Male bran che (mäl-bronsh'), Nicolas

Born her death. In 1836 she married the violinist De Bériot, at Paris, Aug. 6, 1638: died at Paris, Oct. 13, 1715. A French metaphysician, a follower of Des cartes. He sought to overcome the dualism of the Cartes i an philosophy by the doctrine that God is the real ground of all being and knowing, and that we "see all things in him." His principal work is "Recherche de la vérité" ("Search for Truth," 1674). He also wrote "Conversations chrétiennes" (1677), "Traité de la nature et de la grâce" (1680), "Médita tions chrétiennes et métaphysiques" (1683), "Traité de morale" (1684), "Entretiens sur la métaphysique et la religion" (1687), etc. Maler Kotla (mä'ler kot'lä). A small native state in India, protected by the British, situated about lat. 30° 30′ N., long. 75° 50′ E. Population (1891), 75,755. Males her bes (mäl-zarb′), Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de. Born at Paris, Dec. 6,1721: guillotined at Paris, April 22, 1794. A noted French statesman, president of the "cour des aides" (1750) and director of the pre . He was with whom she had lived from 1830. Malignants (ma-lignants), The. In English history, the adherents of Charles I. and his son Charles II. during the civil war; the Royalists; the Cavaliers: so called by the Round heads, the opposite party. Malinche. See Malintzin . Malines. See Mechlin . Malintzin (mä-lēnt-zen'). The name given by the Mexican Indians to Marina, the Indian mistre of Hernando Cortés. See Marina . Either her original Indian name was Malina, or the Indians so pronounced her Spanish name; and the suffix- tzin ('chief,' lady) was added out of respect. Subsequently Cortés himself was called Malintzin, the name in this case meaning 'lord of Marina.' The Spaniards corrupted Malintzin to Malinche. Malis (mā'lis). [Gr. ἡ Μαλὶς γή.] In ancient geography, a district of Greece, south of The aly and north of Doris. intervention and Mall (mel or mal), The. A broad promenade He was arrested (Dec., 1793) and condemned to death by the Revolutionary tribunal on a charge of treason. Male spin (mä-lās-pēn'), Francisco. Born about 1800: died at San Fernando, Salvador, 1846. A Central American soldier and politician. He was commandant-general of Salvador in 1841, and on Sept. 20 of that year headed the revolution which deposed Cañas and put the aristocratic party in power. Thereafter he was the leading spirit in Salvador, and became president Feb. 5, 1844. He had two wars with Guatemala in 1844, and at the end of that year, in alliance with Honduras, invaded Nicaragua, taking Leon after a terrible siege (Jan. 24, 1845), and committing many atrocities. In his absence he was deposed (Feb. 2, 1845), and, attempting to recover his place, was captured and shot. Male spin a (mä-lās-pē'nä), Alejandro. Born about 1750: died at Cadiz about 1810. A Spanish navigator who, from 1789 to 1794, commanded a surveying expedition on the western coast of South and North America. He penetrated to lat. 60° N. in search of a pa age from the Pacific to the Atlantic, and subsequently returned to Spain by way of the East Indies. Male spin a Glacier. [Named in honor of A. Male spin a.] A glacier in Alaska, between Mount St. Elias and the Pacific. Malet (mä-lā'), Claude François de. Born at Dôle, France, June 28, 1754: executed at Paris, Oct. 29, 1812. A French general, head of an unsucce ful conspiracy against Napoleon in Oct., 1812. He was of noble family, an ardent republican, and entered the army at the age of sixteen. Malet, Lucas. The pseudonym of Mrs. William Harrison, the youngest daughter of Charles Kingsley. Malevole. The name a umed by Giovanni Alt of ron to, formerly duke of Genoa, a character in St. James's Park, London, planted with rows of trees. The name is also given to a somewhat similar promenade in the Central Park, New York. See Pall Mall . Mallarino (mäl-yä-rēnō), Manuel Maria. Born in Cauca, 1798: died at Bogotá, Jan. 6, 1872. A politician of New Granada (Colombia). He was vice-president under Obando in 1853, and president 1855-57. Mallet (mal'et), originally Malloch (malʼloch), David. Born at