shows traces of its immortal origin, and there is still an air of dignity preserved in the swagger of his beautiful form." Bayard Taylor.

Drunken Faun.

An admired stat

ue, a relic of ancient sculpture. Now in the museum at Naples, Italy.

Drury Court. A court in London, formerly called May-pole Alley. See MAY-POLE and DRURY LANE. Drury Lane. A street in London,

so called from the town house of the Drury family. It was an aristocratic quarter till late in the seventeenth century. The present character of the place is implied in the lines of Gay (16881732), written after it had begun to deteriorate. See DRURY LANE THEATRE.

Oh, may thy virtue guard thee through the roads

Of Drury's mazy courts and dark abodes! Gay.

1st May, 1667. To Westminster, in the way meeting many milkmaids with their garlands upon their pails, dancing with a fiddler before them; and saw pretty Nelly [Nell Gwynne] standing at her lodgingdoor, in Drury-lane, in her smock-sleeves and bodice, looking upon one: she seemed

a mighty pretty creature

Did you ever hear the like,
Or ever hear the fame,

Of five women barbers
That lived in Drury Lane?

Pepys.

Ballad.

When Calvert's butt and Parson's black champagne

Regale the drabs and bloods of Drury

Lane;

There in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug,
The Muse found Scroggen stretched be-
neath a rug.
Goldsmith.

Drury Lane Theatre. The first building of this name, situated upon the same site with the present edifice, was opened in 1663. It was subsequently burned, and was rebuilt from designs by Sir Christopher Wren. It was reopened in 1674 with a prologue and epilogue by Dryden. Many eminent actors and playwrights have at different times been connected with this theatre. It was again destroyed by fire in 1809, and the present house was opened in 1812 with a prologue by Lord Byron. This opening in 1812 is interesting from its connection

with the publication of the "Rejected Addresses" of James and Horace Smith. The managers of the theatre having advertised for addresses, to be sent them, one of which was to be spoken on the first night, the brothers James and Horace wrote and published their collection of supposed Rejected Addresses consisting of humorous imitations of different authors. See DRURY LANE.

This old doorway, if you are young. reader, you may not know was the identical pit entrance to old Drury, - Garrick's Drury, all of it that is left. I never pass it without shaking some forty years from off my shoulders, recurring to the evening when I passed through it to see my first play. Charles Lamb.

To him [Johnson] she was as beautiful as the Gunnings, and witty as Lady Mary. Her opinion of his writings was more important to him than the voice of the pit of Drury Lane Theatre, or the judgment of the Monthly Review. Macaulay.

Then spare our stage, ye methodistic men! Nor burn damın'd Drury if it rise again. Byron.

For this world abounds in miraculous combinations, far transcending any thing they do at Drury Lane in the melodramatic way. Cariyle. Drusus, Arch of. See ARCH OF DRUSUS.

Drusus, Tower of. A Roman ruin at Mayence, Germany, regarded by some as the tomb of Drusus, the son-in-law of Augustus. Its popular name is the Eichelstein. Dryburgh Abbey. This ancient abbey of Scotland is situated on the Tweed, about 40 miles from Edinburgh. It was founded in 1144 by Hugh de Morville, and endowed by David I. and by several churches. It has long been in ruins. One of the transept aisles remains, however, and here Sir Walter Scott and his family are buried.

"There is a part of the ruin that stands most picturesquely by itself, as if Old Time had intended it for a monument. It is the ruin of that part of the chapel called St. Mary's Aisle: it stands surrounded by luxuriant thickets of pine and other trees, a cluster of beautiful Gothic arches supporting a second tier of smaller and more fanciful ones, one or two of which have that light touch of the Moorish in their form which gives such a singular and

Thy court is now a garden, where the flowers

Expand in silent beauty, and the bird Flitting from arch to arch alone is heard To cheer with song the melancholy bowers. D. M. Moir. Thou slumberest with the noble dead In Dryburgh's solemn pile, Amid the peers and warriors bold, And mitred abbots stern and old, Who sleep in sculptured aisle. L. H. Sigourney. Dublin Castle. The residence of the Viceroy of Ireland, in Dublin. It is an ancient stronghold, begun in 1205, situated on very high ground nearly in the centre of the city, but it has undergone almost entire restoration and renewal, and is now used for government offices.

