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Transcriber's Note:

A number of typographical errors and inconsistencies have been maintained
in this version of this book. Typographical errors have been marked with
a [TN-#], which refers to a description in the complete list found at the
end of the text. A list of words that have been inconsistently spelled or
hyphenated is found at the end of the present text.

The illustrations listed in the illustration list were missing from the
book used as the source for this text.

Text printed in Greek characters in the original text has been
transliterated and surrounded with ~.

The AE, ae, OE, and oe ligatures used in the original book have been
expanded in this version. The following codes are used for characters
that are not present in the character set used for this version of the
book.

['a] a with acute accent
[`a] a with grave accent
[^a] a with circumflex
[:a] a with diaeresis
[)a] a with breve
[=a] a with macron
[c,] c with cedilla
[C,] C with cedilla
['e] e with acute accent
[`e] e with grave accent
[^e] e with circumflex
[:e] e with diaeresis
[)e] e with breve
[=e] e with macron
[`i] i with grave accent
[^i] i with circumflex
[:i] i with diaeresis
['E] E with acute accent
[`E] E with grave accent
[^E] E with circumflex
[)i] i with breve
[=i] i with macron
[~n] n with tilde
[^o] o with circumflex
[:o] o with diaeresis
[)o] o with breve
[=o] o with macron
[:O] O with diaeresis
[`u] u with grave accent
[^u] u with circumflex
[:u] u with diaeresis
[)u] u with breve
[=u] u with macron
[:U] U with diaeresis
[asterism] triangle of 3 asterisks, two at the top, one at the bottom
[degrees] degree sign
[pounds] pounds sign
[1] upside down 1
[6] upside down 6
[b] musical flat symbol
[#] musical sharp symbol

CHARACTER SKETCHES
OF ROMANCE, FICTION
AND THE DRAMA

A REVISED AMERICAN EDITION
OF THE READER'S HANDBOOK

BY

THE REV. E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D.

EDITED BY
MARION HARLAND

VOLUME III

[Colophon]

NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER

MDCCCXCII

Copyright, 1892, by SELMAR HESS.

PHOTOGRAVURES PRINTED ON THE HESS PRESS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

VOLUME III.

PHOTOGRAVURES AND ETCHINGS.

_Illustration_ _Artist_

DEATH OF MINNEHAHA (_colored_) W. L. DODGE
MADAME CHRYSANTH[`E]ME
MEPHISTOPHELES AND FAUST A. JACOMIN
MILLER (THE), HIS SON AND THE ASS EUG[`E]NE LEJEUNE
NEWCOME (COLONEL) FREDERICK BARNARD
OPHELIA MADELEINE LEMAIRE
ORPHEUS G. MOREAU
PECKSNIFF (MR.) FREDERICK BARNARD
PENDENNIS (MAJOR) FREDERICK BARNARD

WOOD ENGRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES.

