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* McLENNAN. 637 McLEOD. 1885 by Donald JIcLennan -with the title, The PatrUiixhal Theory. McLennan was also a pio- neer in the study of totcniism, and wrote on that subject for the supplement to Chambers's Enciiclojjailhi (18ti8), and for the Fortniyhtly (October and November. 1860, and February, 1870). A Memoir of Thomas Drummoiid from McLennan's hand appeared in 1867. McLEOD, niak-loud', AuEXAXDER ( 1774-1S.3.3). A Presbyterian minister. He was born in the island of iluU, came to America in 171)2, and graduated at Union College in 1798. The ne.t year he was licensed to preach; he became pastor of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church of New York and remained there till his death. He published: Xegro Hlavery Unjustifiable (1802); The Messiah (1803) ; Lectures on the Principal Prophecies of the Revelation (1814); Vieu) of the Late War (1815); The American Christian Expositor ( 1832-33) ; and was one of the editors of the Christian Magazine. For his life consult Wylie (New York, 1855). McLEOD, Archibald Angus (1848-1902). An American railroad manager and president, born in Compton County, Quebec. He came to the United States while a boy, and after attemjiting unsuccessfully to rur a pottery in Texas be- came a rodman on the Duluth docks of the North- ern Pacific Railroad. Here he became acquainted with Austin Corliin, who made him manager of the Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad in 1885, and in 1886 acting general manager of the Reading system. In .January. 1887, he was named vice-president and general manager, and in 1890 was elected to the board of managers and then became Corbin's successor as president. He immediately planned a great combination of coal-carrying interests with the Lehigh Valley and the Jersey Central under Reading control and an all-rail route to New England. But a year after the consolidation the Reading passed into a receivership, and JIcLeod resigned from the presidency to become one of three receivers. The failure of the scheme possibly was due to 'he opposition of Morgan interests, as well as to the accumulation of a tremendous float- ing debt. MacLEOD, Donald (1831—). A Scottish divine and author, second son of Norman Mac- Leod, a Scotch clergyman (1783-1862), born at Canipsie. Berwickshire, March 18, 1831. After graduating from the L'niversity of Glasgow he settled as minister, first at Lauder (1858) and then at Linlithgow (1862), and afterwards at Glasgow (18ti9). Besides holding several high appointments in the Churoh of Scotland he was chaplain to Queen Metoria. In 1872 he suc- ceeded his brother, Norman MacLeod (q.v.), as editor of Good Words, a popular religious peri- odical. Besides memoirs of his father and his brother, his bcioks include ffundai/ Home Service (1S85). and Christ and Modern' Society (1893). MACLEOD, Fiona. An English author, born in the Hebrides, where she passed her childhood and youth. Someof her stories and poems illustrat- ing the Gael are remarkable. They are fre-sh in theme and admirable in execution. She has succeeded better than any one else, except per- haps W. B. Y'eats. in gaining a new hearing for Celtic myth and legends In the dedication of The Sin-Eater and Other Talcs and Episodes (1895) to George Meredith, she says of her aim: "The beauty of the world, the pathos of Life, the gloom, the fatalism, the spiritual glamour — it is out of these, the inheritance of the Gael, that 1 have wrought these tales." Besides this volume she has published: Pharais: A Romance of the Isles (1894), her first book, which attracted im- mediate attention; The Mountain Lovers (1895) ; the verse lyrics. From the Hills of Dream (1896); Through the Ivory (late, ten poems in the Fortnightly Review (1901); The Immortal Hour, a drama in two acts, founded on the Celtic legend of Midir and Etain, in the Fortnightly lievicw (1900); The Silence of Amor, a series of prose poems (1902); and other pro.se and verses. MACLEOD, Henry Dunning ( 1 82 1 - 1 902 ) . A British financier and political economist. He was born in Edinburgh, was educated at Eton and Cambridge, was called to the bar in 1849. and attained considerable distinction as an authority on economic and financial subjects, attracting attention particularly by his work in connec- tion with the theory of credit. He was also active as a law reformer and codifier; originated many of the changes and improvements in the poor laws of Scotland, and between the years 1868 and 1870 was employed by the British Gov- ernment in codifying the law of bills of ex- change. His publications include: Theory ami Practice of Banking (1856) ; Elements, of Polit- ical Economy (1858) ; a Dictionary of Political Economy (1859) ; and Principles of Economical Philosophy (1873). .' MACLEOD, .James Farquharson (1836-94). A Canadian soldier and civil officer, born in Toronto, He graduated at Queen's University, Kingston, in 1854, and in 1860 became a barris- ter. In 1856 he entered the militia and in 1867 he was made a major and brevet lieutenant- colonel. For his services during the Red River expedition of 1870 he was created Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George by the ueon. In 1873 he was appointed captain in the Northwest Jlounted Police, and in 187G he was placed in command of that body and became a member of the Northwest Council. Four years afterwards he was appointed stipendary magis- trate of the Northwest Territories, over all of which he had civil and criminal jurisdiction. McLEOD, John (1788-1849). A Canadian ex- plorer, born at Stornoway in the island of Lewis, Scotland. In 1811 he came to America and en- tered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He took an active part in the settlements at Selkirk and Winnipeg, anit afterwards opened trade routes to the Pacific. For several years he cultivated a large farm, with grist and saw mills, at Vancouver. In 1826 he returned to the Hudson Bay district, where he was placed ip charge of the company's work in North America. He .died in Montreal', July 24, 1849. McLEOD, ilALCOLM (1821-98). A Canadian lawyer and author, a son of John McLeod (q.v.), the explorer. He was horn at Green Lake, Saskatchewan, then a part of the Northwest Territories. October 21. 1821. He was sent to Edinburgh. Scotland, for his education; and after studying law in Montreal, he was admitted to the bar in 1845. He became District Magis- trate for the counties of Ottawa and Pontiae (1874-76), and Queen's Counsel (1887). His name is especially associated for his important