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# Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin/Note

NOTE
With singular unanimity critics for thirty years have slighted the work of Arthur Machen. A line suffices for him in Holbrook Jackson's "The Eighteen Nineties," and Mr. Blaikie-Murdoch ignores him completely in "The Renaissance of the Nineties"; yet those are the standard works on the period to which, chronologically, at least, Machen belongs. Mr. Turquet-Milnes, with greater appreciation, gives him a half-chapter in his scholarly work, "The Influence of Baudelaire," but even that is made up largely of quotations from "The Hill of Dreams," to prove Machen a descendent of Baudelaire—an error to which I subscribed until Machen himself disillusioned me, although the assertion is still partially true.
Because, in my opinion, Arthur Machen is the outstanding artist of his time, and one of the great masters of all time, I wrote the following paper, which first appeared in Reedy's Mirror for October 5, 1917. That issue is not now obtainable, and, as calls for it continue to come ​to me and to the publisher, I find ground for a belief that Machen may, at length, be coming into his own, a tardy phenomenon which I am happy to hasten so far as it lies within my power. Mr. Walter M. Hill shares this feeling and this brochure is the result.
I am indebted to Mr. William Marion Reedy for permission to reprint those parts of the article which appeared in his journal.
V. S.
# Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin/The Praise of Myfanwy

THE PRAISE OF MYFANWY
O gift of the everlasting: O wonderful and hidden mystery. Many secrets have been vouchsafed to me, I have been long acquainted with the wisdom of the trees; Ash and oak and elm have communicated to me from my boyhood, The birch and the hazel and all the trees of the greenwood have not been dumb. There is a caldron rimmed with pearls of whose gifts I am not ignorant; I will speak little of it; its treasures are known to the Bards. Many went on the search of Caer-Pedryfan, Seven alone returned with Arthur, but my spirit was present. Seven are the apple-trees in a beautiful orchard; I have eaten of their fruit which is not bestowed on Saxons. I am not ignorant of a Head which is glorious and venerable; It made perpetual entertainment for the warriors, their joys would have been immortal;
If they had not opened the door of the south, they would have feasted for ever, Listening to the song of the fairy Birds of Rhiannon. Let not anyone instruct me concerning the Glassy Isle; In the garments of the saints who returned from it were rich odours of Paradise. All this I knew, and yet my knowledge was ignorance. For one day, as I walked by Caer-rhiu in the principal forest of Gwent, I saw golden Myfanwy as she bathed in the brook Tarogi, Her hair flowed about her; Arthur's crown had dissolved into a shining mist. I gazed into her blue eyes as it were into twin heavens, All the parts of her body were adornments and miracles. O gift of the everlasting: O wonderful and hidden mystery: When I embraced Myfanwy a moment became immortality.
Arthur Machen
# Arthur

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** "Arthur", an article by Charles Francis Keary in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
** "Arthur (1187-1203)", an article by Sidney Lee in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
** "Arthur (1486-1502)", an article by James Gairdner in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
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** "Arthur (duke)", an article in The Encyclopedia Americana
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** "Arthur (duke)", an article in The New International Encyclopædia
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* Arthur (vol. 1-2, 1845), novel by Eugène Sue

### See also

* King Arthur
# Arthur's Executors v. Butterfield

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United States Supreme Court
125 U.S. 70
Arthur's Executors v. Butterfield
Sol. Gen. Jenks, for plaintiffs in error.
George Bliss, for defendants in error.
FIELD, J.

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# Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin

​ARTHUR MACHEN
ARTHUR MACHEN
A NOVELIST OF ECSTASY AND SIN
by
VINCENT STARRETT
WITH TWO UNCOLLECTED POEMS BY ARTHUR MACHEN
CHICAGO WALTER M. HILL 1918
Of this first edition 250 copies have been printed. This is No. 202
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* Arthur Machen
* The Remembrance of the Bard
* The Praise of Myfanwy
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# Arthur Harvey Company v. Malley

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United States Supreme Court
288 U.S. 415
Arthur Harvey Company v. Malley
Argued: Feb. 16, 17, 1933. --- Decided: March 13, 1933
Mr. O. Walter Taylor, of Boston, Mass., for petitioner.
The Attorney General and Mr. Paul D. Miller, of Washington, D.C., for respondents.
Mr. Justice McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Arthur James Balfour

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* "Balfour, Arthur James," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
* "Balfour, The Right Hon. Arthur James," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

## See also

* Author:Arthur James Balfour
* James Balfour
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Hosmer, Margaret