Ducal Palace. See DOGE'S PALACE.

Dudley House. A mansion in
London, the residence of Earl
Dudley, containing a fine collec-
tion of pictures.
Dudley Observatory.

An astronomical observatory in Albany, N. Y.

Duff House. The seat of the Earl of Fife, in the town of Bauff, Scotland. Duke Humphrey's Walk. A name once popularly given to the middle aisle of the nave in St. Paul's Church, London, in which was the tomb of the duke, son of Henry IV. The young idlers of Elizabeth's time were often called "Paul's Walkers."

"An open question whether 'dining with Duke Humphrey' alludes to the report that he was starved to death, or to the Elizabethan habit for poor gentility to beguile the dinner hour by a promenade near his tomb in old St. Paul's." Yonge.

Paul's Walk is the Land's Epitome, or you may call it the lesser Ile of Great Brittaine Earle, Microcosmographia, 1629. -Do you dine with Sir Humphrey to-day? I should think with Duke Humphrey was more in your way. Byron.

Those who at Christmas do repine, And would fain hence despatch him, May they with old Duke Humphrey dine, Or else may Squire Ketch catch 'em. Duke of Exeter's Daughter. A name given to the rack, which was first introduced as an instrument of torture into the Tower of London by the Duke of Exeter in 1447.

A

Duke of Guise. See, DEATH OF THE DUKE OF GUISE. Duke of York's Column. Scotch granite column 124 feet high, Carlton-House Gardens, London, surmounted by a statue of the Duke of York (d. 1827) in whose memory it was erected. Duke's Theatre. A famous old London theatre, built in 1660, which took the place of the older Salisbury Court Theatre. Knight says of the Salisbury Court theatre that it was in 1583 one of the chief London playhouses. The Duke's Theatre was destroyed in the great fire, and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in 1671. lasted down to the year 1720.

It

"Like Nero's palace shining all with gold." Dryden. Dulwich College. An educational establishment in the environs of London, founded in 1613. The present building is mostly mod

ern.

Dulwich Gallery. A collection of paintings, founded by Sir Francis Bourgeois, now in Dulwich College, in the environs of London. It contains some fine specimens of the Dutch school.

Dumbarton Castle. An ancient and celebrated fortress on the river Clyde, in Scotland.

"The rock is nearly 500 feet high, and from its position and great strength as a fortress has been called the Gibralter of Scotland."

Bayard Tavlor.

"All the tears we shed over Miss Porter's William Wallace seem to rise up like a many-colored mist about it. The highest peak of the rock is still called Wallace's Seat, and a part of the castle, Wallace's Tower; and in one of its apartments a huge two-handed sword of the hero is still shown. I suppose, in fact, Miss Porter's sentimental hero is about as much like the real William Wallace as Daniel Boone is like Sir Charles Grandison. Many a young lady who has cried herself sick over Wallace in the novel, would have been in perfect horror if she could have seen the real man. Still Dumbarton Castle is not a whit the less picturesque for that."

Mrs. H. B. Stowe.

Moun

Dunamase, Rock of. See ROCK OF DUNAMASE. Dunderberg. [Thunder tain.] An eminence on the Hudson river at Caldwell's Landing, associated with romantic legends.

"The captains of the river craft talk of a little bulbous-bottomed Dutch goblin, in trunk hose and sugar-loaf hat, with a speaking-trumpet in his hand, which they say keeps the Donder Berg. They declare that they have heard him in stormy weather, in the midst of the turmoil, giving orders in Low Dutch for the piping up of a fresh gust of wind, or the rattling off of another thunder-clap. Several

events of this kind having taken place, the regular skippers of the river for a long time did not venture to pass the Donder Berg without lowering their peaks, out of homage to the Heer of the mountains; and it was observed that all such as paid this tribute of respect were suffered to pass unmolested." Washington Irving. Dundonald Castle. An ancient feudal mansion, now in ruins, near the town of Troon, in Scotland. King Robert II. of Scotland lived here before his accession to the throne.

