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 HOLLAND the Young" (New York, 1858), "Gold roil" (1859), "Lessons in Life" (1861), and "Letters to the Joneses" (1863). His other publications are : " History of Western Massa- chusetts " (2 vols., Springfield, 1855); "The Bay Path," a novel (New York, 1857); "Bit- ter-Sweet," a poem in dramatic form (1858) ; "Miss Gilbert's Career," an American story (1860) ; " Plain Talks on Familiar Subjects " (1865) ; " Life of Abraham Lincoln " (Spring- field, 1865) ; "Kathrina," a poem (New York, 1868); "The Marble Prophecy and other Poems" (1872); and "Arthur Bonnicastle," a novel (1873). In 1873 a complete edition of his poems was published in New York, under the title of " Garnered Sheaves." HOLLAND, Sir Nathaniel Dance, an English ar- tist, born in London in 1734, died in Winches- ter in 1811. He was the son of George Dance, the architect of the mansion house in London, and early devoted himself to painting, passing several years in Italy in the study of his art. On his return to England he distinguished himself as a painter of portaits, of which that of Garrick as Richard III. affords a good ex- ample, and also of history and landscape. By his captivating figure and address he was en- abled to secure the hand of Mrs. Dummer, a wealthy Yorkshire heiress, after which he re- linquished his profession, assumed the name of Holland, was made a baronet, and entered parliament. He still exhibited occasionally as an amateur. HOLLAND, Philemon, an English scholar, born at Chelmsford in 1551, died Feb. 9, 1636. He was educated at Trinity college, Cambridge, became master of the free school at Coventry, and also practised medicine. He was the first English translator of Livy, Suetonius, and Plu- tarch's "Morals." He also translated Ammi- anns Marcellinus, the " Natural History " of Pliny, the "Cyropsedia" of Xenophon, and Camden's "Britannia." HOLLAR, Wenzel, a Bohemian engraver, born in Prague in 1607, died in London, March 28, 1677. At 18 years of age he produced his plates of the "Virgin and Child" and the "Ecce Homo." In 1636 he attracted the at- tention of the earl of Arundel, the British am- bassador to the German emperor, who took him in his suite to England. He now practised his art with great reputation and success, and ex- ecuted portraits of the royal family and of the earl of Arundel, besides views of places, and a set of 28 plates of female costume of all ranks, entitled Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus. Un- der the commonwealth he became somewhat involved in political affairs through his associ- ation with the royalist friends of his patron, with several of whom he was taken prisoner at the surrender of Basing House in Hampshire in 1645. Being set at liberty after a short imprisonment, he joined the earl of Arundel in Antwerp, where he passed several years. During this period he engraved Holbein's "Dance of Death" and other works of the 409 VOL. vm. 49 HOLLIS 767 old masters. He returned to England in 1652, but in the latter part of his life became re- duced to great indigence. His prints num- bered nearly 2,400, many of them of small size executed for the booksellers, who paid him at the rate of fourpence an hour. HOLLIDAYSBURG, a borough and the capital of Blair co., Pennsylvania, on Beaver Dam creek, a branch of the Juniata, about 85 m. E. of Pittsburgh, and the same distance W. by N. of Harrisburg; pop. in 1870, 2,952. It is sit- uated near the base of the Allegheny moun- tains, on a branch of the Pennsylvania Central railroad, and is a terminus of the E. division of the main line of the state canal. It is the centre of a large trade by railroad and canal, having most of the forwarding business of a rich surrounding country abounding in agri- cultural and mineral resources. The iron of the Juniata region and large quantities of an- thracite coal and grain are exported through this town. It contains several founderies, roll- ing mills, blast furnaces, machine shops, flour mills, a national bank, and two weekly news- papers. Hollidaysburg was incorporated in 1836. Gaysport on the opposite bank of the river, with which it is connected, is a borough of 799 inhabitants. HOLLINS, George N,, an American naval offi- cer, born in Baltimore, Sept. 20, 1799. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1814, and was on board the President, Commodore De- catur, when she was captured by the British, and remained a prisoner of war at Bermuda until the peace. He next served under Deca- tur against the Algerines. At the close of the war he took command of an East India mer- chantman, and became lieutenant in the navy in 1825, and commander in 1841. He bom- barded and destroyed the town of San Juan de Nicaragua in 1854. After commanding the navy yard at Sackett's Harbor for a short time, he was ordered to join the Mediterranean squadron. In 1855 he was promoted to. cap- tain. Returning to the United States in 1861, he resigned his commission; but the depart- ment refused to accept the resignation, struck his name from the rolls, and ordered his arrest. He escaped to the south, entered the confed- erate navy, received a commission as commo- dore, and on Oct. 11 attacked the federal block- ading squadron at the passes of the Mississippi, doing slight damage, but claiming an impor- tant victory, and was therefore appointed flag captain of the New Orleans station. Before Farragut's attack on that city in April, 1862, he was superseded by Commodore Whittle. HOLLIS, Thomas, a benefactor of Harvard college, born in England in 1659, died in Lon- don in 1731. He was for many years a suc- cessful merchant in London, and a bequest made to Harvard college in his uncle's will, of which he was trustee, first attracted his atten- tion to that institution. Having made two considerable donations, he gave directions m 1721 for the employment of the fund, by