon, Richard Watson. An English poet
and historian; born in London in 1833. He is
a minister of the English Church. He was
associated with Burne-Jones, Rossetti, and Mor-
ris, in founding the Oxford and Cambridge
Magazine, the chief organ of the pre-Raphael-
ite school. His poetical works are: (Christ's
Company, and Other Poems) (1861); an epic,
(Mano) (1883); (Odes and Eclogues) (1884);
(Lyrical Poems) (1887). His principal his-
torical work is a History of the Church of
England (4 vols. , 1880-91).
Dixon, William Hepworth. An English
critic, biographer, and historian; born in New-
ton Heath, June 30, 1821 ; died in London,
Dec. 27, 1879. He is peculiarly successful in
exploiting the altruistic side of human nature,
John Howard and the Prison World of Europe)
(new ed. 1854); William Penn (1851); and
(Robert Blake) (1852); while the History of
England During the Commonwealth) and the
Personal History of Lord Bacon (1861) are
contributions of enduring value to historical
science. Visits to America inspired the (White
Conquest) (1876), giving much information
about the negroes, Indians, and Chinese.
Dmitriyev, Iván Ivanovich (dmē'trē-ef).
A Russian poet (1760-1837); born in the gov-
ernment of Simbirsk. After a high official ca-
reer, he retired to private life in 1802, and de-
voted himself till his death to literature. His
first poem, a song, “The Dove, led Karamsin
to advise him to keep on working the lyric
vein; he took the French poets for his models,
and thus attained a grace of form before un-
known in Russian poetry. He made an ad-
mirable translation of Lafontaine into Russian
verse. His greatest original work is an epico-
dramatic poem : (Jermak, Conqueror of Siberia.
Many of his songs are popular favorites. He
wrote a highly interesting autobiography: 'A
Glance at my Life.
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Doane, George Washington. An American
bishop of the Episcopal Church ; born in Tren-
ton, N. J. , May 27, 1799; died April 27, 1859.
His publications consist of public addresses,
and a book of poems entitled (Songs by the
Way) (1824). Many of his verses are found
in collections; among which are the familiar
lines, "What is that, Mother? ); (Softly Now
the Light of Day); and (Thou Art the Way)
Doane, William Croswell. An American
bishop of the Episcopal Church, son of George
W. ; born in New Jersey, March 2, 1832. He
has been a prolific writer on current events,
contributing to reviews and other periodicals.
He has written a number of poems, among
which (The Sculptor Boy) is best known.
Included among his published works are: (Ser-
mons); Mosaics for the Christian Year);
and Life and Writings) of his father, George
Washington Doane, with a memoir (4 vols. ,
1860-61).
Dobell, Sydney Thompson. An English
poet (1824-74); born at Cranbrook in Kent.
A passionate interest in Italian freedom in-
spired his dramatic poem (The Roman,' pub-
lished in a crisis of Italian affairs (1850), and
very successful. His services to the cause of
free institutions were heartily acknowledged
by Kossuth and Mazzini. A later poem, Bal-
der, had less vogue. In 1856 he published a
volume of dramatic and descriptive verses re-
lating mostly to the Crimean war, England
in Time of War, many of which have found
a place in anthologies. After his death a
volume of essays was published: (Thoughts
on Art, Philosophy, and Religion. *
Döbrentey, Gabriel (dė-bren'tāē). A Hun-
garian poet (1786-1851); born at Nagyszölös.
After study in German universities, he became
a schoolmaster in Transylvania, and founded a
journal, the Transylvanian Museum, which had
a notable influence in developing the Magyar
language and literature. He then settled at
Pesth, and was one of the founders of the
Hungarian Academy. He edited the Academy's
Monuments of Ancient Hungarian Speech,
and with Andrew Fay was director of the
new Hungarian Theatre. His many songs,
odes, epigrams, elegies, etc. , despite their fre-
quent turgidity, must be ranked with the better
specimens of the national literature, and not a
few of them were translated into foreign lan-
guages; e. g. , The Alpine Violet) and the
Hussar Songs. He rendered valuable serv-
ice to the Hungarian stage by introducing the
plays of Shakespeare and Schiller. His histori-
cal writings are of great and permanent value.
Dobrolyúbov, Nicolai Alexandrovitch (do-
bröl’yu-bov). A Russian critic; born in Nishni-
Novgorod, Feb. 5, 1836; died Nov. 29, 1861.
The study of Ostroffski's plays, entitled “The
Dark Kingdom,' and the analysis of Gont-
Charof's romance (Oblomoff, among others,
show him to have been a profound and gifted
literary critic.
Dobrovsky, Joseph (do-brov'ske). An emi-
nent Bohemian critic, literary historian, and
philologist, the rejuvenator of his country's
literature; born in Gyermet, Hungary, Aug.
17, 1753; died in Brünn, Jan. 6, 1829. He was
without a peer in Bohemian learning, ranking
among the greatest philologists and critics
with his History of the Bohemian Language
and Literature (1792); Principles of the Old
Slavic Dialect) (1822); (Grammar of the Bo-
hemian Language); and a wealth of similar
works, all characterized by accuracy and sound
judgment, and conferring unparalleled obliga-
tions on Bohemian letters.
Dobson, Austin. An English poet and man
of letters; born at Plymouth, Jan. 18, 1840.
Intended for a civil engineer, and educated
abroad, he accepted a place under the Board
of Trade. His poems are inimitable in their
artistic finish and grace of fancy. They are
contained in the volumes: Vignettes in Rhyme
and Vers de Société) (1873); Proverbs in
Porcelain) (1877): (Old-World Idyls) (1883);
(Eighteenth-Century Vignettes) (1892).
He
has written biographies of Hogarth, Fielding,
Steele, Goldsmith, and other literary notables,
and contributed many articles to the English
(Dictionary of National Biography. ' *
Dóczy, Ludwig von (dėk'tsē). A Hungaro-
German poet and publicist; born at Ödenburg,
Nov. 30, 1845. He was correspondent of the
Vienna Presse at Buda-Pesth in 1866; soon be-
came a leader among the younger journalistic
supporters of the Deak party, and rose to offi-
cial prominence. He translated the first part
of Goethe's (Faust); produced a comedy, “The
Kiss) (1871), which was a striking success both
at home and (in his translation) in the Ger-
man theatres, and others. (Mixed Marriages)
was very successful. He wrote also the tragedy
(The Last Prophet,' and some free-flowing lyr-
ics, besides several novels.
