GREGORY 



capable renderings of Irish sagas 

 into the idiom of the Irish pea- 

 santry, into which she also trans- 

 lated three of Moliere's plays, The 

 Kiltartan Moliere, 1910. Her 

 own plays, produced by the Irish 

 Literary Theatre, which she helped 

 to found, include Spreading the 

 News, The White Cockade, The 

 Rising of the Moon, The Work- 

 house Ward, and The Full Moon. 



Gregory, THOMAS WATT (b. 

 1861). American lawyer. Born in 

 Missouri, Nov. 6, 1861, he was ad- 

 mitted to the Texas bar in 1885. 

 Five years later he entered into 

 partnership as Gregory & Batts, 

 and the firm was employed in the 

 prosecutions resulting from the 

 application of the anti-trust laws. 

 In 1913 he was appointed special 

 assistant attorney-general in the 

 prosecution of the New York, New 

 Haven, and Hartford Railroad Co., 

 and in 1914 became attorney- 

 general in Wilson's cabinet. 



Gregory's Powder. Pulvis 

 Rhei Compositus or compound 

 powder of rhubarb. It consists of 

 rhubarb root, 22 parts ; light mag- 

 nesia, 66 parts ; ginger, 12 parts. 

 Dose 10 to 60 grains. It is a useful 

 purgative for indigestion in children. 



Greif. Armed German raider 

 destroyed in the North Sea by a 

 British armed merchant cruiser, 

 Feb. 29, 1916. The Greif was 

 stopped by the Alcantara when 

 trying to steal through the British 

 northern patrol disguised as a Nor- 

 wegian merchantman. A board- 

 ing party was dispatched in a boat 

 to overhaul her; thereupon the 

 Greif dropped the screens that hid 

 her guns and opened fire with her 

 6-in. weapons. A fight at point- 

 blank range followed, which ended 

 in the raider being sunk. Five 

 officers and 115 men of her crew 

 were picked up out of a comple- 

 ment of over 300. The Alcantara 

 was also torpedoed and sunk. The 

 British losses in the engagement 

 were 5 officers and 69 men. 



Greif, MARTIN. Pen-name of 

 Friedrich Herman Frey (1839- 

 1911). German poet. Born at 

 Spires, his life was uneventful, 

 marked only by the appearance of 

 his plays and poems, the former of 

 which met with little success. 

 Gedichte, a volume of lyrics, ap- 

 peared in 1868. His principal plays 

 were Nero, 1877 ; Marino Faliero, 

 1879 ; Konradin, 1889 ; Ludwig 

 der Bayer, 1891 ; Francesca da 

 Rimini, \ 892 ; and Agnes Bernauer, 

 1 894. The lyrics published in 1 902, 

 Neue Lieder und Maren, are full 

 of grace and sentiment. 



Greiffenhagen, MAURICE WIL- 

 LIAM (b. 1862). British painter. 

 Born in London, Dec. 15, 1862, of 

 a Russian father and an English 



mother, he studied at the R.A. 

 schools, and for several years prac- 

 tised black and white "work with 

 great success. In 1906 he was ap- 

 pointed headmaster of the Life 

 branch of the Glasgow School of 

 Arts, and in 1916 was elected 

 A.R.A., and R.A. in 1922. 



Greifswald. Townot Germany, 

 in the Prussian prov. of Pomerania. 

 It stands 2 m. from the mouth of 

 the Ryckgraben, 20 m. S.E. of 

 Stralsund. It was a member of the 

 Hanseatic League. The university, 

 founded in 1456, possesses the 

 famous Croy tapestry which is ex- 

 hibited once in 10 years, whose 

 subject is Luther preaching before 

 the royalties of Saxony and Pom- 

 mern. Greifswald became Prussian 

 in 1815. There are some good 

 gabled houses, and the church of S. 

 Nicholas (1300-26) has a notable 

 tower 330 ft. high. Pop. 24,679. 



Greisen. Cornish rock consist- 

 ing of quartz and mica. It is a 

 variation of the granite in which it 

 occurs, being recrystallised granite 

 in which the felspar has been re- 

 placed by quartz and mica. It is 

 found where tin ores are abundant. 

 Greiz. Town of Germany, in 

 Thuringia, formerly the capital of 

 the principality of Reuss-Greiz (or 

 elder branch). It stands on the 

 White Elster, 50 m. S.S.W. of 

 Leipzig. The river cuts the town 

 in two, the new town being on the 

 left bank and the old town on the 

 right. Notable features are an old 

 castle built on an eminence over- 

 looking the town, two handsome 

 palaces, formerly the residences of 

 the prince of Reuss, a university, 

 several churches, government build- 

 ings, and a 19th century Gothic 

 town hall. Greiz is a centre of 

 the textile industry, with extensive 

 railroad shops. Pop. 23,245. 



Grenada. Island of the W. 

 Indies, in the Caribbean Sea, be- 

 longing to Great Britain. It is the 

 sou thernmost of 

 the Windward 

 group, which 

 forms a united 

 colony 86 m. due 

 N. of the W. end 

 of the island of 

 Trinidad. Area, 

 133 sq. m. Gren- 

 ada is one of the 

 most beautiful islands of the W. 

 Indies, with diversified scenery, a 

 delightful climate, and exceedingly 

 fertile soil suitable for the raising 

 of tropical produce. 



Of volcanic origin, a wooded 

 range of mountains, reaching an 

 elevation of 2,751 ft. in St. Ca- 

 therine's Mt., traverses the island 

 from N. to S. It includes several 

 extinct volcanoes, whose craters 

 are now lakes, the chief of which 



GRENADE 



are the Grand Etang and Lake 

 Antoine. There are numerous 

 small rivers, besides hot mineral 

 springs. One-fourth of the area is 

 under cultivation, and agriculture 

 is the principal occupation. 



Grenada arms 



Grenada. Map of the West Indian 

 island in the Caribbean Sea 



The chief products are cacao, 

 coffee, sugar, rum, nutmegs, mace, 

 cotton, cotton seed, arrowroot, 

 hides, timber, and turtles, most of 

 these being exported. The raising 

 of sugar-canes, formerly the most 

 prominent industry, has been 

 superseded by that of cacao. There 

 are four hospitals and two asy- 

 lums. The roads are good, the 

 rainfall abundant, and there is 

 steamer communication with the 

 neighbouring ports and islands. 



St. George's, the capital and the 

 seat of the governor of the Wind- 

 ward Islands, is built on a penin- 

 sula and has an excellent har- 

 bour, nearly landlocked ; it is an 

 important coaling station. Other 

 towns are Charlotte, Sauteurs, and 

 Grenville. Grenada is administered 

 by a legislative council, with a 

 governor assisted by six official and 

 seven unofficial members, who serve 

 for six years. 



Discovered by Columbus on 

 Aug. 15, 1498, it was settled by 

 the French the natives still 

 speak a French patois. Captured 

 by the English in 1762, it was re- 

 taken by the French in 1779, and 

 finally restored to Gt. Britain in 

 1783. In 1795 the French landed 

 troops on the island, causing an 

 insurrection, which was not quelled 

 until the following year. Pop. 

 71,567, of whom 2 p.c. are whites. 



Grenade (Lat. granatus, filled 

 with grains ; Span, granada, pome- 

 granate). Small missile contain- 

 ing an explosive charge, frequently 

 termed bomb. A kind of grenade 

 was used to a considerable extent 

 during the 15th century. It was 



