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roic soldier, jealous of his honour and faithful as a friend, Melbourne, Australia, May 19, 1865. A noted soprano singer. She was a pupil of Marchesi, and made her début at Bru els Oct. 15, 1887, in "Rigoletto." Melbourne (mel'bern). The capital of Victoria, and the largest city city of Australia, situated on the Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay, in lat. 37° 50' S., long. 144° 59′ E. It comprises the city proper and numerous suburbs (including Fitzroy, Richmond, Emerald Hill, Colling wood, and Prahran). It has important commerce and general manufactures, and exports gold, wool, hides, etc. It is one of the chief seaports of the southern hemisphere, and is noted for its fine public buildings and parks. The buildings include the university, national museum, mint, exhibition building, parliament houses, treasury, government offices, library, etc. It was settled in 1835, and made the capital in 1851. Population (1891), with suburbs, 490,896. Melbourne, Viscount. See Lamb , William . Melcarth. See Melkarth . Melchers (mel'chėrz), Gari. Born at Detroit, Mich., 1860. An American painter. He studied at Dü eldorf, Munich, and Paris; received a third-cla medal at the Salon in 1888; two first-cla medals at Am- sterdam, 1887, 1888; and two medals of honor, Paris, 1889, and Berlin, 1891. He painted the large frescos "The Arts of War" and "The Arts of Peace," in the tympana of the tower of the Liberal Arts Building at the Chicago Fair. Melchiades (mel-kī'a-dēz), or Miltiades (mil- tī'a-dēz). Bishop of Rome 310-314. Melchites (mel'kits). [From Ar. melek , king.] The orthodox Eastern Christians, as dist in- guished from the Monophysites or Nestor i ans. The name was originally given to the orthodox as belong- ing to the imperial church, the title of king being that which was commonly given in Greek and Oriental lan- guages to the Roman and to the Byzantine emperor. Al- though the term Melchites is older than the Council of Chalcedon (451), its wider use dates from its adoption after that council by the Monophysites, who rejected the de- crees of the council, and employed this name to represent the orthodox as receiving them merely in submi ion to the edict of the emperor Marcian. The name Melchites is sometimes given also to members of communities of Christians in Syria and Egypt, formerly in communion with the Orthodox Greek Church, who have submitted to the Roman see. Melchizedek, or Melchisedec (mel-kiz'e-dek). [Heb., 'king of righteousne .'] In Old Testament history, a king of Salem and priest of the most high God, who entertained and ble ed Abraham and received tithes from him. His relation to Christ as a type is discu ed in Heb. v.-vii. Melchthal (melch'täl). A valley in the canton of Unterwalden, Switzerland, south of Sarnen. The valley of Little Melchthal lies west of Melchthal. Melchthal, Arnold von. The youngest of the three Swi liberators, representing Unterwalden. He is one of the principal characters in Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell" and in Ro ini's opera "Guillaume Tell." Melcombe-Regis. See Weymouth . Meleager (mel-e-ā'jėr). [Gr. Μελέαγρος.] In Greek legend, a celebrated hero, son of Œneus of Calydon and Althæa: one of the Argonauts and slayer of the Calydonian boar. See Caly donian Hunt . He slew his uncles (brothers of Althea), who attempted to rob A talant a of the boar's hide, and was brought to death through the agency of his mother, who in turn put an end to herself. Meleager. Killed about 323 в. с. А Maced on i an general, distinguished under Alexander the Great. Meleager. A Greek epigrammatist of Gadara, in Palestine, who flourished about the middle of the 1st century B.C. His collected epigrams, entitled "Stephanos" ('Wreath'), formed the Meleager. A statue of early imperial date, in nucleus of the Greek Anthology. the Vatican, Rome. The body of the youthful hunter is nude except for a chlamys wound about the neck and left arm. A hunting-dog sits at his master's feet, and a boar's head is introduced at one side as a support. Meleager, House of. See Pompeii . Meleager and A talant a. A painting by Rubens, in the Old Pinakothek, Munich. Meleager, surrounded