MACARTHY (LAWRENCE) AND HIS SISTER ELLEN SCANLAN
MACHEATH WITH LUCY AND POLLY STUART NEWTON
MAIDEN (THE) AND LOVER BENCZUR-GYULA
MANFRED AND ASTARTE K. LISKA
MANON LESCAUT (THE BURIAL OF) P. A. J. DAGNAN-BOUVERET
MANRICO AND LEONORA FERD. KELLER
MANUEL (DON) DISCOVERS BEATRICE C. JAEGER
MARGARET BEFORE THE MATER DOLOROSA
MARIE ANTOINETTE ON HER WAY TO THE GUILLOTINE F. FLAMING
MARIE MICHON (THE ADVENTURE OF) G. BOULANGER
MARY (HIGHLAND) B. E. SPENCE
MASANIELLO EDOUARD HAMMAN
MASCARILLE (COQUELIN AS)
MATHIAS (THE MESMERIST AND) ADRIEN MARIE
MATTHEW (FATHER) AND SIR ROLFE W. B. DAVIS
MAUPRAT (BERNARD) AND JEAN MAUPRAT
MAZEPPA A. WAGNER
MEDEA N. SICHEL
MERMAIDENS (THE) ARNOLD B[:O]CKLIN
METAMORA (FORREST AS)
MICAWBER (MR. WILKINS) FREDERICK BARNARD
MIGNON G. HOM
MIRANDA AND FERDINAND R. E. PINE
M'LISS EDWARD LONG
MOOR (FRANZ) FR. PECHT
MORLAND (CATHARINE) R. W. BUSS
MOSES (PREPARING) FOR THE FAIR D. MACLISE
MOYA (THE POET PEDRO DE) AND THE PLAYERS D. MACLISE
MULLER (MAUD)
NIOBE WITH HER CHILDREN SOLOMON J. SOLOMON
NORMA AND POLLIONE ALBERT BAUER
OLDBUCK (MR.) AND JENNY ROB. HERDMAN
OLIVIA
OLIVIA (THE RETURN OF) G. S. NEWTON
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE L. THIERSCH
OTTILIA AND THE CHILD
OTTOCAR (PRINCE) AND MAX EUGEN KLIMSCH
PALISSY THE POTTER MRS. E. M. WARD
PANGLOSS (JEFFERSON AS DOCTOR)
PEGGY (MISS) AND HER FRIENDS DUDLEY HARDY
PENELOPE R. VON DEUTSCH
PENSEROSO (IL) J. C. HORSLEY
PENTHESILEA, QUEEN OF THE AMAZONS
PERI AT HEAVEN'S GATE (THE) FR. HEYSER
PHARAOH AND THE BEARERS OF EVIL TIDINGS LECOMTE-DU-NOUY
PHEDRA AND HIPPOLYTUS PIERRE GU['E]RIN
PHOEBUS DE CHATEAUPERS G. BRION
PICCIOLA (CHARNEY EXAMINING) BARRIAS
PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN (THE) H. KAULBACH
PIZARRO BEFORE CHARLES V.
PORTIA AND THE CASKETS ALEX. CABANEL
PORTIA AT THE GRAVE OF THE MESSIAH H. F[:U]GER
POSA (DON CARLOS, THE KING AND THE MARQUIS OF) FERDINAND RITTER
PRISCILLA DAVIDSON KNOWLES
PROMETHEUS AND THE OCEAN NYMPHS EDUARD M[:U]LLER
PRYNNE (HESTER) H. G. BOUGHTON
PSYCHE (CUPID AND) PAUL BAUDRY
PSYCHE AND CHARON A. ZICK
PUCK AND THE FAIRIES ARTHUR HUGHES
PUSS-IN-BOOTS GUSTAVE DOR['E]
PYGMALION AND GALATEA JEAN RAOUX
QUIXOTE (DON) IN HIS STUDY GUSTAVE DOR['E]
REBECCA (THE ABDUCTION OF) L['E]ON COGNIET
RED RIDINGHOOD (LITTLE) EUG[`E]NE LEJEUNE
REINIKE FOX BEFORE KING LION W. VON KAULBACH
REINIKE FOX TO BE HUNG W. VON KAULBACH
RHODOPE, THE EGYPTIAN PRINCESS FERD. KELLER
RICHLAND (MISS) VISITS MR. HONEYWOOD W. P. FRITH
ROB ROY PARTING RASHLEIGH AND FRANCIS
OSBALDISTONE J. B. MCDONALD
ROBSART (AMY)
ROLAND (MADAME) ALBERT LYNCH
ROLAND AT THE BATTLE OF RONCESVALLES LOUIS GUESNET
ROMEO AND JULIET IN FRIAR LAWRENCE'S CELL CARL BECKER
ROSE AND BLANCHE (DAGOBERT WITH) EDWARD H. CORBOULD
ROUMESTAN (NUMA) EMILE BAYARD
RUGGIERO ON THE HIPPOGRIFF GUSTAVE DOR['E]

CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION, AND THE DRAMA.

=Mark Tapley=, a serving companion of Martin Chuzzlewit, who goes out with
him to Eden, in North America. Mark Tapley thinks there is no credit in
being jolly in easy circumstances; but when in Eden he found every
discomfort, lost all his money, was swindled by every one, and was
almost killed by fevers, then indeed he felt it would be a real credit
"to be jolly under the circumstances."--C. Dickens, _Martin Chuzzlewit_
(1843).

=Markham=, a gentleman in the train of the earl of Sussex.--Sir W. Scott,
_Kenilworth_ (time, Elizabeth).

_Markham_ (_Mrs._), pseudonym of Mrs. Elizabeth Perrose[TN-1] (born
Elizabeth Cartwright), authoress of _History of England_, etc.

=Markleham= (_Mrs._), the mother of Annie. Devoted to pleasure, she always
maintained that she indulged in it for "Annie's sake." Mrs. Markleham is
generally referred to as "the old soldier."--C. Dickens, _David
Copperfield_ (1849).

