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Siddons. Born at Alex and opened opened in 1837. Mount Lebanon. See Lebanon and New Lebanon . Mount of Olives. See Olivet. Mount of Olives. The English title of Beethoven's oratorio "Christ us am Ölberg," produced in England in 1814. The title was changed to "Engedi" and the principal character to David in 1842, owing to the strong feeling against the appearance of the Saviour as a personage in an oratorio. The original version, how ever, is now given. Grove. Mount Pleasant (plez'ant). A city, the capital of Henry County, Iowa, 26 miles north-northwest of Burlington. It is the seat of German College and Iowa Wesley an University (both Methodist). Popu lati on (1890), 3,997. Mount Vernon (ver'non). The capital of Posey County, southwestern Indiana, situated on the Ohio 19 miles west of Evansville. Population (1890), 4,705. Mount Vernon. A city in West chester County, New York, directly north of New York city. Population (1894), about 16,000. Mount Vernon. Acity, capital of Knox County, Ohio, 41 miles northeast of Columbus. Population (1890), 6,027. Mount Vernon. An estate in Fairfax County, Virginia, situated on the Potomac 15 miles southwest of Washington. It is notable as the residence and place of burial of George Washington. In 1859 it was purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies' A ociation. Mount Zion. See Zion. Moura (mō'rä), Francisco Rolim de. Born at Pernambuco, 1580: died at Lisbon, 1657. A Portuguese administrator. From 1624 to 1626 he andria, Egypt, Aug. 5, 1858. An American figure painter. He studied at Paris with Léon Bonnat. Mowbray (mo brā), Thomas. Died at Venice, 1399. Earl of Nottingham and Duke of Norfolk. He was created earl of Nottingham in 1883, earl marshal in 1384, and was one of the lord appellants of 1387, but afterward joined the king. He was created duke of Norfolk in 1397. Having been accused of treason by Henry Bolingbroke, earl of Here ford (afterward Henry IV.), in 1398, he challenged the latter to single combat, and the lists were set at Coventry in presence of Richard II., who banished both disputants on the eve of the contest, Norfolk for life and Here ford for ten years. Shakspere introduces him in his "Richard II." Mowcher (mou'cher), Mi . In Dickens's "David Copper field," a hair-dre er. a merry talkative dwarf, Moxa, Moxos. os. See Mojos . Moya y Contreras (mo'yä ē kōn-tra'räs), Pedro de. Born in the diocese of Cordova about 1520: died at Madrid, Dec., 1591. A Spanish prelate and administrator. In 1571 he established the Inqui sition in New Spain, and in Dec., 1574, was consecrated archbishop of Mexico. He was acting viceroy Sept. 25, 1584, to Oct. 17, 1585. Later he returned to Spain, and was president of the Council of the Indies. Often called Moya pärv-nēr'). Contreras . Moyen de Parvenir (mwa-van de pär Much later (1610) the last-it may almost be said the first-echo of the genuine spirit of Rabelais was sounded in the "Moyen de Parvenir" of Béroalde de Verville. This eccentric work is perhaps the most perfect example of a fatrasie in existence. In the guise of guests at a banquet the author brings in many celebrated persons of the day and of antiquity, and makes them talk from pillar to post in the strangest po ible fashion. The licence of language and anecdote which Rabelais had permitted himself is IMG:content-0709.png:[blocks in formation] Moytura. See the extract. Many battles took place between these Danaans and the earlier Firbolgic settlers - the native owners, as no doubt they felt themselves, of the country. One of the best substantiated of these, not, indeed, by history or even trad i tion, but by a more solid testimony, that of the stone remains left on the spot, prove, at any rate, that some long-sustained battle was at some remote period fought on the spot [ sic ]. This is the famous pre-historic battle of Moytura, rather the Southern Moytura, for there were two; the other, situated not far from the present town of Sligo, retaining "the largest