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LEFT MAUGHAM 157 MAirREPAS and divisional commander, 1915. Served in the Soudan and South African War, and in the World War, 1914-1917, being wounded and mentioned in dis- patches seven times. Later he had com- mand of the Tigris Army Corps, and from August, 1916, became commander- in-chief of the British Mesopotamian Expedition, The series of defeats which the British army had sustained up to that GENERAL MAUDE time at the hands of the Turks were checked by his appointment, and the ad- vance toward a victorious end set in. General Maude was from 1901 to 1904 military secretary to the governor-gen- eral of Canada, and paid repeated visits to the United States. In March, 1917, I he was made officer of the Crown of Italy, and died in the following November. MAUGHAM, WILLIAM SOMERSET, author and dramatist; born in 1874. He was educated at King's School, Canter- bury, Heidelberg University, and St. Thomas's Hospital, London. His first publication was "Liza of Lambeth," and this was followed in 1898 by "The Mak- ing of a Saint." Other novels include • "The Hero," "Mrs. Craddock," "The Ma- gician," and "Of Human Bondage." His plays have been "A Man of Honor," "Lady Frederick," "Jack Straw," "Mrs. Dot," "The Explorer," "Penelope," "Smith," "The Tenth Man," "Grace," "Loaves and Fishes," "The Land of Promise," and "Caroline." MAUI ISLAND, one of the smaller of the Hawaiian islands. MAULE, a province of Chile, on the Pacific coast. A good part of it is covered by mountains which yield abundant tim- ber. The capital is Cauquenes. Pop. about 10,000. MAULMAIN (mal-man'), or MOUL- MEIN (moul-m!n'), a town in the prov- ince of Tenasserim, Burma, near the mouth of the Salween river. There are nrmierous public _ buildings, churches, chapels, and missionary establishments, several charitable and educational insti- tutions, barracks, a hospital, gaol, etc. The principal exports are teakwood and rice; the imports consist of general mer- chandise, chiefly piece goods, hardware, provisions, and sundries; is backed by a fine range of hills, on whose heights flash the gilded spires of innumerable pa- godas; and here, too, are built many pretty residences, commanding a fine view of the town, river, and adjacent country, which for picturesque beauty and varied scenery has few equals. Pop. about 60,000. MAUMEE RIVER, formed by the confluence of the St. Joseph and St, Mary rivers at Fort Wayne, Ind. It runs N. E. through Paulding co., 0., and en- ters Lake Erie about 4 miles N. E. of Toledo, which city is situated on its banks. 150 miles long. MAUNA LO A (mou'na 16'a), a volcano in the Sandwich Islands near the center of Hawaii; height, 13,600 feet. MAUNDY THURSDAY, the day be- fore Good Friday commemorating the washing of the disciples* feet by Jesus. MAUPASSANT, GUY DE (mo-pa- song'), a French novelist; born in the Chateau Miromesnil, Seine-Inferieure, France, Aug. 5, 1850, He was for some time clerk at the navy department, Paris. He published over 20 volumes, among them the collections of short stories, "The Sis- ters of Rondoli" (1884); "Tales of Day and Night" (1885); "The Left Hand" (1889); the novels "Peter and John" (1888); "Strong as Death" (1889); "Our Heart" (1893); the books of travel "In the Sunshine" (1884) ; "On the Water" (1888). "A Wandering Life" (1890). Unsettled by the insanity and death of a brother, he himself died in an asylum in Paris, July 6, 1893. MAUREPAS, JEAN FREDERIC, COUNT, Minister of State in the reigns of Louis XV, and Louis XVL of France, Vol. VI— Cyc — K