Priscilla Mullens

See Mullens. Kosova, European Turkey, situated on a branch of the Drin, in lat. 42° 13' N., long. 20° 47′ E. Population, estimated, 30,000. Pristina (prēs-tē'nä), or Prishtina (prēsh-tē'- 11′ Population, about 9,000. Pro me the us Bound author. He was educated at Harrow, and was a schoolmate of Byron and Sir Robert Peel. In 1807 he went to London to study law. In 1820 he began writing under the pseudonym Barry Cornwall, and in 1831 was called to the bar. From 1832 to 1861 he was commi ioner of lunacy. He wrote "Dramatic Scenes and Other Poems" (1819), "A Sicilian Story" (1820), "Mirandola" (1821: performed at Covent Garden in 1821), "Flood of The aly" (1823), "Etti gies Poetic a" (1824), "English Songs" (1832), and memoirs of Kean, Lamb (1866), Ben Jonson, and Shakspere. Proctor (prok'tor), Henry A. Born in Wales, 1765: died at Liverpool, England, 1859. A British general. He was colonel of a regiment in Canada in 1812; defeated the Americans under James Winchester at French town in 1813; and was repulsed by Harrison at Fort Meigs, by Croghan at Fort Stephen son, and by Harrison at the battle of the Thames (Oct. 5, 1813). Proctor, Richard Anthony die Born at Chelsea, England, March 23, 1834: died at New York, Sept. 12, 1888. An English astronomer. He was educated at King's College, London, and at St. John's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1860. His practical work in measuring the rotation of Mars and charting the 824,198 stars of Argelander's catalogue is specially noteworthy. He published "Half-hours with the Telescope" (1868), "Half-hours with the Stars" (1869), "Star Atlas" (1870), "The Sun" (1871), "Borderland of Science" (1873), " The Expanse of Heaven" (1874), "Myths and Marvels of Astronomy" (1877), "Old and New Astronomy" (1888-90), "Light Science for Leisure Hours," "Elementary Astronomy," and works on whist and mathematics. nä). A town in the vilayet of Kosova, Euro- pean Turkey, situated in lat. 42° 40′ N., long. Pritchard (prich'ärd), Mrs. (Hannah Vau- ghan). Born in 1711: died at Bath, Aug., 1768. omy A noted English actre . She played in early life at suburban fairs, and married an actor of little talent; but some years before Garrick appeared she held a leading position on the London stage. She was noted both in tra- gedy and in comedy, and was Mrs. Siddons's greatest prede- ce or in the characters of Lady Macbeth and Queen Kath- arine. She excelled also in characters of intrigue and gaiety, as Lady Betty Modish, Lady Towneley, etc. She abandoned the stage in 1768. Privernum. See Piperno . Probus (pro'bus), Marcus Aurelius. Born at Sirmium, Pannonia: killed near Sirmium, 282 A. D. Roman emperor 276-282. He waged war succe fully against the Germans in Gaul. He was killed by mutinous soldiers. Procida (prō'che-dä). A volcanic island at the entrance of the Bay of Naples, 13 miles west- southwest of Naples, belonging to the province of Naples, Italy: the ancient Prochyta. Length, 2 miles. Population (1881), 13,131. Grecklegend, "are and henceforward shall be free." Procne (prok'nō). [Gr. Πρόκνη .] In Greeklegen the daughter of Pandion and wife of Tereus. By Tereus she became the mother of Itys. On the pretext that his wife was dead, Tereus brought her sister Philomela from Athens, ravishod heron the way, cut out her tongue, and hid her on Parna us. She contrived to inform Procne of her story, and the two slew Itys and served him up to his father to eat. Tereus was changed into a hawk, Procne into a swallow, and Philomela into a nightingale. Procopius (prō-kō'pi-us). [Gr. Προκόπιος.] Born at Cæsarea, Palestine, probably about 490 A. D.: died about 565 (?). A Byzantine historian. He accompanied Belisarius on various campaigns, and wrote time of Just in i an. He was also the author of a work on histories of the Persian, Vandal, and Gothic wars in the the buildings of Just in i an ("De ædificiis") and of a secret history ("Anecdota') directed against Just in i an. Procopius, Andrew, surnamed "The Great." Killed in battle near Böhmisch-Brod, Bohemia, May 30, 1434. A noted Hu ite leader. He became commander of the Taborites in 1424; gained the victory of Au ig, June 16, 1426; and invaded Moravia, Austria, Hungary, Silesia, and Saxony. He rejected the Compact at a of Prague; and was defeated by the Calix tines in the battle of Bohmisch-Brod, May 30, 1434. Procris (pro'kris). [Gr. Πρόκρις .] In Greek legend, the wife of Cephalus, by whom she was slain. Procrustes (prō-krus'tēz). [Gr. Προκρούστης , the stretcher.] The surname of a legendary Attic robber (Damastes or Polype mon). He had a bed (named from him the "Procrustean") upon which his prisoners were tortured: those who were too short he stretched to fit it, and those who were too tall had their limbs cut to the proper length. Procter (prok'tér), Adelaide Anne. Born at London, Oct. 30, 1825: died there, Feb. 3, 1864. An English poet, daughter of Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall). She wrote "Legends and Lyrics" (1858-60). She became a convert to Roman Catholicism in 1851. Procter, Bryan Waller: pseudonym Barry Cornwall. Born at London, Nov. 21, 1787: died there, Oct. 4, 1874. An English poet and Procyon (pro'si-on). [From Gr. προκύων , before the dog: so named from its rising a little before the dog-star.] 1. The ancient constellation Canis Minor. - 2. The principal star of the constellation Canis Minor, the eighth brightest in the heavens. Prodigal Son, The. Sullivan, produced at the Worcester Festival in 1869.