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7-8. Mermaid Tavern, The. See Mermaid Club . Mermnadæ (mèrm'na-dē). The last dynasty of the Lydian kings, beginning with Gyges (about 700 в. с.) and ending with Crœsus (560-546). Besides these kings it included Ardys, Sadyattes, and Alyattes. Merodach (mer'ō-dak). [In the inscriptions Marduk.] One of the 12 great gods of the A yro-Babylonian pantheon, son of Ea. His wife was Zarpaint. He was especially the tutelar divinity of the city of Babylon, and during the supremacy of Babylonia his temple, Esagila ('the exalted house'), restored with great splendor by Nebuchadnezzar, became the national sanctuary of the whole empire. He also had an old and famous sanctuary at Sippar. He was especially considered the compa ionate god of mankind, relieving their ills with the knowledge and power his father, the god of profound wisdom, gave him. He was also the patron of the magi. His son is Nebo (Nabu), the god of learning. Of the planets, Jupiter was sacred to him. He is mentioned in Jer. 1. 2, but is referred to as Bel in Isa. xlvi. 1 and Jer. li. 44. Merodach-baladan (mer'ō-dak-bal'a-dan). [In the cuneiform inscriptions Marduk bal - iddina , Merodach has given the son.) The name of several kings of Babylon. The most important of these appears first as the ruler of Bit Yakin. He submit ted and paid tribute to the A yrian king Tiglath-Pileser ІІІ. (745-727 В. C.). From 722 to 709 he appears in the inscriptions as king of entire Babylonia. Afterward he entered into alliance with the Elamites against Sargon. The allies were defeated by the A yrian king, and Me rod ach bal a dan saved himself only by flight. He reappears in the first year of Sennacherib (705), and is, in all probability, identical with the Merodach-baladan mentioned in Isa. xxxix., 2 Ki. xx. 12 ff. (under the form Berodach - baladan ) as having sent amba adors to Hezekiah to congratulate him upon his recovery from sickne . This emba y was also, no doubt, intended to draw Hezekiah into an alliance against As syria. He was defeated by Sennacherib, who placed a certain Belibus on the Babylonian throne (702In 699 Merodach-baladan is again found in rebellion Ethiopia, situated between the Nile and the Atbara, about lat. 17° N. Merom (mē'rom), Waters of. A lake in Palestine, 10 miles north of the Sea of Galilee, traversed by the Jordan: the modern Bahr-elHuleh, and the Seme chon it is Lake of Joseph us. Length, 4 miles. It was the scene of a great victory of Joshua over Jabin, king of Hazor. Merope (mer'ō-pē). [Gr. Μερόπη.] 1. In Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades (which see). 2. The 44-magnitude star 23 Pleiadum. It is enveloped in a nebulosity which was discovered before the application of photography, but is difficult to observe visu ally. Mérope (mā-rōp'). A play by Voltaire (1743). Me roving i ans (mer-o-vin'ji-anz). A dynasty of Frankish kings, whose eponymic ancestor, Merwig or Merovæus, lived in the 5th century. It rose to power under Clovis, king of the Salian Franks, who defeated the Roman governor Syagrius in 486, accepted the Roman faith in 496, and died in 511, after having made himself sole ruler of all the Franks. His kingdom was divided between his four sons, one of whom, Clotaire L., reunited the several parts in 558. A second division of the Frankish kingdom took place among the Me roving i ans on his death in 561. This was also a quadruple division. In 567 the parts were reduced to three in number, whence arose the kingdoms of Austrasia (capital Metz), Neustria (capital So is sons), and Burgundy (capital Orléans), of which the first contained a German, the last two a Romance population. Burgundy was eventually united with Neustria, leaving two principal divisions, Neustria and Austrasia. Violent family feuds, as, for instance, that between Brunehilde of Austrasia and Fredegunde of Neustria in the 6th century, caused the power of the Me roving i ans to wane, both in Neustria and in Austrasia, before that of the mayors of the palace, until in 687 Pepin of Heristal, mayor of the palace in Austrasia, made himself practically ruler of both kingdoms. His grandson, Pepin the short, finally deposed Merton, Walter de acted by the King's Men at the Globe before Oct. 22, 1607. Fleay believes from internal evidence that this play was originally called "Sir John Old castle," and was written by Drayton for the Chamberlain's Men before Dec., 1597. A prose tract, "The Life and Death of the Merry Devil of Edmonton, etc.," was entered on the "Stationers' Register" in 1608 by “T. B." (Thomas Brewer). The popularity of the comedy probably suggested this tract, which does not cover quite the same ground. The latter has, however, been ascribed to Tony (Antony) Brewer on the strength of the initials in the above entry, the tract having been confounded with the play. ( Bullen .) The play has also been ascribed without reason to Shakspere, on authority of Kirkman the bookseller. Merry greek, or Meri greek (mer'i-grēk), Matthew. In Udall's play "Ralph Roister Doister," a parasite and mischievous boon companion of Ralph. He adroitly gets his own way by flattery and abuse. Merry Monarch, The. Charles II. of England. Merry mount (mer'i-mount). A settlement within the present city of Quincy, Ma achusetts, made by Thomas Morton and others in 1625. The Pilgrims of Plymouth dispersed it in 1628, and it was again dispersed a few years later. Merry Wives of Windsor, The. A comedy by Shakspere, produced about 1600. It was first printed as we know it in the first folio, 1623. In 1602 an imperfect and probably unauthorized version in quarto was printed (reprinted in 1619). It seems to have been based on a mangled repetition stolen from the theater, or else was hurriedly written by command. Rowe in 1709 says, probably without foundation, that Queen Elizabeth was so pleased with the Falstaff of "Henry IV." that she commanded Shakspere to show how he conducted himself when in love. For the plot he was probably but little indebted to other writers. "The Two Lovers of Pisa" from Str a parol a, in Tarleton's e News Out of Purgatory" (1590), and a story from the iding of Falstafanirentino which suggests may pos the Me roving i ans and caused himself be crowned king of the Franks in 751. Merowig (mer'ō-wig), or Merwig (mèr'wig). [L. [L. Merovæus .] An alleged chief or king of a part of the Salian Franks, and grandfather of Clovis. Some suppose Merowig or Merovæus to have been the patronymic of the family or clan of Clovis, derived from a more remote ancestor. Merrick (mer'ik), James. Born at Reading, England, 1720: died there, 1769. An English poet. He wrote sacred poems, and the "Chameleon." Merrifield (mer'i-feld), Charles Watkins. Born at London or Brighton, Oct. 20, 1827. died at Brighton, Jan. 1, 1884. An English mathematician. About 1867 he became