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See Hermanns Denkmal. Popu lati on (1890), 9,733. Detmold, Johann Hermann. Born at Hannover, Germany, July 24, 1807: died there, March 17, 1856. A German politician and satirical writer. He was elected to the national a embly in 1848, and in 1849 was for a short time minister of justice and of the interior. He wrote "Anleitung zur Kunstken nerschaft" (1833), "Randzeichnungen" (1843), and "Thaten und Meinungen des Herrn Piepmeier" (1849). De Tocqueville. See Tocqueville . Detroit (de-troit'). [From F. détroit , strait.] A port of entry and the capital of Wayne County, Michigan, situated on the Detroit River in lat. 42° 20′ N., long. 83° 5' W. It is the first city in Michigan, and has a large American and Canadian trade in grain, wool, copper, pork, etc. Among its chief manufactures are car-wheels. It was first visited by the French in 1610; settled by them under Cadillac in 1701; ceded to the British in 1763; besieged by Pontiac 1763-64; ceded to the United States in 1783, but not occupied until covered by the United States in 1813. It was the State 1796; surrendered by Hull to the British in and re capital from 1837 to 1847. Pop. (1900), 285,704. Detroit River. A river which flows from Lake St. Clair into Lake Erie, and separates Michigan from the province of Ontario, Canada. Length, about 25 miles. Dettingen (det'ting-en). A village in Lower Franc on i a, Bavaria, situated on the Main 16 miles southeast of Frankfort. Here, June 27, 1743, the Anglo-German army under George II. of England feated the French under Noailles. Deucalion (dū-kā'li-on). [Gr. Δευκαλίων .] In Greek legend, a king of Phthia in The aly, a son of Pro me the us and Clymene, who with his wife Pyrrha was saved from a deluge sent by Zeus. On the advice of his father he built a wooden chest in which he and his wife were saved. After floating for nine days he landed on Mount Parna us and sac rificed to Zeus. To renew the human race, destroyed by in Locris. the deluge, he and Pyrrha were directed to veil their faces and throw behind them the bones of their mother. Through a misunderstanding they threw stones, and those thrown by Deucalion became men and those thrown by Pyrrha women; and with these Deucalion founded a kingDeuteronomy (du-te-ron'ō-mi). [LGr. δευτερο νόμιον, the second law.] The fifth and last book of the Pent a teuch, containing the last discourses of Moses, delivered in the plain of Moab. It begins with a recapitulation of the events of the last month of the forty years' wandering of the Israeli tes in the des ert (i.-iv. 40); then follows the main body of the book, set. ting forth the laws which were to regulate the Israeli tes when they should become settled in the promised land; while chapters xxvi.-xxxiii. contain the farewell speeches of Moses. Deuteronomy is a manual of religion and social ethics. Compared with the other books of the Pent a teuch it is distinguished by a warm, oratorical tone. The laws of the preceding books are modified, and their presentation is more spiritual and ethical. On account of these differences Deuteronomy is now a igned by many critics to a different author and date from the rest of the Pent a teuch. Owing to the fact that the so-called reformation of King Josiah appears to carry out the principles of Deuteronomy, it is concluded that "the book of the law" discovered by the priest Hilkiah in the temple in 622 в. с., which began the reformation of Josiah, was Deuteronomy. But its composition must certainly have originated at an earlier date. This is put by many critics in the reign of Mena eh, 698-643 в. с. Deva (dā'vä). [Skt., 'heavenly,' and, as a substantive, 'god.'] A deity. The Devas were later reckoned as 33: 12 Adityas, 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, and 2 Asvins. Deva (dē'vä). The ancient name of Chester (which see), and also of the Dee. Déva (dā'vo). A small town in Transylvania, Hungary, situated on the Maros 37 miles south west of Karlsburg. Devanagari (da-va-nä'ga-re). [Skt., 'of the city of the gods or Brahmans.'] The mode of writing Sanskrit employed in Hindu stan proper, and alone adopted by European scholars: a name of doubtful origin and value. (da-o-präg'). A sacred city of the Hindus, sit Dev apr a yag a (da-vä-pra-yä ga), or Deoprag uated in Garhwal, British India, in lat. 30° 9′ N., long. 78° 39′ E., where the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi unite to form the Ganges. Devarshis (dā-vär's hiz). [Skt.] In