collection of pre-historic remains,' says Dr. Petrie, "in any region of the world with the exception of Carnac." This second battle of Moytura was fought upon the plain of Cong, which is washed by the waters of Lough Mask and Lough Corrib, close to where the long monotonous midland plain of Ireland becomes broken, changes into that region of high mountains and low-lying valleys now called Conne mar a, but which in earlier days was always known as Iar Con naught. Lawle , Story of Ireland, p. 7. Moza (mō'thä), Pedro de. Born in Granada, 1610: died there, 1666. An artist of the Spanish school, pupil of Juan de Castillo. He was a soldier in the army of Flanders, where he was so charmed with the works of Vandyck that he went to London in 1641 to study under him. Vandyck died soon after, and Moza returned home, and executed numerous works, the best of which are in Granada. Mozambique (mō-zam-bēk'). [F. Mozambique , Sp. Pg. Mosambique , so called from a small coral island of this name near the coast.] 1. The former name for the Portuguese po e ions along the eastern coast of Africa. See East Africa , Portuguese. 2. A town in Portuguese East Africa, situated on an island near the coast, about lat. 15° S. Population, about 7,000. Mozambique Channel. A sea pa age separating Madagascar from the mainland of Africa. Width, 250-550 miles. Mozarabs (mō-zar'abz), or Mozarabians (mōza-ra'bi-anz). Those Christians in Spain who lived among and measurably a imilated themselves to the Moslems, but continued in the exercise of their own religion. Mozart (mō'zärt; G. pron. mō'tsärt), Leopold. Born at Augsburg, Bavaria, Nov. 14, 1719: died at Salzburg, May 28, 1787. A German violinist and musical writer. Mozart, Wolfgang A made us. Born at Salz ("The Marriage of Figaro," 1786), "Don Giovanni" (1787), "Così fan tutte" (1790), "La Clemenza di Tito" (1791), "Die Zauberflöte" ("The Magic Flute," 1791), etc. Very little of his music was published in his lifetime. Mozcas. Same as Muyscas. See Chibchas. Mozdok (moz-dok'). A town in the territory of Terek, Ciscaucasia, Ru ia, situated on the Terek about lat. 43° 43′ N., long. 44° 42′ Ε. Population (1889), 13,286. Mozhaisk (mo-zhīsk'), or Mojaisk, or Moshaisk. A small town in the government of Moscow, Ru ia, situated on the Moskva 63 miles west of Moscow. For the battle here, see Borodino . Mozier (mō'zher), Joseph. Born at Burlington, Vt., Aug. 22, 1812: died in Switzerland, Oct., 1870. An American sculptor. Mozley (moz'li), James Bowling. Born at Gains borough, Sept. 15, 1813: died at Shoreham, Jan. 4, 1878. An English divine and theologian. He was a graduate of Oxford (Magdalen College), and became vicar of Old Shoreham (1856), canon of Worcester, and (1871) regius profe or of divinity at Oxford. He wrote "On the August in i an Doctrine of Pre. destination" (1855), "The Primitive Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration" (1856), "On Miracles" (1865), etc. Mpongwe (mpong'gwe). A Bantu tribe of the French Kongo, settled around the Gabun estuary, famous as traders and middlemen between the whites and the interior natives. Semi-civilized and corrupted by prolonged contact with the whites, they are dying out, but their language will remain, since it is adopted by the inland natives who pre to the coast. The Mpongwe are divided into four social cla es: (a) the Mpongwe of pure blood; (b) those descended from an alien mother; (c) those born of slave women; and (d) slaves. Mrichchhakatika (mrch-ch-ha-ka'ti-kä). [Skt. mrid, clay, and shakatikā , a small cart.] "The Little Clay Cart," a Sanskrit drama. It is a work of remarkable power, comparable to the best modern comedies in plot, incident, character delineation, and felicity of diction, and extraordinary in its minute directions to the actors and its various scenic artifices. It has been supposed to have been written in the 1st or 2d century, but Von Schröder puts it in the 5th or 6th. Its authorship is ascribed in flattery to a king Shudraka, who is praised in the prologue. Pischel, after a igning