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Polit. Hist., p. 84. Cowell, Joseph Leathley. Born near Torquay, Aug. 7, 1792: died near London, Nov. 13,1863. An English actor. His real name was Witchett. He painted portraits, and was a clever and popular actor. He published an amusing autobiography 1844. His daughter Sidney Frances (Mrs. H. L. Bateman) was the mother of Kate Bateman. Cowes, East and West. See East Cowes and West Cowes. Cowgate (kou'gat), The. A noted and once fashionable street in Edinburgh Old Town. The suburb with this name, situated on the southern side of the city in a valley, through which the street runs, was first inclosed within the walls in 1513. Cowichin (kou'we-chin). A name given collectively to those Salishan tribes which formerly occupied the southeastern side of Vancouver Island, the opposite mainland, and the intervening islands, all speaking nearly related dialects. They are now on the Cowichin reservation, under the Fraser River agency, British Columbia. See Salishan . Cowley (kou'li, formerly köʻli), Abraham. Born at London, 1618: died at Chertsey, Surrey, July 28, 1667. An English poet, seventh and posthumous child of Thomas Cowley, a stationer. He studied at Westminster and at Cambridge (Β. Α. 1639, Μ. Α. 1642); retired to Oxford (St. John's College) in 1643; identified himself with the Royalists, and followed the queen to France in 1646, where he remained in the service of the exiled court until 1656; returned to England in the latter year; and finally settled (1665) at Chertsey. He enjoyed during his lifetime a high reputa tion as a poet, which rapidly declined after his death. The first collected edition of his works appeared in 1668. Cowley, Richard. See Wellesley , Marquis of (second Earl of Morning ton). Cowley, Mrs. (Hannah Park house). Born at Tiverton, Devons hire, 1743: died there, March 11, 1809. An English poet and dramatist, daughter of a bookseller of Tiverton, and wife of a captain in the service of the East India Company. She was the author of "The Runaway" (acted Feb., 1776), "The Belle's Stratagem" (acted Feb., 1780), "A Bold Stroke for a Husband" (acted Feb., 1783), etc. Under the pseudonym "Anna Matilda," which has become a synonym for sentimentality, she carried on a poetical correspondence in the "World" with Robert Merry, who adopted the signature "Della Crusca." Cowlitz (kou'lits). A tribe of North American Indians which formerly lived on Cowlitz River, at its mouth, and on the Columbia River, Washington. They were confederated in 1858 with the Upper Chehalis, their total number then being about 160. See Salishan . Cowpens (kou'penz). A village in Spartan burg County, northwestern South Carolina, 8 miles northeast of Spartan burg. Here, Jan. 17, 1781, the Americans (about 1,000) under Morgan defeated tle to Joseph Hill" (1785), "Homer's Iliad and Ody ey" (1791), "The Power of Grace Illustrated," a translation of six letters from Van Lier to John Newton (1792), "Poems" (1798), and sixty-seven of the "Olney Hymns" (1779) After his death appeared "Poems," chiefly from the French of Madame Guyon (1801), a translation of the Latin and Italian poems of Milton (1808), an edition of Milton (1810), and some early poems (1825). Cox (koks), David. [The surname Cox or Core is another spelling of Cocks , a patronymic (genitive) form of Cock .] Born near Birmingham, England, April 29,1783: died at Harborne Heath, near Birmingham, June 7,1859. A noted English landscape-painter, son of a Birmingham blacksmith. Among his best-known pictures are "Washing Day" (1843), “The Vale of Clwyd” (1846), "Peace and War" (1846), "Going to the Hay-field," "The Challenge" (1853), "The Summit of the Mountain" (1853), etc. Cox, Sir George William. Born 1827. An English clergyman and historian. His works include "Life of St. Boniface" (1853), "Tales from Greck Mythology" (1861), "A Manual of Mythology, etc." (1867), "The Mythology of the Aryan Nations" (1870), "A History of Greece" (1874), "A General History of Greece from the Earliest Period to the Death of Alexander the Great" (1876), "History of the Establishment of British Rule in India" (1881), "Introduction to the Science of Comparative Mythology and Folk Lore" (1881), "Life of Bishop Colenso" (1888), "The Church of England and the Teaching of Bishop Colenso" (1888). With Brande he published "A Dictionary of Science and Literature" (1862-72). Cox, Jacob Dolson. Born at Montreal, Canada, Oct. 27, 1827. An American general and politician. He served in West Virginia 1861-62, at Antietam in 1862, and in Georgia and Tenne ee in 1864. He was governor of Ohio 1866-68, and secretary of the interior 1869-70. IMG:content-0331.png:[blocks in formation] Cox, Richard. Born at Whaddon, Bucking hams hire, England, 1500: died July 22, 1581. An English prelate, appointed bishop of Ely in 1559. He was translator of the Acts of the Apostles and of Paul's Epistle to the