GREYMOUTH 



GR1ERSON 



Greyhound. A typical example of 

 a Waterloo Cup winner 



its grip, a strain of bulldog was in- 

 troduced into the breed with great 

 advantage, for the dog had been 

 bred to such a pitch of fineness 

 that it could not hold its prey. Its 

 narrow muzzle and small nostrils 

 unfit it for following scent, and it 

 hunts entirely by sight. 



The English greyhound is the 

 best known of the group, and is 

 claimed as the parent of the others. 

 It is smooth-coated, probably the 

 result of breeding, for most other 

 hounds of this type have rough 

 coats. Coursing matches with 

 greyhounds are extremely popular. 

 The most celebrated greyhound of 

 recent years was Colonel North's 

 Fullerton, which won the Waterloo 

 Cup four times. See Dog. 



Greymouth. Chief town of 

 Westland, South Island, New Zea- 

 land. It is on the larger W. Coast 

 rly., and has almost complete rly. 

 connexion with Christchurch. At 

 the mouth of the Grey river, it has a 

 good harbour, carries on gold- 

 mining, beside brick-making and 

 saw-milling, and is in the chief coal- 

 mining area in the country. Pop., 

 with suburbs, 8,373. 



Grey Powder (Hydrargyrum 

 cum Greta). Drug compounded of 

 1 part of mercury with 2 parts of 

 prepared chalk. It is a useful 

 purgative for children. 



Greytown. Alternative name 

 for the Nicaraguan port of San 

 Juan del Norte (q.v.). 



Greywacke (Ger. grauwacke). 

 Hard, gritty, grey-brown, yellow, 

 or dark coloured rocks of the 

 Palaeozoic formations. Remark- 

 able for the great variety of its 

 constituents, quartz, felspars, bio- 

 tite, iron ores, graphite, etc., it is 

 common in the S. of Scotland, N. 

 of Ireland, and Wales. 



Grey wether. Blocks of sand- 

 stone found thickly strewn over 

 the surface of the country in Dor- 

 set, Wiltshire, Surrey, N. France, 

 etc. It is so called from its fancied 

 resemblance to sheep. 



Gribble, BERNARD FINEGAN (b. 

 1872). British artist. Bom in 

 London, he first studied architec- 



ture, but turned to drawing at the 

 classes of the S. Kensington Art 

 School. He exhibited regularly at 

 the Royal Academy from before 

 the age of 20, and has also shown 

 at the Paris Salon. He is well 

 known as a skilful painter of 

 marine and naval subjects. 



Gribble, FRANCIS HENRY (b. 

 1862). British author and critic. 

 Born at Barns taple, he was edu- 

 cated at Exeter College, Oxford. 

 In 1887 he joined the staff of The 

 Observer and The Daily Graphic. 

 His first story, The Red Spell, 1895, 

 was followed by several novels, in- 

 cluding The Things that Matter 

 and The Lower Life, 1896, dealing 

 with phases of modern social life 

 with shrewd insight and rather 

 mordant wit. In 1907 he published 

 Madame de Stael and Her Lovers, 

 the first of a number of volumes 

 biographical and critical. Gribble 

 was in Luxembourg when the 

 Great War broke out, and was 

 interned at Luxembourg until late 

 in 1915, afterwards publishing 

 accounts of his experiences in In 

 Luxembourg in War Time, 1916, 

 and The History of Ruhleben, 

 1919, written in collaboration 

 with Joseph Powell. See photo, 

 p. xxi. 



Griboiedov, ALEXANDER SER- 

 GUIEIEVITCH (1795-1829). Russian 

 dramatist. In 1812 he joined the 

 army, but left it in 1817 ; later he 

 entered the diplomatic service, and 

 was sent first to Persia and then to 

 Georgia. He began by translating 

 some of Shakespeare's plays, but 

 in 1823 his comedy, The 'Misfor- 

 tune of Being Too Clever, which 

 could not be acted, was, in manu- 

 script, delighting St. Petersburg. 



In 1826 he was arrested for sup- 

 posed complicity with the Decem- 

 brists, but was soon set at liberty 

 and served in the Persian cam- 

 paign, returning to St. Petersburg 

 in 1828 " armed with a treaty of 

 peace and a tragedy," Georgian 

 Nights, inferior to his comedy. 

 Griboiedov was killed during a 

 rising at Teheran, Jan. 30, 1829. 



Gricourt. Village of France, in 

 the dept. of Aisne. It is 6 m. N. W. 

 of St. Quentin, slightly W. of the 

 road running from that town to 

 Cambrai. Prominent in the Great 

 War, it was taken by the British in 

 April, 1917, lost in the spring of 

 1918, and recaptured in Sept., 1918. 

 See Arras, Third Battle of ; Cam- 

 brai, Second Battle of. 



Gridiron. Frame of iron bars 

 used for cooking food over a fire. 

 E S. Lawrence 

 was martyred 

 by being 

 roasted over a 



Gridiron used for gridiron, and 

 cooking the implement 



is always associated with this 

 saint. 



In engineering a gridiron is a 

 series of parallel beams laid at 

 regular intervals upon a masonry 

 foundation, and located in a 

 tidal basin. Over it a ship may 

 be floated at high tide, and 

 upon it she settles down as the 

 tide falls, until, at low tide, the 

 lower portions are exposed for 

 examination. See Concrete. 



Grieg, EDVARD HAGERTJP (1843- 

 1907). Norwegian composer. Born 

 at Bergen, of Scottish origin, Jan. 

 15, 1843, he 

 studied music 

 at Leipzig and 

 C openhagen. 

 Returning to 

 Norway, he 

 founded a 

 musical union 

 at Christiania 

 in 1867, and 

 Edvard Grieg, was its con- 

 Norwegian composer ductor until 

 1880. Eventually he settled in Ber- 

 gen and devoted himself tocomposi- 

 tion. He died Sept. 4, 1907. Grieg's 

 work includes the familiar music to 

 Peer Gynt, which first brought him 

 fame, a piano concerto, orchestral 

 and chamber music, and many 

 songs. He was essentially a national 

 composer. 



Grierson, SIB JAMES MONCRIEFF 

 (1859-1914). British soldier. Born 

 at Glasgow, Jan. 27, 1859, he was 

 educated at 

 Glasgow Aca- 

 demy and the 

 R.M.A., Wool- 

 wi c h. He 

 entered the 

 RoyalArtillery 

 in 1877, and 

 took part in 

 the S u a k i n 

 operation s 

 1885, and in 

 the Hazara 

 expedition, 1888. Director of 

 military operations at headquarters 

 from 1904-6, he was then selected 

 to command the 1st Division at 

 Aldershot. From 1912-14 he was 

 general officer commanding - in - 

 chief. Eastern command. 



Grierson, who was military 

 attache at the British embassy, 

 Berlin, 1896-1900, had a profound 

 knowledge of German military 

 affairs, and his selection to com- 

 mand the second corps of the 

 British Expeditionary Force in 

 Aug., 1914, was regarded as ex- 

 cellent. He died in the train in 

 France on his way to the front. 

 Aug. 18, 1914. Grierson's published 

 works included Armed Strengths of 

 Armies of Russia, Germany, and 

 Japan, 1886 88; Staff Duties in 

 the Field, 1891. 



Sir J. M. Grierson, 

 British soldier 