"Dr. Johnson, to irritate my old Scottish enthusiasm, was very joc ular on the homely accommodation of King Bob, and roared and laughed till the ruins echoed." Boswell. Dundrennan Abbey. An ancient and once celebrated monastic establishment near Kirkcubbright, in Scotland, and near the sea. was built in 1140 by King David for Cistercian monks from Rievaulx. Queen Mary is said to

It

Dunfermline Abbey. A famous burial-place of the Scottish kings. The original edifice was founded in the eleventh century. The existing building is of the present century. The Palace of Dunfermline was a favorite residence of the kings of Scotland. Dunloe Cave. A singular cave near the entrance to the Gap of Dunloe, in the county of Kerry, Ireland. It is remarkable for some ancient stones which it contains, inscribed with the old Ogham characters, said to have been used in Ireland long before the era of Christianity. It is conjectured that this writing may be a relic of the old Phoenician writing introduced by a colony into Ireland.

Dunloe Gap. A noted pass about four miles in length, in the county of Kerry, Ireland.

肪 "The visitor is at once convinced that he is about to visit a scene rarely paralleled for wild grandeur and stern magnificence; the singular char. acter of the deep ravine would seem to confirm the popular tradition that it was produced by a stroke of the sword of one of the giants of old, which divided the mountains and left them apart forever. Anywhere, and under any circumstances, this rugged and gloomy pass would be a most striking object; but its interest and importance are no doubt considerably enhanced by

erns.

"It was the most mournful and desolate picture I ever beheld. . . . In front the breakers dashed into the entrance, flinging the spray half way to the roof, while the sound rang up through the arches like thunder. It seemed to me the haunt of the old Norsemen's sea-gods."

Bayard Taylor. Dunmore House. The seat of the Earl of Dunmore, on the Firth of Forth, Scotland.

Dunmore House. An ancient but decaying mansion in Williamsburg, Va., the former residence of Lord Dunmore, the last of the colonial governors of Virginia. It is of brick, and was in its day a house of vice-regal splendor. Dunnottar Castle. A ruined fortress near Stonehaven, Scotland, the seat of the Keiths, earls marischal of Scotland. It was taken by Wallace in 1296, and was dismantled in the early part of the last century. It was at one time a place of imprisonment of the Scottish Covenanters.

"Bare and desolate, surrounded

on all sides by the restless, moaning waves; a place justly held accursed as the scene of cruelties to the Covenanters, so appalling and brutal as to make the blood boil in the recital, even in this late day." Mrs. H. B. Stowe.

Dunrobin Castle. The seat of the Duke of Sutherland, a castellated mansion, and one of the finest residences in Scotland. It is situated in the parish of Golspie, in the county of Sutherland. Dunroby Abbey. A beautiful ruined monastery in the county of Wexford, Ireland. It was founded in 1182.

Dunsinane Hill. An eminence about 1,100 feet in height, near Errol, in Scotland, famous from its associations with Shakespeare's tragedy of "Macbeth," and as having been the site of the castle mentioned in the play. See MACBETH'S CAIRN.

I pull in resolution, and begin
To doubt the equivocation of the fiend
That lies like truth: Fear not till Bir
nam Wood

Do come to Dunsinane;' and now a wood Comes toward Dunsinane. Shakespeare. Dunstan's, St. See ST. DUNSTAN'S. Dunvegan Castle. An ancient

mansion in the North of Scotland, the seat of Macleod of Macleod, said to be the oldest inhabited castle in the country. Sir Walter Scott composed one of his poems here.

Duomo. For names beginning with the word DUOмO (Italian for cathedral) see the next prominent word of the name; e.g., DuOMO DI PISA, see PISA, CATHEDRAL OF.