=Marksman=, one of Fortunio's seven attendants. He saw so clearly and to
such a distance, that he generally bandaged his eyes in order to temper
the great keenness of his sight.--Comtesse D'Aunoy, _Fairy Tales_
("Fortunio," 1682).

=Marlborough= (_The duke of_), John Churchill. He was called by Marshal
Turenne _Le Bel Anglais_ (1650-1722).

=Marlow= (_Sir Charles_), the kind-hearted old friend of Squire
Hardcastle.

_Young Marlow_, son of Sir Charles. "Among women of reputation and
virtue he is the modestest man alive; but his acquaintances give him a
very different character among women of another stamp" (act i. 1).
Having mistaken Hardcastle's house for an inn, and Miss Hardcastle for
the barmaid, he is quite at his ease, and makes love freely. When fairly
caught, he discovers that the supposed "inn" is a private house, and the
supposed barmaid is the squire's daughter; but the ice of his shyness
being broken, he has no longer any difficulty in loving according to
his station.--Goldsmith, _She Stoops to Conquer_ (1773).

When Goldsmith was between 16 and 17 he set out for Edgworthstown, and
finding night coming on, asked a man which was the "best house" in the
town--meaning the best inn. The man pointed to the house of Sir Ralph
Fetherstone (or _Mr. Fetherstone_), and Oliver, entering the parlor,
found the master of the mansion sitting at a good fire. Oliver told him
he desired to pass the night there, and ordered him to bring in supper.
"Sir Ralph" knowing his customer, humored the joke, which Oliver did not
discover till next day, when he called for his bill. (We are told in
_Notes and Queries_ that Ralph Fetherstone was only _Mr._, but his
grandson was _Sir Thomas_).

=Marmaduke Wharne.= Eccentric old Englishman long resident in America.
Benevolent and beneficent, but gruff in manner and speech.--A. D. T.
Whitney, _Leslie Goldthwaite's Summer_ (1866).

=Marmaduke= (_Sir_). A man who has lost all earth can give--wealth, love,
fame and friends, but thus comforts himself:

"I account it worth
All pangs of fair hopes crossed,--
All loves and honors lost,--
To gain the heavens, at cost
Of losing earth."

Theodore Tilton, _Sir Marmaduke's Musings_ (1867).

=Marmion.= Lord Marmion was betrothed to Constance de Beverley, but he
jilted her for Lady Clare, an heiress, who was in love with Ralph de
Wilton. The Lady Clare rejected Lord Marmion's suit, and took refuge
from him in the convent of St. Hilda, in Whitby. Constance took the veil
in the convent of St. Cuthbert, in Holy Isle, but after a time left the
convent clandestinely, was captured, taken back, and buried alive in the
walls of a deep cell. In the mean time, Lord Marmion, being sent by
Henry VIII. on an embassy to James IV. of Scotland, stopped at the hall
of Sir Hugh de Heron, who sent a palmer as his guide. On his return,
Lord Marmion commanded the abbess of St. Hilda to release the Lady
Clare, and place her under the charge of her kinsman, Fitzclare of
Tantallon Hall. Here she met the palmer, who was Ralph de Wilton, and as
Lord Marmion was slain in the battle of Flodden Field, she was free to
marry the man she loved.--Sir W. Scott, _Marmion_ (1808).

_Marmion_ (_Lord_), a descendant of Robert de Marmion, who obtained from
William the Conqueror, the manor of Scrivelby, in Lincolnshire. This
Robert de Marmion was the first royal champion of England, and the
office remained in the family till the reign of Edward I., when in
default of male issue it passed to John Dymoke, son-in-law of Philip
Marmion, in whose family it remains still.

=Marnally= (_Bernard_). Good-looking Irish tutor at "Happy-go-Lucky," a
country house. He is accused of murdering the infant children of a young
widow with whom he is in love, but is acquitted and goes back to
Ireland. Some years later, he revisits America, meets his old love and
marries her.--Miriam Coles Harris, _Happy-go-Lucky_ (1881).

=Marner= (_Silas_). Miser and misogynist in humble life, who finds a
baby-girl in his cottage one night, and in bringing her up, learns to
have patience with life and charity with his kind.--George Eliot, _Silas
Marner_.

=Ma'ro=, Virgil, whose full name was Publius Virgilius Maro (B.C. 70-19).

Oh, were it mine with the sacred Maro's art
To wake to sympathy the feeling heart,
Like him the smooth and mournful verse to dress
In all the pomp of exquisite distress ...
Then might I ...

