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has suffered constantly from impaired health, sel- dom being able to play throughout an entire sea- son, and frequently being compelled to retire tem- porarily from the stage. The only new parts she has recently undertaken are the leading roles in the "Denise" of Alexandre Dumas, dramatized for her by Augustin Daly ; Auguste R. Cazauran's adaptation of Hai'dy's " Far from the Madding Crowd," and " Rence," a version of Adolph d'En- nery's " Martyre." Her repertoire is now virtually limited to " Camille," " Miss Multon," " The New Magdalen," "Article 47," and *' Renee." In 1874 she married Frederick C. Harriott, of New York.

MORRIS, Edmund, journalist, b. in Burlington, N. J., 28 Aug., 1804 ; d. there, 4 May, 1874. He received a good English education, learned the trade of a printer, and at twenty years of age was edi- tor and publisher of the " Bucks County Intelli- gencer " at Doylestown, Pa. He subsequently con- ducted the '• Ariel" and the "Saturday Evening Bul- letin " of Philadelphia, where he introduced the custom of selling newspapers on the streets. After editing and publishing for several years the Bur- lington, N. J., " Gazette," he removed in 1855 to Trenton, N. J., and took charge for two years of the " New Jersey State Gazette." In 1857 he re- turned to Burlington and resided there until his death. During and after the war he wrote regu- larly for the " New York Tribune " and was other- wise a frequent contributor to the press. He de- voted much attention to the subject of farming, publishing " Ten Acres Enough," an attempt to teach the advantages of intensive cultivation, and " How to Get a Farm and Where to Find One " (New York, 1864), and " Farming for Boys " (Bos- ton, 1868). He also edited " Derrick and Drill " (New York, 1865), a compilation of information re- garding the oil-fields of Pennsylvania. He wrote several pamphlets on silk-culture and other prac- tical subjects, and made numerous inventions. He is said to have been the first in this country to print in more than one color. Mr. Morris was a member of the Society of Friends, and for years an earnest Abolitionist.

MORRIS, Edward Dafydd, educator, b. in Utica, N. Y., 31 Oct., 1825. He was graduated at Yale in 1849 and at Auburn theological seminary in 1852, and ordained pastor of a Presbyterian church in Auburn, N. Y. In 1855 he was called to Columbus, Ohio, and, after laboring there till 1867, he was elected professor of church history and polity in Lane theological seminary, Cincin- nati. In 1874 he was transferred to the chair of systematic theology. He received the degree of D. D. from Hamilton college in 1863, and that of LL. D. from Maryville college, Tenn., in 1885. Besides contributing to the periodicals of his de- nomination, Prof. Morris has published " Outlines of Theology " (Cincinnati, 1880) ; " Ecclisiology " (New York, 1885) ; " Scripture Readings " (Cin- cinnati, 1886) ; and " Salvation after Death " (New York, 1887). — His eldest son, Edward Pariiielee, is professor of Latin in Williams college.

MORRIS, Edward Joy, author, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 16 July, 1815; d. there, 31 Dec., 1881. He was graduated at Harvard in 1836 and admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1842. While pursuing his studies in the law he was chosen to the assembly of Pennsylvania, in which he served in 1841-'3. He was then elected to congress as a Whig, serving in 1843-'5, and in 1850 he was sent as chargé d'affaires to Naples, which office he filled four years. In 1856 and 1858 he was again elected to congress, and in the latter year he was appointed by President Lincoln U. S. minister to Turkey, which office he held until 1870. Besides frequent contributions to various journals, he was the author of “Notes of a Tour through Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Arabia Petræa, to the Holy Land” (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1842); and translated from the German Alfred De Besse's “The Turkish Empire, Social and Political,” with additions (1854); “Afraja, or Life and Love in Norway,” by Theodore Mugge (1854); and “Corsica, Picturesque, Historical, and Social,” by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1856).

MORRIS, George Pope, journalist, b. in Phila- delphia, Pa., 10 Oct., 1802; d. in New York city, 6 July, 1864. In early life he removed to New York city, and at fifteen years of age wrote for the " New York Gazette " and the " American." In conjunction with Samuel Wood- worth he estab- lished in 1823 the " New York Mir- ror," in which Na- thaniel P. Willis and Theodore S. Fay were after- ward associated, but which was dis- continued in 1842. In 1843 Morris and Willis began the publication of

the " New Mirror,"

which exterided to three volumes, and the next year they established the " Evening Mirror," a daily paper. At the close of 1845 Morris founded the " National Press," changing it in November of the following year to the " Home Journal," which he edited with Mr. Willis until a short time before his death. He resided for many years at " Undercliff," a beautifully situated country-seat in the Hudson river highlands. He was usually addressed as Gen. Morris, deriving the title from his commission as brigadier-general of the New York militia. He was a versatile and graceful writer, and published " Briarcliff," founded on the events of the American Revolution (New York, 1825) ; a volume of prose sketches called " The Little Frenchman and his Water-Lots " (Philadelphia, 1839) ; the libretto of Charles E. Horn's " Maid of Saxony " (New York, 1842) ; and a variety of miscellanies in prose and verse. The last complete edition of his poems appeared in 1860. He also edited a volume of "American Melodies," and with Nathaniel P. Willis "The Prose and Poetry of America" (1845). But it is as a song-writer that he will be best remembered. It is related that for more than twenty years he could any day exchange one of his songs unread for a $50 check when none of the other poets of New York could sell one for the fifth part of that sum. Of these the most popular are the lyrics " Near the Lake where drooped the Willow," "We were Boys together," "Land ho!" "Long Time Ago," "My Mother's Bible," "Whip-poor-Will," and "Woodman, spare that Tree." The last was founded on the fact that on one occasion a friend took him into the woods not far from Bloomingdale, N. Y., and pointed out an old elm under which he had played in his youth. While they were examining the tree a man approached and was about to cut it down, when Morris's friend offered the workman ten dollars to spare it. The three then went into the woodman's cottage, and Morris drew up a bond to the effect that the tree should be preserved during his friend's lifetime.