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toration (1888); Introduction to the Creeds 

 (1889); Introduction to the Articles (joint au- 

 thor) (1895). As editor Canon Maclear published 

 The Gospel of Saint Mark, with Notes and Intro- 

 duction (1877); and The Book of Joshua, with 

 Notes and Introduction (1878). 



Macleod, Henry Dunning, English barrister, 

 born in 1821 ; died July 16, 1902. His education 

 was obtained at Cambridge, and he was called to 

 the bar of the Inner Temple in 1849. His pub- 

 lished writings include The Theory and Practise 

 >f Banking (1855-'56); Elements of Political 

 rnomy (1858) ; Dictionary of Political Economy 

 (1862); Principles of Economical Philosophy 

 (1872); The Elements of Banking (1876); Eco- 

 loniics for Beginners (1878) ; The Elements of Eco- 

 lomics (1881-'86); Institute of Bankers in Scot- 

 land (1882); The Theory of Credit (1889); and 

 Bimetallism. 



Margareta Sophia, Duchess of Wiirtemberg, 

 born in 1870; died Aug. 24, 1902. She was an 

 archduchess of Austria, niece of the Emperor 

 Franz Joseph, being a daughter of the Archduke 

 Karl Ludwig and the Princess Annunziata of the 

 Two Sicilies. She was married to Duke Albrecht 

 of Wiirtemberg, son of Duke Philip, brother and 

 heir presumptive of the King, in January, 1893, 

 and bore him six children. 



Marie Henrietta, Queen of the Belgians, born 

 in Schonbrunn, Aug. 23, 1836; died in Spa, Sept. 

 17, 1902. She was an Austrian Archduchess, 

 daughter of the Archduke Joseph, Palatine of 

 Hungary, third son of the Emperor Leopold II, 

 and married the Crown-Prince Leopold of Belgium 

 when both were only seventeen years old. She 

 had been Queen of the Belgians since 1865, but 

 lived a secluded life, saddened by the death of her 

 only son in 1869 and by the domestic misfortunes 

 of her daughter Stephanie, but consoled by the 

 presence of her youngest daughter, the Princess 

 Clementine. She was a collector of laces and did 

 much to revive the lace industry in Belgium, and 

 for her charities was beloved by the Belgian people. 

 Martin, Arthur Patchett, English author, 

 born in Woolwich, England, Feb. 18, 1851 ; died 

 in Teneriffe, Canary Islands, Feb. 15, 1902. When 

 a child he was taken by his parents to Melbourne, 

 Australia, and his education was obtained at the 

 Melbourne University. He entered the Victorian 

 Civil Service in 1868, resigning in 1882. With 

 others he founded the Melbourne Review in 1876, 

 and was its editor till 1882. He then settled in 

 London. His published books include Lays of 

 To-d.ay, or Verses in Jest and Earnest (1878); 

 Fernshawe: Sketches in Prose and Verse (1881); 

 Australia and the Empire (1889) ; True Stories 

 from Australian History (1893) ; Life and Letters 

 of Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke (1893); 

 The Withered Jester, and Other Verses (1895); 

 and Beginners of Australian Literature (1900). 



Maurer, Konrad von, German archeologist 

 and ethnologist, born in Frankenthal, April 29, 

 1823; died Sept. 18, 1902. He was an authority of 

 the first rank on the early history and laws of the 

 Teutonic and Scandinavian peoples. He published 

 an important series of works on the constitution 

 and history of Iceland. He was a good Scandi- 

 navian scholar, and edited the first edition of the 

 Gullthorissaga. His works include Die Bekeh- 

 rung des Norwegischen Stammes zum Christen- 

 tum; Island von seiner ersten Entdeckung bis 

 zum Untergange des Freistaates; Das Alter des 

 Groszsprecheramtes in Norwegen; Studien iiber 

 das sogenannte Christenrecht Konig Sverrirs ; and 

 Das alteste Hofrecht des Nordens. He also pub- 



fhed a collection of Icelandic popular legends 

 the present day. 



Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow, Scottish edu- 

 cator, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 30, 1830; 

 died in Ashford, England, April 5, 1902. He re- 

 ceived his education at the university in his native 

 city, and from 1876 was Professor of Education in 

 the University of Saint Andrews. Prof. Meikle- 

 john was a prolific author of text-books and other 

 educational works, his writings comprising a 

 translation from the German of Kant's Critique 

 of Pure Reason (1852) ; Geography: The Best and 

 Worst Methods of Teaching It (1869); Book of 

 the English Language (1877); History of the 

 British Empire (1878) ; The Problem of Teaching 

 to Read (1879); The New Education (1881); An 

 Old Educational Reformer: Dr. Andrew Bell 

 (1881); The English Language: Its Grammar, 

 History, and Literature (1886); Outlines of the 

 History of English Literature (1886) ; Short His- 

 tory of the English Language (1886); A New 

 Grammar of the English Tongue (1887); A New 

 Geography in the Comparative Method (1889); 

 Outlines of the History of England and Great 

 Britain (1890); The British Empire: Its Geog- 

 raphy, Resources, Commerce, Landways, and 

 Waterways (1891). 



Mello, Custodio Jos6 de, Brazilian naval offi- 

 cer, died March 16, 1902. He was admiral of the 

 Brazilian fleet when Peixotto was President and 

 attempted to overthrow the republic in 1892 in 

 order, to restore Dom Pedro as Emperor. With 

 his ships he blockaded Rio de Janeiro and bom- 

 barded the city. Beaten in the end, he was ar- 

 rested and condemned to imprisonment. As he 

 attempted soon afterward to organize a new in- 

 surrection, he was banished from Rio. 



Mesdag, Hendrik Willem, Dutch painter, 

 born in Groningen, in 1831; died in The Hague, 

 Aug. 4, 1902. He was the son of a banker and be- 

 gan life in the same business, painting first as an 

 amateur, and finally devoting himself to art al- 

 together. He painted at first at The Hague, then 

 at Antwerp, lived a long time in Brussels, and 

 went to Paris to perfect himself in technique. 

 He became a master, and for twenty years was ac- 

 counted the first marine painter of his age. His 

 works are exceedingly numerous. In his private 

 gallery in The Hague he collected paintings and 

 sketches of modern Dutch, Flemish, and French 

 artists selected especially to show their style, 

 method, coloring, and brush work. 



Meyer, Lucas, Boer soldier, born in the Orange 

 Free State in 1848; died in Brussels, Aug. 8, 1902. 

 He emigrated to the Transvaal, was one of the 

 founders of the republic in 1884 and its President, 

 and when it was incorporated in the South Afri- 

 can Republic in 1886 was elected member for Yry- 

 heid in the Volksraad. When war was declared 

 against Great Britain in 1899 he was chairman of 

 the First Volksraad, still sitting for Vryheid, 

 which had Gen. Louis Botha for a second mem- 

 ber. Both belonged to the Progressive party, 

 which desired to work with the better class of 

 the Uitlanders in introducing reforms and were 

 willing to make concessions to the British n><i- 

 dents, but both stood by President Kruger in his 

 refusal of Mr. Chamberlain's demands and iri his 

 decision to defend the independence of the coun- 

 try with arms. When war broke out Lucas 

 Meyer took command of the Vryheid, Utrecht, 

 and Piet Retief burghers. He failed in an attack 

 on the force of Gen. Symons at Talma on Oct. 20, 

 and while commanding the left wing of the Boer 

 forces at the battle of Ladysmith on Oct. 30 he 

 broke down and handed over the command to 

 Louis Botha. He took no further prominent part 

 in active operations, but was an important mem- 

 ber of the administrative staff and was one of the 



