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 798 MACLEOD MACLUEE (1815); "The Life and Power bf True Godli- ness "(1816); and "The American Christian Expositor " (2 vols., 1832-'3). See "Memoir of Alexander McLeod, D. D.," by Samuel B. Wiley, D. D. (8vo, New York, 1855). II. Xavier Donald, an American author, son of the preceding, born in New York, Nov. 17, 1821, killed in a railway accident near Cincinnati, July 20, 1865. He graduated at Columbia col- lege, and after studying theology took orders in the Episcopal church in 1845. He was set- tled for a short time in a rural parish, and in 1850 went to Europe, where lie travelled and studied till 1852. During his residence abroad he became a Roman Catholic, and after his re- turn devoted himself to literary pursuits, con- tributing to various magazines, and publish- ing "Pynnshurst, his Wanderings and Ways of Thinking " (New York, 1852) ; " Life of Sir Walter Scott" (1852); "The Bloodstone" (1853) ; and " Life of Mary, Queen of Scots " (1857). He also wrote " The Elder's House, or the Three Converts ;" " Chateau Lescure, or the Last Marquis;" and a "Life of Fernan- do Wood," mayor of New York (1856). His fugitive poems are his most characteristic pro- ductions ; some of them, as "The Weeder" and " The Saga of Viking Torquil," have great merit. In 1857 lie became professor of rhetoric and belles-lettres at Mount St. Mary's (Roman Catholic) college near Cincinnati, and was ordained a priest. MACLEOD, Henry Dunning, a Scottish econo- mist, born in Edinburgh in 1821. He was ed- ucated in Edinburgh, Eton, and Cambridge, and was called to the bar in London in 1849. He has effected reforms in the poor laws of Scotland, and published " Theory and Practice of Banking" (London, 1856), "Elements of Political Economy " (1858), and " Dictionary of Political Economy (1859 et seq.). From 1868 to 1870 he was engaged in preparing for the government a codification of English laws and a digest of laws relating to bills of exchange. His inductive theories of political economy gave rise to Richelot's Une revolution en eco- nomie politique (Paris, 1863). MACLEOD, Norman, a Scottish clergyman, born near Edinburgh, June 3, 1812, died in Glasgow, June 16, 1872. He studied at Edin- burgh, Glasgow, and in Germany, and in 1838 became minister at Loudoun, Ayrshire, in 1843 at Dalkeith, near Edinburgh, and in 1851 at St. Columba's kirk, or the Barony parish, Glas- gow. He was one of the royal chaplains, preaching at Balmoral during the queen's resi- dence there. One of his sermons was publish- ed at her request, and widely circulated. In 1850 he made a tour through Canada, and in 1867 through India, to promote the missionary work of the kirk of Scotland. From 1850 to 1860 he was editor of the "Edinburgh Chris- tian Magazine," and from 1860 to his death of " Good Words." His principal publications are : " The Earnest Student : Memorials of Mack- intosh " (1847) ; " Reminiscences of a High- land Parish" (1862); "The Old Lieutenant and his Son" (2 vols., 1862); "Eastward" (1866); "The Starling, a Scottish Story" (1867) ; and "Peeps at the Far East" (1871). MACLISE, Daniel, a British painter, born in Cork, Ireland, Jan. 25, 1811, died in London, April 26, 1870. He was placed in a banking house, but at the age of 16 went to London, and became a student in the royal academy, where he won all the prizes for which he was a competitor. He studied during the summer of 1830 in Paris, and for the next two years made drawings for books and periodicals, and painted portraits. In 1833 he exhibited at the British institution his " Mokanna Unveiling," "All Hallow Eve," and "A Love Adventure of Francis I." The success of these enabled him to abandon portrait painting. In 1835 he exhibited "The Chivalrous Vow of the Ladies and the Peacock," and was elected an associate of the royal academy, of which in 1841 he was chosen a member. His paintings are numer- ous, his favorite subjects being Irish and Eng- lish incidents in the days of chivalry, and scenes from Shakespeare and the Italian poets. Among his principal works are : " The Play Scene in Hamlet," "The Return of the Knight," and "The Origin of the Harp" (1842); "The Actor's Reception of the Au- thor " (1843) ; "The Lady Released from the Enchanted Chair " (1844) ; " The Seven Ages " and " The Sacrifice of Noah " (1847) ; " The Spirit of Chivalry " and " The Spirit of Jus- tice," frescoes for the house of lords; "The Marriage of Strongbow and Eva" (1854); and a set of 42 drawings illustrative of the Norman conquest (1856). For some years previous to his death he was occupied in preparing a series of cartoons to be executed in fresco for the houses of parliament. Among the subjects are " The Death of Nelson " and " The Meeting of Bliicher and Wellington after the battle of Waterloo," both of which have been engraved for the art union, and a painting from the lat- ter was exhibited in 1866. In that year he de- clined the presidency of the royal academy. MACLURE, William, an American geologist, born in Ayr, Scotland, in 1763, died at San Angel, near the city of Mexico, March 23, 1840. At 19 years of age he visited New York, but returned to London to become a partner in the commercial house of Miller, Hart, and co., in which he rapidly acquired a fortune. In 1796 he settled in the United States, and in 1803 was in Europe as one of the commissioners to settle the claims of American citizens against France for spolia- tions during the revolution in that country. While on the continent he travelled exten- sively, examining the geology of Europe, and collecting objects in natural history. On re- turning, he engaged with zeal in the extraor- dinary private undertaking of a geological sur- vey of the whole country. He visited almost every state and territory, crossing and recross- ing the Alleghanies no fewer than 50 times.