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* FITZGERALD. 689 FITZGERALD. European scholars until transmuted by the magic of FitzGerald's genius, is now probably the most familiar of :ill Persian purls to the Western world. Versions, in both prose a ini verse, have multiplied rapidly, many of them far more faith- ful to the original than FitzGerald's version; and wonder is sometimes expressed that none of these attains a similar popularity. It is only just beginning to be recognized thai FitzGerald's Ru- bdiydt is held in honor, nol as Persian, bui as English | try, and thai to the great majority the sources are as unimportani as the sources of a play of Shakespeare. Whatever inspired liim, the result is hen — a piece of exquisite workman ship, "coral-building in literature," as Edmund Gosse has defined it. The scrupulous care, the lowing revision and endless polishing which finally resulted in the Rubdiydt as it stands to-day can he understood only by a comparison of the texts in the successive editions. The result is a rare delicacy of phrase, a fine instinct for the one ap- propriate word that distinguished FitzGerald among the poets of his time and country. Bibliogbaphy. FitzGerald's works: Euphranm (1st ed. London, 18.">1 : 2d ed., 1855) ; Polonius (ib., 1852) ; Six Dramas of Calderon (ib., 1853) ; Saldmdn ami Absdl (lsi ed., il>., 1856; 2d ed., 1871,}; Rubdiydt of Omar Khayydm (1st ed., ib., 1859; 2d ed., 1808; 3d ed., lsT2i: Igamemnon (1st ed.. ih., 1805; 2d ed., 1870). ilis minor writings first appeared in the collected edition of his writings and letters, edited by W. Ahlis Wright (London, 1889). Two new editions of collected works are now in course of publication. One is The Works of Edward FitzGerald, ed. by AVright (London and New York, 1902-03); the other, the Variorum ami Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings of Fit-Gerald, ed. by Bentham (London and New York, 1902-03). FITZGERALD, Georce Francis (1851—). An English scientist, born at Dublin, Ireland, a «on of Bishop William Fitzgerald. He was edu- cated at Trinity College, Dublin, and became pro- fessor of natural and experimental philosophy at the university in that city. In 1888 he was ap- pointed president of Section A of the British Association at Bath, and examiner to the London University. Among his numerous publications may be mentioned: "On the Possibility of Orig- inating Wave Disturbance in the Ether by Means •of Electric Forces." in the Transact ions of the Royal Dublin Society, vol. i. : On an Analogy Be- tween Electric and Thermal Phenomena (1884) ; On the Limits to the Velocity of Motion in the Working Parts of Engines (1880). FITZGERALD, James Newbury (1837—). An American ecclesiastic, born at Newark, N. J. He was admitted to the State bar of New Jersey in 1858, and was ordained to the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Newark Con- ference in 1862. From 1880 to 1888 he was recording secretary of the missionary society of the Church, and in the latter year was elected bishop. FITZGERALD, John David (IS16-89). An Irish jurist, born in Dublin, and educated there at Trinity College. He was called to the bar in 1838, and was elected to Parliament in 1852 as representative for Ennis. When the first Palmer- ston Ministry was formed three years later, he was made Solicitor-General for Ireland, and in 1856 became Attorney-General. During the same year e was made a member of the Irisii Privy Coun- il. In Isoo he left Parliament and was ap pointed a judge of the Queen's Bench in Ireland He was appointed a lord of appeal, with a life peerage, in 1882, and m i he ante i tme n ceived a position in the English Privy Council. I !e showed marked know ledgi and ability in I he Souse of Lords in In- debates upon Irish qu tions, and his services on the judicial committee of the Privy Council en [ually eminent. Many important charges were brought In-fore him while upon the Queen's Bench in Ireland, including the cases of the Fenian conspirator in 1865-66, of Sullivan and Pigoti for seditious libel in 1868, and of Parnell in 1880 81. FITZGERALD, Osc a Penh (I829-). An American ecclesiastic, born in North Carolina. After learning the printer's trade, lie entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1853. From 1807 to 1871 he was State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction for California and editor of the California School Journal, and for some time edited the christian Spectator and Pacific Methodist. In 1878 he became editor of the Nashville Christian Advocate, and in 1890 a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. His publications include: California Sketches (1879-81); Centenary Cameos llsst); The Day and the Lord (1898) ; and Sunset I iev v (1900). FITZGERALD, Percy Hetiikinuton (1834 — ). A British author and critic. He was born at Fane Valley, County Louth, Ireland, and was educated at Stxmyhurst College, Lancashire, and at Trinity College, Dublin. He was called to the Irish bar, and was for a time Crown prosecutor on the northeastern circuit. Coming to London, however, be became a contributor of fiction to Charles Dickens's magazine, Household Words. In the long list of Mr. Fitzgerald's subsequent writings are numerous biographies and works re- lating to the history of the theatre; among them are the Life of Sterne (1864); Charles Lamb (1866) ; Life of David Garrick (1868) ; Life of George IV. '(1881) ; Life of William IV. (1884) ; Lives of the Sheridans (1886) ; Henry Irving: A Record of Twenty Years at the Lyceum (1893) ; The Romance of the Emilish Stage (1874) ; and .1 yen: History of the English Stage (1882). With W. G. Wills he wrote Vanderdccken, which was brought out by Irving at the Lyceum. Consult his Memoirs of an Author (London, 1895). FITZGERALD, Thomas (1796-1855). An American lawyer and politician, born at German- town (Herkimer County), N. Y. He served under Gen. W. H. Harrison in the War of 1812. was admitted to the New York bar, and removed to Indiana, where he became a member of the State Legislature, and! thence to Michigan. In 1848-49 he represented Michigan in the United States Senate, filling the vacancy which resulted through the resignation from office of Gen. Lewis Cass. He was subsequently prominent in the councils of the Democratic Party in Michigan. As a commissioner for the investigation of the so-called 'wild-cat' banks, he greatly contributed toward their final eradication. In 1837 he be- came a regent of the University of Michigan. FITZGERALD, Thomas, Lord Offaly. tenth Earl of Kildare ( 1513-1537). A vice-deputy of Ire- land who acted for his father, Gerald, ninth Earl