Dodd, Anna Bowman (Blake). An Ameri-
can prose-writer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y. , 185-
She has written criticisms for the London Art
Journal and Harper's Magazine, and published
(Cathedral Days) (1886); (The Republic of
the Future) (1887); and “Glorinda: a Story)
(1888).
Dodd, Mary Ann Hanmer. An American
poet; born in Hartford, Conn. , March 5, 1813;
graduated at Mrs. Kinnear's Seminary (1830);
was contributor to the Ladies' Repository and
the Rose of Sharon (1835). A volume of her
poems was published in 1843, including (The
Lament) and (The Dreamer. !
Doddridge, Philip. An English noncon-
formist divine; born in London, June 26, 1702;
died in Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 26, 1751. He was
educated for the ministry at an academy in
Kibworth, Leicestershire, where he became
pastor in 1722. In 1729 he took charge of a
theological academy in Northampton, and con.
tinued to preach and prepare students for the
ministry until near his death. His chief works
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Dodsley, Robert. An English poet and
dramatist (1703–64); born at Mansfield, Notts.
He was a noted bookseller and publisher in
London, and had close relations with the au-
thors of the time: Pope, Johnson, Goldsmith,
Burke, etc.
His first volume of verses, (The
Muse in Livery,' was received with great
favor, as was his satiric drama (The Toy-Shop,'
brought out at Covent Garden through the in-
Auence of Pope. Among his other plays which
became popular favorites were the comedies
(The King and the Miller of Mansfeld);
(Sir John Cockle at Court'; and the tragedy
"Cleone. )
Doesticks, Q. K. Philander. See Thomp-
son.
(
are: (The Rise and Progress of Religion in
the Soul' (1750), and (The Family Expositor)
(1760-62), which have been translated into sev-
eral European languages. He also wrote (Evi-
dences of Christianity) (1742-43), which has
long been a text-book in St. John's College,
Cambridge ; and several popular hymns.
Dodge, Mary Abigail. An American jour-
nalist and author; born in Hamilton, Mass. , in
1838; died there, Aug. 17, 1896. For several
years she was instructor in the High School
at Hartford, Conn. From 1865 to 1867 she
was one of the editors of Our Young Folks.
Besides numerous contributions to current lit-
erature, she has written, under the pseudonym
of «Gail Hamilton): (Gala Days) (1863);
(Woman's Wrongs) (1868); (The Battle of the
Books) (1870); (Woman's Worth and Worth-
lessness) (1871); (The Insuppressible Book)
(1885); (A New Atmosphere); (Red-Letter
Days); (Country Living and Country Think-
ing); (A Washington Bible Class ; (Twelve
Miles from a Lemon); and (Biography of
James G. Blaine.
Dodge, Mary Barker (Carter). An Ameri-
can poet; born in Bridgewater, Bucks County,
Pa. , 18— Is author of Belfry Voices) (1870);
(The Gray Masque, and Other Poems) (1885).
Dodge, Mary Elizabeth Mapes. An Amer-
ican editor, author, and poet; born in New
York city in 1840 (? ). Since 1873 she has been
the editor of St. Nicholas (magazine), New
York. Her best-known work is (Hans Brin-
ker, or the Silver Skates) (1876), which has
gone through many editions and been translated
into five foreign languages. Among her other
works, chiefly for young readers, are: (Irving-
ton Stories) (1864); (Theophilus, and Others)
(1876); (Along the Way) (1879); (Donald and
Dorothy) (1883); (The Land of Pluck. ' *
Dodge, Richard Irving. An American
soldier (colonel in the United States army) and
prose-writer; born in Huntsville, N. C. , May
19, 1827; died in Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. , June
16, 1895. Col. Dodge graduated from West Point
Military Academy in 1848. He is the author
of (The Black Hills) (1876); “The Plains of
the Great West) (1877), republished in London
as Hunting Grounds of the Great West); and
(Our Wild Indians) (1881).
Dodge, Theodore Ayrault. An American
soldier and military writer; born in Pittsfield,
Mass. , May 28, 1842; received his military edu-
cation abroad. Returning to this country, he en-
listed (1861) in the service of the United States
as a private, attaining the rank of colonel, Dec.
2, 1865. He published: The Campaign of
Chancellorsville) (1881): a Bird's-Eye View
of the Civil War) (1883); (A Chat in the
Saddle) (1885); and a series of studies called
(Great Captains, comprising volumes on Alex-
ander the Great, Hannibal, Gustavus Adol-
phus, and others.
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge. See Carroll.
::
Dohm, Ernst (dom). A German humorist
(1819-83); born at Breslau. Settling in Berlin,
he wrote for various literary journals, helped
found the comic journal Kladderadatsch, and
after a year became its head director till death.
Many of his poems in it possess lasting value.
Foremost of his comedies is 'The Trojan War,'
cleverly satirizing German political and social
leaders. Other comedies and farces are: 'The
First Début); Instantaneous Portraits: an Un-
rhymed Chronicle. He translated Lafontaine's
(Fables. His wife, Hedwig D. , born at Ber.
lin, Sept. 30, 1833, wrote several volumes on
woman's rights, as Jesuitry in the Household);
"Woman in Science); (Woman's Nature and
Woman's Right): also some little comedies, as
(The Soul-Saver); (A Shot into the Bull's-
eye); and the novels Mrs. Tannhäuser);
(Open Air.
Dolbear, Amos Emerson. An American phys-
icist and inventor; born in Norwich, Conn. ,
Nov. 10, 1837; has been a valuable contributor
to science. Among his publications are: (The
Art of Projecting' (1876); (The Speaking
Telephone) (1877); (Sound and its Phenom-
ena); and (Matter, Ether, and Motion. He
patented the magneto-electric telephone and
the static telephone in 1879.
Dolce, Lodovico (dol'chä). An Italian poet
and scholar (1508-68); born at Venice. His
poems and prose works are of almost incredi-
ble number and variety ; most memorable is
the epic (First Impressions of the Enamored
Orlando,' which, though not to be compared
with Ariosto, is one of the best specimens of
the romantic epic of the 16th century. His elab-
orations of the Amadis legend, his romantic
versions of the (Æneid) and the 'Odyssey,
and his tragedies and comedies, are mediocre.
Dole, Charles Fletcher. An American
prose-writer; born in Maine, 1845; a Unitarian
minister of Boston. Is the author of: "The
Citizen and the Neighbor); Jesus and the
Men about Him); (A Catechism of Liberal
Faith); (The American Citizen'; (The Com-
ing People); and numerous sermons.
