On his return to England
he occupied several important positions, includ-
ing a librarianship in the British Museum.
he occupied several important positions, includ-
ing a librarianship in the British Museum.
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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.
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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. A Scotch poet; born in
Perth (? ), 1474 (? ); died in London, Septem-
ber 1522. He lived a man of peace amid
resounding arms"; writing (The Palice of
Honour) (1553) while a cloistered youth, and
(King Hart,' an allegory of the state of man,
after he had become famed as a churchman,
translating also all of the Æneid. Heroic in
figure and in strain, he towers among his coun-
try's ancient bards.
Douglas, Robert Kennaway. An English
librarian and educator; born at Ottery St.
Mary, Devon, 1838. He was consular interpreter
in China, and subsequently acting vice-consul
at Taku, 1858-64.
On his return to England
he occupied several important positions, includ-
ing a librarianship in the British Museum. In
1873 he was appointed professor of Chinese at
King's College, London. Among his publica.
tions are : Confucianism and Taouism' (1879);
(China) (1882); Chinese Stories! (1893).
Douglass, Frederick. An American eman-
cipator and orator; born a slave in Tuckahoe,
Md. , February 1817; died 1895. He escaped
from slavery in 1838; edited the North Star
at Rochester from 1847 until the abolition of
slavery. He was renowned as a lecturer and
an orator. He published: (The Life and Times
of Frederick Douglass) (1882); My Bondage
and My Freedom); Narrative of my Experi-
ence in Slavery); etc. He held important
government posts.
Dovalle, Charles (dā-väl'). A French poet;
born at Montreuil-Bellay, June 23, 1807; died
Nov. 30, 1829. He was a poor provincial who
came to Paris unknown, studied law, and burst
on the literary world with (The Oratory in
the Garden) and other delightful poems of a
like nature, besides an 'Ode on Liberty. His
promising career was closed at 22 in a duel,
the challenger being enraged at a literay criti
cism.
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Dostoévsky, Feodor Michailovitch (dos-
to-yev'skē). A notable Russian novelist; born
at Moscow, Nov. II, 1821 ; died at St. Peters-
burg, Feb. 8, 1881. His first book, "Poor Folk)
(1846), an example of his talent for psychologi-
cal analysis, was followed by the short sto-
ries (A Black Heart,' (The Little Hero,' and
others. He was condemned to the Siberian
mines in 1849 for a socialist conspiracy, but in
1859 returned to St. Petersburg and resumed
literary work. The thrilling (Memoirs of a
Dead House) describes penal life in Siberia.
(Raskolnikov) traces with wonderful skill the
origin and effects on the soul of a criminal
act. Complete Works, 14 vols. There are
translations of several of his works. *
Doucet, Charles Camille (dö-sā'). A French
dramatist; born at Paris, May 16, 1812. He
became in 1853 a government official in the
theatrical department ; was elected to the
Academy in 1876, and soon after made its
standing secretary. The best known of his
many very successful comedies are: A Young
Man (1841); "Lawyer in his Own Cause)
(1842); Forbidden Fruit) (1857); Considera-
tion. His lyric pieces for the stage, Velas-
quez) (1847) and (Antonio's Barque) (1849),
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Dovizi or Dovizio, Bernardo. See Bibbiena.
Dowden, Edward. An Irish poet and his.
torian of literature; born at Cork, May 3, 1843.
He is professor of English literature in Trinity
College, Dublin. He published a volume of
(Poems) (1876); his other writings are bio-
graphical and critical : e. g. , 'Shakespeare, his
Mind and Art) (1872), a work of high author-
ity, which reached a fifth edition (1887) and has
been translated into German ; (Southey) (1879);
Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley) (1886); (Studies
in Literature) (3d ed. 1887); Introduction to
Shakespeare) (1893); (Primer of French Liter-
ature (1897). He visited this country in 1896,
delivering a notable series of lectures at Prince-
ton. *
Dowling, Bartholomew. An Irish poet ;
born in Limerick, 182-. He lived for a time
in this country. He is noted for his lyric (The
Brigade at Fontenoy) and for (The Revel. ?
Downes, William Howe. An American jour-
nalist; born in Connecticut, 1854. He is on the
staff of the Boston Transcript, and is an art
critic. His publications are : (Spanish Ways
and By-Ways); “The Tin Army of the Poto-
mac, or a Kindergarten of War.
