Holm

[See HOLLY.] ( Bot.) See QUERCUS. Holm'del, in New Jersey, a post-village and township of Mon mouth co., about 35 m. N.N.E. of Trenton. Pop. of township (1890) 1,497. Holmes ( homa ), OLIVER WENDELL, an eminent Amer. ican physician and man of letters, son of the Rev. Abiel Holmes, author of the Annals of America , was born at Cambridge, Ma ., Aug. 29, 1809. After graduating at Harvard in 1829, he studied law and medicine, receiving (after a two years' residence in Paris) his medical degree in 1836. In 1839-40 Dr. H. was appointed profe or of Anatomy and Physiology in Dart mouth College, and, in 1847, Parkman profe or of the same sciences in the Medical School of Harvard University, which position he continued to fill until his death. Dr. H.'s contributions to literature were many, varied and distinguished. In 1836 he made his maiden effort in the world of letters with a volume of Poems , which proved an encouraging venture. In 1842 appeared Lectures on Homœopathy and its Kindred Delusions ; and in 1848 a Report on Medical Literature . In 1857-8, and the two following years, The Autocrat of the Break fast Table, The Profe or at the Breakfast Table , and Elsie Venner, succe ively delighted Dr. H.'s admirers, both in this country and in England, where his works are held in high estimation, the Autocrat alone po e ing sufficient humor, and that of the highest order, to make an average literary reputation. These were succeeded in turn by Currents and Counter - Currents , in 1861; Songs in Many Keys, in 1861; Soundings from the Atlantic, 1864; The Guardian Angel , 1867; Mechanism in Thought and Morals , 1870; . Died Oct. 7, 1894. Holmes, in Florida , a N.W. co., adjoining Alabama; area , about 535 sq. m. Rivers . Choctawatchie river, and numerous smaller streams. Surface , generally level; soil, moderately fertile. Cap . Westville. Pop . (1890) 6,232. Holmes, in Michigan , a township of Mackinac co. Holmes, in Mi i ippi , a central co., area , about 750 sq. m. Rivers. Yazoo and Big Black. Surface , level; soil , very fertile. Cap . Lexington. Pop . (1890) 30,790. Holmes, in Ohio , a N.E. central co.; area , about 436 sq. m. Rivers. Walhonding river, Killbuck creek, and numerous smaller streams. Surface , hilly; soil , fertile. Cap . Millers burg. Pop . (1890) 21,139. -A township of Crawford co. Holmes burg, in Pennsylvania , a suburban village within the incorporated limits of Philadelphia, about 10 miles N.E. of the City Hall. Holmes City, in Minnesota , a post-town of Douglas co., about 11 m. S.W. of Alexandria. Pop . (1897) 910. Holmes Hole (now VINEYARD HAVEN), in Ma achu setts , a post-village of Dukes co., 60 m. S. E. of Boston. It has a fine harbor, at the entrance of which stands H. H. Lighthouse, exhibiting a fixed light, 60 feet above sea-level. Lat. 41° 29′ N.; Lon. 70° 36′ 40′′. Holmes Park, in Mi ouri , a P. O. of Jackson co. Holmes'ville, in Georgia , a village, cap. of Appling co., about 115 m. S. E. of Milledgeville. Holmesville, Jin Louisiana, a post-office of Union parish. Holmesville, in Mi i ippi , a post-village of Pike co., on the Bogue Chitto river, about 90 m. S. of Jackson. Holmesville, in Ohio , a post-village of Holmes co., about 85 miles N.E. of Columbus. -A village of Marion co., about 48 m. N.N.W. of Columbus. Fig. 1304.-A BURNT-OFFERING. the altar, in contradistinction to the usual custom of burning only a portion. A similar custom prevailed among the Jews; it is called in the Old Testament a burnt-offering.