Dole, Nathan Haskell. An American mis-
cellaneous writer ; born in Massachusetts, 1852.
One of his most notable works is a variorum
:
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edition of the Rubaiyát of Omar Khayyam.
He is the author of: Not Angels Quite);
History of the Turko-Russian War of 1877–
78); "On the Point, a Summer Idyl); (Flow-
ers from Foreign Gardens. ) He has trans-
lated Tolstoi and others from the Russian.
Döllinger, John Joseph Ignatius. A Ger-
man Catholic priest, politician, and historian;
born at Bamberg, Bavaria, in 1799; died in
Munich, 1890. He won distinction as a learned
writer on Church history. In 1845 he was
elected to the Bavarian Parliament, and in
1851 to the Parliament at Frankfort. He was
a vigorous advocate for the separation of the
Church from the State. In 1870 he refused
assent to Papal Infallibility, and was excom-
municated, but received honorary degrees and
other tokens of esteem from foreign institu-
tions. In 1872 he was appointed president of
the Academy of Science at Munich. Among
his works are : (Origins of Christianity) (1833-
351; (The Reformation' (1846-48); “The Church
and the Churches) (1860); Prophecies and the
Prophetic Spirit in the Christian Era) (1872).
Domett, Alfred. An English poet; born in
Surrey, 1811; died in London, 1887. Said to
have been the original of Browning's "Waring.
He was a colonial statesman of eminence. His
verse attracted much attention, the best speci-
mens being in the volumes (Ranolf and Amohia)
(1872), and (Flotsam and Jetsam : Rhymes Old
and New) (1877).
Donne, John. An English poet; born in
London, 1573; died March 31, 1631. He was
a minister of the Established Church, and one
of the preachers at Lincoln's Inn: Izaak Wal-
ton describes him as a singularly eloquent pulpit
orator. His 'Satires) are his most important
contributions to literature. A collection of his
sermons, with a memoir, has just (1897) been
issued by Augustus Jessopp. *
Donnelly, Eleanor Cecilia. An American
writer of religious verse, sister of Ignatius ;
born in Philadelphia, Sept. 6, 1838. A few of
her poetical publications are: (Domus Dei?
(1874); "Hymns of the Sacred Heart) (1882);
Our Birthday Banquet,' in prose and verse
(1885); and (Signori Leaflets) (1887). Her
writings have received the special apostolic
benediction of Pope Leo XIII.
Donnelly, Ignatius.
An American prose-
writer; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 3, 1831.
Among his writings are : an Essay on the
Sonnets of Shakespeare); Atlantis, the Ante-
diluvian World) (1882); and Ragnarok)
(1883). In 'The Great Cryptogram'he en-
deavors to prove that Francis Bacon was the
author of Shakespeare's plays. His best known
novel is (Cæsar's Column.
Dora d'Istria (do'rä dis'tre-ä)pseudonym
of Elena Chica, who married the Russian prince
Kolzow-Massalsky. A voluminous Roumanian
writer of travel sketches, mostly in French
(1828-88); born at Bucharest. Most of her
writings are polemic; e. g. , her first work,
(Monastic Life in the Eastern Church, alleges
monasticism to be the principal obstacle to
civilization in Eastern and Southern Europe.
Her other works include: (German Switzerland)
(4 vols. ); "Women in the East); (Women, by
a Woman. She contributed many literary and
historical essays to German, Italian, French,
and Greek periodicals. Her studies on Al.
banian poetry gave rise to a nationalistic and
literary movement among the Albanians. The
Greek chamber of deputies, in April 1868, named
her high citizeness of Greece. "
Doran, John. An English essayist and critic;
born in London, probably 1807; died there, Jan.
25, 1878. He wrote (The Wandering Jew)
when he was fifteen, and the Surrey Theatre
staged it. His maturer performances, «Table
Traits and Something on Them (1854), New
Pictures and Old Panels) (1859), and a (His-
tory of Court Fools) (1858), have merit.
Dorer-Egloff, Eduard (dör'er-egʻlof). A
Swiss poet and critic; born in Baden, Aargau,
Nov. 7, 1807; died March 27, 1864. He was
an accomplished student and critic of Goethe,
and a versifier and prose-writer of no mean
capacity. Lenz and his Writings' (1857), and
(Poems, the latter a posthumous collection,
are among his ablest efforts.
Dorgan, John Aylmer. An American law-
yer and writer; born at Philadelphia, Jan.
12, 1836; died there, Jan. 1, 1867. He was a
lawyer by profession, but wrote for the Atlan-
tic Monthly and other periodicals. He pub-
lished his first volume of poems, “Studies, in
1862; a second edition of same in 1864, and a
third in 1866.
Dorr, Mrs. Julia Caroline (Ripley). An
American poet and novelist; born in Charles-
ton, S. C. , Feb. 13, 1825. Among her volumes
of verse are: Daybreak, an Easter Poem);
(Afternoon Songs); Poems); and others. Her
novels include: Lanmere); (Sibyl Hunting-
ton'; Expiation); and Farmingdale. She
has also written: Bermuda,' a volume of
travel; Bride and Bridegroom, or Letters to a
Young Married Couple); (The Flower of Eng-
land's Face); and (A Cathedral Pilgrimage. '
Dorsch, Eduard (dorsh). A German-Amer-
ican journalist and miscellaneous writer; born
in Würzburg, Jan. 10, 1822; died in (Monroe ? )
Michigan, Jan. 10, 1887. He was a physicia
who came to this country in 1849, practiced
with distinction, acquired note as a journalist,
and succeeded in Michigan politics. (Short
Letters to the German People on Two Sides
of the Ocean' (1851) and (From the Old and
New Worlds) (1883) represent his prose and
poetry respectively.
Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of. An
English poet ; born in Witham, 1637; died in
Bath, 1706. Elegant and agreeable as a man
and as a poet, he will be longest remembered
for the effusion, "To All You Ladies Now at
Hand,' a song unequaled for its sea-fighting
spirit.
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Dorsey, Anna Hanson. An American poet,
novelist, and dramatist; born in Georgetown,
D. C. , Dec. 12, 1815; died in Washington, D. C. ,
Dec. 26, 1896. Many of her works have been
reprinted in foreign countries; among them
being May Brooke) (1856) and Oriental
Pearl, translated into German (1857). Her
novels, "Warp and Woof) and Palms, were
published in 1887.
