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WILLIAM EDWARDS, the Office of Marine; then, in 1898, bean English writer; born in Liverpool, England, in 1854. For some years connected with the Liverpool "Mail" and "Yorkshire Post," he afterward devoted himself to writing novels; the most popular are: "Saint Margaret" (1888); "Dorrie" (1891); "Sweetheart Gwen" (1893); "Miss Grace of All Souls" (1895); "Meg of the Scarlet Foot" (1898); "The White Woman" (1899). His other writings include "Dante Gabriel Rossetti" (1882), and "Great Minds in Art" (1888). He belonged to the "Liverpool group" of English authors, including Hall Caine, William Watson, and Richard Le Gallienne.
TIRESIAS (ti-rē'shius), in Greek mythology, a famous prophet, who, who, according to one legend, was struck blind by the goddess Athene because he had seen her bathing. Another legend represents Hera as depriving him of his sight because, being made arbiter in a dispute between her and Zeus, he had decided in favor of the latter; when Zeus as a compensation granted him the inner vision of prophecy, and prolonged his life for several generations. He is consequently prominent in many of the mythical stories of Greece, but at last found death after drinking from the well of Tilphos- Tiresias is the theme of a fine poem by Lord Tennyson (1885). sa.
TIRLEMONT (ter-le-mông'), a town of Belgium; in South Brabant, on the Great Geete, 30 miles E. S. E. of Brussels. It has two fine churches of the 12th and 13th centuries, and manufactures of machinery, hosiery, flannel, leather, sugar, etc. Once a large and prosperous city, Tirlemont was ravaged by Marlborough in 1705; and here the French, under Dumouriez, defeated the Austrians in 1793. It was captured by the Germans in the first year of the World War and held by them until the armistice. Pop. about 17,500.