Du Quesne, Fort. See FORT DU
QUESNE.
Durandal. The famous sword of
Roland the Brave, said to have
been brought with his body by
Charlemagne from Roncesvaux,
and interred in the citadel of
Blaye, on the Garonne, France.
Durazzo Palace. [Ital. Palazzo
Durazzo.] A splendid palace in
Genoa, Italy, containing some
fine pictures.

Dürer, Albert. See ALBERT DÜ

RER.

Durgah, The. A famous tomb,

built for the Shekh Selim-Chisti, at Futtehpore, about 22 miles from Agra, in Hindostan.

"The tomb, as well as a canopy six feet high which covers it, is made of mother-of-pearl. The floor is of jas. per, and the walls of white marble in

with cornelian. A cloth of silk and gold was spread over it like a pall, and upon this were wreaths of fresh and withered flowers. The screens of marble surrounding the building are the most beautiful in India. They are single thin slabs about eight feet square, and wrought into such intricate open patterns that you would say they had

been woven in a loom. Bushàrat Ali informed me that the Durgah was erected in one year, and that it cost 37 lacs of rupees,- $1,750,000."

Bayard Taylor. Durham Castle. One of the noble remains of antiquity in the North of England, different portions of which date back to different periods. A great part of it is supposed to be no older than William the Conqueror; but there must have been a fortress before that time. The old keep, which commands beautiful views, is divided into rooms which are occupied by students of the university.

Gray towers of Durham! there was once a time

I viewed your battlements with such vague hope

As brightens life in its first dawning prime;

Well yet I love thy mixed and massive piles,

Half church of God, half castle 'gainst the Scot,

And long to roam these venerable aisles, With records stored of deeds long since Scott.

forgot.

Durham Cathedral. One of the noblest ecclesiastical edifices in England. It was founded in 1093; is 507 feet in length, 200 feet in breadth, and has a tower 214 feet in height. It is of massive Norman architecture.

Durham House. A noble mansion in London in former days, situated on the Strand. It was at one time in the possession of Sir Walter Raleigh. A part of the site is now occupied by the Adelphi Terrace.

Durham Terrace. A terrace at Quebec, Canada, 200 feet above the river, and commanding a magnificent view. The terrace, which is a favorite promenade, stands upon the platform and buttresses where was formerly the Château of St. Louis, built by Champlain in 1620.

"There is not in the world a nobler outlook than that from the terrace at Quebec. You stand upon a rock overhanging city and river, and look down upon the guard-ships' masts. Acre upon acre of timber comes float

ing down the stream above the city, the Canadian boat-songs just reaching you upon the heights." Sir Charles Dilke. Durrenstein. A famous ruined castle on the Danube, near Linz, once the prison of Richard Cœur de Lion.

Düsseldorf Gallery. A gallery of paintings in Düsseldorf, Germany, founded at the beginning of the eighteenth century. In 1805 all the finest pictures in the gallery were taken to Munich by Max. Joseph, king of Bavaria, and are now in the Pinakothek. The gallery, however, still contains many valuable sketches and drawings by celebrated artists. Düsseldorf Madonna. A name sometimes given to a picture of a Holy Family by Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520), formerly in Düsseldorf, but now in the Pinakothek at Munich, Bavaria.

"Christ and St. John attending to each other; the Virgin sitting on the ground looking at St. John; St. Joseph behind with both hands on his staff... altogether a very regular pyramid."

Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Dutch Church. See OLD DUTCH CHURCH.

Dying Gladiator. A famous work

of ancient sculpture, representing a Gaul dying, and supposed to be one of a series of figures illustrating the incursion of the Gauls into Greece. The best authorities now regard this wonderful statue as that of a dying Gaul, and not a gladiator, though some have looked upon it as either the original work or a copy of a statue by Ctesilaus (Cresilas), a Grecian sculptor, and contemporary of Phidias. It is now preserved in the museum of the Capitol at Rome. The right arm of this statue has been restored. It is not positively known by whom this restoration was made; but the work has been credited to Michael Angelo on the ground that no one else could have done it. See BORGHESE GLADIATOR and WOUNDED GLADIATOR.