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It has been translated by Müller ("Sacred Books of the East," XV. 27). Munday (mun'dā), Anthony. Born at London, 1553: died there, Aug., 1633. An Elizabeth an writer. He was apprenticed to John Allde, stationer, in 1576. He was made poet laureate of the City of London, and was the author of pastoral poems, journalistic tracts and pamphlets, translations, romances, plays, and pageants. He compiled "The Mirror of Mutabilitie, the prin cipal part of the Mirror of Magistrates, selected out of the Sacred Scripture," in 1579. His "English Romayne Life" (1582) is an account of his experiences among Romanist refugees in France and Italy. In 1586 he published "Sweet Sobs and Amorous Complaints of Shepherds and Nymphs," and in 1618 an enlarged edition of Stow's "London." Munkács lish politician. He was vice-president of the council on education in the Liberal administration of 1880-85, and president of the board of trade in the cabinet in 1886, and again on Gladstone's return to power in 1892. He resigned office in May, 1894. Münden (mün'den). A town in the province of Hannover, Pru ia, at the junction of the Fulda and Werra, 10 miles northeast of Ca el. It has a ruined castle. Population (1890), 7,227. Munden (mun'den), Joseph Shepherd. Born at London, 1758: died there, Feb. 6, 1832. An English actor. He was chemist's a istant, lawyer's rick determined him to go on the stage. He joined a clerk, and copyist in turn, until his admiration for Gar company of strolling players, making his first appearance at London in 1790. His succe was complete. He was the original of Sir Robert Bramble, Ephraim Smooth, Caustic, Old Rapid, etc., and made Old Dornton in "The Road to Ruin" the great triumph of his life. Charles Lamb celebrated him, in the "E ays of Elia," as the king of broad comedy. He left the stage May 31, 1824. Mundequetes (mön-de-kā'tes). A name given by old Portuguese writers to the Bateke around Stanley Pool, Africa. Mundi (mön'de). A hill state of India. Mundlah. See Mandla . Mundt (mönt), Madame (Klara Müller): pseu- donym Luise Mühlbach. Born at Neubran- denburg, Germany, Jan. 2, 1814: died at Ber- lin, Sept. 26, 1873. A German novelist, wife of The odor Mundt. She wrote "Fried rich der Gro e und sein Hof" ("Frederick the Great and his Court," 1853), and other romances on Pru ian, Austrian, French, etc., history. Mundt, The odor. Born at Potsdam, Pru ia, Sept. 19, 1808: died at Berlin, May 30, 1861. A German novelist and critic, one the "Young Germany" school of writers. He became profe or of literature and history at Breslau in 1848, and profe or and librarian at the University of Berlin in 1850. Besides works of fiction, he wrote "Kunst der deutschen Prosa" ("Art of German Prose," 1837), "Geschichte der Litteratur der Gegenwart" ("History of Contemporary Literature," 1842), etc. Mundurucus (mön-dö-rö-kös'). A powerful tribe of Brazilian Indians, south of the Amazon, on the river Tapajós near its lower falls, and extending westward to the branches of the Madeira. They are agriculturists but bold warriors, and were long enemies of the neighboring Muras and of the whites. In 1803 they made peace with the latter, and have ever since been their faithful friends. Physically and mor ally they are one of the finest of South American races. Formerly they tattooed the face and body in a peculiar pattern. The Mundurucus are now partly civilized, and are much employed as rubber-gatherers. The tribe still num. bers at least 15,000. They are generally cla ified with the Tupi stock. Also written Mundrucus , Mondo roc us , etc. Mungo, Saint. See Kentigern . Munhaneca (mö-nyä-nā'kä). See Nyaneka . Munich (mu'nik). [OHG. munihha , pl., MHG. munichen , dat. pl., G. münchen , the monk: from monastery on its site.] The capital of varia and of the government district of Upper Bavaria, situated in a plain on the Isar, in lat. 48° 8' N., long. 