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SCOTT. Mary. His work in fiction is represented by Stories of Valour and Adventure (1893), and Madonna Mia, and Other Stories (1898). His dramatic criticisms include From "The Bells" to "King Arthur" (1896): The Drama of Yesterday and To-Day (1899); Ellen Terry (1900).  SCOTT,  (1806-49). An English historical and portrait painter, etcher, engraver, and author, horn at Edinburgh. He exhibited his first picture, the "Hopes of Early Genius Dispelled by Death," at the Scottish Academy in 1828. In 1832 he visited Italy, making a short stay in Paris, where he was much impressed by the works of David, and from there going to Rome, he returned to Edinburgh in 1834. Although an artist of undoubted merit, he failed to win the appreciation of the public. His feverish and eager haste to portray his ideas hampered him in his use of color, and one must look to his work as a draughtsman to find the true interpretation of his genius. Among his designs are his Monograms of Man (1831). a set of six remarkable etchings somewhat resembling those of Max Klinger, and drawn in delicate outline on copper, and his designs for Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, begun in the same year, published in London (1837), a series characterized by vivid imagination and great power. Most of his paintings are in private collections in Scotland. The National Gallery of Edinburgh possesses the "Vintager" and "Ariel and Caliban." Other paintings include: "Achilles Addressing the Manes of Patroclus," Sunderland Art Gallery; "Vasco da Gama," Trinity House, Leith; the "Descent from the Cross," Smith Institute, Stirling; and portraits of Dr. John Brown and of Emerson (Public Library, Concord, Mass.). Scott's last works were the 40 illustrations to Pilgrim's Progress, and a series of 18 beautiful designs to Nichol's Architecture of the Heavens, both issued after his death. Consult W. B. Scott, Memoir of David Scott (Edinburgh, 1850).  SCOTT,  (1802— ). A Canadian poet, born in Ottawa. Ontario. He was educated at Stanstead Wesleyan College. Having entered the Canadian civil service as a third-class clerk in 1879, he rose rapidly to the position of chief clerk and accountant (1893). His published verse comprises The Magic House (1893) and Labor and the Angel (1898). The Village of Viger (1896) is a collection of ten short stories of Canadian country life. See.  SCOTT,  (1840— ). An English scholar and author, born in Bridgewater, Somerset. He graduated at Lincoln College. Oxford, in 1862, in 1863 entered the manuscript department of the British Museum, and in 1888 was appointed keeper of the manuscripts and Egerton librarian. His publications include: Introduction to Reprint Eikon Basilike (1880): a translation in verse of the Eclogues of Vergil (1884); Private Diary of Shakespeare's Cousin, Thomas Greene, Town-Clerk of Stratford-on-Avon (1883); William Harvey's Original Lectures on the Circulation of the Blood (1886).  SCOTT, Sir  (1811-78). An English architect. He was born at Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, and in 1827 was articled to a London architect. Converted by the writings of Pugin, he became a leading spirit of the Gothic revival, and was employed in restoring many of the old English cathedrals, including Westminster Abbey and Ely Cathedral, and in building churches. Prominent among his secular edifices are the Albert Memorial, and the ministerial buildings of the War, Foreign, Home, and Colonial offices. He became a member of the Royal Academy in 1861, and was made professor of architecture, his collection of lectures being published under the title Mediæval Architecture (2 vols., London, 1879). He won the gold medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1859, was president of that body (1873-76), and was knighted in 1872. He died in South Kensington, March 27, 1878, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Consult his Recollections (London, 1879).  SCOTT,  (1853— ). An American soldier, born at Danville, Ky. He graduated at West Point in 1876, and entered the cavalry. He saw service in Indian campaigns and was assigned to Western posts. In 1892 he enlisted an Indian troop in the Seventh Cavalry, and commanded it until all Indian troops were mustered out of service in 1897. In the war with Spain he was an adjutant-general in the First Army Corps, holding that office until February, 1899. He then served for fourteen months as adjutant general of the Department of Havana, after which he became successively assistant adjutant-general, and adjutant-general of the Department of Cuba. Besides reports on the Plains Indians, he wrote a monograph on the sign language of the Plains Indians, published in the Proceedings of the Folk Lore Congress of the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893.  SCOTT,  (1862-1903). An English author, born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was better known by his pseudonym, Henry Seton Merriman. He published Phantom Future (1899); Suspense (1890); Prisoners and Captives (1891); Slave of the Lamp (1892); With Edged Tools (1894); Grey Lady (1895): The Sowers (1896): In Kedar's Tents (1897); Flotsam (1898): Roden's Corner (1898); Isle of Unrest (1900); Velvet Glove (1901); The Vultures (1902).  SCOTT,  (1837-1903). An American shipbuilder and iron-master, born in Hebron Mills, Baltimore County, Md. He entered the employ of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco as draughtsman in 1858. He designed much mining machinery, notably that for the Comstock mine. On his suggestion as general manager the Union Iron Works added in 1884 shipbuilding to the construction of mining machinery, and built for the United States Government the ''Charleston, Oregon. San Francisco, Olympia, Wisconsin, and Ohio''. He was a trustee of Leland Stanford, .Jr., University, and a prominent figure in the Republican Party of the Pacific Coast, his name being urged for the Vice-Presidential nomination in 1900. <section end="ScottIM" /> <section begin="ScottJM" />SCOTT,  (1730-84). An American patriot, soldier, and legislator, born in New York. He graduated at Yale in 1746, became prominent as a lawyer in New York, and was conspicuous as an early opponent of the British Ministry, being one of the organizers of the Sons of Liberty. In 1775 he became a member of the New York General Committee, served in the Provincial Congress in 1775-76. and, as brigadier-general, took part in the battle of Long Island. In 1777 he resigned his commission, and <section end="ScottJM" />