by hunting-dogs, and with attributes of the chase, is offering the head of the Calydonian boar to Ata. lant a, who is seated under a tree. Meleda (mel'ā-dä). An island in the Adriatic Sea, belonging to Dalmatia, situated in lat. 42° 45' N.: the ancient Melita. Length, 23 miles. Melegnano (mā-lēn-yä'nō), formerly Marignano (mä-ren-yä'no). A town in the province IMG:content-0766.png:[ocr errors] a disciple of Par me nides and a representative of the Eleatic school. Fragments of his writ- ings have been preserved. Melita (mel'i-tä). [Gr. Μελίτη.] The ancient name ( a ) of Malta, and (b) of Meleda. Mélite (ma-let'). A comedy by Pierre Cor- neille, produced in 1629. Melitene (mel-i-tēnē). [Gr. Μελιτηνή .] 1. In ancient geography, a district in eastern Cappa- Melito (mel'i-tō). [Gr. Μελίτων .] Lived in the second half of the 2d century. A bishop of Sardis, noted as a Christian writer. Melitopol (me-le-to'poly). A town in the gov- ernment of Taurida, southern Ru ia, situated tirely of the 15th century. The choir is characterized by Melkarth (mel'kärth). ['City king.'] tutelary god of Tyre: the Greek Mel i certes. He was merely another aspect of the Can a an it ish supreme god Baal. His temple at Tyre was celebrated for its magnifi- cence. By the Greeks he was identified with Hercules, an idea which was caught by the Phenic i ans, and on their later coins Baal-Melkarth is frequently represented as Her- cules. Therefore the Straits of Gibraltar were also called "The Pillars of Hercules," properly of Melkarth, the Phe- nicians believing that they were the boundary of him in his aspect as the sun-god, and therefore also of navigation. Mellefont (mel'e-font). One of the principal characters in Congreve's comedy "The Double Dealer." He is in love with Cynthia. Mellen (mel'en), Grenville. Born at Biddeford, Maine, June 19, 1799: died at New York, Sept. 5, 1841. An American poet. Mellifluous Doctor, The. A surname of St. Bernard. Melfi (mel'fe). A town in the province of Po- tenza, Italy, situated in lat. 41° N., long. 15°. 39′ E. It has a noted cathedral. It was made Mellin (mel-lēn'), Gustaf Henrik. Born at Melinde (mā-lēn ́dā), or Melinda (mā-lēn ́dä). A town in British East Africa, situated on the coast in lat. 3o 13′ S., long. 40° 11′ E. It was succe ively an Arabian, Portuguese, and Zan- zibari trading-place. Revolax, Finland, April 23, 1803: died Aug. 2, 1876. A Swedish novelist, especially noted for historical novels. Mellitus (mel'i-tus). Died April 24, 624. The first bishop of London and third archbishop of Canterbury. He was sent by Pope Gregory the Great to St. Augustine in Canterbury in 601. Many of Gregory's epistles to Mellitus are extant. He was consecrated bishop about 604, and in 619 became archbishop of Canterbury. Mello (mā lộ), Custodio José de. Born about 1845 died in March, 1902. A Brazilian naval officer and revolutionist. As captain in 1889 he was prominent in the overthrow of the empire; was promoted to admiral; and for a time was minister of marine. On Sept. 6, 1893, he secretly seized the Brazilian war-ships in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro, and at the head of this force declared against President Peixoto. Some of the har bor forts yielded to him; an intermittent bombardment of the loyal forts, of Nictheroy, and, to some extent, of Rio de Janeiro, was kept up for 6 months, and there were several sharp land engagements. Foreign powers-refused to recognize the rebels as belligerents, and they were hence unable to establish a blockade. During much of this time Mello operated on the southern coasts, leaving the com- mand of the ships at Rio to Saldanha da Gama. Santa Catharina was taken late in Sept., 1893, and a provisional government established there, and communications were opened with the insurgents in Rio Grande do Sul. During Mello's absence a government fleet, which had been hastily ordered from Europe and the United States, arrived before Rio de Janeiro, and Saldanha da Gama gave up the ships there (March 12, 1894), taking refuge on a Portuguese man- of-war. Mello still retained several of the strongest ves- sels, including the Republic a and the Aquidaban, as well do Sul early in April, 