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HEMATITE 4S0 HAGGARD msntary volume to this work called (English translation) "The Miracles of Life" appeared in 1910, Thoughts on the war —"Eternity" (1916). He died Aug. 9, 1919. HiEMATITE, a mineral consisting chiefly of peroxide of iron; a valuable iron ore. There are two principal va- rieties, red haematite and brown haema- tite. See Iron. HEMOGLOBIN (-glo'bin), an al- buminoid substance which forms the chief part of the red corpuscles of the blood of vertebrata. The defibrinated blood is mixed with dilute alcohol; after 24 hours the haemoglobin separates out in violet-red rhombic octohedra. It is soluble in water, forming a red solution, and is reprecipitated by alcohol. The aqueous solution of haemoglobin has two absorption bands in its spectrum, by which the presence of blood can be de- tected. H.fflMORIlHAGE, bleeding from the heart, arteries, capillaries, or veins, capillary haemorrhage being the com- monest form. Generally, though not in- variably the vessels are ruptured. In a solid organ it is called an extravasa- tion, haemorrhagic infraction (in em- bollism), or apoplexy. Haemorrhage from the nose is known as epistaxis; from the lungs, haemoptysis; from the stomach, haematemesis ; from the female genitals, menorrhagia; from the urine, haematuria; from the bowels, melaena. The general indications for treatment are to stop the bleeding and prevent its recurrence. HAFF, an extensive bay or gulf of Pomerania, Prussia, 10 miles N. of Stet- tin, at the mouth of the Oder, separated from the Baltic by a strip of land. HAFIZ (ha-fiz'), the poetical name of Khwaja Shams-ad-din Muhammad, Persia's famous lyric-poet; born in Shiraz, about 1300. The most complete English edition of his works is that of H. Wilberforce Clarke: "The Divan i Hafiz, Translated" (1891). Hafiz seems to be most characteristic in his many "Ghazels" or odes, whose themes are his own emotions. Sir William Jones was one of the first English translators. Other English translations include: "Persian Poetry for English Readers" (privately printed, 1883), by S. Rohin- iSon; "Ghazels from the Divan of Hafiz" (1893), by Justin Huntley McCarthy. He died in Shiraz, in 1389. HAGADA (ha-gii'da), in Hebrew literature, a branch of the Midrash, or most ancient Jewish exposition of the Old Testament; extends over the whole of these sacred books and is homiletic and poetical, HAGEN (ha'gen), an industrial town of Prussia, in the Ruhr coal district of Westphalia, 12 miles N. E. of Elberfeld- Barmen. Prior to the World War it car- ried on a great deal of puddling and iron founding, and has manufactures of iron, steel, and tin goods, cotton, cloth, leather, paper, beer, and tobacco. Pop. about 90,000. HAGEN AU (ha'ge-nou), a town of Alsace-Lorraine; in the Hagenau forest, on the Moder, 21 miles N. by E. of Strassburg. It manufactures porcelain stoves, and has cotton and woolen spin- ning. The chief trade is in hops and wine. The Romanesque church of St. George dates from the 12th century, and the Gothic church of Nicholas from the 13th. Pop. about 19,000. HAGERSTOWN, a city and county- seat of Washington co., Md., on Antietam creek, and on the Baltimore and Ohio, the Cumberland Valley, the Norfolk and Western, and the Western Maryland rail- roads; 22 miles N. W. of Frederick. It has extensive manufactures of knit goods, pipe organs, automobiles, silk, machinery, steam engines, lumber, sashes, doors, blinds, etc. It is the trade center of Western Maryland and contains a court house, the male high school, and electric lights and street railways, daily and weekly newspapers, 3 National banks. Pop. (1910) 16,690; (1920) 28,064. HAGGAI (hag'i), in the Old Testa- ment, the 10th of 12 minor prophets. Of the seer himself nothing is known. His book has always been regarded as canonical. The several dates are all in the second year of Darius the king — i. e., of Darius Hystaspes, B, C. 520. The prophet aims at inducing the people with- out delay to resume the rebuilding of the temple which had been commenced in 53.5, the second year of Cyrus, but had been discontinued, owing to Samaritan and other opposition. HAGGARD, SIR HENRY RIDER, an English novelist; bom in Norfolk, Eng- land, June 22, 1856. He was a barrister by profession. At the age of 19 he accompanied Sir H. Bulwer as secretary to Natal, and served on the staff of Theo- philus Shepstone during his mission to the Transvaal, He wrote: "Cetywayo and His White Neighbors" (1882) ; "King Solomon's Mines" (1886) ; "She" (1887) ; "Beatrice"; (1890) ; "History of the Transvaal" (1900) ; "Rural England" (1902) ; "Fair Margaret" (1907) ; "The Morning Star" (1910); "Red Eve" (1911); "Child of the Storm" (1913);