Dorsey, James Owen. An American ethnol-
ogist; born in Baltimore, Md. , Oct. 31, 1848;
died in Washington, D. C. , Feb. 4, 1895. He
was ordained a deacon in the Protestant Epis.
copal Church, and was engaged in parish work
in Maryland from 1873 to 1878. He was then
appointed ethnologist to the United States
Geological and Geographical Survey of the
Rocky Mountains; and after spending some
time at the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska,
was transferred to the United States Bureau of
Ethnology. His chief works are: (On the Com-
parative Phonology of Four Siouian (Sioux)
Languages) (1883); (Siouian Folklore and
Mythologic Notes) (1884); Kansas Mourning
and War Customs) (1884); Indian Personal
Names) (1886).
Dorsey, Sarah Anne. An American prose-
writer; born in Natchez, Miss. , Feb. 16, 1829;
died in New Orleans, La. , July 4, 1879. She
was a linguist and a student of Sanskrit.
Her literary work began with the (Episcopal)
Churchman. Included in her writings are :
(Lucia Dare) (1867); (Panola, a Tale of Loui.
siana' (1877); (Atalie); and (Agnes Graham. !
She was amanuensis to Jefferson Davis in the
preparation of his (Rise and Fall of the Con-
federate Government. "
Doudney, Sarah. An English writer of fic.
tion; born near Portsmouth, England, in 1842;
resides in London. She began contributing to
magazines at 18, and is very popular, chiefly
as a writer of stories for girls. Her poem “The
Lesson of the Water Mill) is a familiar favor.
ite. Her prose works, over forty in number,
include : Under Grey Walls) (1871); (The Pi.
lot's Daughters' (1874); Nothing but Leaves!
(1882); Under False Colours) (1889).
Douglas, Alice May. An American writer
of verse and stories; born in Maine, 1865. Her
writings are for young readers, and include in
verse : Phlox); “May Flowers ); (Gems without
Polish); in stories : Jewel Gatherers'; (The
Peacemaker); and (Self-Exiled from Russia. '
Douglas, Amanda Minnie. An American
story-writer; born in New York city, July 14,
1838; was carefully educated in English liter-
ature. She has written many stories, which in-
clude: (Kathie's Stories for Young People
(6 vols. , 1870–71); From Hand to Mouth'
(1877); and (Foes of her Household' (1886).
Douglas, Gavin.
checkered political career has been varied by
literary work: 'Greater Britain) (1868), a record
of travel in the English colonies; Problems of
Greater Britain' (1890), political and economic
studies; and various essays on current topics,
worthy in conception and charming in style.
Dilke, Emilia Frances, Lady. An English
art critic and miscellaneous writer; wife of Sir
Charles W. She was for many years a writer
for the Saturday and Westminster Reviews,
and at one time art critic of the Academy. Her
chief work is (The Renaissance in France,
illustrated by herself. Her other publications
include: (The Shrine of Death) (1886); Art
in the Modern State) (1888); (The Shrine of
Love. )
Dincklage-Campe, Emmy von (dink’läg-ė-
kam'pe). A German novelist (1825-91); born
at Campe, Osnabrück. Her first novel, “The
Loving Old Couple,' was published in 1857.
Though she traveled extensively and observ-
antly in Europe and America, her themes for
stories were nearly all from her loved country-
side ; and she is called the poetess of the Ems
valley. ” Among her novels may be named :
(The School of the Heart); (Tales of Home);
Pictures of Emsland); (posthumously) (Po-
ems, and a story, 'The Woman Nihilist.
Dingelstedt, Franz von, Baron (din'gel-
stet). A German poet and dramatist; born
at Halsdorf in Upper Hesse, June 30, 1814;
died at Vienna, May 15, 1881. His Songs of a
Cos politan Nightwatchman (1841) shocked
all officialdom, but had a great popular suc.
cess; and his 'Poems) (1845) showed true poetic
feeling and great descriptive power, the latter
also visible in his travel sketches and stories;
one of the most successful of the latter is (The
Amazon,' a society novel. His tragedy (The
House of the Barneveldts) (1851) was a splen-
did success. He adapted plays from Molière,
Shakespeare, and others, to the German stage,
and wrote a volume of (Studies and Copies
after Shakespeare. *
Diniz, Julio (dē'nēs), pseudonym of Joaquim
Guilherme Gomes Coelho. A Portuguese nov-
elist and poet; born at Oporto, Nov. 14, 1839;
died there, Sept. 12, 1871. He introduced the
village story into Portuguese literature. His
first work, (The Rector's Wards) (1866), is also
his best; it was followed by An English
Family) (1867), describing middle-class life in
Oporto. His poems were published in 1880.
Diniz da Cruz e Silva, Antonio (de'nēs dā
kröth ē sēl'vä). A Portuguese poet (1731-99);
born at Lisbon. A lawyer and official, in 1776
he was made counsel to the superior court at
Rio Janeiro, and died there. He was one of
the founders of the celebrated literary society,
the Lisbon Arcadia. His poetry comprises son-
nets (over 300), eclogues, elegies, songs, epi-
grams, epistles, and several volumes of Pin-
daric odes; a lengthy poem, Brazil's Meta-
morphoses); and a heroi-comic epic, Hyssop,'
- modeled on Boileau's (Lutrin,' but a spirited,
original composition, far superior to Boileau's,
which was republished several times in France,
translated into French prose.
Dinnies, Anna Peyre (Shackelford). An
American poet and prose-writer; born in
Georgetown, S. C. , 1816. She has been a large
contributor to Southern periodicals. Her best
work is “The Floral Year) (1847); a collec-
tion of 100 poems, arranged in twelve groups,
typifying bouquets of Bowers.
Diogenes Laertius (di-oj'e-nēz lā-er'shus).
A Greek compiler of anecdotes, Aourishing
probably around 200-250 B. C. ; native of Laerte
in Cilicia. He wrote in 10 books a collection of
notes and memoranda (On the Lives, Teach-
ings, and Sayings of Famous Men,' particularly
the philosophers. Drawn from divers sources
without any judgment or discrimination, the
notes are of very unequal value. The fullest
memoranda concern Epicurus, for nearly all
the fragments of whom that we possess we are
indebted to this compiler. *
Disraeli, Benjamin. See Beaconsfield.