Hindu religion, Dev a rishis or sages who have attained perfection upon earth, and have been exalted as demigods to heaven. Devens (dev'ens), Charles. Born at Charles town, Ma ., April 4, 1820: died at Boston, Jan. 7, 1891. An American jurist and general. He served with distinction in the Army of the Potomac 18611865, and was attorney-general of the United States 1877 1881. Dev enter (de'ven-ter), or Demter (dem'ter). A town in the province of Overy el, Netherlands, situated on the Y el 22 miles northeast of Arnhem. It produces "Dev enter honey cakes," butter, iron, etc. (See the extract.) Population (1889), 22,293. A proof of this character was given in an institution of considerable influence both upon learning and religion, the college or brotherhood of Dev enter, planned by Gerard Groot, but not built and inhabited till 1400, fifteen years after his death. The a ociates of this, called by different names, but more usually Brethren of the Life in Common ( Gem eine sleb ens ), or Good Brethren and Sisters, were dispersed in different parts of Germany and the Low Coun Devil upon Two Sticks, The Reading, relieved Gloucester, and gained the first battle of Newbury in 1643; lost his army in the unsucce ful campaign in Cornwall in 1644; and resigned his command on the pa age of the Self-Denying Ordinance in 1645. Devereux, Walter, first Earl of E ex. Born in Car mar then shire, Wales, probably in 1541: died at Dublin, Sept. 22, 1576. An English nobleman. He raised in 1569 a troop of soldiers to a ist in suppre ing the northern rebellion under the earls of Nor thumb ria and West more land, for which service he was created earl of E ex in 1572. He made unsucce ful attempt to subdue and colonize Ulster 1573-76. Deveron (dev'e-ron). A river in Aberdeen shire and Banffshire, Scotland, which flows into Moray Firth at Banff, Length, about 60 miles. Devi (dā'vē). In Hindu mythology, "the godde " or Mahadevi ('the great godde '), wife of the god Shiva and daughter of Himavat (that is, the Himalaya Mountains). She is mentioned under a number of names in the Mahabharata, but is specially developed in the Puranas. As the Shakti or female energy of Shiva, she has two characters, one mild, the other fierce, and it is under the latter that she is especially worshiped. She has various names, referring to her various forms. In her terrible form she is Durga ('the inacces. sible'). It is in this character that bloody sacrifices are offered to her, that the barbarities of the Durgapuja and Charakpuja are perpetrated, and that the orgies of the Tantrikas are held in her honor. De Vigny. See Vigny . Devil (dev'l), The. A noted tavern in Fleet street, London, near Temple Bar. The Apollo Club was held here. It was presided over by Ben Jonson. Shakspere, Beaumont, Fletcher, and other celebrities frequented it. The tavern has been absorbed by Child's Bank, one of the oldest banks in London, which occupied the next house. Devil, The White. See White Devil . Devil and his Dam, The. See Grim the Col lier of Croyden. Devil is an A , The. A comedy by Ben Jonson, first acted in 1616. Jonson evidently had in mind the title of Dekker's play (published 1612) "If it be not Good the Devil is in it"; the devil in Jonson's play being an a in comparison to the characters who buffet and completely overreach him. Devil of Dowgate, The, or Usury Put to Use. Devil of Edmonton. See Merry Devil of Ed monton . tries, but with their head college at Dev enter. They bore an evident resemblance to the modern Moravians, by their See Night - Walker , The (by Fletcher). strict lives, their community (at least a partial one) of goods, their industry in manual labour, their fervent devotion, their tendency to mysticism. Hallam , Lit., p. 75. De Vere (de ver'), Sir Aubrey. Born at Curragh Chase, County Limerick, Ireland, Aug. 28, 1788: died there, July 5, 1846. An Irish poet. He was the eldest son of Sir Vere Hunt, and took the ancestral name of De Vere in 1832 by letters patent. He published "Julian the Apostate" (1822), "The Song of Faith," etc. (1842), "Mary Tudor" (1847: posthumously published), etc. De Vere, Aubrey Thomas. Born at Curragh Chase, County Limerick, Ireland, Jan. 10, 1814: died there, Jan. 20, 1902. An Irish poet, son of Sir Aubrey De Vere. He wrote "The Waldenses," etc. (1842), poems in 1843, 1853, 1857, 1861, 1864, "Irish Odes" (1869), "Alexander the Great" (1874), "Legends of the Saxon Saints" (1879), etc. His prose works consist of "English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds" (1848), "Pleas