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* MOTT. into two hostile factions, she and her liushand adhered to the liberal or Hicksite party. In Iti'SJ she attended as an iuvKed guest the first convention of the American Anti-Slavery Society, of which her husband was a member. Soon after- wards she helped to organize the Female Auti- Slaveiy Society, of which she continued one of the leaders until 1839, when it was merged in the men's organization. As the feeling against abolitionists grew in intensity, many of the more timid Quakers began to deprecate any dis- cussion of slavery by one of their ministers, and even in her own meeting she was regarded with suspicion and dislike. In 1840. at the World's Anti-Slavery Convention in London, to which both James and Lueretia Mott had been chosen delegates, the question of the equal participation of women in the proceedings of the convention came up, and after some discussion all women were excluded. It was then that Lueretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton first discussed the woman's rights movement, which they launched eight years later at a convention in Seneca Falls, N. Y. But these two movements, abolition and woman's rights, while they received the greater share of her attention, were not the only ones in which Mrs. Mott was interested, for all that promised to uplift humanity or to break the fetters of ignorance and tradition received her warmest support. Almost to the end of her life she made frequent journeys to visit distant meet- ings or to attend conventions called to consider the elevation of woman, the promotion of tem- perance, and the establishment of universal peace. Consult Hallowell, The Life and Letters of James and Lueretia Mott (Boston, 1884). MOTT, Valextixe (1785-1865). An American Burgeon, born at Glen Cove, N. Y. He studied medicine at Columbia College, and graduated in 1806, taking post-graduate courses in London and Edinburgh. In 1809 he was appointed to fill the chair of surgery at Columbia College, in which position he was continued after the medi- cal department of that institution was united with the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 181.3. In 1826 he was one of the founders of the Rutgers Medical College, which was disbanded four years later. He then returned to the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and in 18.30 became professor of surgeiy at the Xew York University Medical College. Mott was celebrated as a skillful operator in all branches of surgery, and was the inventor of several valuable surgical instruments. He introduced an operation for immobility of the lower jaw, and in 1821 per- formed the first operation for osteosarcoma of that member. He performed the operation of lithotomy 165 times and amputated more than 1000 limbs. He visited Europe in 1835 and trav- eled in the East, publishing an account of his journey in 1842. He published also a translation of Velpeau's Operutirc finrpcr!/ and a volume of clinical lectures (1860). Many foreign distinc- tions were conferred on him, and he was a mem- ber of manv learned societies. He died in New York. MOTTARONE. m6t'ta-ro'na. Mount. A mountain in Italy on the west shore of Lake Maggiore (q.v.). It is 4892 feet high and is often called the Tligi of North Italy.' The view is magnificently extended. At one's feet lie Maggiore and six other lakes; across Maggiore, 63 MOUCHERON. 60 miles to the .southeast, may be seen the Cathedral of Milan; to the north rise the Alps. MOTTETJX, niA'te', Petek A.ntho.ny (1660- 1718). A French- Knglish playwright and trans- lator, born at Kouen, in Normandy. He went to London on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1085, and afterwards opened a warehouse in Leadenhall Street, where he sold 'tea, china, and Indian wares' (described in the Spectator No. 552). In 1693 appeared Boileau's Ode sur la prise de XaiiiKr, avec nne parodie de la meme ode par le Sieur P. Motteux. Motteux mastered English in eight years; and in 1694 appeared one of the two works which made him famous. With Sir Thomas Urquhart and others he pub- lished in three vohmies a translation of Rabelais (books i.-iii.), the remainder of which followed in 1768 (books iv.-v. ). For the stage he wrote comedies, masques, and operas. But his fame rests wholly on his Rabelais and on his admirable version of Don Quixote. Motteux died on Feb- ruary 18, 1718, his birthday anniversary, in a brothel near Saint Clement's Church. Though several persons were held for his murder, it is more likely that he died of disease. MOTT HAVEN. Formerly a village in West- chester County. N. Y., lying north of the Harlem River, and now included in New York City. MOTTL, mot'l, Felix (1856 — ). An Aus- trian composer and musical conductor, born in Vienna. He studied at the Conservatory there under the best teachers, and won a number of prizes. In 1881 he became Court chapel- master at Karlsruhe, and conducted the phil- harmonic concerts till 1892. In 1880 he con- ducted at Bayreuth and in 1893 he was ap- pointed general nuisical director at Karlsruhe. His most notewortliy undertaking was the initial production at Karlsruhe of Berlioz's great two- part opera. Les Troyens. His own operas. Agnes Bernauer (1880) and Fiirst und Sanger (1893), were also successfully presented. His songs and minor compositions are relatively unimportant. MOTTO ( It., a saying). In heraldry, a word or short sentence which forms an accompaniment to a coatof-arms, crest, or household badge. Mottoes were originally the battle-cries of the knights wlio used them. They were attadied to the badge when the family had one. or to the crest where there was no badge. See the article Her.li)RY. MOTUCA (m6-too'ka) TLY. A gad-fly (q.v. I which abounds in parts of Brazil, and makes in biting a large and deep cut which may bleed considerably. As this fly (Hadrus lepido- tus) sometimes settles in numbers on human be- ings, it is deservedly feared. MOUBATA BUG. See Mite. MOUCHERON", moosh'roN'. Frederik de (1634-86). A Dutch landscape painter, born at Edam. He studied under Jan Asselyn at Amster- dam, and then went to Paris. Aftenvards he lived at Antwerp, and in 1659 settled at Amster- dam. His landscapes are mainly views in Italy — w'hich he never visited — with figures by Lingel- bach. Van der Velde. and Helmbreker. His son and pupil. Isa.k (1670-1744). was born at Am- sterdam. He was an excellent engraver. The works of both these artists are to be found in many of the European galleries.