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ADDISON in this city on Oct 26, 1896. By its terms Italy resigned her claims to a protectorate over the country.

ADDISON, CHRISTOPHER, British statesman; born June 19, 1869, was educated at Trinity College, and pursued medical studies at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He became a lecturer on anatomy, and wrote many works on medical subjects. In 1914 he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, and in the Coalition Cabinet of Lloyd George was made Minister of Munitions. Later, he was appointed minister in charge of reconstruction.

ADDISON, JOSEPH, an English essayist, poet, and statesman; born at Milston, May 1, 1672. In 1693, he began his literary career with a poetical address to Dryden. Next year appeared his "Account of the Greatest English Poets," and a translation of the fourth book of the "Georgics." In 1697 he composed a Latin poem on the "Peace of Ryswick," and this, with a poem, "To the King," resulted in that, through Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax, he obtained, in 1699, a pension of £300, and spent four years in France, Italy, Austria, Germany and Holland, one of the results of his travels being his "Letter to Lord Halifax." "The Campaign," a poem celebrating the victory of Blenheim (1704), secured for him a commissionship of excise. Elected to Parliament for Malmesbury, he kept the seat for life.

He contributed largely to the "Tatler," started by his friend Steele, in 1709; 41 papers being wholly by Addison, and 34 by him and Steele conjointly. In March, 1711, was founded the "Spectator," 274 numbers of which (those signed with one of the letters CLIO), were the work of Addison, As a light essayist, he has no equal in English literature. His tragedy, "Cato" (1713), aroused such vehement party enthusiasm that it kept the stage 35 nights. In 1716 Addison married the Dowager Countess of Warwick and in 1717 he was appointed Secretary of State, but resigned his post, owing to his failing health, in March, 1718. He died at Holland House, June 17, 1719.

ADDISON'S DISEASE, the name of a peculiar skin disease, first described by Dr. Thomas Addison, an English physician. Its symptoms are anaemia, excessive debility, loss of appetite, faintness, flabbiness of the muscles, and a dingy brownish discoloration of the skin. The patient generally suffers from dyspepsia, vomiting, and nervous troubles. The disease has sometimes been alleviated by careful nursing, but no cure for it has been found, and in the end it is invariably fatal.

ADE, GEORGE, an American journalist and author, born in Indiana in 1866. He has published "Arte: a Story of the Streets and Town"; "Pink Marsh" (1897), a dialect story, etc. Later he established a reputation as a satirical humorist by his "Fables in Slang" and wrote many successful plays and musical comedies, such as "The Sho-Gun," "Slim Princess" and "Sultan of Sulu," etc. He was made a trustee of Purdue University and a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

ADELAIDE, the capital of South Australia, 7 miles by rail S. E. of Port Adelaide, on St. Vincent Gulf. It stands on a large plain, and is walled in on the eastern and southern sides by the Mount Lofty range; the town proper is inclosed by a wide belt of garden shrubbery. The first settlement was made in 1836, and named after the queen of William IV. The Torrens divides the town into North and South Adelaide, the former being occupied chiefly with residences, and the latter forming the business portion of the town. Five substantial iron bridges span the Torrens, which has been formed by a dam into a lake 1½ miles long. The streets are broad and regularly laid out, especially in Adelaide proper, to the south of the river, where they cross each other at right angles, and are planted with trees. Among the public buildings are the new Parliament Houses, government oflices, postoffice, and townhall;