SETON. 6 SETTLERS AND DEFENDERS. Most of Seton's works are illustrated by him- self, usually with a fair degree of faithfulness to nature. His publieations include: Art Anatomy of Animals (1896); Wild Animals I Have Knoicn (1898) ; The Trail of the Sandhill Stag (1809); The Biography of a drizzly (1900) ; Lobo, Hag, and Vixen (1900) ; Lives of the Hunted (1900); Pictures of Wild Animals (1901); Erag and Johnny Bear (1902); and Two Little Snrages (1503). SETON, Robert (1839—). An American Roman Catholic prelate. He was born (of Amer- ican parents) at Pisa, Italy, and was educated at first privately in the United States, makinj; his theological studies at Mount Saint Mary's Col- lege and in Rome. He entered tlie pricslliood and was made private chamberlain to the Pope in 1800 and prothonotary apostolic a year later. His most important pastoral charge was Saint Joseph's Church, Jersey City, which he held from 1876 to the beginning of 1902, when he resigned it on aceovmt of advancing age. He then went to Rome, and was named titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in June, 1903. He was widelj- known as a public speaker and writer. Among his works are a memoir (1869) of his grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Seton (q.v. ) ; Essays on Various Subjeets, Chiefly Roman (1882). SETON HALL COLLEGE. A Roman Catli- olic institution founded at iladison, N. J., in 1856 and removed to its present location in South Orange in 1860. The courses are classical and scientific and lead to the degrees of B.A. and B.S. The college had in 1902 144 students with 25 instructors and a library of 40.000 volumes. The college property embraces about 70 acres of land, with excellent buildings. The income in 1902 was .$36,000. SETTEMBRINI, set'teni-bre'ne, Luigi (1813- 76). An Italian litterateur and patriot, born in Naples. He took an active part in the agitations of the Two Sicilies and was compelled to flee to Malta in 1847. He returned to Naples during the revolution of 1848, was imprisoned the fol- lowing year and condemned to perpetual exile, but escaped to England. After the iniifica- tion of Italy he returned to his native city and became professor of Italian literature at its uni- versity. His principal work was Lezioni di letteratura italiana ( 1867 ; many subsequent edi- tions) . SETTER. A dog. See Field Dogs and Plate of Do<;s. SETTIGNANO, set'te-ny-i'no, De.siderio da. See De.siderio ua Settignaxo. SET'TLE, Elkanah (1648-1724). An English playwright, born at Dunstable. In 1666 he en- tered Trinity College, Oxford, which he left with- out a degree, and went to London to seek a living by his pen. In 1671 or earlier he made some- thing of a hit by the production of his tragedy of Cainhyses : and the Earl of Rochester and others, wishing to annoy Dryden, loudly proclaimed Settle the better dramatist. Through the influ- ence of Rochester, Settle's next tragedy. The Empress of Morocco, was played at Whitehall by the lords and ladies of the Court (1671). In this way a great run was secured for it when it came before the general public (1673). Dryden was stung by the comparison between himself and Settle and a war of pamphlets followed. Solely because of this quarrel is Settle now remembered. In his great satire, Absalom and Achitophel (1682), Dryden scourged him severely under the name of Doeg. Settle at once replied with Absa- lom Senior (1682). After writing several bom- bastic tragedies Settle relapsed into obscurity. Having the post of poet laureate for the city of London, he continued fiu' a time to compose pageants and pieces for Bartholomew fair. His last years were passed as a poor brother in tlie Cliarterhouse". SETTLED ESTATE (from AS. sahtlian, to reconcile, from suht, reconciliation, settlement of a lawsuit, from aican. to sue at law, fight, con- tend, Goth, sukan, OH(i. sahhnn, to contend, re- buke). An estate which is less than absolute ownership, and which is one of several estates created in the same jn'operty, all of which are governed as to duration and manner of enjoy- ment by one will or deed of settlement. The most connnon example is an estate given to a husband or wife for life by virtue of a marriage settlement. See E.STATE; Settlement. SETTLEMENT. In the English law, a dis- ])osition of property whereby provisions are made for its successive enjoyment by designated per- sons for periods named in the will or deed by which the settlement is eft'ected. Such provi- sions for successive enjoyment distinguish a set- tlement from other dispositions of property. The purpose of a settlement is to enable the settler or person disposing of the property to govern the extent and manner of its enjoyment and thereby to accomplish some purpose of his own, as to provide for his daughter after her marriage. Such ante-nuptial marriage settlements are very common. "Family settlements' are also fre- quently made when an eldest son attains his ma- jority, imder which provisions are made for the disposition of the father's or grandfather's estate among all the members of the family. In the United States settlements are not com- mon, owing to the fact that in most States 'mar- ried women's acts' secure to wives their separate estates ; and family settlements are almost un- known. The term settlement is also applied to the residence or right to support gained liy a pauper by reason of birtli in or living for a certain time in a parish or county. SETTLEMENT, Act of. See Act of Settle- me>;t. SETTLERS AND DEFENDERS OF AMERICA. An hereditary patriotic society in- corporated in New York City in 1899. It ad- mits to memljership both men and women eight- een years old or over, and lineally descended (1) from a settler in one of the thirteen original colo- nies during the first thirty-three years of its col- onization : (2) from an ancestor who, between
- May 13, 1697, and April 19, 1775, inclusive, ren-
dered civil or military service in such colony; (3) from an ancestor wlio. between April 19. 1775. and September 13, 1783. inclusive, rendered actual ser- vice to the cause of American independence, either as a military or naval officer, soldier, seaman, privateer, militia or minute man. associator, signer of the Declaration of Independence, mem- ber of a Continental, Provincial, or Colonial Con- gress, or Colonial or State Legislature, or as otherwise a recognized patriot, who performed or actually counseled or abetted acts of resist- ance to the authority of Great Britain. No