principal of the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at South Kensington. Among his works are "Miscellaneous Memoirs on Pure Mathematics" (1861), and "Technical Arithmetic" (1872). He contributed numerous papers to the "Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects." Merrilies (mer'i-lēz), Meg. In Sir Walter Scott's novel "Guy Manner ing," a weird and masculine gipsy who is devoted to Bertram's family. She remonstrates in vain against the theft of Harry Bertram, and on his return helps him to his own at the cost of her life. Charlotte Cushman was noted in this part in the dramatization of the novel. Merrimac, or Merrimack (mer'i-mak). Ariver in New Hampshire and northeastern Ma achusetts. It is formed by the junction of the Pemigewa et and Winnepiseogee at Franklin, New Hampshire, and flows into the Atlantic 4 miles east of New bury port. It furnishes water-power to Manchester, Nashua, Lowell, Lawrence, etc. Length, about 120 miles (including the Pemigewa et, about 90 miles). Merrimac. A 40-gun screw frigate built for the United States government in 1855. On April 19, 1861, the Norfolk navy-yard was abandoned by the Federal government, and the ships there, including the Merrimac, were sunk. The hull was raised by the Confederates and cut down to the berth-deck. On the midship section a casemate of timber 170 feet long was built, protected by a double iron plating 4 inches thick. The prow was of cast iron. She was named the Virginia, and was commanded by Commodore Franklin Buchanan. On March 8, 1862, she destroyed the Congre (a sailing ship of 50 guns) and the Cumber land (a sailing ship of 30 guns) at Newport News. On March 9 she attacked the Minnesota, and was met by the Monitor, which had arrived the night before. The battle lasted from 8 A. M. until noon, and resulted in favor of the Monitor. See Monitor. Merry (mer'i), Felix. A pseudonym of Evert August us Duyckinck. Merry, Robert. Born at London, April, 1755: died at Baltimore, Md., Dec. 14, 1798. An English dilettante. He became a member of the English Della Cruscan Academy at Florence, and his pseudonym "Della Crusca" gave its name to the school. His affected and tastele style is exhibited in the correspondence with Anna Matilda rithich continued in the handill 1789, when the writers met and were disenchanted.lle (See in the "British Album" in 1789. Gifford's "Baviad," a satire on it, sold a fourth edition of this in 1791. Anna worst poems were against As syria, and, again defeated, he escapes to Elam. He must have died shortly afterward, but his descendants continued to stir up rebellions in Babylonia against As syria. The last scion of this house, when about to be delivered to As urban i pal, caused his armor-bearer to slay him. Merry Dancers. A name given to the aurora. The meteoric rays which have given the name of the "Merry Dancers" to the flickering Northern Lights. Elton , Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 71. sibly have suggested some of the incidents. John Dennis wrote a play, "The Comical Gallant, or the Amours of Sir John Falstaff," in 1702, in which "The Merry Wives" may be recognized; and an opera, "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," by Otto Nicolai, words from Shakspere by Mosenthal, was produced at Berlin in 1849, at London in 1864, and at Paris, as "Les joyeuses commères de Windsor," in 1866. Mers (mars). A sea-bathing resort, a suburb of Le Tréport, France, northeast of Dieppe. Merscheid (mer's hit). A town in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, 17 miles north by east of Cologne. Population (1890), 8,542; commune, 15,600. Since 1891 called Ohligs . Merse (méers), The. The lower valley of the Tweed, Scotland. Merseburg (mer'ze-börg). A town in the province of Saxony, Pru ia, situated on the Saale 16 miles west of Leipsic. Its chief buildings are the cathedral and the castle. It was formerly noted for its beer. It was one of the leading medieval German cities, the seat of a bishopric from the 10th to the 16th century, and of the dukes of Saxe-Merseburg from 1656 to 1738. Near it Henry the Fowler won an important victory over the Hungarians in 933. Population (1890), 17,669. Mersenne (mer-sen'), Marin. Born at La Soultière, Maine, France, Sept. 8,1588: died at Paris, Sept. 1,1648. A noted French theologian, mathematician, and philosopher, a friend of Des cartes. He discovered the laws which show the dependence of the time of vibration of a string upon its length, tension, and density-namely, that the time varies directly as the length and as the square root of the density, and inversely as the square root of the tension. Mersey (mer'zi). A river in England. It is formed by the union of the Tame and Goyt near Stock port, and flows by an estuary into the Irish Sea below Liverpool. Length, 70 miles; navigable to the mouth of the Irwell. Mertetefs (mer-te-tafs'). See the extract. The oldest historical portrait-statue yet discovered is that of Queen Mertetefs, wife of Seneferu, the last king of the Third Dynasty, and wife, by her second marriage, to Khufu, the first king of the Fourth Dynasty, who was no le famous a personage than the builder of the Great Pyramid. The statue is one of a limestone group of three figures, representing Queen Mertetefs, her Ka, and a priest named Kennu, who was her private secretary. Edwards, Pharaohs, Fellahs, etc., p. 135. Merthyr Tydfil, or Merthyr Tydvil (mêr'ther tid'vil; W. pron. mer'ther tud'vil). [Said to have received its name from a martyred British saint Tydfil ( merthyr = E. martyr ).] A town in Glam organs hire, South Wales, situated on the Taff in lat. 51° 45′ N., long. 3° 23′ W. Its importance is of modern growth. It is the center of an extensive coal region, and is noted for iron and steel manufactures. It returns 2 members to Parliament. Population (1891), 58,080. Merton (merton), Ambrose. A pseudonym of W. J. Thoms, the editor of "Notes and Queries." Merton, Lower. A village in Surrey, 10 miles southwest of London. Merton (mêr'ton), Walter de. Died Oct. 27, 1277. Bishop of Rochester, and founder of Merton College, Oxford. He was educated at Oxford; in 1261 was appointed chancellor; and was elected in re Rochester in 1274. He originated the collegi sex abou of the English universities by the establishment'ntil of Merton College, the "final statutes" of which date from Aug., 1274. The chapel of the college is marked by its large square pinnacled Perpendicular tower: its choir was built by the founder, and the remainder is of the early 15th cen- tury. The library, as well as the college, has the distinc- province of Khorasan, Persia, situated about lat. 36° 18' N., long. 59° 35' E. It is a commercial center, and a noted place of pilgrimage. The mosque con- tains the Shiite shrine of the imam Riza. Population, es- timated, 50,000. tion of being the