LITERATURE 



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Eyre, Jane. The heroine of 

 novel of the same name, a governt 



Charlotte Bronte's | 

 is in the family of a 

 Mr. Rochester, to whom she is finally married. 



Faa, Gabriel. Guy .Marine rinc. Scott. Nephew 

 of Meg Merrilies. One of the huntsmen at Liddes- , 

 dale. 



liaux. The metrical fables of the Trouveres. 

 or early poets north of the Loire, in the Twelfth and 

 Thirteenth Centuries. The word fable, in this case, is 

 used very widely, for it includes not only such tales as 

 ird the Fox," but all sorts of familiar inei<lent.s 

 of knavery and intrigue, all sorts of legends and family 

 traditions. The fabliau of "Aucassin and Nicolette" is 

 full of interesting incidents, and contains much true 

 pathos and beautiful poetry 



I'.ulla Deen. The hypercritical Grand Chamberlain 



nas Moore's poem Lalla Rookh." Fadladeen's 



criticism upon the several tales which make up the ro- 



mance are very racy and full of humor; and his crest- 



fallen conceit when he finds out that the poet was the 



in disguise is well conceived. 



or I . rip Land. The land of the fays or 

 The chief fay realms are Av'alon. an island 

 somewhere in the ocean. Oberon's dominions, situate 

 "in wilderness among the holtis hairy"; and a realm 

 somewhere in the middle of the earth, where was Pari 

 Hanou's palace. 



I ...TV Queen. A metrical romance, in six books, of 

 cantos each, by Edmund Spenser. The hero. 

 Prince Arthur, arriving at the court of Glouana. the Faery 

 Queen, in Fairyland, finds her holding a solemn festi- 

 val during twelve days. At the court there is a beautiful 

 lady, for whose hand twelve most distinguished knights 

 are rivals, and in order to settle their pretensions these 

 twelve heroes undertake twelve separate adventures. 

 The first book contains the legend of the Red Cross 

 Knight, who is the allegorical representative of "Holi- 

 ness," while his mistress jLJna represents true "Religion"; 

 ami the action of the knight's exploit shadows forth the 

 triumph of Holiness over the enchantments and decep- 

 tions of Heresy. The second book is the legend of Sir 

 Guvon. The third book is the legend of Britomartis 

 a female champion or "Chastity." Britomartis is 

 Diana, or Queen Elizabeth the Britoness. The fourth 

 book is the legend of Cambel and Tri'amond (fidelity). 

 Tin- fifth book is the legend of Ar/tegal (justice). The 

 sixth book is the legend of Sir Cal'idore (courtesy). The 

 remaining books were never completed. The plan of the 

 "Fa6ry Queen" is borrowed from the Orlando Furioso. 

 but the creative power of Spenser is more original, and 

 his imagery more striking, than Ariosto's. 



Fag. A lying servant to Captain Absolute in Sheri- 

 dan's^' Rivals." 



m. An old Jew in Dickens's "Oliver Twist." 

 ployi young persons of both sexes to carry on a 

 <atic trade of robbery. 



ill. .M r. :in<l Mrs. Noted characters in Con- 

 greve's Come i ay of the World." 



Faineant, Le Nolr (the Black Idler). In Sir 

 Walter Scott's "Ivanhpe," a name applied to Riohanl 

 do Lion, in disguise, by thte spectators of a tourna- 

 ment, on account of his indifference during a great part I 

 of the action, in which, however, he was finally vi< t.. ; 

 I .ilkland. In Godwin's novel called ''Caleb Wil- 

 lie commits murder, and keeps a narrative of 

 raOMCtioD in an iron chest. Williams, a lad in Ins 

 >y, opens the chest, and is caught in the act by 

 Falkland. The lad runs away, but is hunted down. I 

 This tale, dramatised by Colman, is entitled ".The Iron 



I .iiry. Fairy-lore of the nursery grows out of belief 

 e, the Good and the Bad. Good fairies are 

 mlle<l fairies, elves, elle-folks, and fays; the evil ones 

 ar<- urc Inns, ouphes. ell-maids, and ell-women. 



v of the .Mini-. A malevolent being supposed 

 to live in mines, busying itself with cutting ore. turning 

 the windlass, etc., and yet effecting nothing. 



Fair Maid of Perth. The title of a novel by Sir 

 Walter Scott, and the name of the her 



Palme r\ i<<. \ndrew. A shrew 

 at Osbaldistone Hall ... Hob Roy," Sir Walter Soott. 



faithful. ..:,...;-., 



yan'n "1'ilgrim's Progress." who die* a martyr before 

 completing his journey. 



