LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 



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Tenn. Tennessee. 



Ter. Territory. 



Tex. Texas. 



Th.orThurs. Thursday. 



Tr. Transpose; Translator; Trans- 

 lation. 



Trans. Translator; Translation; 

 Transactions. 



Treas. Treasurer. 



Tues. or Tu. Tuesday. 



Typ. Typographer. 



U.J.C. Doctor of both Laws (Civil 

 and Canon). 



U.K. United Kingdom. 



ult. Last; of the last month, Ul- 

 timo. 



Unit. Unitarian. 



Univ. University. 



U.S. United States. 



U.S.A. United States Army. 



U.S.A. United States of America. 



U.S.M. United States Mail. 



U.S.M. United States Marine. 

 U.S.M.A. United States Military 



Academy. 



U.S.N. United States Navy. 

 U.S.N.A. United States Naval 



Academy, 

 lit. Utah. 



U.T. Utah Territory, 

 v. or vs. Against; In such a way; 



Versus; Versiculo. 

 Va. Virginia. 

 Vat. Vatican. 

 Ven. Venerable. 

 Ver. Verse ; Version. 

 Vice-Pres. or V.P. Vice-President. 

 Vise. Viscount, 

 viz. or vi. To wit ; Namely ; That 



is to say ; Videlicet. 

 Vo. Left hand page, Verso. 

 Vol. Volume. 

 V.R. Queen Victoria, Victoria Re- 



gina. 



V.S. Veterinary Surgeon. 



Vt. Vermont. 



Vul. Vulgate (Latin version of the 

 Bible). 



Wash. Washington. 



W.Ter. Washington Territory. 



Wed. Wednesday. 



Wise. Wisconsin. 



Wk. Week. 



W.T. Wyoming Territory. 



X. Ten or tenth. 



Xmas or Xm. Christmas. 



Xn or Xtian. Christian. 



Yd. Yard. 



Y.M.C.A. Young Men's Christian 

 Association. 



Y. M. Cath. A. Young Men's Catho- 

 lic Association. 



Yrs. Years; Yours. 



&. And. 



&c. And the rest; And so forth: 

 Et ccKtera. 



CELEBRATED CHARACTERS IN THE LITERATURE OF THE 



WORLD. 



The name of the character is given in black letter ; the name of the author and of the 

 work from which the character is taken, in italic. 



Argante. The Faery Queene, Spenser. A giantess. 



Ariel. The Tempest, Shakespeare. A spirit of the 

 air, perhaps the daintiest creation of the myriad-minded 

 poet. 



Artful Dodger. Oliver Tivist, Dickens. A young 

 thief who understands his business. 



Arthur, King. Idyls of the King, Tennyson. A 

 legendary British King, who established an order of 

 chivalry known as the Round Table, and about whom 

 many popular legends are afloat in Wales and Western 

 France. 



Ashton, L,ucy. The Bride of Lammermoor, Scott. 

 A beautiful character, loved and lost by Ravenswood. 



Atalanta. Atalanta in Calydon, Sivintnirne. One of 

 Diana's maidens. 



Autolycus. Winter's Tale, Shakespeare. An intel- 

 lectual sneak thief. 



Abdiel. Paradise Lost, Milton. The faithful angel 

 who opposed Satan in his revolt. 



Abigail. The Bible. A waiting maid. 



Ablewhite, Godfrey. Moonstone, Wilkie Collins. 

 A disreputable spy. 



Aboxi Hassan. Arabian Nights. An Arab who was 

 made to believe himself Caliph. 



Absalom. 1. The Bible. The son of David, King 

 of Israel. 2. Absalom, and Achitophel, Dryden. A 

 pseudonym for the Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate 

 son of King Charles II. 



Absolute, Captain. The Rivals, Sheridan. The hero 

 of the comedy, the gallant and fortunate lover. 



Absolute, Sir Anthony. The Rivals, Sheridan. 

 Father of Captain Absolute, a very irascible and abso- 

 lute old gentleman. 