oldest in England. The picturesque buildings, with their long range of gables, is characteristic. This system (which has been beneficial in its effects down to our own time, for many of our most distinguished scholars entered the university as sizars) was part of the deliberate purpose that animated the design of Walter de Merton, who may be called the founder of the whole col legiate allegate the hich Finnish origin, living in eastern Ru ia. They Meshhed-Ali (mesh'hed ä'le). A town in the vilayet of Bagdad, Asiatic Turkey, 97 miles south of Bagdad. It is a Shiite place of pilgrimage, on account of the mosque containing the shrine of Ali. Population, estimated, about 12,000. Meshhed-Hu ein. See Kerbela . Meshtseraks (mesh-tse-räks'). A people of are in part Ru ian i zed, in part (about 125,000) allied to Merv (merv), or Merve. An oasis in Ru ian central Asia, lying along the river Murgab about lat. 37° 30′ N., long. 62° E. Its inhabitants are Tekke-Turkomans. From its strategic and commer- cial position between Persia, Bokhara, and Herat it has been important from remote times. It formerly contained Merv and other cities. It was conquered by Alexander, and belonged succe ively to the Parthians, Saracens, and Seljuks. It was ravaged by the Mongols in 1221. Later it belonged in turn to Uzbegs, Persians, and Bokharans. The Ru ians overran and annexed it in 1883-84. It is now traversed by the Trans cas pian Railway. Population, about 250,000. The locality now called Merv is merely a large village. Merveilleuse (mer-vā-yez'). [F., 'marvelous.'] The sword of Doolin of Mayence. Merville (mer-vēl'). A town in the depart- ment of Nord, France, situated on the Lys 18 miles west of Lille. Population (1891), com- mune, 7,573. Meshhed (mesh'hed), or Meshed (mesh'ed), or Mashhad (mäsh'had). The capital of the Meshtshovsk (mesh-chofsk'). A town in the government of Kaluga, Ru ia, 42 miles west- southwest of Kaluga. Population (1885-89), 5,129. Mesilla (mā-selyä). [Sp., 'little mesa.'] A town in southern New Mexico, on the Rio Grande, founded about 1830. Mesmer (mes'mer), Fried rich Anton. Born near Con stance, Baden, May 23, 1733: died at Meersburg, Baden, March 5, 1815. A German physician, originator of the theory of mesmer- ism or animal magnetism. He studied divinity at Dillingen and Ingolstadt, but afterward studied medicine at Vienna, where he took his degree in 1766. He began about 1771 an investigation into the supposed curative powers of the magnet, which led him to adopt the theory of animal magnetism. This he made public in 1775 in a pamphlet entitled "Sendschreiben an einen auswärtigen Arzt über die Magnetkur." In 1778 he settled at Paris, where he created a sensation as a practitioner of mesmer- ism. In 1785 the French government appointed a com- mi ion of eminent physicians and scientists to invest i- gate his system. An adverse report followed, and he fell into disrepute and spent his last years at Meersburg. Me so long hi. See Mis so long hi . Me so pot am i a (mes"ō-po-tā mi-a). [Gr. Μεσοπο- plain between the Euphrates and Tigris: in the ταμία, the land between the rivers.] The great Old Testament called Aram Naharaïm. usually divided into Upper Me so pot am i a, covering ancient Chaldea and Babylonia. It was conquered by Thothmes As syria, and Lower Me so pot am i a, comprising ancient III., Seti I., Rameses II., and other Egyptian monarchs, and has belonged at different times to the Median, Per- sian, Maced on i an, Syrian, Part hi an, Roman, New Persian, Saracenic, and Turkish empires, and is now a Turkish province with Bagdad as capital. See also Aram and Babylon . Me so pot am i a, The Argentine. [Sp. Mesopo- to that portion tamia Argentina .] A name frequently given portion of the Argentine Republic which It includes the provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes and lies between the rivers Paraná and Uruguay. the territory of Mi i ones. Mesrob (mes-rob'), or Miesrob (myes-rob'). Lived in the 5th century A. D. A patriarch of Armenia, a reputed founder of Armenian liter- ature, who devised the Armenian alphabet of 36 letters, to which after his time two more were added, and the Georgian alphabet of 39 or 40 letters, still in use. Me ala (me-sa'lä), or Me all a (me-sal'lä), Corvinus Marcus Valerius. Lived in the second half of the 1st century B. C. A Roman general, official, orator, historian, and patron Me alina, or Me all in a (mes-a-li'nä), Vale- ria. Executed 48 A. D. Wife of the emperor Claudius. She was the daughter of Marcus Valerius Me ala Barbatus, and became the third wife of Claudius, who afterward ascended the imperial throne. She was a woman of infamous vices, and during a temporary absence of her husband publicly married her favorite, C. Silius. She was put to death by order of Claudius. Me an a (me-sa'nä). An ancient name of Mes- sin a. Me apia (me-sā'pi-ä). [Gr. Μεσσαπία.] In ancient geography, the peninsula at the south eastern extremity of Italy: often used as synony- mous with Calabria or Iapygia. Me ene (me-se'nē). [Gr. Μεσσήνη.] 1. In ancient geography, a city in Me enia, Greece, on the slope of Mt. It home in lat. 37° 11′ N., long. 21° 56′ E. It was founded as a fortre against Sparta, under the influence of Epa min on das, in 369 B. C., and is noted now for its extensive ruins at the modern village of Mavromati. Me enger (mes'en-jer). A gray thoroughbred horse, by Mambrino, which was imported into the United States from England about 1788. and Clays are derived from him. The Hamble ton i ans trace All the main lines of trotting-horses except the Morgans directly to him by way of Hamble ton i an (10), Abdallah, Me enia (me-sē'ni-ä). [Gr. Μεσσηνία .] 1. In an- cient geography, a division of the Peloponnesus. It was bounded by Elis and Arcadia on the north, Laconia (separated by Mount Taygetus) on the east, and the sea on the south and west. It contained the fertile valley of the Pamisus; was early settled by Dorians; was at war with The connection of ideas in this prophecy is so clear, and it sets forth with so much completene Isaiah's whole view of Jehovah's purpose towards Judah, that we may regard it as a typical example of what is usually called Me ianic prediction. The name Me iah is never used in the Old Tes- tament in that special sense which we are accustomed to as- sociate with it. The Me iah (with the article and no other word in apposition) is not an Old Testament phrase at all, and the word Me iah (Mashiah), or "anointed one," in the connection "Jehovah's anointed one" is no theological term, but an ordinary title of the human king whom Jeho- vah has set over Israel. Thus the usual way in which the time of Israel's redemption and final glory is called the Me ianic time is incorrect and misleading. So long as the Hebrew kingdom lasted, every king was "Jehovah's anointed," and it was only after the Jews lost their inde- pendence that the future restoration could be spoken of in contrast to the present as the days of the Me iah. To Isaiah the restoration of Israel is not the commencement but the continuation of that personal sovereignty of Jeho- vah over His people of which the Davidic king was the recognised representative. As the holy seed which re- peoples the land after the work of judgment is done is a fresh growth from the ancient stock of the nation (vi. 13), the old stem of Je e. We are apt to think of the Me iah so too the new Davidic kingship is a fresh outgrowth of as an altogether new and miraculous dispensation. That was not Isaiah's view. The restoration of Jerusalem is a return to an old state of things, interrupted by national sin. W. R. Smith , Prophets of Israel, p. 302. 