D'Israeli, Isaac. A notable English liter-
ary essayist, compiler, and historian, father of
Benjamin; born at Enfield in Middlesex, May
1766; died Jan. 9, 1848. He was of Spanish-
Jew stock, but left the Jewish communion.
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Rejecting a career of trade, he frequented the
British Museum and compiled an interesting
collection of literary miscellanea or (ana, the
Curiosities of Literature, etc. , which he pub-
lished anonymously in 1791. The author ex-
pected little sale, and presented the copyright
to the publisher, but bought it back a few
years later on its remarkable success; it is still
continually republished. A series of like collec-
tions followed, with the same success : (Calam-
ities of Authors); Quarrels of Authors); “Mis-
cellanies, or Literary Recollections. He wrote
some unsuccessful romances; among them is
(Mejnoun and Leila,' probably the earliest Ori-
ental romance in the language. His Com-
mentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles
1. marked a distinct advance in the methods
of historical research.
Ditson, George Leighton. An American
historical writer and traveler; born in West-
ford, Mass. , Aug. 5, 1812; has published (Cir-
cassia, or a Tour to the Caucasus) (1850);
(The Para Papers on France, Egypt, and
Ethiopia) (1858); (Adventures and Observa-
tions on the Northern Coast of Africa) (1859);
(The Federati of Italy) (1871).
Dix, Dorothea Lynde. An American phi-
lanthropist and author; born in Maine in 1802;
died in Trenton, N. J. , July 19, 1887. In early
life she kept a school for girls. Later she gave
her attention to ameliorating the condition of
paupers, criminals, and insane persons. Dur-
ing the Civil War she was superintendent of
hospital nurses for the Union army. Among
her works many of which were published
anonymously -- are: (The Garland of Flora
(1829); Prisons and Prison Discipline) (1845).
Dix, John Adams. An American statesman
and general; born at Boscawen, N. H. , July
24, 1798; died in New York city, April 21, 1879.
He was with his father in the war of 1812,
and subsequently held other commissions in the
army; but resigned in 1828, settled in Coopers-
town, N. Y. , and began the practice of law,
which he had studied during his military service.
Thereafter he was prominent in the politics of
his adopted State, and was elected to the
United States Senate in 1845. He was Secre-
tary of the Treasury during a brief period in
1861 under Buchanan, during which time he
telegraphed to a naval officer the famous
phrase: “If any one attempts to haul down
the American flag, shoot him on the spot ! »
During the Civil War he was made major-
general of volunteers. From 1867 to 1868 he
was Minister to France, and in 1872 was elected
Governor of New York. Among his works are:
(Resources of the City of New York) (1827);
(A Winter in Madeira, and a Summer in Spain
and France) (1855); “Speeches and Occasional
Addresses) (2 vols. , 1864). He translated Dies
Iræ) (1863), and (Stabat Mater) (1868), both
privately printed.
Dix, Morgan. An American clergyman and
writer, son of John A. ; born in New York city,
Nov. I, 1827; rector of Trinity parish, New York
city, since Nov. 10, 1862. His publications in-
clude: “Essay on Christian Art) (1853); (Me.
moirs of John Adams Dix) (1883); “The Gospel
and Philosophy, Six Lectures) (1886); and two
volumes of (Sermons) (1878-86).
Dixon, James. An American lawyer and
statesman; born in Enfield, Conn. , Aug. 5, 1814;
died in Hartford, Conn. , March 27, 1873. He
graduated at Williams College; achieved dis.
tinction in the practice of the law, in partner-
ship with Judge W. W. Ellsworth; but turning
his attention to public affairs, was repeatedly
elected to the Connecticut Legislature as a
Whig, served two terms in the United States
House of Representatives, and was a member
of the United States Senate from 1857 to 1869.
In 1862 he received the degree of LL. D. from
Trinity College. He excelled as a writer of
both prose and poetry, and his poems occupy
a conspicuous place in Everest's (Poets of Con-
necticut. Several of his sonnets have an hon-
orable place with those of Lowell and Bryant
in Leigh Hunt's "The Book of the Sonnet. '
Dixon, Richard Watson. An English poet
and historian; born in London in 1833. He is
a minister of the English Church. He was
associated with Burne-Jones, Rossetti, and Mor-
ris, in founding the Oxford and Cambridge
Magazine, the chief organ of the pre-Raphael-
ite school. His poetical works are: (Christ's
Company, and Other Poems) (1861); an epic,
(Mano) (1883); (Odes and Eclogues) (1884);
(Lyrical Poems) (1887). His principal his-
torical work is a History of the Church of
England (4 vols. , 1880-91).
Dixon, William Hepworth. An English
critic, biographer, and historian; born in New-
ton Heath, June 30, 1821 ; died in London,
Dec. 27, 1879. He is peculiarly successful in
exploiting the altruistic side of human nature,
John Howard and the Prison World of Europe)
(new ed. 1854); William Penn (1851); and
(Robert Blake) (1852); while the History of
England During the Commonwealth) and the
Personal History of Lord Bacon (1861) are
contributions of enduring value to historical
science. Visits to America inspired the (White
Conquest) (1876), giving much information
about the negroes, Indians, and Chinese.
Dmitriyev, Iván Ivanovich (dmē'trē-ef).
A Russian poet (1760-1837); born in the gov-
ernment of Simbirsk. After a high official ca-
reer, he retired to private life in 1802, and de-
voted himself till his death to literature. His
first poem, a song, “The Dove, led Karamsin
to advise him to keep on working the lyric
vein; he took the French poets for his models,
and thus attained a grace of form before un-
known in Russian poetry. He made an ad-
mirable translation of Lafontaine into Russian
verse. His greatest original work is an epico-
dramatic poem : (Jermak, Conqueror of Siberia.
Many of his songs are popular favorites. He
wrote a highly interesting autobiography: 'A
Glance at my Life.
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Doane, George Washington. An American
bishop of the Episcopal Church ; born in Tren-
ton, N. J. , May 27, 1799; died April 27, 1859.
His publications consist of public addresses,
and a book of poems entitled (Songs by the
Way) (1824). Many of his verses are found
in collections; among which are the familiar
lines, "What is that, Mother? ); (Softly Now
the Light of Day); and (Thou Art the Way)
Doane, William Croswell. An American
bishop of the Episcopal Church, son of George
W. ; born in New Jersey, March 2, 1832. He
has been a prolific writer on current events,
contributing to reviews and other periodicals.
He has written a number of poems, among
which (The Sculptor Boy) is best known.
