FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD

meeting between Henry VIII. of Eng1878:|land and Francis I. of France, near | Calais (June 1529); so called because | of the splendor displayed on both sides. officer; ed. s. of an army Eton and Leyden; thrown upon his own resources, he turned his attention to the London stage, and | tween be1730 and 1736 produced a numper of plays long since forgotten. He married Mi Oradock, a eral heire , | in 1734, and after having di ipated her fortune’ again turned playwrig ht and theater-manager, but with little succe . He subsequently studied law; was called to the Bar, and joined the Western Circuit, eventually becoming a magistrate and the recipient of a pension. F, discovered the true bent of his genius when, after the publication of Richardson’s Pamela, he commenced to write Joseph Andrews. F.’s first novel was pub. in 1742, and met with some succe . It was followed by other notable productions, including his powerful satire, Jonathan Wild the Great, Tom Jones feet Amelia, 1751; and numerous other works, FIELDING, HON. WILLIAM STEVENS (1848), Canadian statesman, prime minister of Nova Scotia (1884-96), when he became minister of finance in Dominion cabinet; negotiated commercial arrangements with Germany, U.S., Italy, and Belgium, (1909-10).