Falconer, _The Shipwreck_, iii. 5 (1756).

=Mar'onites= (3 _syl._), a religious semi-Catholic sect of Syria,
constantly at war with their near neighbors, the Druses, a
semi-Mohammedan sect. Both are now tributaries of the sultan, but enjoy
their own laws. The Maronites number about 400,000, and the Druses about
half that number. The Maronites owe their name to J. Maron, their
founder; the Druses to Durzi, who led them out of Egypt into Syria. The
patriarch of the Maronites resides at Kanobin; the hakem of the Druses
at Deir-el-kamar. The Maronites, or "Catholics of Lebanon," differ from
the Roman Catholics in several points, and have a pope or patriarch of
their own. In 1860 the Druses made on them a horrible onslaught, which
called forth the intervention of Europe.

=Marotte= (2 _syl._), a footman of Gorgibus; a plain bourgeois, who hates
affectation. When the fine ladies of the house try to convert him into a
fashionable flunky, and teach him a little grandiloquence, he bluntly
tells them he does not understand Latin.

_Marotte._ Voil[`a] un laquais qui demande si vous [^e]tes au logis,
et dit que son ma[^i]tre, vous venir voir.

_Madelon._ Apprenez, sotte, [`a] vous ['e]noncer moins vulgaiment.
Dites: Voil[`a] un n['e]cessaire que demande si vous [^e]tes en
commodit['e] d'etre visibles.

_Marotte._ Je n'entends point le Latin.--Moli[`e]re, _Les
Pr['e]cieuses Ridicules_, vii. (1659).

=Marphi'sa=, sister of Roge'ro, and a female knight of amazing prowess.
She was brought up by a magician, but being stolen at the age of seven,
was sold to the king of Persia. When she was 18, her royal master
assailed her honor; but she slew him, and usurped the crown. Marphisa
went to Gaul to join the army of Agramant, but subsequently entered the
camp of Charlemagne, and was baptized.--Ariosto, _Orlando Furioso_
(1516).

=Marphu'rius=, a doctor of the Pyrrhonian school. Sganarelle consults him
about his marriage; but the philosopher replies, "Perhaps; it is
possible; it may be so; everything is doubtful;" till at last Sganarelle
beats him, and Marphurius says he shall bring an action against him for
battery. "Perhaps," replies Sganarelle; "it is possible; it may be so,"
etc., using the very words of the philosopher (sc. ix.).--Moli[`e]re, _Le
Mariage Forc['e]_ (1664).

=Marplot=, "the busy body." A blundering, good-natured, meddlesome young
man, very inquisitive, too officious by half, and always bungling
whatever he interferes in. Marplot is introduced by Mrs. Centlivre in
two comedies, _The Busy Body_ and _Marplot in Lisbon_.

That unlucky dog Marplot ... is ever doing mischief, and yet (to
give him his due) he never designs it. This is some blundering
adventure, wherein he thought to show his friendship, as he calls
it.--Mrs. Centlivre, _The Busy Body_, iii. 5 (1709).

[Asterism] This was Henry Woodward's great part (1717-1777). His
unappeasable curiosity, his slow comprehension, his annihilation under
the sense of his dilemmas, were so diverting, that even Garrick
confessed him the decided "Marplot" of the stage.--Boaden, _Life of
Siddons_.

N. B.--William Cavendish, duke of Newcastle, brought out a free
tranlation[TN-2] of Moli[`e]re's _L'Etourdi_, which he entitled _Marplot_.

=Marquis de Basqueville=, being one night at the opera, was told by a
messenger that his mansion was on fire. "Eh bien," he said to the
messenger, "adressez-vous [`a] Mme. la marquise qui est en face dans cette
loge; car c'est affaire de m['e]nage."--Chapus, _Dieppe et ses Environs_
(1853).

=Marrall= (_Jack_), a mean-spirited, revengeful time-server. He is the
clerk and tool of Sir Giles Overreach. When Marrall thinks Wellborn
penniless, he treats him like a dog; but as soon as he fancies he is
about to marry the wealthy dowager, Lady Allworth, he is most servile,
and offers to lend him money. Marrall now plays the traitor to his
master, Sir Giles, and reveals to Wellborn the scurvy tricks by which he
has been cheated of his estates. When, however, he asks Wellborn to take
him into his service, Wellborn replies, "He who is false to one master
will betray another;" and will have nothing to say to him.--Massinger,
_A New Way to Pay Old Debts_ (1628).