Crieff, Perth shire, about 1700: died in England, April 21, 1765. A Scottish poet and author. He wrote the plays "Mustapha" (1739), "Eurydice" (1731), and "Elvira"(1763). "Alfred, a Masque," was written with Thomson, and "Rule, Britannia," one of the songs contained in it, has been claimed for both. Among his poems were "The Excursion" (1728), "The Hermit" (1742), and several volumes of miscellaneous verse. Mallet (mä-lā'), Paul Henri. Born at Geneva, 1730: died there, Feb. 8, 1807. A Swi historian and student of Scand in avian antiquities, profe or of belles-lettres at the Academy of Copenhagen 1752-60. He was appointed profe or of history at the Academy of Geneva in the latter year. He published an "Introduction à l'his to ire du Danemark, etc." (1755-56), "Northern Antiquities" (1770), "Monuments de la my tho logie et de la poésie des Celtes et particulièrement des anciens Scand in aves" (1756), "His to ire du Danemark" (1758-77), etc. Mallet du Pan (mä-lā' dü pon), Jacques. Born at Geneva, 1749: died in England, May 10, 1800. A Swi publicist. He was profe or of French literature at Ca el in 1772; soon went to London, where he occupied himself with journalism; founded the "Mémoires Historiques, Politiques, et Littéraires" at Geneva in 1779; went to Paris in 1783, where he founded, with Pankoucke, the "Journal Hist or i que et Politique," later combined with the "Mercure de France" (suppre ed in 1792); fled Malone from France in 1792; and settled in London in 1799, where he founded the "Mercure Britannique." Mallock (mal'ok), William Hurrell. Born in Devons hire (?), 1849. An English author. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and gained the Newdigate prize there in 1871. Among his works are "The New Republic, etc." (1877), "The New Paul and Virginia, etc." (1878), "Lucretius" (1878), "Is Life worth living?" (1879), "Poems" (1880), "A Romance of the Nineteenth Century" (1881), "Social Equality, etc." (1882), "Property Progre , etc." “Landlords and the National Income (1884), Atheism and the Value of Life, e (1884), "The Old Order Changes" (1886). Mallorca. See Majorca . Mallory (mal'ō-ri), (mal'ō-ri), Stephen Ru ell. Born in Trinidad, West Indies, 1813: died at Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 9, 1873. An American politician. He was a Democratic United States senator from Florida 18511861, when he resigned on the sece ion of his State. He was in the latter year appointed by President Davis secretary of the navy of the Confederate States, a position which he held until the end of the war in 1865. Mallow (mal'ō). A town in the county of Cork, Ireland, situated on the Blackwater 18 miles north-northwest of Cork. It contains a warm mineral spring. Population (1891), 4,366. Malm a is on (mäl-ma-zôn'). A hamlet a few miles west of Paris, noted for its castle, the residence of the empre Josephine 1798-1814. Malmedy (mäl'me-de). A town in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, situated on the Warche 25 miles south of Aix-la-Chapelle. Population (1890), 4,447. Malmesbury (mämz'ber-i). A town in Wilts hire, England, situated on the Lower Avon 23 miles east-northeast of Bristol. It formerly contained a Benedictine monastery. Hobbes was born there. Population (1891), 2,964. Malmesbury, Earl of. See Harris , James . Malmö (mäl'mė). A seaport, capital of the laen of Malmöhus, situated on the Sound, nearly opposite Copenhagen, in lat. 55° 36′ N., long. 13° E. It is the third city of Sweden in importance; has manufactures of gloves; exports grain, etc.; and was formerly one of the leading northern seaports. A truce between Pru ia and Denmark was concluded here in 1848. Population (1891), 49,402. Malmöhus (mäl'me-hös). The southernmost laen of Sweden, bordering on the Baltic, Sound, and Cattegat. Area, 1,347 square miles. Population (1893), estimated, 374,621. Malmström (mälm's trèm), Bernhard Elis. Born in Nerike, Sweden, March 14, 1816: died at Upsala, June 21, 1865. A Swedish poet and writer. He studied at Upsala, where in 1843 he became docent, and in 1856 profe or of esthetics and the history of literature. His first