perfect masque. Delayed twenty odd years it became a sonorous epic, which, though barren in places, abounds in the noblest English poetry.
Bibliography. For his biography, consult: Phillips's memoir in his Letters of State (1694); Masson, Life of John Milton, Narrated in Connection with the Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of His Time (6 vols. and index, London, 1859-94), an exhaustive work; Pattison in the “English Men of Letters Series” (New York, 1880); Garnett in the “Great Writers Series” (London, 1890); and Masterman and Mullinger, The Age of Milton (ib., 1897). For works, consult: Prose Works, ed. by Saint John, Bohn's Library (5 vols., London, 1848-53); Poetical Works ed. by Masson (Cabinet edition, 3 vols., ib., 1890; Globe ed., 1 vol., ib., 1877, often reprinted); Poetical Works after the Original Texts, i.e. reprints, ed. by Beeching (Oxford, 1900); and Facsimile of Milton's Minor Poems, from manuscripts in Trinity College, Cambridge, ed. by Wright (Cambridge, 1899). For estimate, consult: essays by Dr. Johnson (London, 1779), Macaulay (ib., 1840), Lowell (ib., 1845), and A Short Study, by Trent (New York, 1899); Corson, An Introduction to Works, containing the prose autobiographical pieces (ib., 1899); and the notable Study, by Raleigh (London and New York, 1900). The student will find of much value: Osgood, The Classical Mythology of Milton's English Poems (New York, 1900); and Lockwood, Lexicon to the Poetical Works of John Milton (ib., 1902). A contemporary biography of Milton, discovered in 1889 in a volume of Anthony Wood's papers in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, was edited and published by E. B. Parsons in 1903, under the title, “The Earliest Life of Milton,” in the Colorado College Studies (Colorado Springs, March, 1903).
MILTON COLLEGE. A coeducational institution at Milton, Wis., under the auspices of the Seventh Day Baptists. It was organized as Du Lac Academy in 1844, renamed Milton Academy in 1848, and incorporated as Milton College in 1867. It has collegiate and academic departments and a school of music. In 1902 it had 13 instructors and 100 students, of whom 30 attended the collegiate courses. Its property was valued at $125,000, the buildings and grounds at $35,000, and the equipment at $10,000. The endowment was $84,000, and the income about $12,000. The library contained 6580 volumes and 2000 pamphlets.
MIL′VIAN BRIDGE. An ancient bridge over the Tiber at Rome, built in B.C. 109 by Marcus Æmilius Scaurus. At this bridge, in B.C. 63, Cicero caused the arrest of the ambassadors of the Allobrogi, who were conspiring with Catiline, and Maxentius was drowned there after his defeat by Constantine in A.D. 312. On the foundations of the ancient bridge stands the modern Ponte Molle.
MILWAU′KEE. The largest city in Wisconsin, a port of entry, and the county-seat of Milwaukee County. It is situated on the western shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Milwaukee River, 85 miles north of Chicago and 83 miles east of the State capital, Madison (Map: Wisconsin, F 5).
The city occupies an area of about 22 square miles, divided by the Milwaukee River and its affluents, the Menominee and Kinnickinnie, and is one of the most beautiful cities of the Northwest. It has an elevation of from 600 to 700 feet above sea level, rising from 80 to 125 feet above Lake Michigan, and reaching its greatest height in Kilbourn Park, which affords a fine view. The business quarter is near the Milwaukee River, while the largest and most beautiful residence sections lie to the west and east, and are characterized by handsomely shaded avenues and detached houses. The accessibility of popular health and pleasure resorts and the beauty of its suburbs add to the attractions of Milwaukee. Among these suburbs is the city of Wauwatosa—the seat of the State Fair Grounds and of a group of county institutions: almshouse, hospital, hospital for the insane, chronic insane asylum, and a children's home. Milwaukee is laid out in broad streets, 310 miles of which are paved out of a total street mileage of 520. The famous cream-colored Milwaukee brick, which is largely used in the construction of the buildings, lends a distinctive architectural appearance to the city. The rivers are spanned by a number of bridges, and there are three viaducts, one of which, over the Menominee Valley, is nearly a mile long.
Buildings and Institutions. Among the most prominent buildings are the city hall, occupying a triangular block and commanding from its tower a good view of the city; the county courthouse of brown sandstone; the United States Government building, a massive granite structure, erected at a cost of $1,750,000; and the public library and museum. The library has 120,000 volumes and maintains a number of branches in various parts of the city. The Layton Art Gallery is located in a fine building and possesses a valuable collection. In the Industrial Exposition Building annual exhibitions are held. The Chamber of Commerce, Athenæum, Lighthouse, Squadron Armory, Saint Paul's Church (Protestant Episcopal), Church of Gesu (Roman Catholic), and the Wells Building, the Herman Building, and the Germania, Pabst, and Mitchell buildings also are noteworthy structures. A mile west of the city limits is a National Soldiers' Home, accommodating 2400 inmates and surrounded by 400 acres of well-kept grounds.
Milwaukee is the seat of Concordia College (Lutheran) and Marquette College (Roman Catholic), both opened in 1881, and of Milwaukee Downer College for women, opened in 1895, having been established on the foundation of the Milwaukee Female College, which was organized in 1849. There are also a State Normal School and two medical colleges, besides a large number of public and parochial schools. The Johnston Emergency Hospital, the Milwaukee General Hospital, the United States Marine Hospital, and the State Industrial Home for Girls are among a large number of charitable institutions of various kinds. Owing to the large population of German birth and descent, Turner and musical societies play an unusually important part in the club and society life of the city. Milwaukee is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop and of a Protestant Episcopal bishop.
Parks. The public park system comprises about 500 acres. It includes Lake Park (124 acres) on the lake, laid out with fine drives and bicycle paths; Washington Park (148 acres) with an island-studded lake, a dense growth of