Included among his published works are: (Ser-
mons); Mosaics for the Christian Year);
and Life and Writings) of his father, George
Washington Doane, with a memoir (4 vols. ,
1860-61).
Dobell, Sydney Thompson. An English
poet (1824-74); born at Cranbrook in Kent.
A passionate interest in Italian freedom in-
spired his dramatic poem (The Roman,' pub-
lished in a crisis of Italian affairs (1850), and
very successful. His services to the cause of
free institutions were heartily acknowledged
by Kossuth and Mazzini. A later poem, Bal-
der, had less vogue. In 1856 he published a
volume of dramatic and descriptive verses re-
lating mostly to the Crimean war, England
in Time of War, many of which have found
a place in anthologies. After his death a
volume of essays was published: (Thoughts
on Art, Philosophy, and Religion. *
Döbrentey, Gabriel (dė-bren'tāē). A Hun-
garian poet (1786-1851); born at Nagyszölös.
After study in German universities, he became
a schoolmaster in Transylvania, and founded a
journal, the Transylvanian Museum, which had
a notable influence in developing the Magyar
language and literature. He then settled at
Pesth, and was one of the founders of the
Hungarian Academy. He edited the Academy's
Monuments of Ancient Hungarian Speech,
and with Andrew Fay was director of the
new Hungarian Theatre. His many songs,
odes, epigrams, elegies, etc. , despite their fre-
quent turgidity, must be ranked with the better
specimens of the national literature, and not a
few of them were translated into foreign lan-
guages; e. g. , The Alpine Violet) and the
Hussar Songs. He rendered valuable serv-
ice to the Hungarian stage by introducing the
plays of Shakespeare and Schiller. His histori-
cal writings are of great and permanent value.
Dobrolyúbov, Nicolai Alexandrovitch (do-
bröl’yu-bov). A Russian critic; born in Nishni-
Novgorod, Feb. 5, 1836; died Nov. 29, 1861.
The study of Ostroffski's plays, entitled “The
Dark Kingdom,' and the analysis of Gont-
Charof's romance (Oblomoff, among others,
show him to have been a profound and gifted
literary critic.
Dobrovsky, Joseph (do-brov'ske). An emi-
nent Bohemian critic, literary historian, and
philologist, the rejuvenator of his country's
literature; born in Gyermet, Hungary, Aug.
17, 1753; died in Brünn, Jan. 6, 1829. He was
without a peer in Bohemian learning, ranking
among the greatest philologists and critics
with his History of the Bohemian Language
and Literature (1792); Principles of the Old
Slavic Dialect) (1822); (Grammar of the Bo-
hemian Language); and a wealth of similar
works, all characterized by accuracy and sound
judgment, and conferring unparalleled obliga-
tions on Bohemian letters.
Dobson, Austin. An English poet and man
of letters; born at Plymouth, Jan. 18, 1840.
Intended for a civil engineer, and educated
abroad, he accepted a place under the Board
of Trade. His poems are inimitable in their
artistic finish and grace of fancy. They are
contained in the volumes: Vignettes in Rhyme
and Vers de Société) (1873); Proverbs in
Porcelain) (1877): (Old-World Idyls) (1883);
(Eighteenth-Century Vignettes) (1892).
He
has written biographies of Hogarth, Fielding,
Steele, Goldsmith, and other literary notables,
and contributed many articles to the English
(Dictionary of National Biography. ' *
Dóczy, Ludwig von (dėk'tsē). A Hungaro-
German poet and publicist; born at Ödenburg,
Nov. 30, 1845. He was correspondent of the
Vienna Presse at Buda-Pesth in 1866; soon be-
came a leader among the younger journalistic
supporters of the Deak party, and rose to offi-
cial prominence. He translated the first part
of Goethe's (Faust); produced a comedy, “The
Kiss) (1871), which was a striking success both
at home and (in his translation) in the Ger-
man theatres, and others. (Mixed Marriages)
was very successful. He wrote also the tragedy
(The Last Prophet,' and some free-flowing lyr-
ics, besides several novels.
Dodd, Anna Bowman (Blake). An Ameri-
can prose-writer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y. , 185-
She has written criticisms for the London Art
Journal and Harper's Magazine, and published
(Cathedral Days) (1886); (The Republic of
the Future) (1887); and “Glorinda: a Story)
(1888).
Dodd, Mary Ann Hanmer. An American
poet; born in Hartford, Conn. , March 5, 1813;
graduated at Mrs. Kinnear's Seminary (1830);
was contributor to the Ladies' Repository and
the Rose of Sharon (1835). A volume of her
poems was published in 1843, including (The
Lament) and (The Dreamer. !
Doddridge, Philip. An English noncon-
formist divine; born in London, June 26, 1702;
died in Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 26, 1751. He was
educated for the ministry at an academy in
Kibworth, Leicestershire, where he became
pastor in 1722. In 1729 he took charge of a
theological academy in Northampton, and con.
tinued to preach and prepare students for the
ministry until near his death. His chief works
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Dodsley, Robert. An English poet and
dramatist (1703–64); born at Mansfield, Notts.
He was a noted bookseller and publisher in
London, and had close relations with the au-
thors of the time: Pope, Johnson, Goldsmith,
Burke, etc.
His first volume of verses, (The
Muse in Livery,' was received with great
favor, as was his satiric drama (The Toy-Shop,'
brought out at Covent Garden through the in-
Auence of Pope. Among his other plays which
became popular favorites were the comedies
(The King and the Miller of Mansfeld);
(Sir John Cockle at Court'; and the tragedy
"Cleone. )
Doesticks, Q. K. Philander. See Thomp-
son.
(
are: (The Rise and Progress of Religion in
the Soul' (1750), and (The Family Expositor)
(1760-62), which have been translated into sev-
eral European languages. He also wrote (Evi-
dences of Christianity) (1742-43), which has
long been a text-book in St. John's College,
Cambridge ; and several popular hymns.
Dodge, Mary Abigail. An American jour-
nalist and author; born in Hamilton, Mass. , in
1838; died there, Aug. 17, 1896. For several
years she was instructor in the High School
at Hartford, Conn. From 1865 to 1867 she
was one of the editors of Our Young Folks.