Downing, Andrew Jackson. An American
landscape-gardener; born in Newburg, N. Y. ,
Oct. 20, 1815; drowned near Yonkers, N. Y. , July
28, 1852. His Landscape Gardening and Rural
Architecture ) (1841); <Cottage Residences)
(1842); Fruits and Fruit Trees of America)
(1845), were long considered authorities on the
subjects of which they treat.
Downing, Fanny Murdaugh. An American
poet and novelist; born in Portsmouth, Va. ,
about 1835; died 1894. Included in her novels
are Nameless) (1865); Perfect through Suf-
fering); her poems are (The Legend of Ca-
tawba) and (Dixie) (1867). Her pen-names
were ( Viola” and “Frank Dashmore. ”
Doyle, A. Conan. A Scotch story and ro.
mance writer; born in Edinburgh, 1859. He
was carefully trained for a physician, but went
to London at 20 and adopted literature as a
profession. His greatest success was won with
the series of detective tales known as the Sher-
lock Holmes stories : (The Adventures of Sher-
lock Holmes, etc. He has also written : (The
Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (1895), a Na-
poleonic romance; (The Stark-Munro Letters)
(1895), a series of portraitures; and Uncle
Bernac) (1897), a historical tale. *
Doyle, Sir Francis Hastings. An English
poet; born in Yorkshire, 1810; died 1888. He
was long professor of poetry at Oxford. He
published The Return of the Guards, and
Other Poems) (1866).
Drachmann, Holger (dräch'män). A Dan.
ish poet and novelist; born at Copenhagen,
Oct. 9, 1846. He is essentially an improvisatore;
and his works show a lively fancy, and excel
in descriptions of the life of the common peo.
ple, especially fishermen and mariners. His
(Poems) appeared in 1872. His novels are
(Condemned) and "Once upon a Time. *
Drake, Benjamin. An American biograph.
ical writer; born in Mason County, Ky. , in
1794; died in Cincinnati, O. , April 1, 1841. He
established and for many years edited the West-
ern Agriculturist. Among his publications are :
(Adventures of Black Hawk) (1838); Life
of William Henry Harrison) (1840); and Life
of Tecumseh) (1841). The last work is consid-
ered of especial historic value.
Drake, Francis Samuel. An American his-
torical writer; born in Northwood, N. H. , Feb.
22, 1828; died in Washington, D. C. , Feb. 22,
1885. He prepared a Dictionary of American
Biography) (1872). He also published: (Life
of Gen. Henry Knox) (1873); (Tea Leaves)
(1884); and (Indian History for Young Folks)
(1885). Before his death he had gathered ma-
terial for a new edition of his Dictionary,'
which is to be found in (Appleton's Cyclopædia
of American Biography. '
Drake, Joseph Rodman. An American poet;
born at New York, Aug. 7, 1795; died Sept. 21,
1820. The poems for which he is gratefully
remembered are (The Culprit Fay' (1819) and
(The American Flag) (1819). He wrote also
some shorter pieces, notably a poem : Abe-
lard to Heloïse. With Fitz-Greene Halleck,
under the signature «The Croakers,” he pub-
lished in a New York journal in 1819 a series
of short lyrics, mostly of a humorous kind, on
the political affairs of the time. *
Drake, Samuel Adams. An American jour-
nalist and miscellaneous writer; born at Bos.
ton, Dec. 20, 1833. He entered journalism in
1858 as correspondent of the Louisville Journal
and St. Louis Republican. In 1861 he joined
the army and served throughout the war, be-
coming brigadier-general in 1863. He returned
to Boston in 1871 and resumed literary work.
His most important publications are: Old
Landmarks of Boston' (1872); Around the
Hub) (1881); New England Legends) (1883).
Drake, Samuel Gardner. An American
antiquarian; born in Pittsfield, N. H. , Oct. II,
1798; died in Boston, Mass. , June 14, 1875. Pub.
lished (The History and Antiquities of Boston)
(1856), and History of the French and Indian
War) (1870).
Dranmor (drän'mör), pseudonym of Ferdi.
nand von Schmid. A Swiss poet; born in
Muri, Switzerland, July 22, 1823; died in Bern,
March 17, 1888. He was in mercantile life and
also in the Austrian diplomatic service for
years; but his “Poetic Fragments) (1860) and
(Requiem (1870) have added his name to the
list of true poets.
