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* MAES-LA-TOUB. 106 MARSUPIAL FROG. IC, 1870, better known as the battle of Vionville (q.v.). MAR'STON, John {1575MC34). An En-j- lisb dramatist, belonging to tbe Jlarstons of Shropshire, lie was born probably at Coventry, about 1575. In 15'J4 he graduated B.A. from Brasenose College, Oxford, and very soon, it would seem, studied law. Turning to literature, he published in 1598 The Mctamarphosis of Pyg- malion's Image; and Certain Satires, and I'he Scourge of Mllnnie: three liooKs of Satires. The first, I'ygnuilioii's Image, is an amatory poem, written, the author asserted, to l)ring into dis- repute the wliole species. The satires, some of which are devoted to a quarrel between Marston and Joseph Hall, are coarse and brutal. On the other hand, they are vigorous and perspicu- ous. Most famous are the lines in which Marston dedicates himself to everhisting oblivion. The earliest trace of Marston as a playwright is in llenslowe's Diary (Sei)tember 28, 15!)!)). His extant tragedies comprise: .Ih^oiiio and Mellida and Antonio'x Heirnge (102); The Maleotitmt (1604): Sophonislia ' (li'Mi) ; and The Insatiate Countess (1013). His comedies comprise: The Dutch Courtezan (1C05); The Fanyn (1606); and What Yoii Will (1607). As he often col- laborated, his hand is also discernible in several other plays. In conjunction with Chapman and Jonson, he wrote Hast ward II o (1605); on ac- count of certain olVensive passages he and Chap- man were sent to prison, where Jonson volun- tarily joined them. Before this. Jlarston and Jon.son b.nd quarreled, but they were now recon- ciled. The comedies are lively and entertaining. The tragedies contain many blooil-curdling pas- sages, but they are ill-constructed. The t)est is The Insatiate Countess, in the making of which William Barksted may have had a band. In mid- dle life. Marston left the stage and entered the Church. I'rom 1616 to 16:51. he held the living of Christrhurch, in Hamiishire. He died in London. .Tune 25. 16.'}4. Consult H'orAs, ed. by Bullen (3 v(ds., London, 1887). MARSTON, .Ton N- Westlan-d (1810-90). An English dram:i(ic poet, born in Lincolnshire. He studied law, but left that ]irofession for litera- ture. He published (lerald and Other Poems (1842). bcsiiles some novels and short stories, and was long a contributor to the Atheno'um. His principal literary activity, however, was in the field of dramatic literature. Among his numerous )ilays are: The Patrician's Daughter (1841), a tragedv: Strathmore ( IStfl) : " ,lnii ninke ClSHi) : A Hard Struggle (18.58): The Farorite of Fortune (18(i6) ; A Hero of liomance (1867) : and Life for Life (1800). MARSTON, Piuup Bocrke (18.50-87). An English l""l. born in London. Kroni early child- hood he sull'ered a j>artial loss of sight which ultimately became <'iimplele blindness. Besides vision he lost friends, relatives, and pecuniary means: the whole .serving to develop in his verse a vein of unvaried sadness. His sonnets and lyrics are hi-ihly esteemed for technical excel- lence. It is generally bclievcii that he was the subjiTt nf Mrs. Craik's /'/iiVi/). Ui/ King. He puhli«hed three volumes of poetn': Song Tide and Other Porwn (1871 r : All in .ill (187.51 : and M'ind Voices (ISS.'t). There were posthumously published a collection of stories, edited by W. Sharp and called For a Bang's Sake and Other Stories (1887); and. in verse, Garden Secrets (1887) and A Last Ilariesl (1801), both edited by Mrs. Louise C. Moulton. MARSTON MOOR. A plain in Yorkshire, Kngland. where, .July 2, 1644, the Royalist army, under Prince Kupert, was beaten by the Parlia- mentary forces, English and Scotch, under Fair- fax, the Earl of Manchester, and tbe Earl of Leven. The approach of Rupert forced Fair- fax to abandon the siege of York, and he took up his position on Marston Moor, with about 25,000 men. Kupert, with about the same number, came up with him on the after- noon of .July 2d; and in the evening, at the head of the Royalist riglit. lie made a tierce charge upon the Parliamentary left, which broke and tied in disorder. The Parliamentani' centre had likewise been broken by the infantry of the Royalist centre and had suffered heavily ; but while the Royalists were dispersed in search of plunder or in pursuit of the enemy, Cromwell's famous "Ironsides' brigade, with the Scotch regiments, commanded by David Leslie, and some others, rallied, charged the Royalists vigorously, and remained masters of the field, capturing 1500 ])risoners and all the Royalist artillery. The killed and wounded on each side numbered about 2000. This victory resulted in the occupation of York and the control of the whole North of Eng- land by the Parliamentary forces. MARSTRAND, ir.iir'stran, Viluelm Nikol.i (lSlO-73). A Danish genre painter, born in Copenhagen. Here he studied at the Academy, and luider Eckersbcrg. but at an early i^tage worked independently, and won success with such subjects as a "81eigb Drive bv Torchliuht" ( 1820) . and a "Musical Party" ( 1834) . of special interest as containing numerous portraits from the musical world. In 1830 he went to Rome, where he joined the circle that centred about Thorwaldsen and where, with others, he painted an "Episode in the October Festival at Rome" ( 1840. Thorwaldsen ^luseum. Copenhagen). After visiting Florence, he passed a year in Munich and returned home in 1841. Prominent among his luoductions during the next decade were a "Scene from Danish Peasant Life" (after Hol- berg), and "Childbed Room" (1846), both in the Copenhagen Gallerj'; and "Pothouse Politi- cians" (18.52, Hamburg Gallery), besides other episodes and characters from the plays of Hol- berg. On a trip through Sweden he sketched hundreds of studies, embodied afterwards in "A Sunday in Dalecarlia" (1853. Copenhagen Gal- lery). Later on he treated also historical sub- jects successfully: witness his mural paintings in the mortuary chapel of Christian IV. at lloes- kilde. and "Foundation of Copenhagen Univer- sity," in the Aula of that building. His mas- terly illustrations to Don Quixote constitute part of his most meritorious work. He was appointed jirofessor at the Copenhagen Academy in 1848 and was its director from 1853 to 1857 and again from 1863 to the time of his death. MARSUPIAL FROG (from Lat. marsu- I'iuiii. from Gk. ixapfflinov, marsipion, diminu- tive of fiipaivot, marsipos, ndfxmnros, niarstppos, pApffvirot, niarsgpos, pouch). A tree-frog of the South American cremis Xototrema. which is pecu- liar anions the Hylada". in that the female has a pouch on her back for the reception of the eggs. This pouch forms two blind sacs made by