1. A sacred pastoral by Pope, Me iah, The. published in the "Spectator" May 14, 1712. 2. An oratorio by Handel, composed in 1741 (first produced at Dublin in 1742). The words are by additional accompaniments to it in 1789. Probably no enthusiasm. musical composition has created such lasting and deep Me ias (The Me iah). An epic poem by Klop- stock, in 20 cantos. The first 3 cantos were published in 1748 in the "Bremer Beiträge," but he did not finish it till 1773. The model before him was Milton's "Paradise Lost," but he did not profit sufficiently by his example. The poem suffers from exce of sentiment, and the lyric quality is more nearly related to the religious oratorios than to a genuine epic. Me ina Hohenstaufen, and Spaniards; suffered from the strife between the French and Spaniards in 1672-78, from the plague in 1743, and from an earthquake in 1783; was bom barded in 1848; and was the last Sicilian stronghold of the Neapolitans against Garibaldi in 1860-61. Population (1881), 78,438. Me ina, Strait of. A strait in the Mediterranean, separating Sicily from the mainland of Italy: the ancient Fretum Siculum. Width in narrowest part, 24 miles. Me kirch (mes'kirch), or Mö kirch (mės' kirch). A small town in Baden, 24 miles north of Con stance. Near it, May 5, 1800, the French under Moreau defeated the Austrians under Kray. Meston (mes'ton), William. Born in Aberdeen shire about 1688: died at Aberdeen, 1745. A Scottish burlesque poet. He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, of which he became a regent in 1715. His poems are mostly imitations of Butler's "Hudibras." Among them are "The Knight of the Kirk" (1723), "Mob contra Mob" (1731), "Old Mother Grim's Tales" (1737), etc. Mestre (mes'tre). A town in the province of Venice, Italy, 6 miles northwest of Venice. Mesurado (mes-ö-rä'dō), Cape. A headland on the coast of Liberia, Africa, situated in lat. 6° 19′ N., long. 10° 50′ W. Mészáros (mā'sä-rosh), Lázár. Born at Baja, Hungary, Feb. 20, 1796: died at Eywood, Here ford shire, England, Nov. 16, 1858. A Hungarian revolutionary general and politician. He was minister of war 1848-49, and succeeded GörMeta (ma'tä). A small town in the province of Naples, Italy, east of Sorrento. gey as commander-in-chief in 1849. Meta. A river in Colombia and Venezuela, which joins the Orinoco about lat. 6° 15′ N., long. 67° 45′ W. Length, about 750 miles; Metamneh (me-täm'nā), or Metemneh (metem'nā). A place in Nubia, on the Nile, opposite Shendy, about lat. 16° 41′ N. It was the objective point of Stewart's division of Wolseley's relief expedition in 1885. navigable for about 400 miles. Metamorphoses (met-a-mor'fo-sez). A poetical work by Ovid, based cal legends. on the principal cla i Metaphysical School of Poets, The. A name wrongly given by Dr. Johnson to Donne, Cowley, and other poets of the 17th century, who were noted for fantastic language and strained style. Metaphysics (met-a-fiz'iks) of Aristotle. [From the Greek title τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικά Α-Ν, The (Books) after the Physics, 1-50,' probably given by Andronicus of Rhodes, in the 1st century B. c., to a group of Aristo tel i an books not designed as a connected treatise.] A celebrated work by Aristotle. It consists of 13 books, more or le disconnected and imperfect, dealing with the doctrines of his predece ors and with various metaphysical topics. Metapontum (met-a-pon'tum), or Metapontium (met-a-pon's hi-um). [Gr. Μεταπόντων .] In ancient geography, a city in southern Italy, situated on Tarentum 25 cities of Magna Græcia. Pythagoras died here. Near the IMG:content-0681.png:[blocks in formation] Me tell us, Quintus Cæcilius, surnamed Macedonicus ('the Maced on i an'). Died 115 в. с. A Roman general. As pretor he was distinguished for his victories Macedonia and Greece 148-146 В. С. He was consul in 143, and censor in 131. Me tell us, Quintus Cæcilius, surnamed Numidicus (' the Numidian'). Died 99 в. с. A Roman general, nephew of Me tell us Macedonicus. As consul and proconsul he defeated Meulen middle of the 5th century B. C., and display consummate knowledge of the human form. They are earlier in style than the Par the non marbles. Metopes from Temple Cat Selinus. Three metopes in the Museo Nazionale, Palermo, Sicily. They are a quadriga with three personages (Helios and Hours?), Perseus slaying Medusa, and Hercules bearing off the Cercopese The style is highly archaic. These met opes are a igned to the end of the 7th century B. c., and as early Dorian sculpture are artistically important. Metropolitan Museum of Art. An institution organized in 1870, and afterward incorporated, having for its object the collection of works of art and the promotion of art culture in New York city. It is situated in Central Park, opposite East 82d street. The building was inaugurated in 1880. Near it stands the Egyptian obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle. Jugurtha in Numidia 109 and 108 B. c. Me tell us, Quintus Cæcilius, surnamed Pius. Metsu. See Metzu . Died about 64 B. C. A Roman general, son of Metsys. See Ma ys . Me tell us Numidicus. He was commander under Sulla in the civil wars; was consul in 80 B. C.; and commanded Metternich-Winneburg (met'ter-nich-vin'ne later in Spain against Sertorius. Me tell us, Quintus Cæcilius, surnamed Cretic us ('the Cretan'). Died probably about 56 B.C. A Roman general. He was consul in 69, and subdued Crete 68-67. Me tell us Celer (sē'ler), Quintus Cæcilius. Died 59 в. с. A Roman statesman. He was pretor in 63; opposed the conspiracy of Cat i line; and was consul in 60. Me tell us Nepos (ne'pos), Quintus Cæcilius. Died about 55 в. с. tribune in 62, and consul in 57. Me tell us Pius Scipio (pi'us sip'i-ō), Quintus Cæcilius. Committed suicide 46 в. с. A son of Scipio Nasica, and adopted son of Me tell us Pius. He was consul with Pompey in 52 B. C., Metemneh. See Metamneh . and Pompeian commander in Syria and Egypt. A partizan of Pompey, Meteor a (me-tā'ō-rä). [From Gr. μετέωρος, lofty.] A group of monasteries, built on