Draper, John William. An American phys-
iologist, chemist, historical and miscellaneous
prose-writer; born near Liverpool, England,
May 5, 1811; died at Hastings-on-the-Hudson,
N. Y. , Jan. 4, 1882. He came to this country
in 1833, and took his degree as M. D. at the
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University of Pennsylvania in 1836. He became
professor of chemistry in the University of New
York in 1841, and in 1850 professor of physi-
ology. Among his works are: (Human Phys-
iology) (1856); History of the Intellectual
Development of Europe) (1862), a work of
great importance and very widely read; (His-
tory of the American Civil War) (1867–70);
(History of the Conflict between Religion and
Science) (1875), which ran through many edi-
tions and was translated into nearly all the
languages of Europe. *
Draper, Lyman Copeland. An American
antiquarian; born in Hamburg, N. Y. , Sept. 4,
1815; died in Madison, Wis. , Aug. 26, 1891.
He removed to Madison in 1853; became cor-
responding secretary of the State Historical
Society, and it was mainly through his efforts
that the State secured its library and its im-
portant antiquarian collection. The State Uni.
versity gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1871.
He has published (Collections) of the State
Historical Society (10 vols. , 1853–87); Madison
the Capital of Wisconsin (1857); King's
Mountain and its Heroes' (1881).
Draxler-Manfred, Karl Ferdinand (drex'ler
män'fred). An Austrian poet and story-writer;
born in Lemberg, June 17, 1806; died in Darm-
stadt, Dec. 31, 1879. His collected Poems)
(1839), and the verse collection (Joy and Pain)
(1858), have profoundly impressed thousands
of earnest men and women, while his tales in
prose are original and pleasing.
Drayton, Michael. An English poet; born
near Atherstone in Warwickshire in 1563; died
in 1631. His first poem, "Harmonie of the
Church, was condemned. Then followed (The
Shepherd's Garland,' and poems on the wars
of England. His most celebrated composition
is 'Polyolbion. He wrote also several dramas,
among them (Sir John Oldcastle); and (Poems
Lyrick and Pastorall (1605), including the
celebrated (Ballad of Agincourt. *
Dreyfus, Abraham (drā-füs'). A French
playwright; born at Paris, June 20, 1847. He
has a fine vein of kindly humor, and it per-
vades both his contributions to the public jour-
nals and his theatrical compositions, which are
mostly in one act. Among them are: (A
Gentleman in Black); (The Victim); (The
Klepht); (A Break. His four-act play (The
St. Catherine Institution, a comedy of man-
ners, was
ght out at the Odéon (1881).
Drinker, Anna. An American poet; born at
Philadelphia, Pa. , Dec. 3, 1827. She is best
known by her nom de plume (Edith May. ”
She has published: Poems by Edith May)
(1854); (Tales and Verses for Children' (1855);
and Katy's Story. )
Driver, Samuel Rolles. An English edu-
cator and eminent Hebraist; born in South-
ampton in 1846. Fellow of and tutor in New
College, Oxford, in 1882, he became professor
of llebrew there. He was a member of the
Old Testament Revision Company. His best-
known works are : (Isaiah) (1888); Notes on
the Books of Samuel (1890); Introduction to
the Literature of the Old Testament (4th ed.
1893); and a new Hebrew Lexicon now in
course of publication.
Drobisch, Gustav Theodor (dro'bish). A
German humorist and versifier; born in Dres-
den, Dec. 26, 1811; died there, April 15, 1882.
His perception of the droll side of things is
keen and irresistible in 'Conceits and Satires)
(1843) and many similar collections of prose
and rhyme.
Droogenbroeck, Jan van (drö'gen-brėk). A
Flemish poet; born in St. Amand-on-Scheldt,
Jan. 18, 1835. He has long been an educator
of eminence, and issued his first verse collec-
tion, (Ghazels and Makames) (Arabian terms
for stanzas and songs) in 1866, under the
pseudonym of Jan Fergunt); his subsequent
volumes, on Camoens and other important sub-
jects, fully sustaining his reputation.
Drossinis, Georg (drõs'in-is). A Greek poet;
born at Athens, Dec. 21, 1859. He has pub-
lished five volumes of lyrics : “Spiders' Webs)
(1880); (Stalactites) (1881); Idylls) (1885);
(Straw Flowers) (1890); (Amaranths) (1891):
also some stories and other minor works in
prose.
