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After his return to the north in 1867 his compositions became stamped with the mark of his Scand in avian nationality. He went to London in 1888, where he both played and conducted. Among his compositions are "Humoresken" (for the piano), "Songs," the "Peer Gynt" suite (two series), "Norwegian Folk-Songs," "Sigurd Jorsalfa" (an opera), Norwegian dances, etc. Grierson (grer's on), Benjamin Henry. Henry. Born at Pittsburg, Pa., July burg, Pa., July 8, 1826. An American cavalry officer. He became aide-de-camp to the Union general Prenti at the beginning of the Civil War, and was made major of the 6th Illinois Cavalry in Aug., 1861, and android range to Baton Rouge commander of cavalry brigade Dec., 1862. He in April, 1863, to facilitate the operations of Grant about Vicksburg, and in Dec., 1864, commanded a similar raid in Arkansas. He became colonel of the 10th United States Cavalry July 28, 1866, and brevet major-general of the United States army March 2, 1867. After the war he was engaged in frontier service at the West. Griesbach (grēs ́bäch), Johann Jakob. Born at Butzbach, He e-Darmstadt, Germany, Jan. 4, 1745: died at Jena, Germany, March 24, 1812. A German biblical critic, profe or at Halle 1773-75, and at Jena 1775-1812. He edited the Greek New Testament 1774-77. Gries (grē or grēs) Pa . A pa in the Lepontine Alps, leading from Obergestelen, in the Rhône valley, Valais, Switzerland, to Domo d'O ola, province of Novara, Italy. Grieux (gree), Le Chevalier de. The lover of Manon Lescaut, in Prévost's novel of that name. Griffin(grif'in). The capital of Spalding County, Georgia, about 35 miles south of Atlanta. Population (1890), 4,503. Griffin, Charles. Born in Licking County, Ohio, 1826: died at Galveston, Texas, Sept. 15, 1867. An American soldier. He graduated at West Point in 1847, and in this and the succeeding year commanded a company of artillery under General Patters on in the Mexican war. At the outbreak of the Civil War he adhered to the Union cause. He commanded the West Point bat general of volunteers June 9, 1862; and fought with distinction at the battle of Malvern Hill. He commanded a division at Antietam and Fred ericks burg and in Hooker's campaign, and as commander of the 5th army corps, directed by Grant, received the arms and colors of the Army of Northern Virginia after the surrender at Appomattox Court House. He was brevetted major-general March 13, 1865, for his services during the war, and was appointed tery in the first battle of Bull Run was made brigadier colonel of the 35th infantry July 28, 1866. Grihyasutras (grh-ya-sö'traz). [Skt., 'rules pertaining to the house.'] Rules for the conduct of domestic rites and the personal sacraments, extending from birth to the marriage of a man. See Sutra . Grijalva (gre-Häl'vä), Juan de. Born in Cuellar, 1489 or 1490: died in Nicaragua, Jan. 21, 1527. A Spanish soldier, discoverer of Mexico. He was a nephew of Diego Velasquez; was with him in Española and Cuba; and was chosen to follow up Cordova's discovery of Yucatan. He left Santiago de Cuba with four caravels, April 8, 1518; followed around the coast of Yucatan and the continent to Cape Rojo or beyond; obtained a considerable quantity of gold by trading with the Indians; and heard of the rich Aztec empire in the interior. When he returned to Cuba, early in November, Velasquez reproached him for not having made settlements, and he was dismi ed. In 1523 he went with Garay to the coast of Mexico, and later he took service with Pedrarias at Panama. Grildrig (gril'drig). A name given to Gulliver by the people of Brobdingnag, in Swift's "Gul liver's Travels." It meant a very little man. Grillparzer (gril'pärt-ser), Franz. Born at Vienna, Jan. 15, 1791: died there, Jan. 21, 1872. An Austrian dramatist. He studied jurisprudence, and in 1813 entered the civil service, from which he retired to private life in 1856. His dramas are Die Ahnfrau" ("The Ancestre ": a so-called "fate-tragedy, 1817), "Sappho" (1818), the trilogy "Das goldne Vlie " ("The Golden Fleece," 1821), "König Ottokars Glück und Ende" ("King Ottokar's Fortune and End," 1825), “Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn" ("A True Servant of his Master," 1828), "Des Meeres und der Liebe Wellen" ("The Leberes of Love and the Sea," 1831), "Der Traum ein ("Dream is a Life," 1834). A comedy, "Weh' dem, der lügt" "Woe to him who Lies," 1840), was a failure. Three other tragedies appeared posthumously. Still another, "Esther," was left unfinished. His complete works, "Sammtliche Werke," appeared at Stuttgart, 1872, in 10 vols. Grim (grim). In Arthur i an legend, a fisherman who gave his name to Grimsby. He saved the life of Havelok. See Havelok the Dane. Grim, the Collier of Croydon. A play first Grim's Dyke was a judge of the State Supreme Court of Ohio 1836-42. He wrote "Nature and Tendencies of Free Institutions" (1848). Grimké, Sarah