See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

DEAN See also:

• WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (1837– )

HOWELLS (1837– )  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American novelist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin's See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

Ferry, See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, on the 1st of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1837 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper See also:

• HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN (1837– )

Howells, a printer-journalist, moved in 1840 to See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton, Ohio, and here the boy's See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life was spent successively as type-setter, reporter and editor in the offices of various See also:

• NEWSPAPERS

newspapers . In the midst of routine See also:

• WORK

work he contrived to familiarize himself with a wide range of authors in several See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• TONGUES, GIFT OF, or GLOSSOLALIA (yXwova, tongue, aXeiv, speak)

tongues, and to See also:

• DRILL

drill himself thoroughly in the use of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• ENGLISH

English . In 1860, as assistant editor of the leading Re-publican newspaper in Ohio, he wrote—in connexion with the Presidential contest—the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign life of See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln; and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he was appointed See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul at See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, where he remained till 1865 . On his return to See also:

• AMERICA

America he joined the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Monthly, and from 1872 to 1881 he was its editorin-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief . Since 1885 he has lived in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York . For a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time heconducted for Harper's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department called " The Editor's Study," and in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1900 he revived for the same periodical the department of " The Easy See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

Chair," which had lapsed with the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George William See also:

• CURTIS, GEORGE TICKNOR (1812-1894)
• CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1824-1892)

Curtis . Of Mr Howells's many novels, the following may be mentioned as specially noteworthy: Their See also:

• WEDDING

Wedding See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

Journey (1872); The See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady of the Aroostook (1879); A Modern Instance (1882); The Rise of See also:

• SILAS (fl. A.D. 50)

Silas Lapham (1885); The See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

Minister's See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

Charge (1886); A See also:

• HAZARD (0. Fr. hazard, from Span. czar, unlucky throw at dice, misfortune, from Arab. al, and zar, dice)

Hazard of New Fortunes (1889); The Quality of See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

Mercy (1892); The Landlord at See also:

• LION
• LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)

Lion's See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

Head (1897) . He also published Poems (1893 and 1886); Stops of Various Quills (1895), a See also:

• BOOK

book of See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse; books of travel; several amusing farces; and volumes of essays and See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism, among others, Literary See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

Friends and Acquaintance (1901), which contains much autobiographical See also:

• MATTER

matter, Literature and Life (1902), and English Films (1905) . Howells is by See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general consent the foremost representative of the realistic school of indigenous American fiction . From the outset his aim was to portray life with entire fidelity in all its commonplaceness, and yet to See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm the reader into a liking for this commonplaceness and into reverence for what it conceals . Though in his earliest novels his method was not consistently realistic—he is at times almost as See also:

• PERSONAL

personal and as whimsical as See also:

• THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)

Thackeray—yet his vivid See also:

• IMPRESSIONISM

impressionism and his choice of subjects, as well as an occasional explicit protest that " dulness is dear to him," already revealed unmistakably his realistic See also:

• BIAS
• BIAS (from the Fr. biais, of unknown origin; the derivation from Lat. bifax, two-faced, is wrong)

bias .

In A Modern Instance (1882) he gained See also:

• COMPLETE

complete command of his method, and began a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of studies of American life that are remarkable for their See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty to fact, their truth of See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone, and their See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to reveal, despite their strictly See also:

• OBJECTIVE, or OBJECT GLASS

objective method, both the inner springs of American See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and the sociological forces that are shaping American See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization . He refuses to over-sophisticate or to over-intellectualize his characters, and he is very sparing in his use of psychological See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis . He insists on seeing and portraying American life as it exists in and for itself, under its own skies and with its own See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere; he does not scrutinize it with See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign comparisons in mind, and thus try to find and to throw into See also:

• RELIEF

relief unsuspected configurations of See also:

• SURFACE

surface . He keeps his See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue toned down to almost the See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch of everyday conversation, although he has shown in his See also:

• COMEDY

comedy sketches how easy a See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master he is of adroit and witty talk . See also J . M . See also:

• ROBERTSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816-1853)
• ROBERTSON, GEORGE CROOM (1842-1892)
• ROBERTSON, JOSEPH (1810-1866)
• ROBERTSON, THOMAS WILLIAM (1829-1871)
• ROBERTSON, WILLIAM BRUCE (182o-1886)

Robertson, Essays towards a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

Critical Method (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1889) ; H . C . See also:

• VEDDER, ELIHU (1836- )

Vedder, American Writers (See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 1894) .