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. A Scotch poet; born in
Perth (? ), 1474 (? ); died in London, Septem-
ber 1522. He lived a man of peace amid
resounding arms"; writing (The Palice of
Honour) (1553) while a cloistered youth, and
(King Hart,' an allegory of the state of man,
after he had become famed as a churchman,
translating also all of the Æneid. Heroic in
figure and in strain, he towers among his coun-
try's ancient bards.
Douglas, Robert Kennaway. An English
librarian and educator; born at Ottery St.
Mary, Devon, 1838. He was consular interpreter
in China, and subsequently acting vice-consul
at Taku, 1858-64.
On his return to England
he occupied several important positions, includ-
ing a librarianship in the British Museum. In
1873 he was appointed professor of Chinese at
King's College, London. Among his publica.
tions are : Confucianism and Taouism' (1879);
(China) (1882); Chinese Stories! (1893).
Douglass, Frederick. An American eman-
cipator and orator; born a slave in Tuckahoe,
Md. , February 1817; died 1895. He escaped
from slavery in 1838; edited the North Star
at Rochester from 1847 until the abolition of
slavery. He was renowned as a lecturer and
an orator. He published: (The Life and Times
of Frederick Douglass) (1882); My Bondage
and My Freedom); Narrative of my Experi-
ence in Slavery); etc. He held important
government posts.
Dovalle, Charles (dā-väl'). A French poet;
born at Montreuil-Bellay, June 23, 1807; died
Nov. 30, 1829. He was a poor provincial who
came to Paris unknown, studied law, and burst
on the literary world with (The Oratory in
the Garden) and other delightful poems of a
like nature, besides an 'Ode on Liberty. His
promising career was closed at 22 in a duel,
the challenger being enraged at a literay criti
cism.
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Dostoévsky, Feodor Michailovitch (dos-
to-yev'skē). A notable Russian novelist; born
at Moscow, Nov. II, 1821 ; died at St. Peters-
burg, Feb. 8, 1881. His first book, "Poor Folk)
(1846), an example of his talent for psychologi-
cal analysis, was followed by the short sto-
ries (A Black Heart,' (The Little Hero,' and
others. He was condemned to the Siberian
mines in 1849 for a socialist conspiracy, but in
1859 returned to St. Petersburg and resumed
literary work. The thrilling (Memoirs of a
Dead House) describes penal life in Siberia.
(Raskolnikov) traces with wonderful skill the
origin and effects on the soul of a criminal
act. Complete Works, 14 vols. There are
translations of several of his works. *
Doucet, Charles Camille (dö-sā'). A French
dramatist; born at Paris, May 16, 1812. He
became in 1853 a government official in the
theatrical department ; was elected to the
Academy in 1876, and soon after made its
standing secretary. The best known of his
many very successful comedies are: A Young
Man (1841); "Lawyer in his Own Cause)
(1842); Forbidden Fruit) (1857); Considera-
tion. His lyric pieces for the stage, Velas-
quez) (1847) and (Antonio's Barque) (1849),
were crowned by the Academy.
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Dovizi or Dovizio, Bernardo. See Bibbiena.
Dowden, Edward. An Irish poet and his.
torian of literature; born at Cork, May 3, 1843.
He is professor of English literature in Trinity
College, Dublin. He published a volume of
(Poems) (1876); his other writings are bio-
graphical and critical : e. g. , 'Shakespeare, his
Mind and Art) (1872), a work of high author-
ity, which reached a fifth edition (1887) and has
been translated into German ; (Southey) (1879);
Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley) (1886); (Studies
in Literature) (3d ed. 1887); Introduction to
Shakespeare) (1893); (Primer of French Liter-
ature (1897). He visited this country in 1896,
delivering a notable series of lectures at Prince-
ton. *
Dowling, Bartholomew. An Irish poet ;
born in Limerick, 182-. He lived for a time
in this country. He is noted for his lyric (The
Brigade at Fontenoy) and for (The Revel. ?
Downes, William Howe. An American jour-
nalist; born in Connecticut, 1854. He is on the
staff of the Boston Transcript, and is an art
critic. His publications are : (Spanish Ways
and By-Ways); “The Tin Army of the Poto-
mac, or a Kindergarten of War.