Achitophel. Absalom and Achitophel, Dryden. The 

 pseudonym for the Earl of Shaftesbury. 



Acres, Bob. The Rivals, Sheridan. A cowardly 

 boaster, the butt of the comedy. 



Acrasia. The Faery Queene, Spenser. An old witch, 

 the personification of intemperance. 



Adam, Hell. Itcliques, Percy. A celebrated archer. 



Adams, Parson. Joseph Antlrcirs, Fielding. An 

 eccentric, good-natured clergyman. 



Adriana. Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare. The wife 

 of Antipholus. 



Aguecheek, Sir Andrew. Twelfth Night, Shakes- 

 peare. A coward and a fool. 



Aladdin. Arabian Nights. The owner of a magic 

 lamp and ring, which gave the possessor every wish he 

 made. 



Allworthy, Squire. Tom Jones, Fielding. A good- 

 natured old country gentleman. 



Alp. The Siege of Corinth, Byron. A brave and de- 

 voted man. 



A mad is de Gaul. Amadis de Gaul. The hero of a 

 Portuguese chivalric romance, the authorship of which 

 is unknown. It was translated mto every language in 

 Europe. 



Amelia. Amelia, Fielding. A lovely woman, sup- 

 posed to be drawn from Fielding's own wife. 



Amine. Arabian Niglitn. A wicked sorceress, who 

 changed her three sisters into hounds. 



Amlet, Richard. The Confederacy, Vanburgh. A 

 gambler. 



Amri. Absalom and Achitophel, Dryden. Pseu- 

 donym for II. Finch. 



Andrews, Joseph. Joseph Andrews, Fielding. A 

 nero ridiculously upright and pure. 



Anerley, Mary. Mary Anerley, Blackmore. A lovely 

 and beautiful girl. 



Apemantus. Timon of Athens, Shakespeare. A 

 cynic. 



Arden, Enoch. Enoch Arden, Tennyson. A sailor, 

 supposed drowned, who returns home to tind his wife 

 married again. 



Baba, AH. Arabian Nights. The hero of the tale of 

 the forty thieves, who breaks into the robbers' cave: 

 by means of the magical password " Sesame." 



Baba, Cassim. Arabian N'ights. Brother of the' 

 above, who forgets the password and is captured by the 

 robbers. 



Backbite, Sir Benjamin. School for Scandal,. 

 Sheridan. A scandal monger. 



Bagstock, Joe. Dombey and Son, Dickens. A 

 pompous fellow. 



Bailey, Young. Martin Chuzzlewit, Mckens. A 

 precocious youth. 



Balderstone, Caleb. Bride of Lammermoor, Scott. 

 The butler of Ravenswood. 



Balthazar. 1. Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare. A 

 merchant. 2. Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare. 

 A servant. 



Banquo. Macbeth, Shakespeare. A chieftain mur- 

 dered by Macbeth; later in the same play, a ghost. 



Bardell, Mrs. Pickunck Papers, Dickens. Mr. 

 Pickwick's landlady, who sues him for breach of prom- 

 ise of marriage. 



Bardolph. Henry IV., Shakespeare. A follower of 

 Sir John Falstaif . 



Barkis. David Copperfield, Dickens. A marrying 

 man who eventually marries. 



Bath, Major. Amelia, Fielding. A pompous orlicer. 



Bayes. The Rehearsal, Duke of Buckingham. A 

 pseudonym for Dryden. 



Baynes, Charlotte. Adventures of Philip, Thm-k 

 eray. The hero's sweetheart. 



Bede, Adam. Adam Bede, George Eliot. An ideal 

 workingman. 



Belch, Sir Toby. Ttrelth Night, Shakespeare. 

 Olivia's hard-drinking uncle. 



Belf ord. Clarissa Harlowe, Richardson. The friend 

 of Lovelace. 



Belinda. Rape of the Lock, Pope. The heroine, 

 whose hair Is cut. 



