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AMORITES. Sayce, Races of the Old Testament (London, 1891).

AMOROSO, ;i'm6io'so (It. amorous). In niiisip, affectionately, tenderly. AM'OROUS BIG'OT, The. A play by Thomas Sliadwoll, presented in 1690.

AMOR'PHA. See Indigo.

A'MORY, Blanche. A character in Thackeray's I'endennis (q.v.), really named Betsy; an insincere and selfish girl, whose emotions are all shuras.

AMORY, Robert (1842—). An American physician. He was born in Boston, and studied medicine at Harvard and later in Paris and in Dublin. In 1809 he was made lecturer at Har- vard College on the plysiologieal action of drugs. He was also for some time professor of physi- ology at the Bowdoin Medical School. Besides a translation from the German of Russ's Lec- tures nn I'hysiolofjy (Boston, 187.5), Dr. Amory published a number of interesting papers on the physiological action of various chemical sub- stances. He also wrote a volume on poisons, forming part of Wharton and Stille's Medieal jurisprudence.

AMORY, Thomas (1001 ?-17S8). An Irish author, called the "English Rabelais," and sup- posed by certain authorities to have been slight- ly insane. He was the son of Counselor Amory, who was appointed by William III. secretary for the foreign estates in Ireland. His birth- place is not known, but in 1757 he was living in seclusion in Westminster. It is supposed that he sketched portions of his own career in his Life of John. Buncle, 2 volumes (17.'iO-flG). He wrote also Memoirs Confoiiiing the Lives of Several Ladies of Great Britain (175.5). He was married and had one son. Dr. Robert Amory. A sketch of his life appeared in the Saturday Review. May 12, 1877.

AMORY, (1812-89). An American lawyer and author. He was born in Boston, Mass., and after graduating at Harvard (IS.SO), held various posts in connection with the municipal government of Boston. In addi- tion to oflficial reports and addresses, his publi- cations include the Life of James Sullivan (Bos- ton, 1859), MiUtari) Services and Public Life of Major-General John Snllivan (Boston, 1808), pamphlets on subjects connected with the Revo- lutionary War. among which was a Life of Sir L'iaae Coffin (1886), and numerous poems, of w-hich the best known is William Blaxton, Sole Inhattitant of Boston.

A'MOS. A Hebrew prophet of the eighth century B.C., author of the biblical book which bears his name. He was a herdsman of Tekoa, in the neighborhood of Bethlehem (Amos i : 1), and also a tender of sycamore trees (Amos vii: 14). He prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah m Judah and .Jeroboam II. in Israel (about 760 B.C.), He foretells the doom, first of several surrounding nations, then of Israel itself, on account of the various sins, mainly disloyalty to Yahweh. which had brought the "anger "of S'ah- weh upon the kingdom. He closes with a pro- mise of restoration for Israel. The style of Amos is remarkable for its clearness and pictur- esque vigor, and abounds with images taken from rural and pastoral life. While Amos is the first of the prophets who wrote as well as spoke, the editing of his propliecies belongs to a period long subsequent to the prophet's death. Hence, modern critics have detected in the prophecies numerous additions, insertions, and changes, made by the various liands concerned in giving the series of chapters its present form. For recent discussions of the problems involved, consult: G. A. Smith, "The Twelve Prophets." in The Expositor's Bible, Volume I. (New York, 1890-97); and H. G. Mitchell, Amos (Boston, 1899).

AMOSKEAG, fim'os-keg'. See Manchester, New Hampshire.

AMOY, a-moi' (the local pronunciation of Hai-mim, or Gallery Gate). A third-class Chi- nese city on an island of the same name, in N. lat. 24°'28', E. long. 118° 4', at the mouth of the Pei-chi or IDragon River, in the province of Fu- kien (Map: China, E 5). The island of Hai- mun is 40 miles in circumference. Being the chief city and port opposite Formosa, Amoy enjoys a large trade with that island. Amoy was early known as a pl.ace of Asiatic foreign commerce, and is the ancient centre of the tea trade. The Portuguese came here in 1044; but were expelled for their cruelty and their vessels burned. The English traded here until 1730, when they were ordered to remove to Canton. Nearly all the tea brought to Boston -Harbor by the British ships in 1773 was from Amoy, where the pronunciation of eha is "tea;" but the trade in this herb is now nearly annihilated by the competition of Formosa Oolong and the heavy likin tax. The British treaty of 1842 made Amoy one of the five ports opened to for- eign commerce, and the treaty of Tien-tsin in 1858 confirmed and extended the privilege. Amoy has long been the centre of flourishing Christian missions in Fu-kien. In 1882 a Brit- ish engineer discovered coal and iron within 40 miles of Amoy, in an area of 50 square miles, and within 20 miles of water traflie. The harbor is large, safe, and picturesque, formed partly by Ku-lang-su Island, on which the houses of the foreigners, numbering nearly three hundred, are built, and by Kwe-moi (Gold- en Harbor). The Japanese scttlcujcnt, laid out in 1899, has several hundred inhabitants. There are three granite docks built by foreigners, an English church and club, and a daily news- paper. One hundred thousand emigrants pass through Amoy every year to Singapore. Pop., 1897, 96,370.

AM'PELIDA'CEÆ. See.

AMPE'LIUS,. A Roman writer, who lived between the second and fourth centuries A.D. He was the author of a note-book, Liher Uemorialis, which contained a condensed and meagre summary of various astronomical, geographical, and historical writings. The Liber is too inaccurate for use as a work of reference, but it is valuable as the only ancient work which mentions the celebrated sculptures of Pergamus, discovered in 1878, and now at Berlin. It is usually appended to editions of Florus, and has been edited with notes by Beck (Leipzig, 1820). The best text is that of Wolfflin (Leipzig. 1854).

AM'PELOP'SIS (Gk. unirtln^, ampelos, vine. oTpi^, opsis, appearance). A genus of vine-like, woody plants, including Virginia creeper, or American woodbine, much used for ornamental decoration of buildings. In autumn