11°35′ E. It is famous as an art, musical, dramatic, and educational center, and has flourishing com brewing. The Frauenkirche, the archiepiscopal cathemerce and manufactures, being particularly noted for beerdral, is a spacious 15th-century structure of brick in a florid Pointed style. The nave and aisles are of equal height, with slender octagonal pillars and elaborate vaulting. The cathedral measures 320 by 117 feet. Height of vaulting, 108 feet; of the western towers (unfinished), 318 feet. The Alte Residenz, the royal palace, built by the elector Maximilian I. between 1602 and 1619, incloses 4 courts, and its apartments are richly decorated and contain much that is of artistic and historical interest. The New Rathaus, or town hall, is a large and picturesque building in the Pointed style, with façades on the Marien Platz and the Diener Stra e. The Propylæa, so called, on one side of the Königs Platz, form a magnificent gateway completed in 1862. Other objects of interest are the monument of Max Joseph I., Max Joseph's Platz, Königsbau, national theater, court chapel, Festsaalbau, library and museums, Sieges-Thor (Gate of Victory), Bavarian National Museum, monument of Max II., Max i milia neum, Old Pinakothek, New Pinakothek, Glyptothek, Basilica, Old Rathaus, statue of Ba varia, and Ruhmeshalle. Near by is the castle of Nymphenburg. Munich was founded by Henry the Lion, 1158; be came the capital about 1255; was occupied by Gustavus Adolphus, 1632; and developed greatly under Louis I. and Maximilian II. (1825-64). Population (1890), 350,594. Munich, University of. A seat of learning founded at Ingolstadt in 1472, and removed to Land shut in to Munich in 1826. In 1896-97 it was attended by about 3,620 students. It has a library of 400,000 volumes. Munich Atlas. See Kunstmann , Fried rich . Municipio Neutro. See Rio de Janeiro . Munk (mönk), Salomon. Born at Glogau, Pru ia, May 14, 1805: died Feb. 6, 1867. A French Orientalist, appointed (though blind) profe or of Oriental languages at the Collège de France in 1865. He translated from Maim on ides the "More Nebuchim" under the title "Le guide des égarés" (1856-66), and published "Palestine" (1845), etc. Munkács (mön-käch'). A town in the county Munkács 79 miles northeast of Debreczin. Near it is a celebrated fortre . Population (1890), 10,531. Munkácsy (mön'kä-che), or Muncaczy (kätsē), Mihály (real name Michael Lieb). Born at Munkács, Hungary, Feb. 20, 1844. A noted Hungarian historical and genre painter. Hestud. ied under a portrait-painter at Gyula, at the Vienna Academy, at Munich with Franz Adam (where he won three first prizes), and at Dü eldorf, where he devoted himself to genre-painting. In 1869 he made a name with his "Last Day of a Condemned Man." He went to Paris in 1872, and a few years later began to paint Paris i an scenes. Here he took the medal of honor in 1878, and later medals at Vienna, Munich, Berlin, etc. He has been ennobled by the Austrian government. He was elected to the Munich Academy in 1881, and visited New York in 1886. Among his works are "Milton dictating Paradise Lost" (1878), "Christ before Pilate" (1881), "Christ on Calvary" (1884), "Last Moments of Mozart" (1885), etc. Münnich (münʼnich), Count Burkhard Chris toph von. Born in Oldenburg, Germany, May, 1683: died at St. Petersburg, Oct. 27, 1767. A Ru ian general and politician, distinguished as a commander against the Turks. He was prime minister 1740-41. Muñoz (mön-yōth'), Fernando, Duke of Rianzares. Born at Tarancon, Spain, 1810: died near Havre, France, 1873. A Spaniard who married Queen Maria Christina secretly in 1833, and openly in 1844. Muñoz, Juan Bautista. Born near Valencia, 1745: died at Madrid, 1799. A Spanish historian. In 1779 he was commi ioned by Charles III. to write a his archives were placed at disposal. He collected tory of America and for this purpose all public and private amount of material, but