Besides numerous contributions to current lit-
erature, she has written, under the pseudonym
of «Gail Hamilton): (Gala Days) (1863);
(Woman's Wrongs) (1868); (The Battle of the
Books) (1870); (Woman's Worth and Worth-
lessness) (1871); (The Insuppressible Book)
(1885); (A New Atmosphere); (Red-Letter
Days); (Country Living and Country Think-
ing); (A Washington Bible Class ; (Twelve
Miles from a Lemon); and (Biography of
James G. Blaine.
Dodge, Mary Barker (Carter). An Ameri-
can poet; born in Bridgewater, Bucks County,
Pa. , 18— Is author of Belfry Voices) (1870);
(The Gray Masque, and Other Poems) (1885).
Dodge, Mary Elizabeth Mapes. An Amer-
ican editor, author, and poet; born in New
York city in 1840 (? ). Since 1873 she has been
the editor of St. Nicholas (magazine), New
York. Her best-known work is (Hans Brin-
ker, or the Silver Skates) (1876), which has
gone through many editions and been translated
into five foreign languages. Among her other
works, chiefly for young readers, are: (Irving-
ton Stories) (1864); (Theophilus, and Others)
(1876); (Along the Way) (1879); (Donald and
Dorothy) (1883); (The Land of Pluck. ' *
Dodge, Richard Irving. An American
soldier (colonel in the United States army) and
prose-writer; born in Huntsville, N. C. , May
19, 1827; died in Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. , June
16, 1895. Col. Dodge graduated from West Point
Military Academy in 1848. He is the author
of (The Black Hills) (1876); “The Plains of
the Great West) (1877), republished in London
as Hunting Grounds of the Great West); and
(Our Wild Indians) (1881).
Dodge, Theodore Ayrault. An American
soldier and military writer; born in Pittsfield,
Mass. , May 28, 1842; received his military edu-
cation abroad. Returning to this country, he en-
listed (1861) in the service of the United States
as a private, attaining the rank of colonel, Dec.
2, 1865. He published: The Campaign of
Chancellorsville) (1881): a Bird's-Eye View
of the Civil War) (1883); (A Chat in the
Saddle) (1885); and a series of studies called
(Great Captains, comprising volumes on Alex-
ander the Great, Hannibal, Gustavus Adol-
phus, and others.
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge. See Carroll.
::
Dohm, Ernst (dom). A German humorist
(1819-83); born at Breslau. Settling in Berlin,
he wrote for various literary journals, helped
found the comic journal Kladderadatsch, and
after a year became its head director till death.
Many of his poems in it possess lasting value.
Foremost of his comedies is 'The Trojan War,'
cleverly satirizing German political and social
leaders. Other comedies and farces are: 'The
First Début); Instantaneous Portraits: an Un-
rhymed Chronicle. He translated Lafontaine's
(Fables. His wife, Hedwig D. , born at Ber.
lin, Sept. 30, 1833, wrote several volumes on
woman's rights, as Jesuitry in the Household);
"Woman in Science); (Woman's Nature and
Woman's Right): also some little comedies, as
(The Soul-Saver); (A Shot into the Bull's-
eye); and the novels Mrs. Tannhäuser);
(Open Air.
Dolbear, Amos Emerson. An American phys-
icist and inventor; born in Norwich, Conn. ,
Nov. 10, 1837; has been a valuable contributor
to science. Among his publications are: (The
Art of Projecting' (1876); (The Speaking
Telephone) (1877); (Sound and its Phenom-
ena); and (Matter, Ether, and Motion. He
patented the magneto-electric telephone and
the static telephone in 1879.
Dolce, Lodovico (dol'chä). An Italian poet
and scholar (1508-68); born at Venice. His
poems and prose works are of almost incredi-
ble number and variety ; most memorable is
the epic (First Impressions of the Enamored
Orlando,' which, though not to be compared
with Ariosto, is one of the best specimens of
the romantic epic of the 16th century. His elab-
orations of the Amadis legend, his romantic
versions of the (Æneid) and the 'Odyssey,
and his tragedies and comedies, are mediocre.
Dole, Charles Fletcher. An American
prose-writer; born in Maine, 1845; a Unitarian
minister of Boston. Is the author of: "The
Citizen and the Neighbor); Jesus and the
Men about Him); (A Catechism of Liberal
Faith); (The American Citizen'; (The Com-
ing People); and numerous sermons.
Dole, Nathan Haskell. An American mis-
cellaneous writer ; born in Massachusetts, 1852.
One of his most notable works is a variorum
:
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F
edition of the Rubaiyát of Omar Khayyam.
He is the author of: Not Angels Quite);
History of the Turko-Russian War of 1877–
78); "On the Point, a Summer Idyl); (Flow-
ers from Foreign Gardens. ) He has trans-
lated Tolstoi and others from the Russian.
Döllinger, John Joseph Ignatius. A Ger-
man Catholic priest, politician, and historian;
born at Bamberg, Bavaria, in 1799; died in
Munich, 1890. He won distinction as a learned
writer on Church history. In 1845 he was
elected to the Bavarian Parliament, and in
1851 to the Parliament at Frankfort. He was
a vigorous advocate for the separation of the
Church from the State. In 1870 he refused
assent to Papal Infallibility, and was excom-
municated, but received honorary degrees and
other tokens of esteem from foreign institu-
tions. In 1872 he was appointed president of
the Academy of Science at Munich. Among
his works are : (Origins of Christianity) (1833-
351; (The Reformation' (1846-48); “The Church
and the Churches) (1860); Prophecies and the
Prophetic Spirit in the Christian Era) (1872).
Domett, Alfred. An English poet; born in
Surrey, 1811; died in London, 1887. Said to
have been the original of Browning's "Waring.
He was a colonial statesman of eminence. His
verse attracted much attention, the best speci-
mens being in the volumes (Ranolf and Amohia)
(1872), and (Flotsam and Jetsam : Rhymes Old
and New) (1877).
Donne, John. An English poet; born in
London, 1573; died March 31, 1631. He was
a minister of the Established Church, and one
of the preachers at Lincoln's Inn: Izaak Wal-
ton describes him as a singularly eloquent pulpit
orator. His 'Satires) are his most important
contributions to literature. A collection of his
sermons, with a memoir, has just (1897) been
issued by Augustus Jessopp. *
Donnelly, Eleanor Cecilia. An American
writer of religious verse, sister of Ignatius ;
born in Philadelphia, Sept. 6, 1838. A few of
her poetical publications are: (Domus Dei?
(1874); "Hymns of the Sacred Heart) (1882);
Our Birthday Banquet,' in prose and verse
(1885); and (Signori Leaflets) (1887). Her
writings have received the special apostolic
benediction of Pope Leo XIII.