nearly perpendicular rocks, 14 miles northwest of Tri- kala, The aly. Method i us (me-thō'di-us). Died 885. Brother börg), Prince Clemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von. Born at Coblenz, Pru ia, May 15, 1773: died at Vienna, June 11, 1859. An Austrian statesman and diplomatist. He became minister at Dresden in 1801, at Berlin in 1803, and at Paris in 1806; was appointed minister of foreign affairs in 1809, and chancellor in 1821; and was chief minister 18091848. He was the leader of the reactionary party in Eu rope 1815-48; was prominent at the Congre of Vienna 1814-15; and was overthrown by the disturbances of 1848. His memoirs (8 vols.) were published 1880-84. Metternich-Winneburg, Prince Richard Clemens Lothar Hermann von. Born Jan. 7,1829: died at Vienna, March 1, 1895. An Aus- tri an diplomatist, son of C. W. N. L. von Metter nich. He was amba ador at Paris 1859-71. Mettmann (met'män). A town in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, 22 miles north of Cologne. Population (1890), commune, 7,829. Mettray (met-ra'). An agricultural peniten tiary establishment for juvenile criminals, 6 miles north of Tours, France, on the Choisille: founded by Demetz in 1840. Metz (mets). The capital of Lorraine, Als a ceL or raine, Germany, situated at the junction of of Cyril, and co-laborer with him as mi ionary the Seille with the Moselle, in lat. 49° 7 N., long. 6° 11′ E.: the ancient Mediomatrica and Roman Divodurum. It is one of the strongest fortre es in Europe, with a large garrison, and is of great strategic importance. Its commerce is considerable. The cathedral is a beautiful light Pointed structure of the 14th century, with two towers of openwork flanking the nave, one of them crowned with a slender spire. The interior is 370 feet long and 141 high. There are practically no walls: the architecture constitutes merely frames for among the Slavic peoples in the Danube basin: called "the Apostle of the Slavs." Methow (met-hou'). A tribe of North Ameri- can Indians which occupied the drainage-area of Lake Chelan and that of the Methow and Enteeatook rivers, in what is now Okanogan County, Washington. See Salishan . Methuen (me-thu'en). A town in E ex County, Ma achusetts, 27 miles north by west of Bosthe splendid windows. The town has a museum, and is ton. Population (1890), 4,814. Methuen Treaty. A commercial treaty be- tween England and Portugal, negotiated in 1703 by Paul Methuen. Portuguese wines imported into England were admitted for one third le duty than French wines. Methusael (me-thū sā-el). [Heb., 'man of God.'] One of the patriarchs of the race of Cain, fa- iher of Lamech. Me thu selah (me-thu'se-lä). [Heb., 'man of the dart'(?).] According to the account in Genesis, the son of Enoch. He died at the age of 969 years, the oldest man mentioned in the Methymna (me-thim'nä). [Gr. Μήθυμνα .] In west of Tarentum. It was onded the flourishing modern Torremare are the ruins of a temple of Apollo, Greek Doric of the 5th century B. C., hexastyle, peripteral, Bible. with sculptured metopes; and of a temple called the Ta- vola dei Paladin i, Greek Doric of about 600 B. C., hexastyle, ancient geography, a city in Lesbos. with 12 columns on the flanks. Metastasio (ma-täs-tä ze-ō): the a umed name of Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapa i. Born at Rome, Jan. 13, 1698: died at Vienna, April 12, 1782. A noted Italian poet, 1730-82. He Metidja (ma-te jä). A fertile plain in Algeria, south and southwest of Algiers. Metis (mē'tis). [Gr. Μήτις .] 1. In Greek mythol- ogy, a godde personifying prudence, daughter of Ocean us and Tethys, and first wife of Zeus. the music for each): "Didone abb and on at a" (1724), "Catone in Utica," "Ezio," "Semiramide," "A le andro nell' Indie," "Artaserse," "Demetrio," "Adriano in Siria," "Olimpiade," "Demofoonte," "La clemenza di Tito" (1734), "Achille in Sciro," "Anti gone," "Il trionfo di Clelia," "Partenope," etc. He also wrote poems for cantatas, oratorios, etc. Burney wrote his memoirs (1796). Metauro (ma-tou'rō). A small river in Italy, which flows into the Adriatic 28 miles northwest of Ancona: the ancient Metaurus. The bat tle of the Metaurus was a victory gained at the river, south of Rimini, in 207 B. C., by the Romans under the consuls Livius and Nero over the Cart hag in i ans under Hasdrubal. Nero had eluded Hannibal in southern Italy, and made a forced march of 250 miles with men. Hasdrubal was slain, and his army nearly annihilated. This victory is ranked as one of the decisive battles of the world. Metcalfe (met'käf), Charles Theophilus, Baron Metcalfe. Born in Calcutta, Jan. 30, 1785: died near Basing stoke, Hampshire, Sept. 5, 1846. A British administrator. He was provisional gover nor-general of British India 1835-36; lieutenant-governor of the Northwest Provinces 1836-38; governor of Jamaica 1839-42; and governor-general of Canada 1843-45. Metcalfe, Frederick. Born 1815: died Aug. 24, 1885. An English Scand in avian scholar. He of discovery, first observed by Graham at Markree, Ireland, in April, 1848. Metkovič (met kō-vich). A town on the frontier of Dalmatia and Herzegovina, 37 miles north of Ragusa. Population (1890), commune, 4,198. Meton (me'ton). [Gr. Μέτων .] A Greek of the 5th century B. c., the discoverer of the Metonic cycle. See the extract. Meton's cycle was corrected a hundred years later (330 B. C.) by Calippus, who discovered the error of it by observing an eclipse of the moon six years before the death of Alexander. In this corrected period, four cycles of 19 years were taken, and a day left out at the end of the 76 years, in order to make allowance for the hours by which, as already observed, 6,940 days are greater than 19 years and than 235 lunations: and this Calippic period is used in Ptolemy's Almagest in stating observations of eclipses. Whewell , Ind. Sciences, I. 130. Metopes from the Temple of Hera at Selinus. Four metopes in the Museo Nazionale, Palermo, Sicily, representing Hercules fighting an Amazon, Zeus and Hera, Actœon and Artemis, and Athene and Enceladus. They date from about the the seat of several learned societies. A large colony of Germans has recently settled there. Metz was an important Gallic town and Roman fortre ; was plundered by the Vandals and Huns; was the capital of Austrasia; and later was a free imperial city. The latter part of the "Golden Bull" was i ued there in 1356. It was seized by France in 1552 and annexed; was defended against Charles V. 1552-53; was formally ceded to France in 1648; and figured very prominently in the Franco-German war 1870-71. (See Metz , Siege of .) Population (1890), 60,186. Metz, Bishopric of. A medieval bishopric, around Meter It was taken by France in 1552, and formally ceded to France in 1648. Metz, Siege of. 1. A noted siege by Charles V. which occurred 1552-53, when the city was succe fully defended by the French under the Duke of Guise.