Mar War

See Joodpoor.

Maranhao River

See Mearim.

Maranon

See Amazon.

Marc Antoine Calmon

Marc Antoine Calmon, a French political economist, born in the department of Lot in 1815. He studied law, and was a member of the chamber of deputies in 1846-'8. In 1871 President Thiers appointed him under-secretary of the interior; in February, 1872, he was elected to the academy of moral and political sciences, and in December succeeded Leon Say as prefect of the Seine. His principal works are Histoire parlementaire des finances de la restauration (2 vols., 1865), and Eitudes des finances de I Angleterre depuis la reforme de Robert Peeljusqu'en 1869 (1870).

Marc Antoine Madeleine Desaugiers

Marc Antoine Madeleine Desaugiers, a French song writer and dramatist, born at Frejus, Nov. 17, 1772, died in Paris, Aug. 9, 1827. At the age of 17 he produced a successful one-act comedy in verse. During the revolution he went to Santo Domingo, where his sister had married a planter; and when the insurrection of the blacks broke out, he barely escaped with his life to the United States, where he earned a living by teaching music. He returned to France in 1797, and wrote songs and light comedies. Some of his plays, such as Les pe-tites Danaides, La chatte merveilleuse, and M. Vautour, had an unprecedented success; while his songs were more popular than those of any other writer except Beranger.

Marc Antomo

See Raimondi.

Marc Monmer

Marc Monmer, a French author, born in Florence about 1829. He spent the early part of his life in Italy, and many of his writings relate to that country. He has published poetry, plays, and novels, and during the past few years has been a prominent member of the staff of the Journal des Debats. Among his numerous works are: Etude historique de la conquete de la Sicile par les Sarrasins (Geneva, 1847); Garibaldi, histoire de la conquete des Deux-Sidles (Paris, 1861); Pompei et les Pompeiens (1864); Les aieuxde Figaro (1868), which contains interesting disquisitions on dramatic art; and Poesies (1871).

Marceline Felicite Josephe Desbordes Valmore

Marceline Felicite Josephe Desbordes Valmore, a French authoress, born in Douai about 1787, died in Paris, July 7,1859. She was the daughter of M. Desbordes, a poor artist, and spent a part of her early life with her mother in Guadeloupe. On her return to France she appeared on the stage as a singer, and in 1817 she married the tragedian Valmore. Her works include Recueil de poesies (3 vols., 1829); Les veillees des Antilles (2 vols., 1830); Vatelier dyun peintre (2 vols., 1833); and Le salon de Lady Betty (2 vols., 1836). - See Sainte-Beuve, Madame Desbordes- Valmore, sa vie et sa eorrespondance (Paris, 1870; English translation by Harriet W.Preston, Boston, 1872).

March (Lat. Martins Mars)

March (Lat. Martins Mars), the third month in our present calendar, consisting of 31 days. It was the first month in the early Roman calendar, and it also marked the commencement of the year among some of the Latin Christian nations till the 18th century. The English cleg on jurisprudence and psychology, including discussions of Sir William Ilumilton'a theory of perception and his philosophy of the conditioned, to the "Princeton Review "(1800; reprinted in England, 1861). He has pnblished "A Method of Philological Study of the English Language" (New York, 1865); "Parser and Analyzer for Beginners " (1869); "Anglo-Saxon Grammar" (1870); and "Ad Introduc-| tion to Anglo-Saxon: Grammar, Reader," etc. (1871). He is now (1875) editing a series of text books for college use of the Greek and Latin Christian authors, of which "Latin Hymns" and "Eusebius" have appeared.