Jacob. The title and hero of a tea tale. 

 nun Marryat (1^ 



riham Oho A ballad by Robert Bloom- 

 it hor of "The Farmer's Boy." The ghoat was a 

 donkey. 



edilln's valley. Over the several portals of 

 1 .e Axylum >( 



.'.) "The 

 W< 



Fal'staff. Sir John. A famous character in Shakes- 

 pere's comedy of the "Merry Wives of Windsor," and in 

 the first and second parts of his historical drama of 

 'Henry IV. ' He is as perfect a comic portrait as was 

 ever sketched. In the former play, he is represented as 

 in love with Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page, who make a butt 

 and a dupe of him; in the latter, he figures as a soldier 

 and a wit; in both he is exhibited as a monster of fat. 

 sensual, mendacious, boastful, and cowardly. In Henry 

 V. his death is described by Mrs. Quickly. 



Fang. A sheriff's officer, in the second part of Shakes- 

 pere's "King Henry IV." 



Fan*. Charles Dhkens's "Oliver Twist. A 

 bullying insolent magistrate, who would have sent Oliver 

 Twist to prison, on suspicion of theft, if Mr. Brownlow 

 had not interposed. 



Fa'ta Morgana. The name of a potent fairy, cele- 

 brated in the tales of chivalry, and in the romantic poems 

 of Italy. She was a pupil of the enchanter Merlin, and 

 the sister of Arthur, to whom she discovered the intrigue 

 of his queen. Geneura, or Guinever, with Lancelot of 

 the Lake. In the "Orlando Innamorato" of Bojardo. 

 she appears at first as a personification of Fortune, in- 

 habiting a splendid residence at the bottom of a lake. 

 and dispensing all the treasures of the earth, but she 

 is afterward found in her proper station subject to the 

 all potent Demogorgon. Also, as sister to King Arthur 

 and pupil of Merlin. She lived at the bottom of the 

 lake and dispensed good fortune as she liked. 



Fata Alei'na. Bojardo Orlando Innamorato 

 (1495). Sister of Fata Morgana. She carried off Astolfo 

 on the back of a whale to her isle, but turned him into a 

 myrtle tree when she tired of him. 



Fat Boy, The. A laughable character in Dickens's 

 "Pickwick Papers"; a youth of astonishing obesity. 

 whose employment consists in alternate eating and 

 sleeping. 



Fathom, Ferdinand, Count. The title of a novel 

 by Smollett, and the name of its principal character, a 

 complete villain, who proceeds step by step to rob his 

 benefactors and finally dies in misery and despair. 



Fat't-ma. (1) A female worker, in the story of 

 "Aladdin." in the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments." 

 (2) The last of the wives of Blue-Beard, and the only one 

 who escaped being murdered by him. 



Faust. The hero and title of a celebrated tragedy 

 by Goethe, the materials of which are drawn in part from 

 the popular legends of Dr. Faustus. a famous magician 

 of the Sixteenth Century. Faust is a student who M 

 toiling after knowledge beyond his reach, and who after- 

 wards deserts his studies, and makes a pact with the 

 Devil (Mephistopheles). in pursuance of which he give* 

 himself up to the full enjoyment of the senses, until the 

 hour of his doom arrives, when Mephistopheles reap- 

 pears upon the scene, and carries off his victim as a con- 

 demned soul. This mystical personage dates back to 

 the time of the Reformation. 



Fans tus. The hero of Marlowe's tragedy of the same 

 name; represented as a vulgar sorcerer tempted to cell 

 his soul to the Devil (Mephistopheles). on .-,,.,. 

 having a familiar spirit at his OOOlinand, the 



of earthly power and glory, and unlimited gratification 

 of his sensual appetites, for twenty-four years; at the 

 end of which time, when the forfeit comes to be exacted, 

 he shrinks and shudders in agony and remorse, imploring 

 yet despairing of the mercy of heaven. This has been 

 the theme of many writers. It is the subject of an opera 

 mod. 



Faw, Tibbie. |{e,li:aiiiitl. 

 wife, in Wandering Willie's tale. 



Feast of I.eniiirla. The festival called " Lemuria" 

 was held <>n the '.ith. llrli. an.l l.irh of May. I 



accompnn.e.i with ceremonies of washing hands, throw- 

 ing black beans over the head, etc., and the pronuncia- 

 tion nine times of these words: "Begone, you poUn 

 of the house I" which deprived the Lemuriir of their 

 power to harm. <\,.l describes the Lemuruc in the 

 iiith I ..... i, of oh 



oi Light*. Christ mw wan called the "Feast 



n the Western or I-ntn. 



this feast they used more candle* or lights, ymbolic of 

 Christ, The Light of all light*. 



l < Ho,,, x, ,,,,,,, iu. Septimtu* Felton b the mystical 

 , ! l-\ <!,, BJJM HMM 



lory of the Secret.- of All the 



hero in Hawthorne's novel by the same n* 



l , -M, i i.i. A fairv like creature, a <1 



mtes of Derby, in Sir Walter Soott'* 

 "Peverilof the Peak." 



Fen'ton. A character in 8hakepere'. " Merry Wire. 



Q| Um.Uor." B NX ....... | | ,!, \, ..... l'. l; , fa l,.-r 



money, but soon discover* inward treasures in bar which 

 quite transform him 



' v ..... ' ' lla Rookh, I 



Caahmerian 



Amor in Lalla Rookh is the young 





