MAISTRE. 718 M,4AIZEyD. paign, gathering there materials for his most famous story, Les prisonniers du Caucase (1825). His first book, Voyage autour de ma chambre (1794), was written in the style of Laurence Sterne, in Turin, wliile De Maistre was under ar- rest for participation in a duel. The Expidition nocturne autour de ma chamhre (1825), in like style, was less successful. He wrote also two stories, Les leprcux de la cite d'Aostc { 1811 ) and I'ruscoric, ou la jeune Sibcrienne (1825). imitat- ed from Madame C'ottin's once noted Les exiles dc liberie (ISOG). De Maistre's essays are a genial afterglow of eighteenth-century wit. and his stories are models of vigorous and direct narration, combining power of exact de- scription with sentimental affectation in a way that puts him quite apart among the French novelists. MAISXJR, mi-soor'. See Mysoee. MAITLAND, mfit'lond. A town of New South Wales, Australia, in Northumberland County, on the Hunter River, 95 miles north of Sydney, and l-S miles northwest of Newcastle, to which it is joined by railway (ilap: New South Wales. F 3). It is divided by the river into East and West Maitland, two distinct munici- palities. In either division are handsome banks, churches, and other public buildings. In West Maitland, the more populous part, are several coach-buihiing factories, tobacco factories, and several mills, including a paper mill. Good coal is mined in the neighborhood. The district is called the 'granary of New Soutli Wa'^s,' and an extensive trade is carried on in agri il- tural produce. Tnlal population of East ':d West Maitland. in 1805, 10,800; in 1901. 10,085. MAITLAND. The family na the Earls and Diiki's of Lauderdale (q.v.). '"•' MAITLAND, Frederick Wii j,1850— ). A celcl)rated Engli-ili historian. ' ' ' 'dueated •nt Eton and at Triuity College. ;e. Af- ter graduation lie ?itudicd law. 1884 he l)eeauie reader of Englisli law at .lOridge. In 1889 he was chosen professor of t .same subject. His writings are almost entire! on the early legal institutions of England, and have exerted a great inlluence in tills field upon English and American students. His greatest work is the History of Engli.ih Lnir, the first edition of which appeared in 1895. In this he was assisted by Sir F. Pollock. The work extends to 130". and cleared up a great numl)cr of problems, as did also his series of essays known as Doinesiliiy Book and Beyond (1897). Another interesting work of Maitland is Roman Canon Law in the Church of England (1898) — a collection of essays, in which he undertakes to refute the claims of the High Church Party, who maintain that the canon law of Kome was never binding on the ecclesiastical courts of England. For the names of the other works of Jfaitland. consult Gross, l^ourees and Literature nf Enqlish History (London and New York, 19001. ► MAITLAND, John Alexander FrLLER. See Fuller-Maitlaxd, John Alexander. MAITLAND, Sir Perecrixe (1777-18.54). A British general and colonial administrator, born at Longparish House. Hampshire. In 1814 lie was made a major-general, and in 1815 took part in the Waterloo campaign. He was Lieutenant-Gov- ernorof Upper Canada in I8I8-28,but hisinexperi- liiu to rely too much is want of tact and liim unpopular with The only important vas the beginning of leaving Canada he cnce lA civil govcrnu) crop i upon his councilors, J.V diff autocratic Toryism r a well the mass of the Cam bake event of his adminis'.ig the the Welland Canal, r any c was Governor of No- a deep .t from 1828 to 1834, tlumgh he spent bu'iern ]i f those years at his Jiost. In 1830 he le bull noted lieutenant-gen- eral ; he was coiniiia where the Madras army in I83G-38. and Goveriited fn ...lal at the Cape of Good Hope in 1843- latitud- MAITLAND, Sir' '^^^i^ifig Lord Lethingtoit ( 149G-158U). A Sco J. j^^^ ^ j^- and antiquary of an Anglo-Norman jjjij, ' ' settled in Ber- wickshire. His fathi., „.„,. „,',lliam Maitland of Lethington, was k, ard Maitland was edu of Saint Andrews and Returning to Scotland, way, an ill; but ,lo'l<'" grown the t pear - Rich- the University law in Paris, nominated heir he service of "ed years that ,ie aimed at an Kissioner in set- became famous.
- ^rance in 1501 he
■f Session and a and the next year the Great Seal. to his father, and er .lames V. During the ";' followed the (Jeatli of the inilependent course. As a tling disputes on the bordr On Queen Mary's return frd; liccanie an ordinary Lord member of the Privy Council he was appointed Keeper of Though ^totally blind, he held the seal till 15t)7, and liM position on the liencli till 1584. He died lMarch'20. 158(1. Maitland is remembered mainly for his valuable collection of early poems, in two volumes, now preserved at Magdalen College, Oxford. Selections from it were published by John Pinkerton under the title. Ancient Scottisk I'uenis Xerer Before Published (1780). Mait- land's own poems, v'lich possess considerable in- terest, were publish ', with a memoir in 1830 by the Maitland Club, > oeiety founded at Glasgow in 1828 for prin,ti: 'ancient Scottish manu- scripts. 1^. ' . , MAITLAND, Sa.%i, Roffey (1792-181)0), A Church of England -r" i ilar. He was born in London and 'studied .;/, Trinity College, Cam- bridge, without graduation, as he was not a member of the Chiureh of England. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1810. then studied theology and was ordained in 1821. He held perpetual curacy of Christ Church, Glou- cester. 1823-29. but resigned to devote himself to literature. In 1838 he was appointed librarian to Dr. Howley. Archbishop of Canterbury, and keeper of the Lambeth manuscripts, retaining the oflice until the death of the Archbishop, in 1848. From 1839 to 1849 he edited the British Maga- zine, in which he wrote valuable articles, chielly on prorhccy. Church history, criticism, etc. His princii,,! historical works are: An Inquiry into the (Irounds: on n-hieh the Prophetic Period of Daniel and f<ai)it John Has Been f^upposed to Consist of 1260 Years (London, 1820): Fartx and Documents Illustrative of the Doctrines timl Rites cf the Ancient Albiqenses and Wnldensi s ,(183i^); The Voluntary fiystem (1834); The Dark Ages: A Series of Essays In-tended to Ilbis- fraie 'he State of Religion and Literature in the . inll Tenth. Eleventh, and Twelfth Centuries ' S4 . Essays on Subjects Connected irith the fci, ■tion in England (1849); Superstition and S nee (1855). He wrote also numerous pamphlets, letters, and reviews. i