Edition of 1892.
​HOSMER, Margaret, novelist, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1830. She was educated in the public schools of that city, went to California in 1852, and settled in San Francisco, where she became principal of a public school. Returning to Philadelphia in 1860, she engaged in literary work, published two novels, and contributed to magazines. In 1864 she returned to San Francisco, but since 1875 has resided in Philadelphia. She has published two novels, “The Morrisons” (New York, 1863), and “Blanche Gilroy” (1864), and about twenty-five volumes for juvenile readers.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Houdetot, François Lauriot de

This is a fictitious person. This entry has been partially copied from the entry for Cesar-Ange Houdetot, comte de Houdetot in the Biographie Universelle. There are also a number of factual errors: most notably, Longvilliers de Poincy, who is described as a rebel commander, was in fact the governor of St. Christopher from 1639 to his death in 1660 (as opposed to his ouster in 1648), and while du Parquet was surrounded in his house in 1657, he was not wounded with his forces reduced to twelve men: four Dutch ships arrived with reinforcements to assist in the defeat of the Caribs rebellion in 1657. The names of Longvilliers de Poincy and Dyel du Parquet are also misspelled.
​HOUDETOT, François Lauriot de (hoo-deh-to'), French adventurer, born in Avranches in 1617; died in Martinique in 1659. He entered the service of the West Indian company, and went in 1635 to St. Christopher, and afterward to Martinique. When the newly appointed governor-general of St. Christopher, Patrocle de Thoisy, sought help of Diel Duparquet, governor of Martinique, against the rebel commander, Louvilliers de Poincy, Duparquet left Houdetot in command. The expedition proved unsuccessful, and Poincy, sailing for Martinique, summoned Houdetot to submit to his authority, promising him the government of the colony. Houdetot sternly refused, and, having called to arms every able-bodied man in the colony, obliged Poincy to retire, securing also the release of Duparquet in 1648. Meanwhile he had successfully terminated a rebellion that had been incited by Captain Boutain, an agent of Poincy, in 1646. The colony being again pacified, Houdetot was sent with a force of 100 men to Santa Alousia, or Santa Lucia, conquered it from the Caribs in 1648, and, importing some laborers from Martinique, established a colony. Two years later Duparquet added the government of Granada to that of Santa Lucia, and Houdetot conquered and colonized that island. In 1654 the Caribs, incited by a half-breed Englishman named Warner began a bloody war, lasting three years, in which the French were several times on the verge of ruin. Houdetot, with a handful of soldiers, contrived to pacify his own governments, and landing in Martinique rescued Duparquet, who had been surrounded in his house, wounded, and his forces reduced to twelve men, and, chasing the Caribs, inflicted on them a decisive defeat. Duparquet died in the following year, leaving the government of Martinique to his wife, with a recommendation to seek the advice of Houdetot; but the violent temper of Mine. Duparquet brought about troubles, during which Houdetot found a premature death.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Howard, Oliver Otis

Edition of 1900.
HOWARD, Oliver Otis, soldier, b. in Leeds, Me., 8 Nov., 1830. He was graduated at Bowdoin in 1850, and at the U. S. military academy in 1854, became 1st lieutenant and instructor in mathematics in 1854, and resigned in 1861 to take command of the 3d Maine regiment. He commanded a brigade at the first battle of Bull Run, and for gallantry in that engagement was made brigadier-general of volunteers, 3 Sept., 1861. He was twice wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, losing his right arm on 1 June, 1862, was on sick-leave for six months, and engaged in recruiting service till September of this year, when he participated in the battle of Antietam, and afterward took Gen. John Sedgwick's division in the 2d corps. In November, 1862, he became major-general of volunteers. He commanded the 11th corps during Gen. Joseph Hooker's operations in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, 2 May, 1863, served at Gettysburg, Lookout Valley, and Missionary Ridge, and was on the expedition for the relief of Knoxville in December, 1863. He was in occupation of Chattanooga from this time till July, 1864, when he was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee in the invasion of Georgia, was engaged at Dalton, Resaca, Adairsville, and Pickett's Mill, where he was again wounded, was at the surrender of Atlanta, and joined in pursuit of the Confederates in Alabama, under Gen. John B. Hood, from 4 Oct. till 13 Dec., 1864. In the march to the sea and the invasion of the Carolinas he commanded the right wing of Gen. William T. Sherman's army. He became brigadier-general in the U. S. army, 21 Dec., 1864. He was in command of the Army of the Tennessee, and engaged in all the important battles from 4 Jan. till 26 April, 1865, occupying Goldsborough, N. C., 24 March, 1865, and participating in numerous skirmishes, terminating with the surrender of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at Durham, N. C., 26 April, 1865. In March of this year he was brevetted major-general for gallantry at the battle of Ezra Church and the campaigns against Atlanta, Ga. He was commissioner of the Freedmen's bureau at Washington from March, 1865, till July, 1874, and in that year was assigned to the command of the Department of the Columbia. In 1877 he led the expedition against the Nez Perces Indians, and in 1878 led the campaign against the Bannocks and Piutes. In 1881-'2 he was superintendent of the U. S. military academy. In 1886 Gen. Howard was commissioned major-general, and given command of the division of the Pacific. Bowdoin college gave him the degree of A. M. in 1853, Waterville college that of LL. D. in 1865, Shurtleff college the same in 1865, and Gettysburg theological seminary in 1866. He was also made a chevalier of the Legion of honor by the French government in 1884. Gen. Howard has contributed various articles to magazines, his latest being an account of the Atlanta campaign in the “Century” for July, 1887, and has published “Donald's School Days” (1879); “Chief Joseph, or the Nez Perces in Peace and War” (1881); and is the author and translator of a “Life of Count Agenor de Gasparin.”
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Howe, Elias

