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LEFT HACKENSACE 487 HADEN HACKENSACE, a city and county- seat of Bergen co., N. J., on the Hack- ensack river, and on the New York, Susquehanna and Western, and the New Jersey and New York railroads; 14 miles N. W. of New York City. It is a residential city, but has brick. Bilk, and other manufacturing inter- ests. There are a court house, public library, public high school, daily and weekly newspapers, gas and electric lights, waterworks, and electric street railways connecting with surrounding towns and cities, and with New York. Hackensack was settled by the Dutch in the latter part of the 17th cen- tury, and during the Revolution was oc- cupied in turn by the British and Ameri- can armies. Pop. (1910) 14,050: (1920) 17,667. HACKETT, JAMES HENBY, an American actor; born in New York City, March 15, 1800. He was particularly successful in impersonating Yankees and Westerners, but was best known by his Falstaff, which he played first about 1832. He wrote "Notes and Comments on Shakespeare" (1863). He died in Jamaica, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1871. HACKNEY, a parish of Middlesex, England, now forming a suburb of Lon- don, and 3 miles N. N. E. of St. Paul's. It was at one time a favorite suburban residence cf Li^ndon citizens. In its earlier and fashionable days it is by some said to have given its name to hackney coaches. See Cabs. HACO (ha^ko) V., sumamed the Old, King of Norway. He acceded to the throne in 1217, and during his reign Greenland and Iceland were added to Norway. On his way home from Scotland, where he had fought the battle of Largs against Alexander III., he died in the Orkneys, about 1263. See Norway. HADDINGTON, the county-town of Haddingtonshire, Scotland, at the S. base of the Lammermuir Hills, on the Tyne, 17 miles E. of Edinburgh. Its Abbey Church, the Lucerna Laudoniae or "Lamp of Lothian," is a cruciform Decorated red sandstone pile, with a central tower 90 feet high, and ruinous all but the nave, which serves as the parish church. There are also the county buildings (1833), the large corn exchange (1854), the town hall (1748-1831), the county lunatic asylum (1866), and a school, the Knox Memorial Institute (1880). Had- dington's worthies have been Knox, John Brown and Samuel, his grandson, Samuel Smiles, and Jane Welsh Carlyle. Here the English endured a great siege by the Scotch in 1549. Pop. 4,200. HADDINGTONSHIRE, or East Lo- thian, a county of Scotland, in the south- eastern part. It has an area of 267 square miles. The southern part con- tains the Lammermuir Hills, which rise to a height of over 1,700 feet. The prin- cipal river is the Tyne, which flows in a northeasterly direction across the county into the sea of Tyningham. It has im- portant agricultural interests and is the center of a coal mining region. The chief towns are Haddington, the capital, Dunbar, and North Berwick. Pop. about 45,000. HADDOCE (Gadus seglefinus), a fish of the same genus with the cod, and much resembling it in general appear- ance. The number of fins are the same, there being three dorsals and two anals. The haddock, like the cod, has a barbule at the point of the lower jaw. The had- dock is brown on the back, silvery on the belly; the lateral line is black, and there is a black spot behind each of the pec- torals, these spots sometimes extending so as to meet on the back. An ancient legend ascribes these spots to the finger and thumb of St. Peter, and states the haddock to be the fish from the mouth of which he took the tribute money. The haddock is not found in the Mediterra- nean. Nor does it enter the Baltic, though plentiful in the N. parts of the Atlantic Ocean, both on the European and the American coasts. On the British coasts it is abundant almost everywhere. Those of Dublin Bay are remarkable for their large size. It is taken both by trawl nets and lines. In March and April the haddock is out of season; in October, November, December, and Jan- uary it is in finest condition. See Finnan. HADDONFIEIjD, a borough of New Jersey, in Camden co. It is on the West Jersey and Seashore railroad. It is a residential suburb of Philadelphia, but has important industrial and agricultu- ral interests. It is the site of the Shep- herd's Homei, Bancroft Training School, and has two parks and a library. Pop. (1910) 4,143; (1920) 5,646. HADEN, SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR, an English etcher and surgeon; born in London, England, Sept. 16, 1818. In 1857 he was elected a Fellow of the Col- lege of Surgeons. "Etched Work of F. S. Haden" contains 185 plates from his hand; others have been published. The chief qualities of his work are vigor and breadth. He was president of the So- ciety of Painter Etchers, and wrote "Etched Work of Rembrandt" (1879- 1880), "Lectures" and "About Etching" (1881). He died June 1, 1910.