See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

MARK PRAGER See also:

• MARK PRAGER LINDO (1819-1879)

LINDO (1819-1879)  , Dutch See also:

• PROSE

prose writer, of See also:

• ENGLISH

English-Jewish descent, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 18th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1819 . He went to See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland when nineteen years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, and once established there as a private teacher of the English See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, he soon made up his mind to remain . In 1842 he passed his examination at See also:

• ARNHEM, or ARNHEIM

Arnhem, qualifying him as a See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of English in Holland, subsequently becoming a teacher of the English language and literature at the gymnasium in that See also:

• TOWN

town . In 1853 he was appointed in a similar capacity at the Royal Military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in See also:

• BREDA

Breda . Meanwhile See also:

• LINDO, MARK PRAGER (1819-1879)

Lindo had obtained a thorough grasp of the Dutch language, partly during his student years at See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht University, where in 1854 he gained the degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of literature . His proficiency in the two See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages led him to translate into Dutch several of the See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-187o)

Dickens, See also:

• THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)

Thackeray and others, and afterwards also of See also:

• FIELDING, ANTHONY VANDYKE COPLEY (1787-1855)
• FIELDING, HENRY (1707-1754)
• FIELDING, WILLIAM STEVENS (1848– )

Fielding, See also:

• STERNE, LAURENCE (1713-1768)
• STERNE, RICHARD (c. 15gb-1683)

Sterne and See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott- some of Lindo's See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations See also:

• BORE

bore the imprint of hasty and careless See also:

• WORK

work, and all were very unequal in quality . His name is much more likely to endure as the writer of humorous See also:

• ORIGINAL

original sketches and novelettes in Dutch, which he published under the See also:

• PSEUDONYM (Gr. >l ev&,vuµos, having a false name, ¢Evirls, false and ovoµa, name)

pseudonym of De Oude Herr Smits (" Old Mr Smits ") . Among the most popular are: Brieven en Ontboezemingen (" Letters and Confessions," 1853, with three " Continuations ") ; Familie See also:

• VAN

van Ons (" See also:

• FAMILY

Family of Ours," 1855); Bekentenissen eener Jonge See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame (" Confessions of a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young 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," 1858); Uittreksels uit het Dagboek van Wijlen den Heer Jasvus Snor (" Extracts from the See also:

• DIARY

Diary of the See also:

• LATE

late Mr See also:

• JANUS

Janus Snor," 1865); Typen (" Types," '871); and, particularly, Afdrukken van Indrukken (" Impressions from Impressions," 1854, reprinted many times) . The last-named was written in collaboration with Lodewyk Mulder, who contributed some of its drollest whimsicalities of Dutch See also:

• LIFE

life and See also:

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

character, which, for that See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason, are almost untranslatable . Lodewyk Mulder and Lindo also founded together, and carried on, for a considerable 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 alone, the Nederlandsche Spectator (" The Dutch Spectator "), a See also:

• LITERARY

literary weekly, still published at The See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague, which bears little resemblance to its English prototype, and which perhaps reached its greatest popularity and See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence when See also:

• VOSMAER, CAREL (1826-1888)

Vosmaer contributed to it a brilliant weekly See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter under the fanciful See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Vlugmaren (" Swifts ") . Lindo's serious original Dutch writings he published under his own name, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal one being De Opkomst en Ontwikkeling van het Engelsche See also:

• VOLK, LEONARD WELLS (1828-1895)

Volk (" The Rise and Development of the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• PEOPLE

People," 2 vols . 1868–1874)—a valuable See also:

• HISTORY

history .

Lodewyk Mulder published in 1877–1879 a collected edition of Lindo's writings in five volumes, and there has since been a popular reissue . Lindo was appointed an inspector of See also:

• PRIMARY

primary See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Holland in 1865, a See also:

• POST

post he held until his See also:

• DEATH

death at The Hague on the 9th 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 1879 .