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Rh peculiarities of idiom and manners. Her first novel, " Cape Cod Polks," was the product of this study, and obtained a large circulation by reason of its realism, which was so striking that certain in- habitants of the district brought suit against her for libel. Miss McLean married Franklin Lynde Greene on 27 July, 1887. Her works, besides stories and sketches in magazines, are " Cape Cod Folks " (Boston, 1882) ; " Some Other Folks " (1883) ; and "Towhead, the Story of a Girl " (1884).

McLELAN, Archibald Woodbury, Canadian statesman, b. in Londonderry, N. S., 24 Dec, 1824 ; d. in Halifax, 26 June, 1890. He was of an Irish family that settled in Nova Scotia in the 18th cen- tury. He was educated at his native place and at Mount Alison Wesleyan academy, and engaged in mercantile business, and later in ship-building and ship-owning. He was a member of the Nova Scotia assembly from 1858 till that province entered the confederation in 1867, and from that date was a member of the Dominion parliament until he was called to the senate, 21 June, 1869. At this time he was appointed one of the commissioners for the constritction of the Intercolonial railway, and was a commissioner from Canada at the Intercolonial fisheries exhibition in London, England, in 1883. He became president of the privy council of Canada and a member of the cabinet, 20 May, 1881, and, re- signing his place in the senate to accept office, was elected for Colchester to the Dominion parliament. Mr. McLelan was appointed minister of marine and fisheries, 10 July, 1882; minister of finance. 10 Dec, 1885 ; and postmaster-general, 27 Jan., 1887. He was re-elected at the general election in 1882, and in 1887, but was unseated, and in 1888 he was ap- pointed lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia.

McLELLAN, Isaac, poet, b. in Portland, 3Ie., 21 May, 1806 ; d. in Greeiiport, 20 Aug.. 1899. He was graduated at Bowdoin in 1826. and engaged in the practice of law for several years in Bos- ton, meanwhile con- tributing largely in prose and verse to Willis's " Monthly Magazine," the "New England Magazine," and the " Knicker- bocker." He was for a time associate edi- tor of the Boston " Daily Patriot," and afterward published a monthly magazine that finally was con- solidated with the "Weekly Pearl." The most notable of his early poems is " The Death of Napoleon," which has been widely quoted, and " New England's Dead." Mr. McLellan's passionate love of out-door recre- ation, and his numerous poems on field-sports, have gained for him the title of the poet-sportsman, and he shares with Alfred B. Street the honors of lau- reate of the woods and waters. Among the shooting- resorts that he frequented were Cohasset, Plymouth, and Marshfield, the latter being the rural home of Daniel Webster. Through his courtesy the poet spent two seasons at Marshfield, occupying one of the farm-houses that were owned by Mr. Webster. In 1851 Mr. McLellan removed to New York city and devoted his attention to literature. He resided in Green |)ort, L. I., and at the age of ninety-two was still able to divide his time between " the gentle art of fishing " and the literary work of the study. He is the author of " The Fall of the Indian " (Boston, 1830); "The Year" (1832); "Journal of a Residence in Scotland," from the manuscripts of H. B. McLellan (1834); "Mount Auburn" (1843) ; " Poems of the Rod and Gun," edited with a sketch of the author, bv Frederick E. Pond (New York, 1886); and "NewPoems" (1898).

McLENE, James, congressman, b. in New Lon- don, Chester co.. Pa., 14 Oct., 1730; d. in Antrim, Franklin co.. Pa., 13 March, 1800. He was edu- cated at the academy of the Rev. Francis Alison, and in 1753 removed to Cumberland county. He was a member of the Pennsylvania convention in 1776, of the assembly several times between 1776 and 1794, and its speaker in 1778, and of the supreme executive council of the state in 1778 and 1783-'4. He was also a member of the Continental congress in 1778-'80, of the council of censors of Pennsylvania in 1783, of the board of property of that state in 1786-'7, of its Constitutional conven- tion in 1790, and a justice of the peace in 1800.

McLENE, Jeremiah, statesman, b. in 1767; d. in Washington, D.C., 19 March, 1837. He received a common-school education, served in the Revolutionary army, and in 1790 settled in Chillicothe, Ohio, afterward removing to Columbus in 1816. He was secretary of Ohio from 1808 till 1831, and was elected to congress as a Democrat, serving from 2 Dec., 1833, till 3 March, 1837.

McLEOD, Alexander, clergyman, b. in the island of Mull, Scotland, 12 June.' 1774; d. in New York city, 17 Feb., 1833. His father. Rev. Niel McLeod, was the entertainer of Dr. Samuel Johnson on the latter's visit to Mull. The son came to this country while yet young, was graduated at Union college in 1798, licensed to preach in the following year, and ordained over two churches — one in New York and one in Wallkill, N. Y. The latter charge he soon resigned ; but he retained the former, the first Reformed Presbyterian church of New York, until his death. McLeod was long well known among the clergy of New York city, and was eminent both as a writer and as a preacher. He was for some time one of the editors of the "Christian Magazine." Among his published works are "Negro Slavery Unjustifiable" (New York, 1802) ; " The Messiah " (1803) ; " Ecclesiastical Catechism " (1807) ; " On the Ministry " (1808) ; " Lectures on the Principal Prophecies of the Rev- elation " (1814) ; " View of the Late War " (1815); " The Life and Power of True Godliness " (1816); and " The American Christian Expositor " (2 vols., 1832-'3). A memoir of McLeod was published by Samuel B. Wylie, D. D. (New York, 1855).— His son, John Niel, clergyman, b. in New York city, 11 Oct., 1806; d. there, 27 April, 1874, was graduated at Columbia in 1826, studied theology with his father, and in 1828 was ordained as his assistant. After the former's death the son became his successor. He was for many years the stated clerk of the general synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church, and a professor in the theological seminary of that denomination in Philadelphia. Dr. McLeod was active in his efforts to prevent the union of the Reformed Presbyterian church with the other Presbyterian bodies, and in his condemnation of hymns other than the psalms of David, and of secret societies, was conspicuous in the infliction of church discipline of George W. Stuart, of Philadelphia, for singing uninspired hymns at a union meeting. He published various sermons and addresses. — Another son, Xavier Donald, author, b. in New York city, 17 Nov., 1821 ; d. near Cincinnati, Ohio. 20 July, 1865, studied at Columbia, and surprised his family and fi-iends by taking orders