-2. The investment by the German army, as a result of the battles of Courcelles, Vionville, and Grave lotte, Aug. 14-18, 1870, of Bazaine's army in Metz. On Oct. 27 Bazaine surrendered the fortre and 176,000 men to Prince Frederick Charles. See Bazaine . Metzingen (met's ing-en). A town in the Black circle, Würtemberg, situated on the Erms 17 miles south-southeast of Stuttgart. Population (1890), 5,311. Metzu (met'zü), or Metsu (met'sü), Gabriel. Born at Leyden about 1630: died at Amsterdam, Oct. 22, 1667. A noted Dutch genre and portrait-painter. He studied with Gerard Douw, or was influenced by him. In 1650 he settled in Amsterdam, and received the freedom of the city in 1659. Among his works are "Music Le on" (National Gallery), "Gentleman playing Violoncello" (Bucking ham Palace), "Sleeping Huntsman," "Corset Bleu," "Corset Rouge," etc., all owned in London. There are also specimens of his work in all the famous galleries on the Continent. Meudon (mé-don'). A town in the department of Seine-et-Oise, France, 5 miles west-southwest of Paris. Its castle, long a royal residence, was destroyed in the siege of 1870-71. Population (1891), commune, 8,005. Meulebeke (mė'le-ba-ke). A town in the province of West Flanders, Belgium, 20 miles west southwest of Ghent. Population (1890), 9,035. Meulen (mė'len), Antoine François van der. Born at Bru els, Jan. 11, 1632: died at Paris, Oct. 15, 1690. A French battle-painter. Meung-sur-Loire Meung-sur-Loire (mun'sür-lwär'). A town in the department of Loiret, France, on the Loire 11 miles west-southwest of Orléans. Population (1891), commune, 3,373. the finest in Spanish America. It is built in the form of a square, and contains a cathedral (a large Renai ance building founded in 1573), a national library, museum, and picture-gallery, and various educational institutions and learned societies. It was founded by the Aztecs about 1325; was besieged, taken, and destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; has been several times inundated; and has been the scene of various revolutions. Battles were fought near it between the Mexicans and Americans in 1847, and it was Miani Meyerheim (mi'er-him), Fried rich Eduard. Born at Dantzic, Pru ia, Jan. 7, 1808: died at Berlin, Jan. 18, 1879. A German genre-painter. Meyerheim, Wilhelm Alexander. Born 1815: died at Berlin, Jan. 13, 1882. A German painter of battle-scenes, horses, etc.: brother of F. E. Meyerheim. the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. was Meurthe-et-Moselle (mert'ā-mo-zel'). A department of northeastern France. Capital, Nancy. It is bounded by Belgium and Luxemburg on Vosges on the south, and Meuse on the west. It belongs to the Moselle basin; is an important manufacturing department; and is the leading department in the production north, German Lorraine on the northeast and east, of iron and salt. The department consists of territory corn prised formerly in Lorraine and the bishoprics of Metz, Toul, and Verdun. It was formed in 1871 from parts of the former departments of Meurthe and Moselle. Area, 2,025 square miles. Population (1891), 444,150. Meuse (mūz; F. pron. méz), D. Maas (mäs). A river in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands: the Roman Mosa. It rises in the plateau of Langres, department of Haute-Marne; unites with the Waal; divides at Dordrecht into two arms; and flows into the North Sea. Its chief tributaries are the Chiers, Semoy, Sambre, Curthe, Namur, Liège, Maestricht, Roermond, Venloo, Gorkum, Dordrecht, and Rotter dam. Length, 500 miles; navigable from Verdun. Meuse. A department of northeastern France, formed from parts of the ancient Lorraine. Capital, Bar-le-Duc. It is bounded by Ardennes and Luxemburg Meurthe-et-Moselle the Vosges and Haute-Marne on the south, and Marne and Ardennes on the west. It is traversed by the river Meuse, and contains ranges of the Ardennes and Argonnes. It has considerable mineral wealth, and flourishing manufacrearing of stock an important ind us tures and the singles53. Mewar. See Udaipur . Mexicans, Ancient. See Aztecas and Nahuas . Mexican War. A war between the United States and Mexico, occasioned by the annexation of Texas in 1845. War was declared in May, 1846, and General Taylor won the battles of Palo Alto May 8 and Resaca de la Palma May 9, and forced Monterey to surrender Sept. 24, 1846. On Feb. 23, 1847, he gained the victory of Buena Vista. The next month General Scott took Vera Cruz, and thence marched on Mexico. He won the battle of Cerro Gordo April 18; the battles of Contreras and Churubusco Aug. 20, Molino del Rey Sept. 8, and Chapultepec Sept. 13; and entered the city of Mexico Sept. 14, 1847. Other events were the reduction of California by Frémont and Stock ton, and the long marches of Kearny and Doniphan. The war was ended Feb. 2, 1848, by the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (which see). Mexico (mek'si-kō; Sp. pron. ma'He-kō), F. Mexique (meks-ek'), off i officially Estados Uni dos Mexicanos. A republic of North America, extending from about lat. 15° to 32° 42′ N., long. 86° 40° to 117° 10' W. Capital, Mexico. It is bounded by the United States on the north, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea on the east, British Honduras, Guatemala, and the Pacific Ocean on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It comprises, besides the main portion, the peninsulas of Lower California and Yucatan. The surface is generally a table-land traversed by high mountain-ranges. The leading mineral products are silver, gold, copper, and lead. The chief occupations are agriculture and the raising of live stock (in the north), the chief agricultural products being sugar, maize, coffee, tobacco, hemp, etc. It is divided into 27 states, 1 federal district, and 2 territories. The government is republican (largely modeled on that of the United States), with a presi dent as executive, and a congre (senate of 2 members from each state, and lower house of 227 members). The inhabitants are chiefly creoles (of Spanish descent), Indians, and mixed races (including Mestizos, Zambos, etc.). The prevailing language is Spanish; the prevailing religion, Roman Catholic. The early inhabitants were Aztecs and other native races. The following are the leading historical events: invasion of Cortés 1519; conquest of the capital 1521; the country made a Spanish colony under the name of New (a viceroyalty after 1535); revolution under Hidalgo begun 1810. partially suppre ed 1815; guerrilla warfare until the revolution under Iturbide in 1821; last Spanish viceroy deposed 1821; empire under Iturbide 18221823; sece ion of Texas 1836; war with the United States 1846-48 (see Guadalupe - Hidalgo ); frequent changes of government for sometime; foreign intervention 1861; war