Romans for the "Bishops' Bible." Cox, Samuel Hanson. Born at Rahway, N. J., Aug. 25, 1793: died at Bronxville, West chester County, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1881. An American Presbyterian clergyman. He was ordained in 1817; be came pastor of the Spring Street Church in New York in 1821, and of the Laight Street Church in 1825; and profe or of pastoral theology at Auburn in 1834. In 1837 he became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was profe or of ecclesiastical history for many years in the Union Theological Seminary. In 1852 he retired from active service in the church, but frequently preached Ohio, Sept. 30, 1824: died at New York Sept. 10, 1889. An American politician and diplomatist. He became editor of the Columbus, Ohio, "Statesman" in 1853, and gained the sobriquet of "Sunset Cox by an extremely rhetorical description of a sunset which he printed in that journal. He was a Democratic member of Congre from Ohio 1857-65; from New York city 1869-73 and 1875-85; was United States minister to Turkey 1885-86; was, on his return to New York, elected to Congre to fill a vacancy; and was reëlected in 1888. Author of "A Buckeye Abroad" (1852), "Eight Years in Congre " (1865), "Three Decades of Federal Legislation" (1886), etc. Coxcie, or Cocxie (kok'sē), or Coxis, Michael. Born at Mechlin, Low Countries, 1499: died at Mechlin, March 5, 1592. A Flemish painter. His best-known work is a copy of the "Adoration of the Lamb" by the brothers Van Eyck. Coxcomb (koks'kom), The. A play by Beaumont, Fletcher, and Rowley (?), produced in 1612 and published in 1647. Coxcox. See the extract. The Noah of the Mexican tribes was Coxcox, who, with his wife Xochiquetzal, alone escaped the deluge. They took refuge in the hollow trunk of a cypre (ahuehuete), which floated upon the water, and stopped at last on top of a mountain of Culhuacan. They had many children, but all of them were dumb. The Great Spirit took pity on them, and sent a dove, who hastened to teach them to speak. Fifteen of the children succeeded in grasping the power of speech, and from these the Toltecs and Aztecs are descended. Hale , Story of Mexico, p. 22. Coxe (koks), Arthur Cleveland. Born at Mendham, N. J., May 10, 1818: died July 20, 1896. AD American clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He became a istant bishop of western New York in 1863, bishop in 1865. Author of "Saul, a Mystery, and Other Poems" (1845), "Hallowe'en, a Romauut, with Lays Meditative and Devotional" (1869), "The Ladye Chace" (1878), "Institutes of Christian History" (1887), etc. Coxe (koks), Tench. Born at Philadelphia, May 22, 1755: died at Philadelphia, July 17, 1824. An American political economist. He wrote "View of the United States" (1794), etc. Coxe, William. Born at London, March 7, 1747: died at Bemerton, Wilts hire, England, June 16, 1828. An English clergyman. historian, and biographer. He was appointed rector of Bemerton in 1788, of Stourton in 1800, and of Fovant, Wilts hire, in 1811, and archdeacon of Wilts hire in 1804. He wrote "A History of the House of Austria" (1807), "Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole" (1798), etc. Coyne (koin), Joseph Stirling. Born at Birr, King's County, Ireland, 1803: died at London, July 18, 1868. An Irish humorist and playwright, author of a number of succe ful farces and other works. Coyotero (kō-yō-tērō). [So called from their eating the coyote, or prairie wolf.] 1. The Pinal Coyotero, or Tonto Apache. -2. One of the four subtribes of the Gileño, or Gila Apache: also called Sierra Blanca Apache, or White Mountain Apache, from their habitat. These Coyotero are a mountain tribe, dwelling southeast of the Pinal Coyotero, and beyond the Gila River. See Gileño. Coypel (kwä-pel'), Antoine. Born at Paris, April 11, 1661: died at Paris, Jan. 1, 1722. A French painter, son of Noël Coypel. Coypel, Charles Antoine. Born at Paris, June 11, 1694: died June 14, 1752. A French painter, son of Antoine Coypel. Coypel, Noël. Born at Paris, Dec. 25, 1628: died at Paris, Dec. 21, 1707. A French painter, an imitator of Pou in. His best-known work is the "Martyrdom of St. James," in Notre Dame, Paris. Coypel, Noël Nicolas. Born at Paris, Nov. 18, 1692: died at Paris, Dec. 14, 1734. A French painter, stepbrother of Antoine Coypel. Coysevox (kwäs-voks'), Antoine. Born at Lyons, Sept. 29, 1640: died at Paris, Oct. 10, 1720. A French sculptor of Spanish origin. He went to Paris and entered the atelier of Lerambert, the celebrated sculptor, painter, and poet. He copied many antiques in marble, among them the Venus di Medici and the Castor and Pollux. In 1667 he was called to Strasburg to execute the decorations of the palace of the Cardinal Prince de Fürstenberg. He returned to Paris in 1671, where he enjoyed the personal friendship and lectured. He favored the antislavery movement, though not its extreme measures, and took