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 COXE COYPU 447 1ST. Y., Hartford, Conn., Baltimore, and New York. In 1865 he was chosen bishop of the diocese of Western New York. Besides seve- ral early volumes of poetry, and a collection of "Sermons on Doctrine and Duty" (1854), he has published "Christian Ballads" (1840); " Athanasion and other Poems " (1842) ; " Hal- loween and other Poems" (1844); "Saul, a Mystery, and other Poems" (1845); "Impres- sions of England " (1856) ; " Criterion " (1866) ; ' Moral Reforms suggested in a Pastoral Let- ter" (1869); and "Apollos" (1873). COXE, Tench, an American writer on political economy, born in 1756, died in Philadelphia, July 16, 1824. He was a commissioner to the federal convention at Annapolis in 1786 ; mem- ber of the continental congress in 1788; as- sistant secretary of the treasury in 1790 ; and he held other offices under the government. He was the author of "An Inquiry into the Principles of a Commercial System for the Uni- ted States" (1787); "View of the United States" (1794); Thoughts on Naval Power and the Encouragement of Commerce and Manufactures " (1806) ; " Memoir on the Culti- vation, Trade, and Manufacture of Cotton" (1807); " On the Navigation Act " (1809) ; and " On the Arts and Manufactures of the United States "(1814). COXE, William, an English historian and biog- rapher, born in London in 1747, died at Bem- erton in 1828. He was elected a fellow of King's college, Cambridge, in 1768, and in 1771 was appointed to the curacy of Denham. Shortly after this he commenced a series of extended visits to the continent as private tu- tor to young noblemen, which, with occasional intervals for literary or professional labor, em- braced a period of more than 20 years. The result of his observation and researches was given to the world in a number of books of travel, and of history and biography. He pub- lished between 1779 and 1789 " Travels into Poland, Russia, and Denmark " (5 vols.), " Trav- els in Switzerland " (3 vols.), and some miscel- laneous works on Russian discoveries, on hos- pitals in northern Europe, and other subjects. In 1798 appeared his " Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole" (2 vols.), accompanied by many valuable state papers, of which Pitt said that it gave him his tirst correct notion of the character of Sir Rob- ert. His " History of the House of Austria " (3 vols., 1807) is a standard authority. This was followed by the " History of the Kings of Spain of the House of Bourbon " (3 vols., 1813), "Memoirs of John, Duke of Marlbor- ough" (3 vols., 1817-'19), "Memoirs of the Ad- ministration of the Right Hon. Henry Pelham " (2 vols., 1829), and a variety of minor publica- tions. He was appointed archdeacon of Wilts in 1805, and during the last seven or eight years of his life was afflicted with total blindness. COYNE, Joseph Stirling, a British playwright and humorist, born at Birr, Ireland, in 1805, died in London, July 18, 1868. He studied 234 VOL. v. 29 law, but devoted himself to writing for the stage. His first farce, "The Phrenologist," was produced in Dublin in 1835. In 1837 he went to London, where he wrote many plays which were favorably received. Among these were "The Queer Subject," " Everybody's Friend," "Nothing Venture, Nothing Win," "Presented at Court," "The Woman in Red," and " How to Settle Accounts with your Laun- dress," the last of which has been adapted, under other titles, to the French and German stage. He was one of the projectors and ori- ginal proprietors of "Punch," to which he was a frequent contributor, and he also wrote much for the newspapers. From 1856 to 1868 he was secretary to the dramatic authors' society. He also published " The Scenery and Antiqui- ties of Ireland," and several other works. COYOTE. See WOLF. COYPEL. I. Noel, a French painter, a suc- cessful imitator of Poussin, born in 1628, died in 1707. Among his most celebrated pictures are the "Death of Abel " and the " Assumption of the Virgin," the latter in the hotel des In- valides. II. Antoine, a son and pupil of the preceding, born in 1661, died in 1722. He was appointed painter to the king in 1716. His principal works are the "Assumption" in the church of Notre Dame, "Christ Curing the Blind," and "Christ among the Doctors." Some of his etchings are executed in a masterly manner. The "Numismatic History of the Reign of Louis XIV.," chiefly from his designs, is a work as remarkable of its kind as his fres- coes of the chapel at Versailles. III. Noel Nicolas, stepbrother of the preceding, born in 1688, died in 1734. He also painted many works for the churches of Paris, of which the best are the ceiling of the chapel of the Virgin in the church of St. Saviour, and the " Assump- tion " in the same chapel. IV. Charles Antoine, son of Antoine, born in 1694, died in 1752. He chiefly excelled as painter of portraits, the best of which is that of Adrienne Lecouvreur. COYPIJ, Racoonda, or Couia, a large rodent of South America, resembling a small beaver in general appearance, but having the long and Coypu (Myopotamus coypus). rounded tail of the muskrat or water vole. The length of a full-grown animal is about 3f