Holkar (hol'kär)

A Mahratta family in the 18th most notable of these, besides the one mentioned, are "Den and 19th centuries. Stundesløse" ("The Busy Man"), "Erasmus Montan us," "Barselstuen" ("The Lying-in Room"), "Jeppe paa Bjer, get" ("Jeppe of the Mountain"), "Jacob von Thybo," "Den Vaegelsindede" ("The Fickle Woman"). In 1725 he again went abroad, and remained during the winter in Paris. After 1728, the year of the great conflagration in Copenhagen, and during the reign of Christian VI., no more plays were written; but when the theater was reopened in 1747, on the acce ion of Frederick V., several more were furnished, inferior, however, to his earlier comedies. In 1741 was published in Latin, at Leipsic, "Nicholai Klimii iter sub terra neum"- in the Danish translation by Baggesen: "Niels Klims underjordiske Reise" ("Niels Klim's Underground Journey"). He was ennobled in 1747. The considerable property that he had accumulated was left, at his death, to the Soro Academy. He was buried in the Sorø church. Besides the above, he wrote various historical and other works, among them "Dan marks Riges Historie" ("The History of the Kingdom of Denmark") in 3 vols., an autobiography in 3 letters written in Latin, and several humorous epics and lyrics. He has been called "the founder of modern Danish literature." Holborn (hoborn). A borough (municipal) of London. Population (1891), 33,503. Holbrook (hōl'brük), John Edwards. Born at Beaufort, S. C., Dec. 31, 1795: died at Norfolk, Ma ., Sept. 8, 1871. An American naturalist. He became profe or of anatomy in the Medical College of South Carolina in 1824, a position which he retained up- ward of 30 years. His chief work is "American Herpe- tology" (1842). Holcroft (hol'kroft), Thomas. Born at London, Dec. 10 (O. S.), 1745: died there, March 23, 1809. An English dramatist, miscellaneous writer, and actor. He was ridiculed by Gifford in the "Baviad." In 1794, having embraced the principles of the French Revolution, he was indicted for high treason, but after remaining for about two months in New gate he was discharged without a trial. Among his plays are "The Follies of Day," a translation of Beau march a is's "Mariage de Figaro" (produced in 1784, Holcroft appearing as Figaro), "The Road to Ruin" (1792: revived in 1873, and translated into Danish and German), "The Deserted Daughter," founded on Cumber land's "Fashionable Lover" (1795), etc. Healso wrote "Tales of the Castle" from the French of Madame de Genlis (1785), "Life of Baron Frederic Trenck, etc." (1788), "A Tale of Mystery" (the first melodrama, 1802), with several novels and translations. Holder (höl'der), Joseph Ba ett. Born at Lynn, Ma ., Oct. 26, 1824: died in New York city, Feb. 28, 1888. An American naturalist. He was curator of invertebrate zoology, ichthyology, and herpetology in the American Museum of Natural History in New York city from 1870 until his death. He wrote a "History of the North American Fauna" (1882), "History of the Atlantic Right Whales" (1883), "The Living World" (1884), etc. Hölderlin (hel'der-lin), Johann Christian Fried rich. Born at Lauffen, Würtemberg, March 20, 1770: died at Tübingen, Würtemberg, June 7, 1843. A German poet, author of the romance "Hyper i on" (1797-99), lyric poems (1826), etc. Holder ne (hōl'dėr-nes). The peninsula between the North Sea and the Humber, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Holger Danske (hōl'ger däns'ke). The tutelary genius of the Danes, who, according to the legend, sleeps beneath the Kronborg at Helsingör (the Elsinore of Shakspere's "Hamlet"), ready to arise when Denmark is in danger. Local legend places him also at Mögelt on dern, in North Schleswig. Holics (hoʻlich). A town in the county of Neutra, Hungary, 45 miles north of Presburg. Population (1890), 5,747. Holinshed (hol'inz-hed), or Hollingshead (hol'ingz-hed), Raphael. Born probably at Sutton Downes, Cheshire: died about 1580. An English chronicler. He is said to have been educated at one of the universities, po ibly Cambridge. His great work, "Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland," was begun for Reginald Wolfe, a London printer, whose service he entered as translator early in the reign of Elizabeth. (See the extract.) A second and enlarged edition, edited by John Hooker, was published after Holinshed's death (1587).