Edition of 1892.
​HOWE, Elias, inventor, b. in Spencer, Mass., 9 July, 1819; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 3 Oct., 1867. He was the son of a farmer and miller, and assisted his father in these pursuits, also attending school during the winter months. In 1835 he went to Lowell, and served for a time with a manufacturer of cotton machinery, earning but fifty cents a day. The financial panic of 1837 threw him out of employment, and he then went to Cambridge, Mass., where he was given work in the shop of Ari Davis, a Boston machinist. It was at this time that he conceived the idea of making a sewing-machine, and he diligently labored upon it in spare hours after his day's work. After five years of continuous experimenting he succeeded in completing his invention in May, 1845, but not until he had received pecuniary aid from an old school-fellow, George Fisher, with whom he formed a partnership. He obtained, on 10 Sept., 1846, a patent for the first practical sewing-machine, but in consequence of the opposition to any labor-saving machines, the artisans of Boston were unwilling to use it, and for a brief time Mr. Howe obtained employment on a railroad as an engineer until his health failed. In 1847 he visited England, hoping for success in that country, but after two years he returned to the United States, utterly destitute, after working his way home as a common sailor. While in England he disposed of his rights in that country to William Thomas, and adapted the machine tO the business of corset, umbrella, and valise making. During his absence the machine had been imitated and introduced through the country regardless of his patents. Friends were now easily found who were willing to help him to establish his patent, and in 1854, after much litigation, he was successful in establishing his prior right to the invention. His prosperity was thenceforth assured, and a year later he had repurchased all of the patents that he had sold during his season of adversity. Mr. Howe then received a royalty on every sewing-machine that was manufactured in the United States, and his income grew from $300 a year until it reached $200,000. It was estimated that up to September, 1867, the date of the expiration of the patent, he had realized about $2,000,000. In 1863 he organized a company of which he was made president, and erected a large sewing-machine factory at Bridgeport, Conn. During the civil war he contributed largely to the support of the government, enlisting as a private soldier in the 17th Connecticut regiment, with which he served until failing health compelled his resignation, and later, when ​the government was pressed for funds, he advanced money to pay the regiment. Mr. Howe received numerous medals, including the gold medal of the World's fair held in Paris in 1867, where he also was given the cross of the Legion of honor.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Horn, Van de

Edition of 1892.
​HORN, Van de or Van, buccaneer, b. in Holland about 1635; d. near Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1683. He was engaged in the Dutch merchant service from about 1655 till 1659, and then bought a vessel with his savings, and with a band of reckless men, whom he had enlisted, became a terror to the commerce of the Netherlands. He afterward had several ships in his employment, and obtained such notoriety that some civilized governments were willing to employ him against their enemies. In 1666 a French minister sent him a commission empowering him to pursue and capture Spanish vessels, and, as he was uniformly successful, he amassed enormous sums. After the treaty of Aix la Chapelle, it was expected that he would cease ravaging the American coast, but the French government, while openly disowning their champion, secretly connived at his misdeeds. He made the mistake of pillaging a French ship, but, after an unsuccessful attempt to take him had been made in 1663, he no longer attacked the French flag. Learning that several Spanish galleons were waiting in the harbor of Porto Rico for a convoy, he entered the harbor and offered his services to the governor. He put forward his recent quarrel with the French, and declared that his only chance of safety was in the protection of the king of Spain. The governor allowed the galleons to leave port under the protection of Horn, but, as soon as they were outside of the Antilles, they were attacked by the flotilla of the buccaneer, who gained over 2,000,000 livres by the adventure. Horn was engaged with De Graff and other buccaneer chiefs in the capture of Vera Cruz in 1683. The division of the spoil caused a duel between Horn and De Graff, which was fought on the shores of the bay of San Sacrificid, five or six miles from Vera Cruz. Horn was dangerously wounded in the arm, and, after he had returned to his ship, the extreme heat, combined with the absence of surgical aid and his passion for drink, soon ended his life.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Hosmer, Harriet