a strong conservative position with regard to the Southern question. He was a fine and powerful orator. of Louis XIV., who gave him large commi ions at Versailles, then in proce of construction. In 1687 he made the statue of Louis XIV. at the Hôtel de Ville; also an equestrian statue of the king for the city of Rennes in Bretagne. In 1701 he made the two winged horses for the entrance to the Tuileries gardens. Among his works are portrait-statues (Condé at Chantilly, the Dauphine Adelaide of Savoie as Diane Cha ere e, the kneeling statue of Louis XIV. at Notre Dame), the tomb of Mazarin in the Eglise des Quatre Nations, and the monument to Colbert at Saint-Eustache. Cozeners (kuz'n-érz), The. A comedy by Samuel Foote. produced in 1774. See Air castle . Cozumel (kō-thö-mal'). An island 9 miles east of the coast of Yucatan. It is 24 miles long by 7 wide, low and flat, and bordered by reefs. When discov ered by Grijalva (1518) and visited by Cortés (1519), it was Cozumel inhabited by Maya Indians, and remains of their temples and houses still exist. At present the island has no permanent inhabitants. Cozzens (kuz'nz), Frederick Swartwout. Born at New York, March 5, 1818: died at Brooklyn, Dec. 23, 1869. An American miscellaneous writer. He was for many years a wine merchant in New York city, and published in connection with his busine a trade paper called "The Wine Pre ." He wrote the "Sparrowgra Papers" (1856). Crab (krab). The crusty guardian of the for tune of Buck in Foote's comedy "The Eng lishman returned from Paris." Crab. The dog of Launce in Shakspere's "Mer chant of Venice." Crabb (krab), George. Born at Palgrave, Suf folk, Dec. 8, 1778: died at Hammer smith, near London, Dec. 4, 1851. An English lawyer and legal and miscellaneous writer, best known as the author of a "Dictionary of English Synonymes" (1816). Crabbe (krab), George. Born at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Dec. 24, 1754: died at Trow bridge, England, Feb. 3, 1832. An English poet. After having failed as a surgeon in his native town, he removed in 1780 to London, where, through the patronage of Burke, he was rescued from extreme poverty and enabled to publish "The Library" and other works, which gave him an established position in literature. He was for a number of years chaplain to the Duke of Rutland, and in 1789 became rector of Must on and Allington. His chief works are "The Library" (1781), "The Village" (1783), "The Newspaper" (1785), "The Parish Register" (1807), and "Tales of the Hall" (1819). Crabeth (krä'bet), Dirk. Born at Gouda, Netherlands: died about 1601. A Dutch painter on gla . Crabeth, Wouter. Born at Gouda, Netherlands: died about 1581. A Dutch painter on gla , brother of Dirk Crabeth. Crabshaw (krab's ha), Timothy. In Smollett's "Sir Launce lot Greaves," a whipper-in, plowman, and carter, selected as a squire by Sir Launce lot when on his knight-errant expedition. He rode a vicious cart-horse named Gilbert. Crabtree (krab'trē). A mischief-maker in Sheridan's comedy "The School for Scandal." Crabtree, Cad wall a der. A cynical deaf old man, a friend of Peregrine Pickle, in Smollett's novel of that name. Cracow (krā kō). [Pol. Kraków , G. Krakau , F. Cracovie, ML. Cracovia ; from Krakus (?): see below.] The second city of Galicia, Austria-Hungary, situated at the junction of the Rudowa and Vistula in lat. 50° 4′ N., long. 19° 56' E., at the head of navigation of the Vistula. It is an important commercial center and a fortre of the first cla . It contains a noted castle, cathedral (see below), university, the Church of St. Mary, Francis can and Dominican churches, the Tuchhaus (cloth-hall), and the Czartoryski Museum. Near here is the Kosciuszko Hill. The city is said to have been founded by the mythi cal Krakus. It was the capital of Poland from 1320 to about 1609, and the place of coronation of her kings till the 18th century. It was captured by the Bohemians in 1039, by the Mongols in 1241, by the Swedes in 1658 and 1702, and by the Ru ians in 1768. It came to Austria in the last partition of Poland in 1795. It was a part of the duchy of Warsaw. By the Congre of Vienna it was made the capital of the Republic of Cracow. On the insurrection of 1846 it was annexed to Austria. The cat he dral, consecrated in 1359, is the burial-place of the kings and national heroes of Poland. chapels contain a number of magnificent monuments and notable sculptures, among them a Christ Ble ing, by Thorwaldsen. In the middle of the church is the silver shrine of St. Stanislaus, supported by angels. There is a Romanesque crypt. Population (1890), 74,593. sor of Knox. He at first refused to publish the banns between Queen Mary and Both well, but finally consented. Craig, Sir Thomas. Born 1538: died at Edinburgh, Feb. 26, 1608. A Scottish jurist and Latin poet. He was the author of a treatise on feudal law, "Jus feudale" (1603), still a standard authority in