it earlier to Bhasa, believes its real author to have been Dandin. The hero is Charudatta, a virtuous Brahman, reduced to poverty by his generosity; the heroine, Vasantasena, a beautiful and wealthy hetaira, who loves him and repulses the king's brother-in-law, Sams than aka. Vasantasena is purified and ennobled by her affection, and at last weds Charudatta. "The little clay cart" or "toy cart," from which the name comes, is a plaything of the little son of Charudatta. Visiting Charudatta at his house, Vasantasena finds his child crying because his toy cart is of clay while the cart of a neighbor's child is of gold. Vasantasena fills the boy's cart with her jewels, and tells him to have a gold cart made from these. The Mrichchhakatika has been translated into English by Wilson, into German by both Böht Mugwumps Scott's novel "Old Mortality," a fanatical leader of the Covenanters. Muckro (muk'ros). A peninsular tract between two of the lakes of Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, notable for its abbey, a Francis can foundation of the 15th century. The church has a low, square tower at the cro ing, a rece ed pointed doorway at the west end, and a very beautiful east window. The quadrangular cloister is almost perfect, about 50 feet to a side, and of great beauty. On two sides the arches are semicircular. Of the secular buildings the dormitory, refectory, and kitchen are noteworthy. Mucuchies. See Timotes. Mudania (mö-dä'ne-ä). A town in the vilayet of Khodavendikyar, Ásia Minor, Turkey, situated on the Sea of Marmora 50 miles south of Constantinople. Population, estimated, 10,000. Mudie (mu'di), Charles Edward. Born at Chelsea, Oct. 18, 1818: died at Hampstead, Oct. 28, 1890. An English bookseller. In 1842 he founded Mudie's Library, which is now the largest circu lating library in London. He wrote "Stray Leaves" (1872). Mudki, or Moodkee (möd'ke). A place in the Panjab, British India, 67 miles south-southeast of Lahore. Here, Dec., 1845, the British under Gough defeated the Sikhs. Mudra rakshasa (mö-drä-räk's ha-sa). [Skt., Rakshasa and the Signet-ring."] A celebrated Sanskrit political drama, in seven acts, by Vishakhadatta: ascribed by Wilson to the 11th or 12th century, by Pischel to the beginning of the 11th, and by Kashinath Trimbak Telang and Hillebrandt to the 7th or 8th. It introduces Chan drag upta or Sandrocottus, the founder of the dynasty, and his minister Chanakya, an Indian Machia vell i. The latter is represented as having slain King Nanda and a isted Chan drag upta to the throne. The design is to show how Chanakya by all po ible means effects a reconciliation between Rakshasa, the minister of the mur. dered Nanda, and the persons on whose behalf he was killed. It has been translated into English by Wilson. Muerto (mö-ār'tō), Jornada del. [Sp., 'journey of the dead.'] A very arid plateau, about 65 miles long and from 20 to 30 broad, on the east side of the Rio Grande, and separated from that river by a series of arid mountains, the Sierra Fra Cristobal, Sierra del Caballo, and Sierra del Perrillo. There is permanent water in one locality only. Previous to the construction of the At chis on, Topeka, and Santa Fé Railroad, the Jornada del Muerto was a much dreaded portion of the road between El Paso del Norte and Santa Fé, both on account of its aridity and on account of the Apaches who almost constantly infested the region. Artesian wells have lately been sunk in various places, and cattle are being herded on some portions. Muette de Portici, La. An opera by Auber, words by Scribe and Delavigne. It was produced at Paris in 1828, and in England as "Masa niello" in English in 1829 and as "La Muta di Portici" in Italian in 1851. Brandes, and into Ru ian by Ko owitsch. A full account of the play is given in Von Schröder's "Indien's Literatur und Cultur: Vorlesung 43." Msidi (msēdē), or Mushidi (mö-she'de). See Garenganze. Mstislavl (mste-slävl'). A town in the government of Mohileff, Ru ia, 57 miles east of Mohileff. Population (1893), 8,799. Mtesa (mta'sä). Died 1885. Aking of the Ganda tribe, East Africa, made famous by the visits at his court of Speke, Grant, Emin, and Stanley. Dec. 5, 1791. A celebrated Austrian composer, son of Leopold Mozart. He showed a precocious knowledge of music when only three years old, and first appeared in public in a performance at the University of Salzburg, in 1761, when between five and six years of age. In 1762 his father took him with his sister Marianne on a concert tour to Munich, Vienna, and other places, and in the next year to Paris, where they, especially Wolfgang, excited great enthusiasm. At London in the next year they were equally succe ful, and remained in England till Aug., 1765. Mozart during this time composed a number of symphonies, sonatas, and the overtures for two of his concerts: they also played at their lodgings for such as chose to test their genius in private. They finally arrived at Salzburg again in Nov., 1766, and in 1768 were received between paganism, Islam, and Christianity until his death. at court in Vienna, where Mozart was urged by the emperor to compose an opera and conduct it. He took the story of Mtsensk (mtsensk). A town in the government "La Finta Semplice," and his opera (though opposed by of Orel, Ru ia, situated on the Zusha 34 miles the envy of other musicians) was finally performed at Salzburg. He succeeded in producing his "Bastien und Bastienne" in a private theater at Vienna, and he also composed and conducted the music at the ceremonies of the consecration of the new church at Waisenhaus. From 1769 to 1771 they traveled in Italy, Mozart winning fresh laurels. In 1777 he went to Paris with his mother, where he found that the admiration accorded to a precocious child was not so easily obtained by a mature musician. After the death of his mother he returned to Salzburg, and in 1781 to Vienna, where he lived with the archbishop. He reaped but little pecuniary benefit from his compositions, and his health began to fail. In 1791 he wrote his three greatest symphonies and the "Magic Flute," and in this year received the famous commi ion from a mysteri: Walsegg) to requiem ma finished a month. His enfeebled health and various circumstances connected with the commi ion produced a serious effect on his already troubled brain, and he imagined it to be a summons from the other world. He began the ma , however, and said that it was for his own funeral. As he was already dying, he was not able to supervise the rehearsal of the finished part. He died of malignant typhus fever. There were no ceremonies at his grave, and even his friends followed him no farther than the city gates, owing to a violent storm. He was buried in the common ground of St. Marx, and the exact position of his grave is not known. stranger afterwards to be shed within Many years after a monument was erected to him by the city of Vienna. He left over six hundred compositions, which include more than forty symphonies, a number of ma es (mostly composed in his youth), sonatas, quartets, "The Requiem." etc. Among his operas are "Idomeneo (1781), "Mitridate," "La Finta Giardiniera," "Zaide," "Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail" (1782), "Le Nozze di Figaro" He treated with the khedive and the Sultan of Zanzibar as an equal. He had many good qualities, but kept wavering northeast of Orel. Population (1893), 16,318. Muata-Yamvo (m (mwätä-yäm'vo). The title of the king of the Lunda nation in central Africa: once the greatest potentate of Africa, now greatly reduced by civil wars and the raids of the Makioko. Mucedorus (mū-sē-dō'rus). A play, probably by T. Lodge, acted in 1653, printed in 1598. It has been a igned to Shakspere without reason able ground. Much (much). A miller's son, one of Robin Hood's band, said to have been a real person. "Mayor of Garratt," said to be a satirical portrait of the Duke of Newcastle. Mügge (müg'ge), The odor. Born at Berlin, Nov. 8, 1806: died at Berlin, Feb. 18, 1861. A German novelist and writer of travels. Among his works are "Die