BEVERIDGE, Awebt J. (18fi2— ). An Ameiicaii jmlitician and lawyer, born on the border of Adam and Highland counties. Ohio. His family removed to Illinois after the Civil War, and he received a common and hifih school ediication and graduated at Uc Pauw I'niversity in 1885. Afterwards he read law and was ad- mitted to the bar. In 180!) he was elected Unit- ed States Senator from Indiana, and soon be- came widely known through his pulilic speeches, several of which fervidly supported the Admin- istration's Philippine policy.
BEVERIDGE, Ki'iiXF, (1877 — ). An Ameri-
can sculptor, liorn at 8i)ringfield. 111. She stud-
ied under . R. O'Donovan in New York, and
afterwanls iinder Rodin in Paris. Her works
have been exhibited in the I'nited States and at
the Royal Academy in Lon<lon. and she obtained
an honorable mention at the Paris Exposition in
1900.
BEVERLEY (anciently, Beverlac-, AS. Befer-
lic, from befcr, beaver + Fr. lac, lake. The
marshes around were the resort of beavers).
A market town in the East Piiding of Yorkshire,
England, I mile west of the river Hull (with
which it cnmnuinicates by the Beck Canal, o-ned
bv the town) and 8 miles north-northwest of the
city of Hull (Map: England, F 3). Beverley
formerly returned two members to Parliament,
but was disfranchised in 1870. The chief archi-
tectural feature in Beverley is the superb Gothic
minster, or the Collegiate Church of Saint John's,
ranking next to Yorkminster among the ec-
clesiastical structures of the country, and ex-
hibiting different styles of Gothic architecture,
the oldest part being of the Thirteenth Century.
The choir contains the celebrated Percy shrine,
of the most exquisite workmanship. The gram-
mar school of Beverley is of great antiquity.
Beverley arose out of a priory founded about
the year 700 by the great northern saint. Saint
John of Beverley, whose shrine there was visited
by multitudes of pilgrims in mediseval times. Its
trade consists in corn, coal, and leather, and
there are several whiting and agricultural im-
plement manufactories. Population, in 1891,
12,500: in 1901, 13.200. Consult: Oliver, His-
tories (Beverley, 1829) ; Poulson, Beverlac; or
Antiquities and History of the Town of Beverley
(London, 1829) ; Stephenson, "Beverley in the
Olden Times," in Archwological Journal, Vol.
LII. (London, 1895).
BEVERLEY. (1) The title character of
a. tragedy by Edward Moore. He is led astray
by Stukelz, and dies a pauper and suicide.
(2) The brother of Clarissa in Murphy's com-
edy All in the Wrong. (3) The name adopt-
ed by Captain Absolute in Sheridan's comedy
The I'irats. It is as Beverley that he makes
love to the romantic Lydia Languish.
BEVERLEY, Constanxe de. A nun in love
with tlic hero of Scott's poem "Marmion."
BEVERLEY, Rodebt (1075-1716). A colo-
nial historian of Virginia. He was of a good
and wealthy family, was educated in England,
and later had charge of the public records of the
colony. In 1705 he published, in London, a His-
tory of the Present State of Virgiiiia. This was
something more than the title implied, for it
gave an account of the colonial government from
the first settlement. It attracted so much atten-
tion that in 1707 a French translation appeared,
and in 1722 an enlarged second English edition.
A modern reprint, with an introduction by
Charles Campbell, was published in Richmond
(1855). No writer gives us more intimate de-
tails of the daily life in Virginia during the first
century of its settlement, and few books pub-
lished during the colonial epoch furnish more
racy, interesting reading. The historian's name
is sometimes spelled Beverly.
BEVERLY. A city in Essex County, Mass.,
18 miles northeast of Boston; on the Boston and
Maine Railroad. It is situated on a narrow
coast inlet, which is spanned by a bridge connect-
ing with the city of Salem ( Map : Massachu-
setts, F 2). It contains the suburban residences
of many citizens of Boston, a public library, Bev-
erly Hospital, and the New England Industrial
School for Deaf Mutes. The city has manufac-
tures of boots and shoes, belting, oiled clothing,
carriages, machinery, etc. First settled in 1030
by Roger Conant, Beverl}' formed part of Salem,
and was known as Bass-River-Side until 16G8,
when it was incorporated as a town under its
present name. Beverly was chartered as a city
in 1894. The government is vested in a mayor
and a bicameral city council, with subordinate
administrative oHicials. Population, in 1890. 10,-
821; in 1900, 13.884. Consult: Stone. History
of Beverly (Boston, 1843) ; and Hurd, History of
Essex County (Philadelphia, 18S8).
BEVERLY'S FORD, BATTLE OF. See
Brandy Station, Battle of.
BEV'IL. (1) A witty gentleman in Shad- well's comedy Epsom Wells. (2) The name of a character in The Conscious Lovers, by Steele. He is commended by Thomson in "Winter" of The Seasons.
BE'VIS. Lord Marmion's 'red roan charger,'
in the pcx-m ".Marmion," bj' Scott.
BEVIS MARKS. The name of a street in
Saint Alary Axe. near Houndsditch. London.
Here lived Mr. Sampson Brass, Quilp's boon com-
panion, in Dickens's Old Curiosity Shop.
BEVIS OF HAMP'TON, Sir (also known
as Bevis of Sc)uthami)tiin. and in Frcncli as Beu-
ves d'llantone). An English knight whase adven-
tures in Britain, Europe, and Palestine are the
theme of prose and verse by old ICnglish, French,
and Italian writers. The era in which he lived
was variously placed by them in the time of King
Arthur, of Edgar of Britain, and of Charlemagne.
His father. Sir Guy, Earl of llamptoun, was nuir-
dered by Divoun, Emperor of .Mnuiyne, and His
mother gave him to some merchants, who sold
him as a slave to the Paynim. They carried him
to Ermony, where he married .Josian, a daughter
of King Ermyn. Josian gave Bevis his famous
horse, Arundel, which figures in many of the leg-
ends about him, and he also had a wonderful
sword, Morglay. His exploits included the
slaughter of a huge boar, two sea-serpents, and
a dragon, and he also conquered the giant Aseaji-
ard, who became his squire. Another legend de-
scribes his carrying his own death warrant in a
sealed letter to the vassal Bradcmoml. liis escape
after seven years' imprisonment, and his rescue
of his wife, who had been forced to marry King
Mombraunt. His last great adventure was a
fight in the streets of London, in which he slew
00,000 citizens, and forced favorable terms from
