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LEFT DRYDEN 431 DUBNO sisted by Sir William Davenant. It was received with general applause. Dryden was shortly afterward appointed to the offices of royal historiographer and poet- laureate, with a salary of $1,000 a year. He now became professionally a writer for the stage, and produced many pieces, some of which have been strongly cen- sured for their licentiousness and want of good taste. The first of his political and poetical satires, "Absalon and Achitophel" (Monmouth and Shaftes- JOHN DRYDEN bury), was produced in 1681, and was followed by "The Medal," a satire against sedition; and "Mac Flecknoe," a satire on the poet Shadwell. On the accession of James in 1685 Dryden be- came a Roman Catholic. He defended his new religion at the expense of the old one in a poem, "The Hind and the Panther." Among his other services to the new king were a savage reply to an attack by Stillingfleet, and panegyrics on Charles and James under the title of "Britannia Rediviva." At the Revolution Dryden was de- prived of the offices of poet-laureate and historiographer. During the remaining 10 years of his life he produced some of his best work, including his admirable translations from the classics. He pub- lished, in conjunction with Congreve, Creech, and others, a translation of Juvenal, and one of Persius entirely by himself. His poetic translation of Ver- gil appeared in 1697, and, soon after, that masterpiece of lyric poetry, "Alex- ander's Feast," "His Fables," etc. His poetry as a whole is more remarkable for vigor and energy than beauty, but he did much to improve English verse. He was also an admirable prose writer. He died May 1, 1700, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. DTJBLIN", a city of Georgia, the county-seat of Laurens co. It is on the Macon, Dublin and Savannah, the Cen- tral of Georgia, and the Wrightsville and Tennille railroads, and on the Oconee river. There are cotton and oil mills, fertilizer works, and manufactures of hardwood products, cigars, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,795; (1920) 7,707. DUBLIN (Irish Dubh-linn, black pool), the capital of Ireland; on the river Lifl'ey, where it disembogues into Dublin Bay. Much of the city is built on land re- claimed from the sea, and the ground is generally flat, with a very few undula- tions, scarcely deserving the name of hill. The river, running from E. to W., divides the city into two almost equal portions. The aristocratic parts are the S. E. and N. E., containing many beautiful squares, with splendid streets and terraces. The center and the N. W. quarter are the great emporiums of trade and the resi- dence of the middle classes, many of whom, however, have their private houses in the suburbs. The S. W. division, part of which is called the "Liberties," was once the seat of the silk trade. The streets in this quarter are narrow, crooked, and irregular, while in the fash- ionable quarter they possess a totally opposite character. The city is sur- rounded by a "Circular Road," of nearly 9 miles in length, forming a favorite drive and promenade. Dublin was the center of the fighting during the Irish rebellion on Easter Monday, 1916, when the postoffice and other public buildings as well as many business houses were wrecked. Pop. (1919) 399,000. DUBLIN. UNIVERSITY OF, an in- stitute for higher learning, in Dublin, Ireland, better known as Trinity College. It received a charter from Queen Eliza- beth in 1591, and the ground upon which it was built was donated by the Corpora- tion of Dublin. The first chancellor was William Cecil, Lord Burghley. There were in 1919 1,350 students and 88 in- structors. DUBNO. FORTRESS OF. one of a triangle of three strongholds built by the Russians in Galicia (the other two being Lutsk and Rovno) and which were the object of heavy fighting during the opera- tions on the eastern front during the World War. These fortifications en-