with France commenced in 1862; empire under Maximilian (upheld by French troops) 1864-67; French troops withdrawn 1867; and restoration of the republic 1867. Area, 757,760 square miles. Population (1894), 12,080,725. Mexico. A state in the interior of the republic of Mexico. Capital, Toluca. The Federal District of 473 square miles, containing the City of Mexico, has been separated from it. Area, 9,247 square miles. Population (1892), 828,650. Mexico. The capital of the republic of Mexico, situated in the Federal District (473 square miles in extent) in the valley of Mexico, in lat. 19° 25′ 45′′ N., long. 99° 7′ 18" W., about 7,400 feet above sea-level. It is the largest city of Mexico, and lying south of the United States and east of poet, and philosophical writer. Mexico. It communicates with the Atlantic on the east Meyrick (mi'rik), Hans. One of the principal by Florida Strait, and with the Caribbean Sea southeast by male characters in George Eliot's novel "Daniel the Channel of Yucatan, and receives the Mi i ippi, Rio Deronda." Grande, and other large rivers. Length (east to west), Meywar. See Udaipur . about 1,000 miles; width (north to south), about 800 miles. Mèze (māz). A town in the department of H6Mexico, Valley of. An inclosed basin of the rault, southern France, situated on the Etang Mexican plateau, in which the city of Mexico de Thau 19 miles southwest of Montpellier. is situated. It is about 60 miles long by 40 miles wide, and 7,400 feet in average elevation above the sea, and shows many evidences of volcanic action. It contains 5 principal lakes; Xochimilco, Chalco, Tezcuco, Xaltocan, and Zumpango. At the time of the conquest these appear to have been much more extensive than at present and nearly confluent, entirely surrounding the city of Mexico or Tenochtitlan, which was reached by causeways. Mextli, or Mexitl, or Mecitl. See Huitzilo pochtli. Meyer (mi'er), Ernst. [The common G. surname Meyer means 'steward,' 'bailiff'; = E. Population (1891), commune, 6,326. Mezen, or Mesen (mez-āny'). A river in northern Ru ia which flows into the Gulf of Mezen, a branch of the White Sea, about lat. 66° N. Length, about 375 miles. Mezentius (me-zen's hi-us). A mythical Etruscan king, noted for his cruelty, alleged to have formed an alliance with the Rutulians. Mézeray (māz-rā'), François Eudes de. Born at Ry, near Falaise, Normandy, 1610: died at mayor , formerly maire , ult. from L. major .] Born Paris, Julie de French historiabi chief work is a "His to ire (1638-51: published as "Abrégé chronologique de l'his to ire de France," 1668). at Altona, May 11, 1797: died at Rome, Feb. 1, 1861. A genre-painter, pupil of the Copen-Mézières (mā-zyar'). The capital of the depart hagen Academy, and of Cornel i us at Munich. Many of his works are Italian in subject. Meuse in lat. 49° 46′ N., long. 4° 42′ E. It is an Meyer, er, Felix. Born at Winterthur, Switzerland, Feb. 6, 1653: died near Husen, 1713. A Swi landscape-painter, regarded as the head of that cla . Meyer, Georg Fried rich. Born at Mannheim, 1735: died at Ermenonville, Oise, France, 1809. A genre-and landscape-painter, pupil of Daniel Hien. He lived for a short time with Jean Jacques Rou eau in the park of M. de Girardin at Ermenonville. Meyer, Hans. Born at Hild burg hausen, Ger- many, 1858. An African explorer. He traveled in America, Asia, and Polynesia; visited South Africa in 1886; explored German East Africa in 1887; and as- cended Kilimanjaro to 5,700 meters. On a new expedition he was made prisoner by the Arabs, but was ransomed. In 1889, accompanied by the Austrian alpinist Purtschel- ler, he scaled the summit of Kibo, the highest peak of Kilimanjaro, to the height of 6,000 meters, and discovered its crater and glacier. He wrote "Eine Weltreise" (1885), "Zum Schneedom des Kilima-Ndscharo" (1888). Meyer, He in rich August Wilhelm. Born at Gotha, Germany, Jan. 10, 1800: died June, 1873. A German exegete, author of a commentary on the New Testament (1832-47). Meyer, Johann Georg, called Meyer von Bre- men. Born at Bremen, Germany, Oct. 28, 1813: died there, Dec. 3, 1886. A noted German genre- painter. He studied at Dü eldorf with Karl Sohn and Schadow, moved to Berlin in 1852, and was made profe or there in 1863. His pictures of children are among his best productions. Many of them are in the United States. Meyer, Johann He in rich, Born at Stäfa, Swit- zerland, March 16, 1759: died at Weimar, Ger- many, Oct. 14, 1832. A German writer on art, one of the editors of Winckelmann's works. He published "Geschichte der bildenden Künste bei den Griechen" (1824-36), etc. Meyer, Jürgen Bona. Born at Hamburg, Oct. 25, 1829. A German philosophical writer, appointed profe or of philosophy at Bonn in 1868. He has written "Kants Philosophie" (1869), etc. Meyer, Leo. Born at Bledeln, Hannover, July 3, 1830. A German philologist, profe or at Dorpat from 1865. Among his works is "Die gotische Sprache" (1869). Meyer beer (mi'er-bar), Giacomo (originally lin, Sept. 5, Jakob Meyer Bee 1791: died at Paris, May 2, 1864. A celebrated German composer of opera. He lived chiefly at Paris after 1826. He was a pupil of Lauska, who was a pupil of Clement i, and the latter also gave him le ons. When only 7 years old he played Mozart's D minor concerto in public. He early obtained fame as a pianist, but his compositions were not succe ful till he went in 1815 to Italy to study vocal composition. There he began to produce operas in the style then recently introduced by Ro ini; and "Il Croci a to in Egitto," produced in Venice in 1824, was completely succe ful, while three or four other operas were well received. From 1831 till 1849 he produced operas in a new style, the result of a study of French art. In 1849 he turned his attention to opéra comique. Among his operas are "Robert le Diable" (1831), "Les Huguenots" (1836), "Ein Feldlager in Schlesien" (1840), overture and entr'actes to "Struensee" (1846), "Le prophète" (1849), "L'Etoile du Nord" (1854), "Le pardon de Ploermel" (in Italian "Dinorah," 1859), "L'Africaine" (1865). Among his other compositions are a number of cantatas and songs, and several Fackeltänze, marches, and overtures, besides pianoforte music some of which has never been published. ment of Ardennes, France, situated on the important fortre ; was succe fully defended by Bayard against the Imperialists in 1521; and was besieged and taken by the Germans in 1815 and in 1870-71. Population (1891), commune, 6,700. Mézières, Alfred Jean François. Born at Rehon, Moselle, France, Nov. 19, 1826. A French critic, member of the Academy from 1874. He took part repre ion of the insurrection of June, 1848; served in the Franco-Pru ian war; and was elected as republican member of the legislature for the arrondi e ment of Briey in 1881, 1885, 1889. His works include "Shakespeare, ses œuvres et ses critiques" (1861), "Prédéce