=Married Men of Genius.= The number of men of genius unhappy in their
wives is very large. The following are notorious examples:--Socrat[^e]s
and Xantipp[^e]; Saadi, the Persian poet; Dant[^e] and Gemma Donati;
Milton, with Mary Powell; Marlborough and Sarah Jennings; Gustavus
Adolphus and his flighty queen; Byron and Miss Milbanke; Dickens and
Miss Hogarth; etc. Every reader will be able to add to the list.

=Mars=, divine Fortitude personified. Bacchus is the tutelary demon of the
Mahommedans, and Mars the guardian potentate of the Christians.--Camoens,
_The Lusiad_ (1569).

_That Young Mars of Men_, Edward the Black prince, who with 8,000 men
defeated, at Poitiers, the French king, John, whose army amounted to
60,000--some say even more (A. D. 1356).[TN-3]

_The Mars of Men_, Henry Plantagenet, earl of Derby, third son of Henry,
earl of Lancaster, and near kinsman of Edward III. (See DERBY.)

=Marse' Chan.= Brave Virginian soldier whose lady-love enacts "My Lady
Disdain" until news is brought her that he has fallen in battle. Then
she grieves for him as a widow for her husband, and when she dies, she
is buried by him.--Thomas Nelson Page, _In Ole Virginia_ (1887).

=Mars of Portugal= (_The_), Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of India
(1452-1515).

=Mars Wounded.= A very remarkable parallel to the encounter of Di[)o]med
and Mars in the _Iliad_, v., occurs in Ossian. Homer says that Diomed
hurled his spear against Mars, which, piercing the belt, wounded the
war-god in the bowels; "Loud bellowed Mars, nine thousand men, ten
thousand, scarce so loud, joining fierce battle." Then Mars ascending,
wrapped in clouds, was borne upwards to Olympus.

Ossian, in _Carrick-Thura_, says that Loda, the god of his foes, came like
a "blast from the mountain. He came in his terror and shook his dusky
spear. His eyes were flames, and his voice like distant thunder. 'Son of
night,' said Fingal, 'retire. Do I fear thy gloomy form, spirit of dismal
Loda? Weak is thy shield of cloud, feeble thy meteor sword.'"[TN-4] Then
cleft he the gloomy shadow with his sword. It fell like a column of
smoke. It shrieked. Then rolling itself up, the wounded spirit rose on the
wind, and the island shook to its foundation."

=Marseilles' Good Bishop=, Henri Fran[c,]ois Xavier de Belsunce
(1671-1775). Immortalized by his philanthropic diligence in the plague
at Marseilles (1720-1722).

Charles Borrom[=e]o, archbishop of Milan a century previously (1576),
was equally diligent and self-sacrificing in the plague of Milan
(1538-1584).

Sir John Lawrence, lord mayor of London during the great plague,
supported 40,000 dismissed servants, and deserves immortal honor.

Darwin refers to Belsunce and Lawrence in his _Loves of the Plants_, ii.
433.

=Marshal Forwards=, Bl[:u]cher; so called for his dash in battle, and the
rapidity of his movements, in the campaign of 1813 (1742-1819).

=Marsi=, a part of the Sabellian race, noted for Magic, and said to have
been descended from Circ[^e].

Marsis vi quadam genitali datum, ut serpentium virulentorum
domitores sint, et incantationibus herbarumque succis faciant
medelarum mira.--_Gellius_, xvi. 11.

=Marsig'lio=, a Saracen king, who plotted the attack upon Roland, "under
the tree on which Judas hanged himself." With a force of 600,000 men,
divided into three companies, Marsiglio attacked the paladin in
Roncesvall[^e]s and overthrew him; but Charlemagne, coming up, routed the
Saracen, and hanged him on the very tree under which he planned the
attack.--Turpin, _Chronicle_ (1122).

=Marsilia=, "who bears up great Cynthia's train," is the marchioness of
Northampton, to whom Spenser dedicated his _Daphnaida_. This lady was
Helena, daughter of Wolfgangus Swavenburgh, a Swede.

No less praiseworthy is Marsilia,
Best known by bearing up great Cynthia's train.
She is the pattern of true womanhead....
Worthy next after Cynthia [_queen Elizabeth_] to tread,
As she is next her in nobility.

Spenser, _Colin Clout's Come Home Again_ (1595).