Schweiz" ("Switzerland," 1847), the novel "To us saint" (1840), etc. Muggendorf (mög'gen-dorf). A village in Upper Franc on i a, Bavaria, situated on the Wiesent 25 miles north-northeast of Nuremberg. There are celebrated stalactitic grottoes in the vicinity. Mugg let on (mug'l-ton), Lodowick or Ludowick. Born 1609: died 1697 or 1698. An English fanatic, founder, conjointly with John Reeve, of the Mugg let on i ans. His doctrines were published in "The Divine Looking-Gla " (1656). Mugg let on i ans(mug-1-to'ni-anz). A sect founded in England by Lodowick Mugg let on and John Reeve about 1651. The members of the sect believed in the prophetic inspiration of its founders, as being the two witne es mentioned in Rev. xi. 3-6, and held that there is no real distinction between the persons of the Trinity, that God has a human body, and that Elijah was his representative in heaven when he descended to die on the cro . The last member of the sect is said to have died in 1868. Mughals. See Moguls . Mugheir. See Ur . spere, produced in 1597-98. It was first printed in 1600. The play was known as "Benedict and Bettris" in 1613, and is probably the same as "Love's Labour 's Won" (which see). The story of Hero is taken with some variations from one of Bandello's tales, which probably was borrowed from the story of Geneura and Ariodantes in the "Orlando Furioso" of Ariosto. This part of the play, however, is subordinated by Shakspere to the loves of Benedick and Be at rice. Mucius Scævola. See Scævola . Mücke (mük'ke), He in rich Karl Anton. Born at Breslau, Pru ia, April 9, 1806: died at Dü eldorf, Jan. 17, 1891. A German historical painter, a pupil of the Berlin and Dü eldorf academies, and profe or at the latter from 1844. Muckle wrath (muk'l-räth), Habakkuk. In acre in London in the early part of the 18th century. Its name came from the fact that each member drank his ale out of his own mug. After this a number of mug-houses were established by the partizans of the Hanover succe ion, in order that the Protestants might rally in them against the Jacobite mobs. It was at one of these, in Salisbury Court, Fleet street, that the most serious of the "Mug-house riots" took place (July 23, 1716). The mob attacked the Han over i ans a embled there, the fighting continued all night, and the ringleader of the mob was killed. Mugwumps (mug'wumps). [From Algonquian mugquomp , a chief or leader.] In United States political history, the independent members of the Republican party who in 1884 openly refused to support the nominee (Blaine) of that IMG:content-0710.png:[blocks in formation] Muharram (mö-har'am). [Ar.] The first month of the Mohammedan year; also, a religious festival held during that month. The ceremonies with the Shiah Moslems have special reference to the death of Hasan, grandson of Mohammed, who is looked upon by the Shiahs as a martyr. With the Sunnites they have reference to the day of creation. Also Moharram . Mühlbach (mül bäch). [G., 'mill-stream.'] A town in Transylvania, 8 miles south of Karlsburg. Population (1890), 6,692. Mühlbach, Luise. See Mundt . Mühlberg (mül'berg). A small town in the province of Saxony, Pru ia, situated on the Elbe 35 miles northwest of Dresden. Here, April 24, 1547, the Imperialists under Charles V. defeated John Frederick I., elector of Saxony. Mühldorf (mül'dorf). A town in Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, situated on the Inn 44 miles east northeast of Munich. Here, Sept. 28, 1322, the emperor Louis the Bavarian defeated Frederick of Austria. Also called battle of Ampfing. Population (1890), 2,938. Mühlenberg (G. pron. mü'len-berg), He in rich Melchior. Born at Einbeck, Pru ia, Sept. 6, 1711: died at Trappe, Pa., Oct. 7, 1787. A German-American clergyman, chief founder of the Luther an Church in the United States. Muhlenberg (mu'len-berg), Henry August us. Born at Lancaster, Pa., May 13, 1782: died at Reading, Pa., Aug. 11, 1844. An American clergyman and Democratic politician, son of G. H. E. Muhlenberg. He was minister to Austria 1838-40. Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel. Born at Trappe, Pa., Oct. 1, 1746: died near Philadelphia, Oct. 1, 1807. An American Revolutionary general and politician, son of H. M. Mühlenberg. Muhlenberg, William August us. Born at Philadelphia, Sept. 16, 1796: died at New York, April 8, 1877. An American Episcopalian clergyman, hymn-writer, and hymnologist: great grandson of H. M. Mühlenberg. He was first su per intend ent and pastor of St. Luke's Hospital, New York. One of his best-known hymns is "I would not live al way. Mühlhausen (in Alsace). See Mülhausen . Mühlhausen (mül'hou-zen). A town in the province of Saxony, Pru ia, situated on the Unstrut 21 miles northwest of Gotha. It has important manufactures of cotton, woolen, etc.; was formerly a free imperial city; and was the headquarters of Thomas Münzer 1524-25. Population (1890), 27,427. Mühlheim. See Mülheim . Muiopotmos (möi-o-pot'mos), or the Tale of the Butterfly. [Gr. μυτα , fly, and πότμος, lot, destiny.] A poem by Spenser, in octave rime, published in 1591 in the volume known as "Com plaints." 5, Muir (mür), John. Born at Glasgow, Feb. 1810: died at Edinburgh, March 7, 1882. A Scottish Sanskrit scholar. He was educated at Glasgow University and at the East India Company's College at Haileybury. From 1829 to 1853 he held various civil and judicial positions in India. In 1862 he founded the chair of Sanskrit at Edinburgh University. His "Original Sanskrit Texts, etc.," appeared 1858-70. He published a vol ume of metrical translations from Sanskrit writers. Muir, John. Born at Dunbar, Scotland, in 1836. An American naturalist, explorer, and writer. For a number of years he made his headquarters in the Yosemite region, demonstrating the theory of its glacial formation, and making a comprehensive study of the geological and botanical features of the Sierra Nevada. In 1879 he went to Alaska and explored the region north of Fort Wrangel, discovering Glacier Bay and the glacier bearing his name; and in 1881 accompanied one of the expeditions to the Arctic in search of the lost Jeanette. He has published in magazines a number of illustrated articles concerning the natural features of most of these regions. He has also edited "Picturesque California," and published "The Mountains of California" (1894). Muir, Sir William. Born 1819. A Scottish Arabic scholar, brother of John Muir. He entered the Bengal civil service at 18 years of age. He was lieutenant-governor of the Northwest Provinces 1868-74; financial minister to Indian government 1874-76; and becane principal of the University of Edinburgh in 1885. He has written a "Life of Mahomet" (1858-61), "Annals of the Early Caliphate" (1883), etc. Mukden, or Moukden (mök-den'), or Shingking (shing'king'). The capital of Manchuria, situated on a branch of the Liao about lat. 41° 45′ N., long. 123° 40′ E. New chang is its seaport. Population (1887), 250,000. Mukhtar (mökh-tär') Pasha, Achmed. Born at Brusa, Asia Minor, Sept., 1832. A Turkish general. He was appointed governor-general of Bosnia in 1875, and commander-in-chief in Armenia in 1877. He defeated the Ru ians at Zevin June 25, and at Kizil-Tepe IMG:content-0711.png:[blocks in formation] at Marne, Holstein, Sept. 8, 1818: died at Ber Aug. 25, but was in turn defeated at Aladja Oct. 15, and at Müllenhoff (mül'len-hof), Karl Victor. Born Deve-Boyun Nov. 4, 1877. Mula (mö'lä). A town in the province of Murcia, Spain, 19 miles west of Murcia. Population (1887), 10,768. Mulahacen (mö-lä-ä-then'), or Mulhacen (mölä-then'). The highest summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Spain, about 25 miles east by south of Granada. Height, about 11,660 feet. Mulberries, The. See the extract. Towards the end of the year 1824, some young men met at a humble tavern, the Wrekin, in the genial neighbourhood of Covent Garden, with Shakspeare as their common idol; and it was a regulation of this club that some paper, or poem, or conceit bearing upon Shakspeare should be contributed by each. Hither