eurs et contempo rains de Shakespeare" (1863: this work took the prix de Montyon), "Contempo rains et succe eurs de Shakespeare" (1864), "Pétrarque" (1867), "Goethe" (1872-73), "En France, etc." (1883), "Hors de France, etc." (1883), "Vie de Mirabeau" (1891). Mező-Túr (me'zé-tör). A town in the county of Great-Kumania-Szolnok, situated on the Berettyó 80 miles east-southeast of Budapest. Population (1890), 23,757. Mezz of anti (med-zō-fän'tē), Giuseppe. Born at Bologna, Italy, Sept. 17, 1774: died at Rome, March 14, 1849. An Italian linguist. He was ordained priest in 1797; became profe or of Arabic at Bo spoken 58 languages. logna in 1804; was appointed chief keeper of the Vatican library in 1833; and was made cardinal in 1838. He is said Mfumbiro (mföm-be'rō). A volcano in east central Africa, west of Lake Victoria Nyanza. It falls within British East Africa. Height, 10,000-12,000 feet. Mglin (m-glen'). A town in the government of Tchernigoff, Ru ia, situated on the Sudinka 128 miles south by east of Smolensk. Population (1885–89), 8,412. Mhow (m-hou'). A town and cantonment in Indore, India. Population, about 27,000. Miako. See Kioto . Miall (mi'al), Edward. Born at Portsmouth, England, May 8, 1809: died at Seven oaks, Kent, April 29, 1881. An English journalist and politician. He studied for the Independent ministry. In Feb., 1831, he took charge of the congregation at Ware in Hertfordshire. In 1840 he established the "Nonconformist," and devoted his life to the advocacy of the freedom of religion from state control. In 1852 he was elected member of Parliament for Rochdale, and in 1858 served on the royal commi ion on education. Miami (mi-äm'e). A tribe of North American Indians, first known in 1675 in southern Wisconsin. After several changes they settled, about 1690, on the St. Joseph River in southern Michigan, and afterward in treaty negotiations were considered as owners of the entire Wabash country and western Ohio. There is much confusion in literature between the Miami and the Illinois. The Pott a wot tom i translated the name 'crippled,' and the northern tribes called them "walkers"- the two epithets probably referring to their not using canoes. The English called them Twight wees , derived from their own name for themselves, which was an imitation of the crane's cry. Their present (1893) number is 374. See Algonquian . Miami (mi-äm'i). Ariver in Ohio which joins the Ohio at the southwestern corner of the State. Length, over 150 miles. Miani, or Meanee (mē-ä'nē). A village near Hyderabad, Sind, British India. Here, Feb. 17, 1843, Sir Charles J. Napier (with 2,800 men) defeated the army of Sind (30,000). The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names Miantonomoh Miantonomoh (mi-an-to-no'mō). Died 1643. A sachem of the Narraganset Indians, nephew of Canonic us. He maintained friendly relations with the English, and in 1637 aided Connecticut and Ma achusetts in defeating the Pequots. Having become involved in a war with Uncas, sachem of the Mohegans, he was defeated and captured by the latter in 1643, and was put to death in the same year, with the approval of the English, who claimed a protectorate over both tribes. Miao-tse (myou-tzā'), or Miautse. A general name of numerous Chinese tribes dwelling in the provinces of Yunnan, Kweichow, Kwangsi, and Kwangtung. Miaulis (me-ou lis), Andreas Vokos. Born in Negropont, 1772 (1768?): died at Athens, June 24, 1835. A Greek admiral, commander-in-chief in the war of independence. Miautse. See Miao -tse. Miava (mē'o-vo). A town in the county of Neutra, Hungary, situated on the river Miava 46 miles northeast of Presburg. Population (1890), 9,997. Micah (mikä). [Heb., 'who is like Jehovah?"] In Old Testament history: ( a ) An Ephraimite who stole 1,100 pieces of silver from his mother, but, alarmed by her imprecations on the thief, confe ed the deed and returned the money: she thereupon dedicated it to the Lord, and made with it a graven and a molten image (teraphim), which Micah set up in his house and then hired a Levite as a priest. (b) A prophet, a native of Moresheth of Gath, near Eleutheropolis, and a contemporary of Isaiah. He is reckoned as the sixth of the prophets (the third in the Septuagint). He prophesied near the beginning of the reign of Hezekiah. Micali (mē-kä'lē), Giuseppe. Born at Leghorn, Italy, about 1776: died at Florence, March 27, 1844. An Italian archæologist, author of "Storia degli antichi popoli d'Italia" (1832), etc. Micawber (mi-ka'ber), Wilkins. One of the principal characters in Dickens's "David Copper field." He is remarkable for his rapid alternations of depre ion and elevation of spirits, his "temporary embarra ments of a pecuniary nature," and his constant persuasion that "something will turn up." His wife, as far as the elasticity of her spirits goes, is quite his equal. Her devotion to "the parent of her children and the father of her twins" induces her frequent well-known exclamation, "I never will desert Mr. Micawber!" The couple appear to have been suggested more or le by Dickens's father and mother. Michabo. The Great Hare, in Algonquian le gends. What Ioskeha was to the Iroquois, Michabo or Manibozho was to the Algonkin tribes. There has been a good deal of mystification about Michabo, or Manibozho, or Me ou, who was probably from the first a hare sans phrase, but who has been converted by philological proce es into a personification of light or dawn. It has already been seen that the wild North Pacific peoples recognise in their hero and demiurge animals of various species: dogs, ravens, muskrats, and coyotes have been found in this lofty est i mation, and the Utes believe in "Cin-au-av, the ancient of wolves." It would require some labour to derive all the ancient heroes and gods from misconceptions about the names of vast natural phenomena like light and dawn, and it is probable that Michabo or Manibozho, the Great Hare of the Algonkins, is only a succe ful apotheosised totem like the rest. His legend and his dominion are very widely spread. Dr. Brinton himself (p. 153) allows that the great hare is a totem. Perhaps our earliest authority about the mythical great hare in America is William Strachey's "Travaile" into Virginia. Lang , Myth, etc., II. 54. Michael (mi'kelormi'kā-el). [Heb., 'who is like God?' F. Michel , It. Michele , Sp. Pg. Miguel , G. Michael .] An archangel mentioned in the Bible. He is regarded as the leader of the whole host of angels, and, owing to miraculous appearances recorded in Roman Catholic legends, is considered by that church to be the representative of the church triumphant. His feast occurs on Sept. 29 in that church and in the Anglican Church also. He is spoken of five times in the Bible, always as fighting: John mentions him as fighting at the head of the angels against the dragon and his host.