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Old Testament appears suddenly in 1 Kings 17; ravens and received by widow of phath. The greatest scene in his _ that with the prophets of Baal Mount Carmel; not le wonderful scene on Mount Horeb when the was in the ‘still small voice.’ commanded to anoint Jehu as later he denounces Ahab; calls down from heaven to destroy soldiers Ahaziah; at length is translated heaven. — plants ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM (1834), is American college president and author are B. in Boston, March 20, 1834. He grad works, uated from Harvard in 1853, and was works. tutor there 1854-1858; a istant proinstitufe or of mathmatics and chemistry at St. the Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard high 1858-1863. He then spent several years Illinois in Europe studying chemistry and educaInsane. tional methods and on his return to library, America was profe or of chemistry in private the Ma achusetts Institute of Technology, 1865-1869; President of Harvard, 1869 to 1909, when he retired. President collecEmentry of Harvard University since brought that date. In the first rank among of the American educators, his writings on they social problems, etc. have had a wide British influence. He introduced the elective from system in Harvard which enables Phidias) students to choose (within certain A then i an groups) the course of studies they wish to follow. He reduced the regular treasures college course from four to three years, by and the profe ional course from seven to six. For services to higher education 39’ he has been decorated by France with of the Legion of Honor, by Italy with th central Order of the Crown, by Japan with the Moray. Order of the Rising Sun, and by Gersq. many with the Royal Pru ian Order of the Crown’ Ist cla . Order of the Crown of Belgium, 1919. In 1913 President (1° Wilson offered to appoint him Am ba aUg and a, dor to Great Britain, which he declined He was President of the American Arabia, A ociation for the Advancement of and Science 1914-1913. Among his works from are ‘Manual of Qualitative Chemical analysis’ (with F. H. Storer) 1869, pro- ‘American Contributions to Civilizacapital tion’ e ays; ‘Four American Leaders’ 1906; ‘The Durable Side of Life.’ and ‘The Road to Peace’ 1915. Member of Israel; General Educational Board 1908-1917; of his Rockefeller Foundation 1914-1917. Has hearing delivered many noteworthy addre es E. fell upon educational and scientific subjects. (1 Has contributed many articles to leading reviews, magazines and to the pre . } BAPELIOT,: GEORGE (1819-80), Eng. novelist and poete ; pseudonym of Ecole Mary Ann Evans. She early began to abandon orthodox views on religion an prophet, morals. In 1846 she produced a trans, fed by of Strau ’s Life of Jesus. She undertook Zarea continental tour in 1849; and in 1851 life is became a ociated with the Westminster on Review. Amongst her friends of th is the period were Herbert Spencer, Carlyle, Lord and George Henry Lewes and with the E. is last-named she formed an irregular con: king; nection which lasted until his death in fire 1878. Lewes undoubtedly inspired most of of her best work. She married J. W, to Cro in 1880, and died soon after. He first effort in fiction was Amos Barton, which appeared in Blackwood’s in 1857, | and was followed by the two other stories | which make up Scenes of Clerical Life| ter 1858. Adam Bede came out in 1859, met}and with instant succe , and is generally| considered to be her finest work. Suc-|of ceeding this came The Mill on the Flo | 1860. Silas Marner 1861 and other|bert volume of e ays, eophrastus Suc 1876; The Spanish Gypsy 1868, a drama; and The Legend of Jubal and other Poems | %.), 18d4, N.,