Edition of 1892.
HOSMER, Harriet, sculptor, b. in Watertown, Mass., 6 Oct., 1830. She was a delicate child, and was encouraged by her father, a physician, to pursue a course of physical training by which she became expert in rowing, skating, and riding. She travelled alone in the western wilderness, and visited the Dakota Indians. She began to model in clay at an early age, and, after completing her school education in Lenox, Mass., followed the course of anatomical instruction in the St. Louis medical college, and practised modelling at home, after receiving a few lessons in Boston. Her first work was a reduced copy of Canova's Napoleon, which was soon followed by an ideal head called “Hesper,” exhibited in Boston in 1852. Going to Rome with her father and Charlotte Cushman in November of the same year, she entered the studio of John Gibson, the English sculptor. She copied from the antique, and executed ideal busts of “Daphne” and “Medusa,” which attracted much attention. “Œnone,” her first figure of full size, was completed in 1855. In the summer of the same year she modelled a statue of “Puck” in a style so spirited and original that nearly thirty copies were ordered, and her reputation was established in her own country. It was followed by a companion figure of similar conception, called “Will-o'-the-Wisp.” In 1857 the reclining statue of “Beatrice Cenci” was completed for the St. Louis public library, and in the following winter she executed a monument that found a place in the church of San Andrea del Frate in Rome. The colossal statue of “Zenobia,” on which she worked for two years assiduously, and to the detriment of her health, was completed in 1859; followed by a statue of Thomas H. Benton, that was cast in bronze, and erected in Lafayette park, St. Louis. Among her other works are a “Sleeping Fawn,” which was exhibited at the Dublin exhibition of 1865 and the Paris exhibition of 1867; a fountain representing a siren and cupids a statue of the queen of Naples as the “Heroine of Gaëta”; a fountain representing the myth of Hylas and the water-nymphs; a monument to Abraham Lincoln; and a gateway for an art-gallery in England. The “Sleeping Fawn,” which was twice repeated, was followed by a companion-piece called the “Waking Fawn.” Miss Hosmer resides in Rome. Besides her skill in sculpture, which is executive and technical rather than creative, she has exhibited talents for designing and constructing machinery, and devising new processes, especially in connection with her own art, such as a method of converting the ordinary limestone of Italy into marble, and a peculiar process of modelling, in which the rough shape of a statue is first made in plaster, on which a coating of wax is laid for working out the finer forms.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Hosmer, George Washington

Edition of 1892.
​HOSMER, George Washington, educator, b. in Canton, Mass., in 1804; d. there, 5 July, 1881. He was graduated at Harvard in 1826, and at the divinity-school there in 1830. He was pastor of the Unitarian church in Northfield, Mass., the next two years and a half, and from 1835 was pastor in Buffalo, N. Y.., till his election to the presidency of Antioch college, Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1862. While discharging these duties he was also non-resident professor of divinity in the Unitarian theological school at Meadville, Pa. Resigning the presidency of Antioch in 1872, he continued the next year to occupy the chair of history and ethics there. From 1873 till 1879 he was pastor of the Channing religious society of Boston, Mass. Dr. Hosmer was one of the most noted preachers in the Unitarian church of his day. — His son, James Kendall, author, b. in Northfield, Mass., 29 Jan., 1834, was graduated at Harvard in 1855. During the civil war he served in the 52d regiment of Massachusetts volunteers. He was professor in Antioch college in 1866-'72, in 1872-'4 occupied the chair of English and German literature in the University of Missouri, and in 1874 was elected to a similar professorship in Washington university, St. Louis, Mo., where he now (1887) resides. He has published “The Color-Guard” (Boston, 1864); “The Thinking Bayonet” (1865); “A Short History of German Literature” (St. Louis, 1879); “Life of Samuel Adams” (“American Statesmen” series, Boston, 1885); and “Story of the Jews” (“Story of the Nations” series, New York, 1886).
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Hosmer, Jean

Edition of 1892.
​HOSMER, Jean, actress, b. near Boston, Mass., 29 Jan., 1842. She first appeared on the stage in a ballet at Buffalo, N. Y., and rose to be a star actress, performing the part of Juliet at the Chestnut street theatre, Philadelphia, in December, 1858. Soon afterward she retired from the stage, but returned in May, 1866, when she played the part of Camille at the Winter Garden theatre, New York, and subsequently performed with success in the principal cities of the United States.