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the Confederate force, which came out of the fort to meet them. General Floyd and a part of his force escaped during the night, and the following day General Buckner, who was next in command, surrendered with about 14,000 men.

Don Giovanni is an opera bouffe in two acts whose words are by Da Ponte and the music by Mozart. First produced at Prague, Oct. 29, 1787, and then in London at King's Theater, April 12, 1817, it met with extraordinary success. In one respect this opera is preeminent: All its moods and situations are essentially musical. 4'There is scarcely a feeling known to humanity which is not expressed in some one of the situations or characters." The overture was not begun until the evening before the first representation of the opera, —an extraordinary instance of rapid composition.

Donizetti (do'ne-dzet'te), Gaetano, an Italian musical composer, was born in 1797. He studied music under several masters, but when 20 years old entered the army. While garrisoned at Venice, he produced his first opera, and soon afterward, obtaining his discharge from the army, he devoted himself to opera-writing. He went to Paris, where his pieces were not very successful; but after gaining much applause at Naples he returned to Paris, and soon gained a great reputation. He received appointments at Naples and the court of Vienna; but a disease, brought on by overwork, affected his mind and he died in 1848. His masterpiece was La Favorita; others of his works are The Daughter of the Regiment, Linda di Chamounix, Don Pasquale and The Martyrs.

Dooley, Mr. See DUNNE, F. P.

Don Juan (ju'an Sp. don hob-an}, a mythical person, the story of whom originated in Spain and spread throughout most of the countries of Europe. According to tradition, Don Juan belonged to a prominent Spanish family in the time of Peter the Cruel, and lived a life of wild dissipation. In trying to carry off the daughter of the governor of Seville, he was met by her father, whom he killed. He afterward went to the town where the governor was buried, and challenged his statue to follow him to supper. The invitation was accepted, and after supper the statue carried Don Juan to Hades. To this story others of a similar kind were added at different times, Don Juan always being a villain, whose evil life made him laugh at spiritual things. The story was made the plot for plays by Spanish dramatists, and was afterward made the basis of dramas and operas in several countries of Europe. The story, in one form or another, is also to be found in many poems and novels.

Donkey. See Ass.

Don   Quixote. See    CERVANTES    SAA-

VEDRA.

Dora d'Istria. See KOLTSOF-MASALSKI, PRINCESS.

Dorcas, (i) A gazelle, with long, slender horns, found in Syria and the Sahara. (2) A woman, mentioned in Acts 1x139, who made coats and garments for the poor, and was lamented by the widows. (3) Hence, benevolent societies of women who have banded themselves together, usually in connection with a church, to provide clothing for the poor.

Dore* (do'ra'}, Paul Qustave, a French painter and designer, was born at Strass-burg in 1833. His first success was in landscape -painting, but he soon after began designing illustrations for books. He illustrated an edition of Rabelais in 1854 and the le-jgend of the Wan-}dering Jew in 1836. These works increased his reputation, and he soon after illustrated a work of Balzac and also drew many of the illustrations for a French journal. Other works which he illustrated are Don Quixote, Taine's Travels in the Pyrenees, Fables of La Fontaine; Milton's Paradise Lost, History of the Crusades and Dante's Works. He also painted a number of pictures, but is best known as a designer. He died at Paris, Jan, 23, 1883. See Life by Miss Roosevelt.

Doremus, Sarah Platt, born at New York in 1802, was noted for her efforts in missions. She was of great assistance ia the mission to the French peasants of Canada, and soon after became prominent in work for females in the New York city-prison. She was prominent in the relief of the sufferers from famine in Ireland in 1849, and in 1855 she helped to organize the Woman's Hospital Association. Her labors in behalf of the sick and wounded soldiers during the Civil War entitle her to remembrance. She died at New York in 1877.

Doria (dd're-a), Andrea, a famous Genoese admiral, was born in 1468. He belonged to a noble family, and adopted military life. In middle life he entered.^ the service of Francis I of France, who gave him command of his fleet in the Mediterranean, and in 1524 he defeated the fleet of Emperor Charles V near Marseilles. Objecting to some of the plans of Francis, he retired from his service and entered that of Charles and delivered his own city, Genoa, from the French. Instead of making himself sovereign in his own country,

GUSTAVE  DORE