Donnelly, Ignatius.
An American prose-
writer; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 3, 1831.
Among his writings are : an Essay on the
Sonnets of Shakespeare); Atlantis, the Ante-
diluvian World) (1882); and Ragnarok)
(1883). In 'The Great Cryptogram'he en-
deavors to prove that Francis Bacon was the
author of Shakespeare's plays. His best known
novel is (Cæsar's Column.
Dora d'Istria (do'rä dis'tre-ä)pseudonym
of Elena Chica, who married the Russian prince
Kolzow-Massalsky. A voluminous Roumanian
writer of travel sketches, mostly in French
(1828-88); born at Bucharest. Most of her
writings are polemic; e. g. , her first work,
(Monastic Life in the Eastern Church, alleges
monasticism to be the principal obstacle to
civilization in Eastern and Southern Europe.
Her other works include: (German Switzerland)
(4 vols. ); "Women in the East); (Women, by
a Woman. She contributed many literary and
historical essays to German, Italian, French,
and Greek periodicals. Her studies on Al.
banian poetry gave rise to a nationalistic and
literary movement among the Albanians. The
Greek chamber of deputies, in April 1868, named
her high citizeness of Greece. "
Doran, John. An English essayist and critic;
born in London, probably 1807; died there, Jan.
25, 1878. He wrote (The Wandering Jew)
when he was fifteen, and the Surrey Theatre
staged it. His maturer performances, «Table
Traits and Something on Them (1854), New
Pictures and Old Panels) (1859), and a (His-
tory of Court Fools) (1858), have merit.
Dorer-Egloff, Eduard (dör'er-egʻlof). A
Swiss poet and critic; born in Baden, Aargau,
Nov. 7, 1807; died March 27, 1864. He was
an accomplished student and critic of Goethe,
and a versifier and prose-writer of no mean
capacity. Lenz and his Writings' (1857), and
(Poems, the latter a posthumous collection,
are among his ablest efforts.
Dorgan, John Aylmer. An American law-
yer and writer; born at Philadelphia, Jan.
12, 1836; died there, Jan. 1, 1867. He was a
lawyer by profession, but wrote for the Atlan-
tic Monthly and other periodicals. He pub-
lished his first volume of poems, “Studies, in
1862; a second edition of same in 1864, and a
third in 1866.
Dorr, Mrs. Julia Caroline (Ripley). An
American poet and novelist; born in Charles-
ton, S. C. , Feb. 13, 1825. Among her volumes
of verse are: Daybreak, an Easter Poem);
(Afternoon Songs); Poems); and others. Her
novels include: Lanmere); (Sibyl Hunting-
ton'; Expiation); and Farmingdale. She
has also written: Bermuda,' a volume of
travel; Bride and Bridegroom, or Letters to a
Young Married Couple); (The Flower of Eng-
land's Face); and (A Cathedral Pilgrimage. '
Dorsch, Eduard (dorsh). A German-Amer-
ican journalist and miscellaneous writer; born
in Würzburg, Jan. 10, 1822; died in (Monroe ? )
Michigan, Jan. 10, 1887. He was a physicia
who came to this country in 1849, practiced
with distinction, acquired note as a journalist,
and succeeded in Michigan politics. (Short
Letters to the German People on Two Sides
of the Ocean' (1851) and (From the Old and
New Worlds) (1883) represent his prose and
poetry respectively.
Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of. An
English poet ; born in Witham, 1637; died in
Bath, 1706. Elegant and agreeable as a man
and as a poet, he will be longest remembered
for the effusion, "To All You Ladies Now at
Hand,' a song unequaled for its sea-fighting
spirit.
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Dorsey, Anna Hanson. An American poet,
novelist, and dramatist; born in Georgetown,
D. C. , Dec. 12, 1815; died in Washington, D. C. ,
Dec. 26, 1896. Many of her works have been
reprinted in foreign countries; among them
being May Brooke) (1856) and Oriental
Pearl, translated into German (1857). Her
novels, "Warp and Woof) and Palms, were
published in 1887.
Dorsey, James Owen. An American ethnol-
ogist; born in Baltimore, Md. , Oct. 31, 1848;
died in Washington, D. C. , Feb. 4, 1895. He
was ordained a deacon in the Protestant Epis.
copal Church, and was engaged in parish work
in Maryland from 1873 to 1878. He was then
appointed ethnologist to the United States
Geological and Geographical Survey of the
Rocky Mountains; and after spending some
time at the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska,
was transferred to the United States Bureau of
Ethnology. His chief works are: (On the Com-
parative Phonology of Four Siouian (Sioux)
Languages) (1883); (Siouian Folklore and
Mythologic Notes) (1884); Kansas Mourning
and War Customs) (1884); Indian Personal
Names) (1886).
Dorsey, Sarah Anne. An American prose-
writer; born in Natchez, Miss. , Feb. 16, 1829;
died in New Orleans, La. , July 4, 1879. She
was a linguist and a student of Sanskrit.
Her literary work began with the (Episcopal)
Churchman. Included in her writings are :
(Lucia Dare) (1867); (Panola, a Tale of Loui.
siana' (1877); (Atalie); and (Agnes Graham. !
She was amanuensis to Jefferson Davis in the
preparation of his (Rise and Fall of the Con-
federate Government. "
Doudney, Sarah. An English writer of fic.
tion; born near Portsmouth, England, in 1842;
resides in London. She began contributing to
magazines at 18, and is very popular, chiefly
as a writer of stories for girls. Her poem “The
Lesson of the Water Mill) is a familiar favor.
ite. Her prose works, over forty in number,
include : Under Grey Walls) (1871); (The Pi.
lot's Daughters' (1874); Nothing but Leaves!
(1882); Under False Colours) (1889).
Douglas, Alice May. An American writer
of verse and stories; born in Maine, 1865. Her
writings are for young readers, and include in
verse : Phlox); “May Flowers ); (Gems without
Polish); in stories : Jewel Gatherers'; (The
Peacemaker); and (Self-Exiled from Russia. '
Douglas, Amanda Minnie. An American
story-writer; born in New York city, July 14,
1838; was carefully educated in English liter-
ature. She has written many stories, which in-
clude: (Kathie's Stories for Young People
(6 vols. , 1870–71); From Hand to Mouth'
(1877); and (Foes of her Household' (1886).
Douglas, Gavin.