came Douglas Jerrold, and he was soon joined by Laman Blanchard. Upon Jerrold's suggestion the club was called the Mulberries and their contributions Mulberry leaves. The club did not, however, die easily; it was changed and grafted in times nearer the present, when it was called the Shakspeare Club. Charles Dickens, Mr. Justice Talfourd, Daniel Maclise, Mr. Mac ready, Mr. Frank Stone, etc., belonged to it. Respectability killed it. Timbs . Mulberry Garden. A place of refreshment in London, much frequented by persons of quality in the 17th century. Sir Charles Sedley produced a comedy with this title in 1668. It is partly taken from Molière's "Ecole des mar is." Mulcaster (mul'kas-ter), Richard. Born at Car lisle: died April 15, 1611. An English philologist. He was a scholar in King's College, Cambridge, in 1548, and a student of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1555. He was made master of Merchant Taylors' School in 1561, and of St. Paul's School in 1596, and taught Spenser. He wrote "Positions, etc., nece arie for the Training up of Children, etc." (1581), "The First Part of the Elementarie... of the Right Writing of our English Tung" (1582), etc. Mulciber (mul'si-ber). [L., 'the softener.'] In Roman mythology, a surname of Vulcan. Mulde (möl'de). A river in Saxony, Pru ia, and Anhalt. It is formed by the union of the Zwickauer Mulde and the Freiberger Mulde, and joins the Elbe 3 miles north of De au. Length (including the Zwickauer Mulde), about 200 miles. Mulder (möl'der), Gerardus Johannes. Born at Utrecht, Netherlands, Dec. 27, 1802: died lin, Feb. 19, 1884. A German philologist, profe or at Berlin from 1858. He published various works on Germanic philology and antiquities. Mullens (mul'enz), or Mullins (mul'inz), Priscilla. The wife of John Alden, and the heroine of Long fellow's poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish." Müller (mü-lar'), Charles Louis, called Mül- ler de Paris. Born at Paris, Dec. 22, 1815: died there, Jan. 22, 1892. A French historical painter. Among his works are the "Roll Call of the Last Victims of the Reign of Terror," "Marie Antoinette at the Trianon," "Charlotte Corday in Prison," "Galileo before Cardinal Barber in i," etc. Müller (mül'ler), Eduard. ( The G. surname Müller =E. Miller .] Born at Brieg, Pru ia, Nov. 12, 1804: died at Liegnitz, Pru ia, Nov. 30, 1875. A German author, brother of K. O. Müller. Müller, Frederick (Fried rich) Maximilian, generally called Max Müller. Born at De au, Germany, Dec. 6, 1823. A German-English San- skrit scholar and comparative philologist, son of Wilhelm Müller. He was educated at Leipsic, Ber- lin, and Paris, and in 1846 went to England, and in 1850 settled at Oxford. He became profe or of modern lan- guages and literature there in 1854, and has been profe or of comparative philology since 1868. In 1856 he became con- nected with the Bodleian Library, and 1865-67 was curator of Oriental works. He has edited and translated the "Hi top a des a" (1844), and has edited the Rig-Veda (6 vols. 1849-74), etc. His chief works are "A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature" (1859), "Lectures on the Science of Language" (1861-64), "Handbooks for the Study of Sanskrit" (1865-70: comprising grammar, dictionary, etc.), "Chips from a German Workshop" (1868-75), "Lectures on the Science of Religion" (1870), "On the Origin and Growth of Religion as illustrated by the Religions of India" (1878), and translations of various Oriental works. Müller, Fried rich, called Müller the Painter, or Maler Müller. Born at Kreuznach, Pru ia, Jan. 13, 1749: died at Rome, April 23, 1825. A German poet, painter, and engraver. at Utrecht, April, 1880. A Dutch physician Müller, Fried rich. Born at Jemnik, Bohemia, and chemist, profe or of chemistry at Utrecht 1840-68: especially noted for his researches protein. Mule sans Frein (mül son fran), La. [F., The Mule without a Bridle.'] A French romance which has by some been attributed to Payans Maizières, and by others to Chrestien de Troyes.