only the first volume of his "Hist or i a del Nuevo Mundo" was published (Madrid, 1793). It brings the history down to 1500, and is of great value. Munro (mun-rō'), Hugh Andrew John stone. Born at Elgin, Oct. 19, 1819: died at Rome, March 30, 1885. A Scottish cla ical scholar. He was educated at Shrews bury and Trinity College, Cambridge; was a fellow of Trinity 1843; and became profe or of Latin in 1869. He edited Lucretius in 1864 and Horace in 1869, and wrote excellent Greek and Latin verse. Munsee (mun'sē), or Minsiu (min'si-ö). A tribe of North American Indians, belonging to the Delaware Confederacy, but commonly regarded as distinct. They formerly lived about the head waters of the Delaware River in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. They early became scattered and incorporated with other tribes. See Algonquian, Munster (mun's ter). An ancient province of Ireland, occupying the southwestern part of the island. It comprises the counties Tipperary, Water ford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, and Clare. It was an early kingdom. The ancient capital was Cashel. Population (1891), 1,172,402. the extreme eastern part of the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, south of the Lower Engadine. Münter (mün'ter), Balthasar. Born at Lübeck, March 24, 1735: died at Copenhagen, Oct. 5, 1793. A German hymn-writer and pulpit orator, preacher at Copenhagen from 1765. Münter, Fried rich Christian Karl He in rich. Born at Gotha, Germany, Oct. 14, 1761: died at Copenhagen, April 9, 1830. A German-Danish ecclesiastical historian and archæologist, appointed profe or of theology at Copenhagen in 1788, and bishop of Zealand in 1808. Münzer (münt's er), Thomas. Born at Stolberg in the Harz, about 1490: executed at Mühlhausen, Pru ian Saxony, May 30, 1525. A German religious enthusiast. He studied at Halle, po ibly also at Wittenberg, and in 1520 became, on the recommendation of Luther, an evangelical preacher at Zwickau, where, in connection with Nicholas Storch and others, he organized the Anabaptist movement. He was expelled in 1521, and, after a visit to Bohemia and various German cities, became a preacher at Allstedt in 1523. Expelled in 1524 through the influence of Luther, of whom he was now a determined opponent, he became in the fol Thu ring i a. lowing year He a preacher made himself in the master free city of of the Muhlhausen city, deposed in the city council, and introduced a democratic communistic government. The peasant insurrection which broke out in Swabia and Franc on i a (1525) having reached Thu ring i a, he placed himself at the head of a band of waren tists insurgent peasants, and inaugurated a of extermination against the nobility and the clergy. He was defeated by Philip, landgrave of He e, and George, duke of Saxony, at Frankenhausen, May 15, 1525; was captured in the flight; and was tried and executed. Munzinger (mönt's ing-er), Werner. Born at Olten, Switzerland, April 21, 1832: died in Africa, Nov. 16, 1875. An African explorer and linguist. He lived in Egypt 1852-13, occupied with mercantile affairs; conducted a trading expedition to the Red Sea 18541855; lived among the Bogos 1855-56, and published "Sitten und Recht der Bogos" 1859; was with Heuglin's ex pedition in 1861; explored the land of Bazen and arrived in Khartum 1862; as chie in Heuglin's place, explored Kordofan; and returned to Europe. He published "Ostafrikanische Studien" (1864), "Die deutsche Expedition in Ostafrika" (1865), "Vocabulaire de la langue Tigré" (1865). He became British consul at Ma owah in 1865 and a istant of Lord Napier; French consul in 1868; Egyptian governor in 1870; and governor-general of Eastern Sudan in 1872. He was fatally wounded in an expedition against Aby in i a, and died at Au a. Muottathal, or Muotathal (mö-ot'ä-täl). 1. A valley in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.2. A town in that valley.