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* HOKNBY. 215 HOKNELLSVILLE. attack on the citj' by Russia. He was made an admiral (1879), president of the Koval NaviU College (18S1-S2), and Admiral of "the Fleet (1888). Consult tlie life by Iiis daughter, :Mrs. Edgerton (London, 1896). HOBNE, Geoege (1730-92). An English bishop, Ijorn at Otham. He was educated at Ox- ford, and spent the greater part of his life there, becoming ])rincipal of ilagdalen College in 170S, and in 1776 vice-chancellor of the university. He was made Dean of Canterbury in 1781, and in 1790 Bishop of Norwich. His only important work, -I Commentary on the Psalms (1771), ex- hibits a deep acquaintance with Hebrew and biblical lore, and is marked by a .spirit of earnest piety. He wrote many pamphlets against such antagonists as Sir Isaac Newton, Hume, Adam Smith, and David Law, all of whom he ludicrous- ly underrated. He adopted the views of John Hutchinson (q.v.), and wrote in his defense. HORNE, Richard He.ngist (1803-84). An English author. He was born in London: re- ceived a military education, and sen'ed as a mid- shipman in the Mexican Navy during the war of that country with Spain. After a few years spent in adventurous wanderings, he returned to Eng- land, and from 1828 devoted himself to literature. Ill 1837 he published two tragedies, Cos»io de Medici and The Death of Marlowe. But he ■ is best known as the author of Orion : An Epic Poem (1843). During the period 1839-46, he carried on a correspondence with Elizabeth Barrett (af- terwards :Mrs. Browning), and her letters to him were afterwards published in two volumes in 1877. A report prepared by him on the employ- ment of children in mines and factories inspired Jlrs. Browning's Cry of the Children. Going to Australia in 1852. he served as a gold-fields com- missioner and a magistrate, and published Au.i- traliuit Facts and Fif/ures (1859). Returning in 1869. he wrote thereafter a number of books, few of which were of any special note. HORNE, Thomas Hartwell (1780-1862). An English Bible scholar. He was born in Lon- don, October 20, 17S0, was educated at Christ's Hospital, and became clerk to a barrister. His leisure hours were devoted to study and to mis- cellaneous literary labors. In 1818 he published his Introduction to the Critical f^ttidi/ and Knowl- edge of the flohf Scriptures (Uth ed. ISOn), a work which procured for him admission into orders without the usual preliminaries. In it he presented the results of seventeen years of hard work. In 1824 he became senior assistant librarian in the department of printed books in tlie British Museum. In 1831 he became a preb- endary of Saint Paul's Cathedral: in 1833 rec- tor of the united parishes of Saint Edward the King and Martyr and Saint Nicolas Aeons. Lon- don. He resigned his assistant lihrarianship in 181)0. He died in London. .January 27, 1862. Consult his life bv his daughter, Mrs. S. A. rhe-np a.nndon, 1862). HORNED DACE. A fish. See Dace. HORNED FROG, One of the large toad-like South. nrican frogs of the genus Ceratophrys. especially Ccrntophrtis cornuta. which has horn- like protuberances on the head. It is one of the most beautiful frogs known. The ground colors are black, brown, and green, with an orange stripe over the head and back ; and these colors are irregularly and most pleasingly ar- ranged and blended. Various other gaudy and interesting species are known in the American tropics. See Colored Plate of Fbogs axd Toads, under Toad. HORNED GREBE. See Grebe. HORNED LARK. See Suore-Labk. HORNED OWL. Any owl with plumicoms, that is, tufts of upright feathers on the top of the head which simulate horns. The eagle owls (q.v.) are thus distinguished, and their American representative is commonly called the 'great horned owl.' Other horned species are mentioned and Illustrated under Owl. HORNED PHEASANT. A sportsman's name in India for the tragopans (Ceriornis), especially the black-headed species {Ceriornis lialyrus), common in the Eastern Himalayas. HORNED POTTT. See Bullhead; Catfish. HORNED RATTLESNAKE, or Sidewinder. See Ratilksnake. HORNED SCREAMER. A bird. See Sckeamek. HORNED TOAD, or Horned Frog. The com- uion name of several short-legged, depressed, toad-like horny lizards, all of which occur in North America. According to Cope and others there are two genera, Phrynosoma and Anota, containing eleven species, eight of which occur in the United States. Anota differs from Phryno- soma only in the fact that the tympanic drum is concealed by a scaly integument. Horned toads range from British America into Mexico. They feed mainly on insects, which they capture with a rapid thrusting out of their mucilaginous tongues. They are sluggish, harmless lizards, with little power of self-defense save their pointed scales, which, when bristled up, are a disagreea- ble mouthful for snakes, their most formidable foes. They will, however, fight and even kill a snake small enough to be an even match. Some of the species are said to squirt blood from the eyes when much irritated. The majority of the species are desert inhabitants, and escape pursuit by hiding beneath the prickly agaves, yuccas, and cacti of the plains. Other species live in cedar and pine belts. Both tho.se forms that live on the bare stones or sand of the plains and those that occur in the pine belt are remarkably well protected by resemblance to their back- ground. The young, a dozen or more at a time, are born from eggs, which are laid by the mother only an hour or so before they are ready to hatch. When the little ones emerge they are able to begin at once to catch and eat minute in- sects. Both young and old make interesting pets, largely because of their amusing irascibility, and can be taught to take flies from the hand, and do other simi)le things. See Lizard: and Plate of Iguana and Other American Lizauds. HORNED VIPER. See Viper. HOR'NELLS'VrLLE. A city in Steuben County. X. V.. 91 mile.s southeast of BufTalo, on the Canisteo River, and on the Erie and other railroads (Map: Now York. C 3). It has a free academy, a public librar>- of 10,000 volumes, and public parks: and manufactures brick, silk-s, white goods, railway supplies, furniture. leather, sash, doors, and blinds. The government is ad- ministered under a revised charter of 1S90, which