work was the epic poem "Ariadne, which appeared in 1838. In 1840 he was awarded the prize of the Swedish Academy for the elegiac cycle "Angelica." Among his other poetical works are the narrative poem "Fisk arf lick an från Tunnelsö" ("The Fisher Maid of Tunnelsö") and a number of lyrics. In the field of criticism he is the author of "Literaturhistoriska Studier" ("Studies in Literary History") and the collection of lectures "Grunddragen af Svenska Vitterhetens Hist or i a" ("Elements of the History of Swedish Literature," published after his death, 1866-68, 5 vols.). Maloja (mä-lō'yä), It. Maloggia (mä-lod'jä). A in the southern part of the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, connecting the Upper En gadine with Chiavenna (in Italy). Height, 5,960 feet. IMG:content-0733.png:[blocks in formation] Malone (ma-lon'). The capital of Franklin County, New York, situated on Salmon River, 42 miles west by north of Plattsburg. Population (1900), village, 5,935. Malone, Edmund. Born at Dublin, Oct. 4, 1741: died at London, April 25, 1812. An Irish literary critic and Shaksperian scholar. He graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, and in 1763 went to London and became alaw student in the Inner Temple. Returning to Ireland, he was called to the Irish bar in 1767. Not long after this his father's death left him in po e ion of a small estate and sufficient money to live upon. He therefore returned to London to devote himself to literature. Hesoon entered the best political and literary society, and counted among his friends Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Bishop Percy, Burke, Canning, Horace Walpole, and others. His edition of Shakspere was published in 1790, but he had previously written in "Attempt to ascertain the order in which the plays of Shakspere were written" (1778), a supplement to Johnson's edition of Shakspere (1780), containing observations on the Elizabeth an stage and the text of 5 plays wrongly ascribed to Shakspere, etc. He published an edi. of Dryden, 4 volumes of which appeared in 1800. Besides writing a number of minor works, he found time to devote himself to book-collecting, and accumulated a large library. After his death the greater part of it was sent to Oxford. He left material for another edition of Shakspere, which was published by James Boswell the younger in 1821, and is known as the "third variorum Shakspere," sometimes as "Boswell's Malone." Sir Joshua Reynolds's works in 1797, and an edition amalgamated with the other Chiquitos tribes. Malory Malory (mal'ō-ri), Sir Thomas. Born probably about 1430: died after 1470. The author of the prose romance "Morte Arthure” (which see). Little is known of him. Malou (mä-lö'), Jules. Born at Ypres, Belgium, Oct. 19, 1810: died at Bru els, July 11, 1886. A Belgian politician of the clerical party, premier 1871-78 and 1884. Malpighi (mäl-pēgē), Marcello. Born near Bologna, Italy, March 10, 1628: died at Rome, Νον. 29, 1694. An Italian anatomist and physiologist, the founder of microscopic anatomy. He was lecturer on medicine at Bologna (1656), profe or at Pisa (1657), at Bologna (1660), at Me ina (1662), and again at Bologna. In 1691 he went to Rome as physician to Pope Innocent XII. Malplaquet (mäl-plä-kā'). A village in the department of Nord, France, near the Belgian frontier, 20 miles east of Valenciennes. It was the scene, Sept. 11, 1709, of a victory of the allied English, Dutch, and Austrian forces (about 120,000) under the Duke of Marl borough and Prince Eugene over the French (about 90,000) under Villars. The lo of the Allies was about 20,000; that of the French, probably from 11,000 to 14,000. Malstatt-Burbach (mäl'′stät - bör ′bäch). A town in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, situated on the Saar, opposite Saarbrücken, 32 miles south -southeast of Treves. It has iron manufactures. Population (1890), 18,134. Mälstrom. See Maelstrom . Malta (mâl'tä), F. Malte (mält). [Probably Phenic i an, 'refuge.'] The chief of the Maltese Islands, situated about lat. 35° 55′ N., long. 14° 30′ E.: the ancient Melita. Chief town, Valetta.