(Encyclopedia) Morley, Henry, 1822–94, English man of letters. In 1850 he closed his successful school to assist Dickens in editing Household Words. After that he combined an editorial with an…
(Encyclopedia) Meyrink, GustavMeyrink, Gustavg&oobreve;sˈtäf mīˈrĭngk [key], 1868–1932, German author, b. Vienna. His original name was Gustav Meyer. A staff member of Simplicissimus from 1902,…
(Encyclopedia) NereusNereusnērˈ&oomacr;s, –ēəs [key], in Greek mythology, seagod. He was the son of Pontus and Gaea and the father of the nereids (see nymph). A kindly, wise old man of the sea,…
(Encyclopedia) Bacheller, IrvingBacheller, Irvingbăchˈələr [key], 1859–1950, American novelist, b. Pierpont, N.Y., grad. St. Lawrence Univ., 1882. In 1884 he founded the first newspaper syndicate in…
(Encyclopedia) Lützelburger, HansLützelburger, Hanshäns lüˈtsəlb&oobreve;rgər [key], d. 1526, German wood engraver, assumed to be the same man as Hans Franck, active from c.1516. He worked in…
(Encyclopedia) Mannyng or Manning, Robert, fl. 1298–1338, English poet, b. Brunne (modern Bourne), Lincolnshire; also called Robert of Brunne. He was a monk in the Gilbertine order. Mannyng is known…
(Encyclopedia) Sumarokov, Aleksandr PetrovichSumarokov, Aleksandr Petrovichəlyĭksänˈdər pētrôˈvĭch s&oomacr;mərôˈkəf [key], 1718–77, Russian dramatist and poet. Sumarokov wrote fables, satires,…
(Encyclopedia) Williams, Emlyn, 1905–87, Welsh actor and dramatist. His best-known plays are Night Must Fall (1935) and The Corn Is Green (1941). His Collected Plays were published in 1961. As an…
(Encyclopedia) Winnipeg, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, issuing from the north end of Lake of the Woods, SW Ont., Canada, and flowing in a winding course generally northwest to the southeast end of…
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Logan Pearsall, 1865–1946, Anglo-American author, b. Millville, N.J. After 1888 he lived in England, studied at Oxford, and became a man of letters. His brief and exquisite…