Downing, Andrew Jackson. An American
landscape-gardener; born in Newburg, N. Y. ,
Oct. 20, 1815; drowned near Yonkers, N. Y. , July
28, 1852. His Landscape Gardening and Rural
Architecture ) (1841); <Cottage Residences)
(1842); Fruits and Fruit Trees of America)
(1845), were long considered authorities on the
subjects of which they treat.
Downing, Fanny Murdaugh. An American
poet and novelist; born in Portsmouth, Va. ,
about 1835; died 1894. Included in her novels
are Nameless) (1865); Perfect through Suf-
fering); her poems are (The Legend of Ca-
tawba) and (Dixie) (1867). Her pen-names
were ( Viola” and “Frank Dashmore. ”
Doyle, A. Conan. A Scotch story and ro.
mance writer; born in Edinburgh, 1859. He
was carefully trained for a physician, but went
to London at 20 and adopted literature as a
profession. His greatest success was won with
the series of detective tales known as the Sher-
lock Holmes stories : (The Adventures of Sher-
lock Holmes, etc. He has also written : (The
Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (1895), a Na-
poleonic romance; (The Stark-Munro Letters)
(1895), a series of portraitures; and Uncle
Bernac) (1897), a historical tale. *
Doyle, Sir Francis Hastings. An English
poet; born in Yorkshire, 1810; died 1888. He
was long professor of poetry at Oxford. He
published The Return of the Guards, and
Other Poems) (1866).
Drachmann, Holger (dräch'män). A Dan.
ish poet and novelist; born at Copenhagen,
Oct. 9, 1846. He is essentially an improvisatore;
and his works show a lively fancy, and excel
in descriptions of the life of the common peo.
ple, especially fishermen and mariners. His
(Poems) appeared in 1872. His novels are
(Condemned) and "Once upon a Time. *
Drake, Benjamin. An American biograph.
ical writer; born in Mason County, Ky. , in
1794; died in Cincinnati, O. , April 1, 1841. He
established and for many years edited the West-
ern Agriculturist. Among his publications are :
(Adventures of Black Hawk) (1838); Life
of William Henry Harrison) (1840); and Life
of Tecumseh) (1841). The last work is consid-
ered of especial historic value.
Drake, Francis Samuel. An American his-
torical writer; born in Northwood, N. H. , Feb.
22, 1828; died in Washington, D. C. , Feb. 22,
1885. He prepared a Dictionary of American
Biography) (1872). He also published: (Life
of Gen. Henry Knox) (1873); (Tea Leaves)
(1884); and (Indian History for Young Folks)
(1885). Before his death he had gathered ma-
terial for a new edition of his Dictionary,'
which is to be found in (Appleton's Cyclopædia
of American Biography. '
Drake, Joseph Rodman. An American poet;
born at New York, Aug. 7, 1795; died Sept. 21,
1820. The poems for which he is gratefully
remembered are (The Culprit Fay' (1819) and
(The American Flag) (1819). He wrote also
some shorter pieces, notably a poem : Abe-
lard to Heloïse. With Fitz-Greene Halleck,
under the signature «The Croakers,” he pub-
lished in a New York journal in 1819 a series
of short lyrics, mostly of a humorous kind, on
the political affairs of the time. *
Drake, Samuel Adams. An American jour-
nalist and miscellaneous writer; born at Bos.
ton, Dec. 20, 1833. He entered journalism in
1858 as correspondent of the Louisville Journal
and St. Louis Republican. In 1861 he joined
the army and served throughout the war, be-
coming brigadier-general in 1863. He returned
to Boston in 1871 and resumed literary work.
His most important publications are: Old
Landmarks of Boston' (1872); Around the
Hub) (1881); New England Legends) (1883).
Drake, Samuel Gardner. An American
antiquarian; born in Pittsfield, N. H. , Oct. II,
1798; died in Boston, Mass. , June 14, 1875. Pub.
lished (The History and Antiquities of Boston)
(1856), and History of the French and Indian
War) (1870).
Dranmor (drän'mör), pseudonym of Ferdi.
nand von Schmid. A Swiss poet; born in
Muri, Switzerland, July 22, 1823; died in Bern,
March 17, 1888. He was in mercantile life and
also in the Austrian diplomatic service for
years; but his “Poetic Fragments) (1860) and
(Requiem (1870) have added his name to the
list of true poets.