Moore. Born at Charleston, S. C., Nov., 1792: died Dec. 23, 1873. An American abolitionist, sister of T. S. Grimké. She wrote "Letters on the Condition of Woman and the Equal ity of the Sexes" (1838), etc. Grimké, Thomas Smith. Born at Charleston, S. C., Sept. 26, 1786: died near Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 12 (11%), 1834. An American lawyer and lecturer. He graduated at Yale in 1807, and was a member of the State senate of South Carolina 1826-30. He was a prominent member of the American Peace Society, and was one of the pioneers in the cause of temperance reform. He wrote "Addre es on Science, Education, and Literature" (1831). Grimm (grim), Fried rich Melchior, Baron. Born at Ratisbon (Regensburg), Bavaria, Dec. 25, 1723: died at Gotha, Germany, Dec. 19, 1807. A noted German-French critic, man of letters, and diplomat, long resident in Paris, and a member of the most brilliant literary society of the period. He was made a baron of the empire and minister of the Duke of Gotha at the French court in 1776, and minister of Catharine II. of Ru ia at Hamburg in 1795. His works include "Lettres sur Omphale" (1752), " Le petit prophète de Boehmischbroda" (1753), "Correspond ance littéraire, philosophique et critique adre ée à un souverain d'Allemagne" (first part 1813, second part 1812, third part 1813, with a supplement 1814), "Correspond ance inédite de Grimm et Diderot, etc." (1829). Grimm, Herman. Born Jan. 6, 1828: died June 16, 1901. A German critic and author, son of Wilhelm Grimm. He studied at Berlin and Bonu, and was profe or of the history of art in the University of Berlin 1873-1901. His most important works are "Das Leben Michelangelos," "E ays" (1859 and 1865, new series 1871 and 1875), "Das Leben Rafaels" (1872), "Vorlesungen uber Goethe" (1877). He was the author, besides, of the novel "Unuberwindliche Mächte" ("Unconquerable Powers"), and of "Nov ellen" ("Stories"). Grimm, Jakob. Born at Hanau, Jan. 4, 1785: called "The Devil and his Dam," been rashly identified with this. ( Bullen .) Richard Crowley wrote a "Satirical Epigram" in 1550 called "The Collier of Croy- don," and there is an interlude in Richard Edwards's "Damon and Pythias" (1571) called "Grim the Collier." Grim, Giant. A giant, in Bunyan's “Pilgrim's Progre ," who is killed by Mr. Great heart. Grimald (grim'ald), Nicholas. Born in Hun- ting dons hire (at "Browns hold,” according to his own statement), 1519: died about 1562. An English writer, the contributor of 40 poems to the first edition of "Tottel's Miscellany" (of which he was, perhaps, the editor), many of which were omitted from the second edition. He also published a translation of Cicero's "De Officiis." He was probably of Italian parentage (son of a certain Gianbatista Grimaldi), studied at Cambridge and Oxford, and was chaplain to Bishop Ridley. Griffin, Edward Dorr. Born at East Haddam, Conn., Jan. 6, 1770: died at Newark, N. J., Nov. 8, 1837. An American clergyman, president of Williams College (Williams town, Ma achu- setts) 1821-36. He published "Lectures in middle of the 14th century. A Genoese ad- Park Street Church" (1813). Griffin, Gerald. Born at Limerick, Ireland, Dec. 12, 1803: died at Cork, Ireland, June 12, 1840. An Irish novelist, dramatist, and poet. His prin cipal novel, "The Collegians" (1828), has been dramatized as "Colleen Bawn." Among his other works are "The Invasion," "The Rivals," etc. Griffinhoofe (grif'in-huf), Arthur. The name under which George Colman the younger published a number of his plays. Griffis (grif'is), William Elliot. Born at Philadelphia, Sept. 17, 1843. An American educator and clergyman. He graduated at Rutgers College in 1869; went to Japan in 1870 to organize schools on the American plan; was superintendent of education in the province of Echizen in 1871; and was profe or of physics in the Imperial University of Tokio 1872-74. On re turning to the United States he studied divinity, and be. came pastor (1877) of a Reformed church at Schenectady, New York, (1886) of a Congregational church at Boston, and (1893) of the Congregational church at Ithaca, N. Y. He was the author of "The Mikado's Empire" (1876), etc. Griffith (grif'ith). In Shakspere's "Henry VIII.," a gentleman usher to Queen Katharine. Griffith, William Pettit. Born at London, 1815 there, Sept. 188do English architect and archæologist. He wrote "The Natural System of Architecture" (1845), "Ancient Gothic Churches" (1847-52), etc. Griffith Gaunt. A novel by Charles Reade, published in 1866. Griffiths, Evan. Born at Gellibeblig, Glam organs hire, 1795: died Aug. 31, 1873. A Welsh clergyman. He published a "Welsh-English Dictionary" (1847). Grigoriopol (grē-gō-rē-ō'pol). A town in the government of Kherson, Ru ia, on the Dniester about 80 miles northwest of Ode a. Population (1889), 6,478. Grihastha (gr-has't-ha). [Skt., 'householder.'] A Brahman in the second stage of his religious life.