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* BOOTH. 309 BOOTH-TUCKER. though he more than once played lago to Kean's Othello at Diuiy l.ane. Booth gained great celebrity in Eicliaitl HI. and Sir Giles Over- reach: but he was taken with a fancy for travel, and, in 1821, arrived at Xorfolk, Va. He spent most of the remainder of his life in the United States, where he was exceptionally popular, and esteemed by many critics to be the greatest tragedian of his time. Though his range of char- acters was not wide, the people never tired of the best of them, such as Richard III., Sir Giles. Lear, Shylock, Hamlet, and lago. He was noted for his eccentricities, which, at times, verged upon insanity: and in acting he was so intensely carried away that the fencing in Ham- let and Richard III. became duels in which Rich- mond anci Laertes were sometimes compelled to defend themselves in earnest. Consult: Clark, The Elder and the Younger Booth (Boston, 1882) ; and Gould, The Tragedian: an Essay on the Histrionic Genius of Junius Brutus Booth (New York, 1868). BOOTH, JIary Louise (1831-89). An Ameri- can journalist, translator, and miscellaneous wri- ter. She early devoted herself to writing tales and numerous translations, among the most important of which were About's King of the Mountains ; Cousin's Secret History of the French Court (18.59); Pascal's Provincial Let- ters : Gasparin's Uprising of a Great People (1861); and America Before Europe (1861); Laboulaye's Paris in America (1865); and Cochin's Results of Emancipation (1862); and Results of Slavery (1862). All this work was done before the close of the Civil War. and, in the meantime, she had published a History of the City of Sew York (1859). During the war she maintained a vigorous correspondence with French friends of the Union cause and received encouraging praise from Lincoln, Sumner, and others. She translated also some fairy tales of Laboulaye and Mace, Martin's abridgment of his History of France ( 1880), and part of the origi- nal work. An enlarged edition of her History of Sew York appeared in 1861, and a second re- vision in 1880. Miss Booth was editor of Har- per's Bazar from its beginning till her death. BOOTH, Maud Balli.vgtox (Charlesvvobth) (X865 — ). A leader of the Volunteers of Ameri- ca, wife of Ballington Booth (q.v.). She was horn near London in 1865, the daughter of a wealthy clergyman, early became interested in the work of the Salvation Army, and, at the age of 17, left home and became a companion of Miss Catherine Booth in organizing a branch of the Army in Paris. There she remained two vears, then" went with a party of Salvationists to Switzerland, where, after suifcring vicissitudes and even imprisonment, she finally succeeded in establishing a Salvation Army corps. In 1887 she married Ballington Booth, and, in accord- ance with the custom of the Army, assumed her husband's rank as marshal. Tn 1896 she with- drew with her husband from the Salvation Army and founded the Volunteers of America, of which he and she are directors. BOOTH, William ( 1829—) . General of the Salvation Amiv. He was born in Nottingham, England, April" 10, 1829. He became a minister of the Methodist Xew Connection, 1850; was ap- pointed to hold special evangelistic services iintil 1861, when, being required to settle in the or- dinary circuit work, he resigned and began his labors among the churches as an evangelist. Finding that most of the inhabitants of London attended no jjlace of worship, he began the 'Christian Mission,' 18o, which soon grew to be a large organization formed on military lines, and was in 1878 re-christened the 'Salvation Army' (q.v.). Under this name it has become widely known, and has grown to immense pro- portions. A weekly gazette, the Mar Cry, estab- lished in 1880. has a very large circulation throughout the world. General Booth has pub- lished several hymn and music books. Salvation Soldiery, and In Darkest England and the Il'ai/ Out ( 1890), a work proposing ambitious yet prac- tical schemes for alleviating poverty and sup- pressing vice ; and his six eldest sons and daugh- ters are all actively engaged in some branch of the service, while his younger children are in train- ing for similar duties. (See S.lv.tion Army.) His wife, an enthusiastic coijperator (born 1829, died 1890), wrote Practical Religion, Aggressive Christianity, Godliness, and The Salvation Army in Relation to Church and State. For her biog- raphv. consult: Booth-Tucker (London, 1892) and "W. T. Stead (New York, 1900). BOOTH'BY, Guy Newell (1867-1905). An English novelist. He was born at Adelaide, South Australia, October 13, 1807. He was edu- cated in England, and has traveled through Australia and in the East. His novels, mostly tales of adventure, have been exceedingly popu- lar. Among them are A Beautiful White Devil (1896) ; Dr. Sikola (1896) ; Billy Binks, Hero, and Other Stories (1898) ; Across the ^Yorld for a Wife (1898); Pharos the Egyptian (1899); Love Made Manifest (1899); Dr. Nikola's Ex- periment ( 1899) : A Sailor's Bride ( 1899) ; Long Live the King (1900) ; and The Yiceroy's Pro- teg6 (1901). See Australian LiTER.TURE. BOOTHIA (booth'i-a) FEXIX. A penin- sula about 150 miles long and with a greatest width of about 50 miles, forming the most northern part of the American continent (Map: Canada, M 2). Toward the south it contracts to a narrow isthmus, while on the north Bel- lot Strait (q.v.) separates it from North Som- erset Island. It was discovered by Sir John Ross during the most famous of his voyages (1829-33), and named after his friend. Sir Felix Booth, the chief contributor to the expedition. It was supposed at the time to reach as far north as Barrow Strait. Near Cape Adelaide, on the west coast. Sir .Tohn's nephew. Lieuten- ant, afterwards Sir, James Clark Ross, first lo- cated the northern magnetic pole on June 1, 1831. Consult Ross, Xarrative of a Second Yoy- age in Search of a Northwest Passage (London, 1860). BOOTHIA, Gulf of. An inlet of the Arc- tic Ori-an separating Boothia Felix, in northern Canada, from Cockburn Island and Melville Peninsula (Maj): Canada, N 3). BOOTH-TUCK'EB, Emma Mos.sI 1860-1903). An ollicer in tlic Salvation Army. She was born at Gateshead, Englanil, and was a daughter of Gen. William Booth (q.v.), and the wife of Com- mander Booth-Tucker. She held the rank of consul in the organization, and exercised joint jurisdiction with her husband in the direction of the Army in the United States. She was in charge of the 'International Training Homes' of the Army from 1880 to 1888.