=Mar'syas=, the Phrygian flute-player. He challenged Apollo to a contest
of skill, but being beaten by the god, was flayed alive for his
presumption.

=Mar'tafax and Ler'mites= (3 _syl._), two famous rats brought up before
the White Cat for treason, but acquitted.--Comtesse D'Aunoy, _Fairy
Tales_ ("The White Cat," 1682).

=Marta'no=, a great coward, who stole the armor of Gryphon, and presented
himself in it before King Norandi'no. Having received the honors due to
the owner, Martano quitted Damascus with Origilla; but Aquilant unmasked
the villain, and he was hanged (bks. viii., ix.).--Ariosto, _Orlando
Furioso_ (1516).

=Marteau des Heretiques=, Pierre d'Ailly; also called _L'Aigle de la
France_ (1350-1420).

=Martel= (_Charles_), Charles, natural son of P['e]pin d'H['e]ristal.

M. Collin de Plancy says that this "palace mayor" of France was not
called "Martel" because he _martel['e]_ ("hammered") the Saracens under
Abd-el-Rahman in 732, but because his patron saint was _Martellus_ (or
_St. Martin_).--_Biblioth[`e]que des L['e]gendes._

Thomas Delf, in his translation of Chevreuil's _Principles of Harmony,
etc., of Colors_ (1847), signs himself "Charles Martel."

=Martext= (_Sir Oliver_), a vicar in Shakespeare's comedy of _As You Like
It_ (1600).

=Martha:=

"Yea, Lord! Yet man must earn
And woman bake the bread;
And some must watch and wake
Early for other's sake
Who pray instead."

Julia C. R. Dorr, _Afternoon Songs_ (1885).

_Martha_, sister to "The Scornful Lady" (no name given).--Beaumont and
Fletcher, _The Scornful Lady_ (1616).

_Martha_, the servant-girl at Shaw's Castle.--Sir W. Scott, _St. Ronan's
Well_ (time, George III.).

_Martha_, the old housekeeper at Osbaldistone Hall.--Sir W. Scott, _Rob
Roy_ (time, George I.).

_Martha_, daughter of Ralph and Louise de Lascours, and sister of Diana
de Lascours. When the crew of the _Urania_ rebelled, Martha, with Ralph
de Lascours (the captain), Louise de Lascours, and Barabas, were put
adrift in a boat, and cast on an iceberg in "the Frozen Sea." The
iceberg broke, Ralph and Louise were drowned, Barabas was picked up by a
vessel, and Martha fell into the hands of an Indian tribe, who gave her
the name of Orgari'ta ("withered corn"). She married Carlos, but as he
married under a false name, the marriage was illegal, and when Carlos
was given up to the hands of justice, Orgarita was placed under the
charge of her grandmother, Mde. de Th['e]ringe, and [probably] espoused
Horace de Brienne.--E. Stirling, _The Orphan of the Frozen Sea_ (1856).

_Martha_, a friend of Margaret. She makes love to Mephistophel[^e]s, with
great worldly shrewdness.--Goethe, _Faust_ (1798).

_Martha, alias_ ULRICA, mother of Bertha, who is betrothed to Hereward
and marries him.--Sir W. Scott, _Count Robert of Paris_ (time, Rufus).

_Martha_ (_The Abbess_), abbess of Elcho Nunnery. She is a kinswoman of
the Glover family.--Sir W. Scott, _Fair Maid of Perth_ (time, Henry
IV.).

_Martha_ (_Dame_), housekeeper to major Bridgenorth.--Sir W. Scott,
_Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.).

=Martha Hilton=, serving-maid in the household of the widowed Governor
Wentworth, until, on his sixtieth birthday, he surprised the guests
assembled to do him honor by wedding her in their sight.--Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow, _Lady Wentworth_.

=Marth['e]=, a young orphan, in love with Fr['e]d['e]ric Auvray, a young
artist who loves her in return, but leaves her, goes to Rome, and falls
in love with another lady, Elena, sister of the Duke Strozzi. Marth['e]
leaves the Swiss pastor, who is her guardian, and travels in midwinter to
Rome, dressed as a boy, and under the name of Piccolino. She tells her
tale to Elena, who abandons the fickle, false one, and Fr['e]d['e]ric
forbids the Swiss wanderer ever again to approach him. Marth['e], in
despair, throws herself into the Tiber, but is rescued. Fr['e]d['e]ric
repents, is reconciled, and marries the forlorn maiden.--Mons. Guiraud,
_Piccolino_ (an opera, 1875).