Draper, John William. An American phys-
iologist, chemist, historical and miscellaneous
prose-writer; born near Liverpool, England,
May 5, 1811; died at Hastings-on-the-Hudson,
N. Y. , Jan. 4, 1882. He came to this country
in 1833, and took his degree as M. D. at the
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University of Pennsylvania in 1836. He became
professor of chemistry in the University of New
York in 1841, and in 1850 professor of physi-
ology. Among his works are: (Human Phys-
iology) (1856); History of the Intellectual
Development of Europe) (1862), a work of
great importance and very widely read; (His-
tory of the American Civil War) (1867–70);
(History of the Conflict between Religion and
Science) (1875), which ran through many edi-
tions and was translated into nearly all the
languages of Europe. *
Draper, Lyman Copeland. An American
antiquarian; born in Hamburg, N. Y. , Sept. 4,
1815; died in Madison, Wis. , Aug. 26, 1891.
He removed to Madison in 1853; became cor-
responding secretary of the State Historical
Society, and it was mainly through his efforts
that the State secured its library and its im-
portant antiquarian collection. The State Uni.
versity gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1871.
He has published (Collections) of the State
Historical Society (10 vols. , 1853–87); Madison
the Capital of Wisconsin (1857); King's
Mountain and its Heroes' (1881).
Draxler-Manfred, Karl Ferdinand (drex'ler
män'fred). An Austrian poet and story-writer;
born in Lemberg, June 17, 1806; died in Darm-
stadt, Dec. 31, 1879. His collected Poems)
(1839), and the verse collection (Joy and Pain)
(1858), have profoundly impressed thousands
of earnest men and women, while his tales in
prose are original and pleasing.
Drayton, Michael. An English poet; born
near Atherstone in Warwickshire in 1563; died
in 1631. His first poem, "Harmonie of the
Church, was condemned. Then followed (The
Shepherd's Garland,' and poems on the wars
of England. His most celebrated composition
is 'Polyolbion. He wrote also several dramas,
among them (Sir John Oldcastle); and (Poems
Lyrick and Pastorall (1605), including the
celebrated (Ballad of Agincourt. *
Dreyfus, Abraham (drā-füs'). A French
playwright; born at Paris, June 20, 1847. He
has a fine vein of kindly humor, and it per-
vades both his contributions to the public jour-
nals and his theatrical compositions, which are
mostly in one act. Among them are: (A
Gentleman in Black); (The Victim); (The
Klepht); (A Break. His four-act play (The
St. Catherine Institution, a comedy of man-
ners, was
ght out at the Odéon (1881).
Drinker, Anna. An American poet; born at
Philadelphia, Pa. , Dec. 3, 1827. She is best
known by her nom de plume (Edith May. ”
She has published: Poems by Edith May)
(1854); (Tales and Verses for Children' (1855);
and Katy's Story. )
Driver, Samuel Rolles. An English edu-
cator and eminent Hebraist; born in South-
ampton in 1846. Fellow of and tutor in New
College, Oxford, in 1882, he became professor
of llebrew there. He was a member of the
Old Testament Revision Company. His best-
known works are : (Isaiah) (1888); Notes on
the Books of Samuel (1890); Introduction to
the Literature of the Old Testament (4th ed.
1893); and a new Hebrew Lexicon now in
course of publication.
Drobisch, Gustav Theodor (dro'bish). A
German humorist and versifier; born in Dres-
den, Dec. 26, 1811; died there, April 15, 1882.
His perception of the droll side of things is
keen and irresistible in 'Conceits and Satires)
(1843) and many similar collections of prose
and rhyme.
Droogenbroeck, Jan van (drö'gen-brėk). A
Flemish poet; born in St. Amand-on-Scheldt,
Jan. 18, 1835. He has long been an educator
of eminence, and issued his first verse collec-
tion, (Ghazels and Makames) (Arabian terms
for stanzas and songs) in 1866, under the
pseudonym of Jan Fergunt); his subsequent
volumes, on Camoens and other important sub-
jects, fully sustaining his reputation.
Drossinis, Georg (drõs'in-is). A Greek poet;
born at Athens, Dec. 21, 1859. He has pub-
lished five volumes of lyrics : “Spiders' Webs)
(1880); (Stalactites) (1881); Idylls) (1885);
(Straw Flowers) (1890); (Amaranths) (1891):
also some stories and other minor works in
prose.
