Collier's New Encyclopedia

A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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DINAH MARIA MULOCK, an English author; born in Stoke-upon- Trent in 1826. She early took the burden of supporting an ailing mother and two younger brothers and wrote stories. Her first serious appearance as a novelist was in 1849, with her story, "The Ogilvies," which was followed by "Olive," "The Head of the Family," and "Agatha's Husband." She never surpassed, however, or even equaled her domestic novel, "John Halifax" (1857), which had an extraordinary popularity, and has been translated into French, German, Italian, A B CRAB A. Masked Crab. B. King Crab.

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