1894, but was repulsed, and on April 16 gave himself up to the Argentine authorities at Buenos Ayres. On April 17 the Brazilian forces recovered Santa Catharina, the Aquidaban being sunk by torpedoes. Melloni (mel-lō'nē), Macedonio. Born at Par- ma, Italy, April 11, 1798: died near Naples, Aug. for his discoveries in radiant heat. 11, 1854. An Italian physicist, noted especially Melmoth (mel'moth), Courtney. The pseudo- nym of Samuel Jackson Pratt, an English poet and novelist. a isted in drafting the second "book of discipline" in 1581. He reorganized the Scottish universities, particu- larly St. Andrews, of which he became rector in 1590. In the long struggle against the spiritual authority of the king and hierarchy, he was was repeatedly imprisoned. He was sent to the Tower of London April, 1607. At his release he was installed in the chair of biblical theology at Sedan, 1611, and died there. Melo (ma' lộ), or Mello (mel'lō), Francisco Manuel de. Born at Lisbon, Nov. 23, 1611: died at Lisbon, Oct. 13, 1666. A Portuguese historian and poet. He was a soldier in the service of Spain until 1640, when he entered the service of the house of Braganza. He wrote "Hist or i a de los movimien tos, separacion, y guerra de Cataluña" ("History of the Sedi- and other works in both Portuguese and Spanish. tions, Separation, and War of Catalonia," 1645), and poems Melo de Portugal y Villena (ma'lō dā pōr-tö- gälē vēl-yā'nä), Pedro. Born about 1725: died at Monte video, April 15, 1797. A Spanish naval officer and administrator, governor of Paraguay 1778, and sixth viceroy of the Platine colonies from March, 1795. Melos (mē'los), It. Milo (mēʻlō). [Gr. Μήλος.] A volcanic island in the nomarchy of the Cyc- lades, Greece, situated in lat. 36° 42′ N., long. 24° 30′ E. It is noted for the Venus of Melos, found in the ruins of the city of Melos. Population, about 5,000. "Clarel, a Poem" (1876), "Timoleon" (1891). Length, 13 miles. See Venus of Melos . Melozzo da Forli. See Forli . Melville, George John Whyte-. See Whyte- Melville . Melville, Herman. Born at Nev York, Aug. 1, 1819: died there, Sept. 28, 1891. An American novelist. He had a roving spirit, and went to sea as a cabin-boy, returning but once till 1844 From 1857 to 1860 he lectured in the United States, and traveled in England Melville, Sir James tish soldier, diplomat, and historical writer. He was privy councilor and gentleman of the bedchamber to Mary Queen of Scots, and later held the same position in the court of Anne, queen of James VI. His autobiog. raphy ("Memoirs") is important historically. Melville, or Melvill, James. Born July 26, 1556: died at Berwick-on-Tweed, Jan. 13, 1614. A Scottish reformer, nephew of Andrew Melville. He shared his uncle's fortunes in the struggle for Presbyterianism, and when Andrew was confined in the Tower, James was forbidden to enter Scotland. He was allowed to return in 1613, but died on his way at Berwick. Among his works are "A Spiritual Propine of a Pastor to his People" (1598); "The Black Bastill," a poem; and the "Diary," an invaluable historical record. Melville, Viscount. See Dundas . Melville Island. 1. An island north of North Australia.-2. A large island in the Arctic Ocean, intersected by lat. 75° N., long. 110° W. Melville Peninsula. A peninsula in the northern part of British America, west of Fox Channel, and separated from Cock burn Island on the north by Fury and Hecla Strait. Melville Sound. An inlet of the Arctic Ocean, south of Melville Island. Melvill van Carnbee (mel'vil vän kärn'bā), Baron Pieter. Born at The Hague, May 20, 1816: died at Batavia, Oct. 24, 1856. A Dutch geographer, author of works on the hydrography and geography of the East Indies. Membré (mon-brā'), Zenobius. Born at Bapaume, France, 1645: killed in Texas about 1687. A French mi ionary, companion of La Salle in his exploring expeditions. Memel (mā'mel). A seaport in the province of East Pru ia, Pru ia, situated at the mouth of the Dange, and at the entrance of the Kurisches Haff, in lat. 55° 44′ N., long. 21o 7′ E.: the northernmost city in Germany. It exports lumber, grain, etc. It was founded about 1253. The Ru ians captured it in 1757 and in 1812. The treaty between England and