for Secularization" (1867), "The Church Establishment of Ireland" (1867), etc., and several volumes of e ays (1887-89). De Vere, Maximilian Schele. Born near Wexiö, Sweden, Nov. 1, 1820: died 1898. An American philologist, profe or in the University of Virginia. He published "Comparative Philology" (1853), "Stray Leaves from the Book of Nature" (1856), "American isms," etc. (1871), "Romance of American History" (1872), a number of translations from SpielS a intine (1874). German Orientalist, of Hebrew descent, a istant in the British Museum library. Deutsch-Brod (doich'brōt). A town in Bohemia, situated on the Sazawa 60 miles southeast of Prague. Population (1890), commune, 5,735. Deutsch-Krone (doich'kra'ne). A town in the province of West Pru ia, Pru ia, 62 miles north of Posen. Population (1890), 5,782. Deutz (doits). A town in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, situated on the east bank of the Rhine opposite Cologne: the Roman Divitia, later (after the 10th century) Tuitium. Population (1890), 17,681. Deux Amis (dė-zä-mē ́), Les. [F., 'the two friends.'] A play by Beau march a is, produced in 1770. IMG:content-0419.png:[blocks in formation] 354,282, Devereux, Penelope. A lady loved by Sir Philip Sidney, and celebrated by him under the name of Stella. See Astrophel . Devereux, Robert, second Earl of E ex. Born at Nether wood, Here ford shire, England, Nov. 10, 1567: beheaded at London, Feb. 25, 1601. An English nobleman, son of the first Earl of E ex, and a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. He was appointed in 1585 general of the horse to the expedition sent under Leicester to the aid of the States-General. In 1587 he attended the court of Queen Elizabeth, who at this time began to show him unmistakable signs of attention. He married the widow of Sir Philip Sidney in 1590, became a privy councilor in 1593, commanded the land forces in the expedition against Cadiz in 1596, was appointed earl marshal of England in 1597, and became chancellor of Cambridge University in 1598. In 1599 he was appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland, in which post he aroused the queen's anger by the failure of his operations against the Irish rebels. He returned to England to lay his defense before the queen in person, and, failing to regain his standing at court, formed a conspiracy to compel her by force of arms to dismi his enemies in the council. He was arrested and executed on the charge of treason. Devereux, evereux, Robert, F third Earl of E ex. Born at London, 1591: died Sept. 14, 1646. An Eng lish general, son of the second Earl of E ex. He was appointed general of the Parliamentary army on the outbreak of the civil war in 1642; fought the Royalist forces in the drawn battle of Edge hill in 1642; captured ville . Deville, Sainte-Claire. See Sainte - Claire De Devil's Bridge. A stone bridge over the Reu , in the canton of Uri, Switzerland, on the St. Gotthard Pa , near An der matt. It was partly destroyed by the French in 1799. A new bridge (near the original one) was built 1828-30. Devil's Bridge, or Pont-y-Mynach (pont-ēmun'ach). A bridge over the gorge of the Mynach, near Aberystwith, in Wales. Devil's Dyke. An ancient earthwork, 18 feet high (of prehistoric date), in Cambridge shire, England, extending from Reach to Wood-Ditton. There is another natural "Devil's Dyke" near Brighton, England. The Devil's Dyke, as this barrier is called, is clearly a work of defence against enemies advancing from the Fens; and as a defence to the East Anglians it was of pricele value, for, stretching as it did from a point where the country became fenny and impa able to ad point where the woods equally forbade all acce , it covered the only entrance to the country they had won. e But if the dyke be the work of the conquerors of this part of the coast, its purely defensive character shows that their attack was at an end; and that it was rather as a ailants than as a prey that they regarded the towns of Green, Making of England, p. 51. Central Britain. Devil's Lake. A lake in the northeastern part of North Dakota. Length, 50 miles. Devil's Law-Case, The. A romantic comedy by Webster, printed in 1623. Devil's Parliament. [L. Parliamentum Dia bolicum .] A nickname given to the English Parliament which met at Coventry, England, in 1459. It attainted the leading Yorkists. Devil's Thoughts, The. A short poem by Cole ridge and Southey, sometimes known as "The Devil's Walk."