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ber of short stories and pieces to the American magazines^ and they met with so much success that he determined to give up engineering for literature. He sailed for Europe in 1872, and after a short stay in England proceeded to Dresden, where he remained two years, during which time he published in Engird and America his first two novels *' Bressant," 1873, and "Idolatry," 1874. In Sept. 1874, he left Dresden and settled at Twickenham, where, in 1875, he published in the Contemporary Re- view, and afterwards in book-form in England and America, " Saxon Studies." In the same year his novel of '* G^arth " began its serial course in Harper*8, appearing as a book in 1877. From 1875 until Oct., 1881, he remained in or near London, with the exception of a visit of a few months to France, writing and publishing ''The Laugmng Mill," a collection of shoH stories previously contributed to English magazines ; '* Archibald Malmaison^" a novelette ; ** EUice Quentin," another collection of short pieces ; " Prince Saroni's Wife," also a collection of tales ; and " Yellop-Cap," fairy stories, none of whi(m have appeared in America. His hxst completed novel, " Sebas- tian Strome," appeared both in England and America in 1880. Two other novels of Mr. Hawthorne are now appearing serially, " Fortune's Fool," in Macmillan's, and "Dust," in the Oentleman's Magcuvne, and in the American Our Continent, In the autumn of 1881 Mr. Hawthorne went to the soutti of Ireland, where he lived for three months near Cork, and in March, 1882, went to the United States, and is now re- siding in New York. He has re- cently edited a posthumous romance of his father's, " Doctor Grim- shawe's Secret." and is now engaged in preparing a biography of him which will be published during 1883. While in England he wrote considerably for the periodicals^ and

for two years was connected with the staff of the Spectator.

HAY, Ths Bight Hon. Sm John Chaslss Dalbtmpls, Bart., M.P., C.B., F.R.S., a rear-admiral. Vice- President of the Institution of Naval Architects, eldest son of the late Sir James Dalrymple Hay, Bart., of Dunragit, Wigtonshire, by his first wife, Elizabe&, daugh- ter of Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Heron Maxwell, of Springkell, Dumfries- shire, was born Feb. 11, 1821, and educated at Bugby. Entering the navy at an early age, he served as a midshipman during the opera- tions on the Syrian coast in 1841, including the siege of Acre, where he distinguished himself in com- mand of a boat, and as flag-lieu- tenant of Sir Thomas Cochrane, took a distinguished part in the operations on the coast of Borneo in 1846. He commanded the Colum- bine as senior officer at the destruc- tion of some pirate vessels in China, in 1849, for which service he was promoted, and received a service of plate from the merchants of China. He commanded H.M.S. Hannibal in the Black and Mediterranean Seas during the Bussian war of 1854-6, and took part in the capture of Kertoh and Kinbum, and in the bombardment and fall of Sebasto- pol. He commanded the Indv^ in North America and the West Indies from 1857 till 1859, was one of the Greenwich Hospital Commission in 1860-1, and Chairman of the Iron Plate Committee from 1861 till 1864. He succeeded his father as third baronet, March 19, 1861, was elected in 1862 for Wakefield in the Conservative interest, lost his seat at the general election in July, 1865, was defeated at Tamworth the same year, and elected in May, 1866, for Stamford, which constituency he represented till the general election of April, 1880, when he was an un- successful candidate^ but in July of that year he was returned for the Wigtown burghs, polling 636 votes against 620 recorded in favour of