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* GKIFFIS. 283 GRILLET. in 1877 was made pastor of the First Reformed Church in Schenectady, N. Y.; in 188G, of the Shawmut Congregational Churcli in Boston; and in 1803 of the Congregational Church in Ithaca, N. Y. He is the author of: The Mikado's Empire (187G) ; Japanese Fairy World (ISSO) ; Asiatic Bislory (1881); Vorca, the Hermit Sation (1882); Sir Vi'iUiam Johnson and the Hix "Sa- tions (1891) ; Matthew Galbraith Perry (1887) ; The Lily Among Thorns (1880); Honda, the Hamurai (1800); Japan: in History, Folklore, and Art (1892) ; Brace Little Holland, and What iShe Tauyht Us (1894) ; The Religions of Japan (1895) ; Toicnsend Harris, First American Envoy to Japan (1895) : The Pilgrims in Their Three Homes — England. Holland, and America (1898) ; America in the East (1899); The Amcrictin in Holland (1899); Verbcek in Japan (1900); The Pathfinders of the Revolution (1900); and re- vised, with additional matter, Bayard Taylor's Japan in Our Day (1002). GRIF'FITH, Kalph Thomas Hotchkin (1826 — ). An English philologist and Sanskrit scholar, born at Corsley, Wiltshire. He was edu- cated at Queen's College. Oxford, and then en- gaged in educational work in India. From 1803 until 1878 he was principal of the Benares Col- lege, and from that year until 1885 he was Di- rector of Public Instruction in the Northwest Provinces. His publications on Oriental litera- ture include: Speciynens of Old Indian Poetry (1852) ; The Birth of the War God (1853) ; The Ramayan of Vahniki (5 vols., 1870-75; reprinted in one vol., 1895) ; Yusvf and Zulaikha (1882) ; The Ht/mns of the Rig Veda, Metrically Trans- lated into English (4 vols., 1889-92) ; The fiama Veda (translated 1893); The Atharva Veda (1895-06); and The Texts of the White Yajur Veda (translated 1899). GRIFFITH, William Pettitt (1815-84). An English arcliitect and archaeologist, born in London. He attained considerable eminence in his profession, and designed several hospitals and schools in London. Among his writings are: The Geometrical Proportion of Architecture (1S43) ; The Natural System- of Architecture (1845) ; An- cient Gothic Churches (1847-52); and Sugges- tions for a More Perfect and Beautiful Period of Gothic Archilevture (1855). GRIFFITH GATJNT, or Jealousy. A novel by Charles Rcade, which appeared serially in the Argosy, and was published in 1866. It is a story of great power and pathos. It has been repeatedly and successfully dramatized. GRIF'FTTHS, .John Willis (1809-82). A naval arcliitect, born in New York City. He built several LTnited States war-vessels, intro- duced many innovations in the art nf ship-build- ing, and wrote a niimber of books on naval archi- tecture, the most important of which, A Treatise on Marine and Xaval Architecture (1850, 4th ed. 1854). was republished in England. GRIFFON. A dog. See Field Dog. GRIGGS, .ToH>i William (1849—). An American politician, born in Newton, N. J. He graduated at Lafayette College in 1868, and was called to the bar in 1871. He began to practice law in Paterson, N. .J. ; was elected to the Leg- islature in 1876; and was a State Senator from 1882 to 1888. During the year 1886 he presided over the New .Jersey Senate. In 1895 he was Vol. IX.— 19. elected Governor of New Jersey, but resigned the ollice on January 31, 1808, to accept the po- sition of Attorney-General in President McKin- ley's Cabinet, which he held until his resignation m April, 1001. GRIGOROVITCH, gre'gd-ro'vich, Dmitby Vasilyevitch (1822-1000). A Russian author. He was born in the Government of Simbirsk, and successively devoted him.self to engineering, painting, and literature. His literary works in- clude the tale entitled The illage (1846) and Anthony the Unlucky (1847). Of his later novels that entitled The Fisher (8th ed. 1889; German trans. 1857) has been the most successful. GRIJALVA, gre-iiiil'va (named in honor of its discoverer, Juan de Grijalva). A river of Southeastern JNIexico, rising in Gu.atemala, flow- ing northwest, then northeast under various names through the provinces of Chiapas and Tabasco, and after a course of nearly 300 miles, emptj-ing into the Gulf of Campeehe ( .Map : Mexico, MO). It is navigable for small steamers for about fifty miles, up to San .Juan Bautista. Prior to 1765, when its course was artificially changed, it flowed past the town of Huimanguillo, emptying into the Bay of Dos Roeas, 60 miles west of its present mouth. GRIJALVA, Juan de (c.1489-1527). A Spanish explorer, born at Cuellar (Old Castile). His uncle. Diego Velasquez, Governor of the isl- and of Fernandina (Cuba), sent him to explore ilexico and Yucatan, where lie discovered, in 1518, the river now bearing his name. He took possession of all that country in tlic name of the Emperor Charles V., and christmed it New Spain. Despite the value of these discoveries, he was not rewarded upon his return to Cuba, but was dismissed from the Governor's service for not founding colonies in the country he had ex- plored, and died afterwards in Nicaragua. The description of his voyage of discovery was pub- lished by Icazbalceta in Coleccion de doeumentos para la historia de Mejieo (1858). GRILD'RIG. In Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a name signifying a little man, given to Gulliver by the Brobdingnagians. GRILLET, gre'ya', Jean (c.l630-c.l675). A .Jesuit missionary and explorer, born in France. In 1666, when the English took Guiana, he was superior of the Jesuit house in Cayenne ; but, unlike many of his fellow colonists, did not take refuge among the Indians. A few years later he was sent on a mission to get information con- cerning the geogi'aphy of the interior, and the customs and civilization of the trilies most dis- tant from the sea. Accompanied by Father Fran- cois Bechamel, who understood the Galibi lan- guage, Father Grillet set out on .January 25, 1674. He succeeded in reaching a point about 570 miles southwest of Cayenne, in the country of the Acoquas, a tribe who had never before seen a white man. The two .Jesuits returned to Cay- enne on June 17th, and Grillet sent an account of their journey to France. This account was published afterwards under the title. Journal du roi/age qu'ont fait les peres Jean Grillet et Francois B&hamel dans la Guyanc. Van IGl'i. It was republished in the second volume of Gom- bcrville's Relation de la ririrre des Amazons (1679-80), and in Roger's Voyage Around the