Djemscheed, The Cup of
A divination cup, which has been the subject of many of the poems and myths of ancient Persia. It was believed to have been found while digging the foundations of Persepolis, filled with the elixir of immortality. In this magical cup was mirrored the whole world, and everything, good and evil, was revealed therein. The Persians had great faith in these revelations; and attributed the prosperity of their empire to the possession of this famous cup.
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Dnieper
a river of Russia which rises in the government of Smolensk, flows first S. W., then S. E., and latterly again S. W. to the Black Sea. It begins to be navigable a little above Smolensk, and has a total length, including windings, of 1,230 miles. Among its tributaries are the Beresina, the Pripet, the Desna, and the Psiol. In its lower course there are important fisheries
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Dniester
a Europe, which has its source in the Carpathian Mountains , in Galicia, enters Bessarabia at Chotin, and empties itself into the Black Sea , after a course of about 750 miles. Its navigation is difficult on account of frequent shallows and rapids. river of
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Doane
WILLIAM CROSWELL, an American Protestant Episcopal Bishop, son of George Washington Doane; born in Boston, Mass., March 2, 1832. He was ordained to the Protestant Episcopal priesthood in 1856. Having served from 1863 to 1867 as rector of St. John's Church, Hartford Conn., he was made Bishop of Albany in 1869. Chancellor of the Regents of University of New York (1902). Publications : "Life of Bishop G. W. Doane," " Mosaics; or the Harmony of Collects, Epistles and Gospels" (1881); "Rhymes of the Times " (1901), etc. died May 17 , 1913. He
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Dobell
SYDNEY THOMPSON, an English poet ; born in Cranbrook, in Kent, April 5, 1824. A passionate interest in Italian freedom inspired his dramatic poem "The Roman," (1850). His services to the cause of free institutions were heartily acknowledged by Kossuth and Mazzini. A later poem, "Balder," had less vogue. In 1856 he published a volume of dramatic and descriptive verses DOCETÆ relating mostly to the Crimean War, "England in Time of War." After his death a volume of essays was published " Thoughts on Art, Philosophy, and Re- Aug. 22, 1874. ligion." He died in the Cotswold Hills ,
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Dobereiner's Lamp
a contrilight, invented by Professor Dobereiner, vance for producing an instantaneous of Jena, in 1824. The light is produced by throwing a jet of hydrogen gas upon recently-prepared spongy platinum, when the metal instantly becomes red hot, and then sets fire to the gas. territory forming part of the kingdom of
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Dobrudja
THE (do-bröd'shä), a Rumania, included between the Danube, N., the Black Sea on the E., and on the S. which forms its boundary on the W. and by by a line stretching from Silistria to a point a few miles S. of Mangalia. There is marshy and unhealthy. The popuare some fertile spots, but on the whole it lation is of various nationalities, Rumanians, Bulgars , Greeks, Turks, and Jews. The inhabitants support themselves by rearing sheep and buffaloes. The principal town is Babadagh. Pop. about 400,000. The territory was the scene of repeated fighting during the World War, and was invaded in turn by Rumanian, Austrian, and German armies. mania by the Peace Conference in 1919. WORLD WAR.) It was awarded to Ru- (See born in Plymouth, Jan. 18, 1840. In- DOBSON , AUSTIN, an English poet; tended for a civil engineer, and educated abroad, he accepted a place under the Board of Trade. His poems are inimitable in their artistic finish and grace of umes: "V fancy. They are contained in the vol- " Vignettes in Rhyme and Vers de : " Proverbs in Porcelain" Société" (1873); (1877); "Old-Wor "Old-World Idyls" (1883); "Old Kensington Palace" (1910); "Ros- "Eighteenth Century Vignettes" (1892); alba's Journal" (1915); "Prior Park" (1917). He has written biographies of Hogarth, Fielding , Steele, Goldsmith, and other literary notables, and contributed many articles to the English "Dictionary of National Biography."
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Dobson
the larva of the corydalis, a large insect allied to the ant-lion. The eggs of the corydalis are attached to objects overhanging a stream. As soon as hatched the larvae enter swiftly running water and hide under stones for nearly three years before they pupate and go ashore to become flying insects. The larvae attain a length of two inches, and are an excellent bait, especially for bass. Anglers call them "dobsons," and look for them under stones where the water is swiftest. The adult insect has long feelers and a wing expanse of five inches.
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Dobson, Henry Austin
Henry Austin (1840-), an English poet. He was born at Plymouth, England. In 1856 he became a clerk in the Board of Trade , and later one of the officials known as principals. His earliest verses were published in St. Paul's magazine, and later in book form under the title Vignettes in Rhyme, and Vers de Societe. Proverbs in Porcelain, Old World Idylls, and At the Sign of the Lyre are other volumes of poetry. Dobson has also produced prose works, among them the Lives of Fielding, Hogarth, Goldsmith, and Walpole. Dobson is probably the best and most popular author of that class of poetry called "Society verse," much in vogue during the latter part of the nine-teenth century. "Society verse," of whose French name, "Vers de Societe," the English translation is a poor equivalent, is marked, Stedman tells us, "by humor, by spontaneity, joined with elegance of finish, by the quality we call breeding--above all, by lightness of touch." Dobson's verses display these characteristics to a marked degree. He also makes admirable use of the French forms, rondeau, rondel, and triolet, in many beautiful little poems.
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Docete
a name applied to those heretics in the early ages of the ing His life on earth, had not a real or Church who maintained that Christ , durnatural, but only an apparent or phantom-like body. The bolder docetæ assumed the position that Christ was born without any participation of matter; they denied accordingly the resurrection and the ascent into heaven. school of docetæ attributed to Christ an The milder ethereal and heavenly , instead of a truly human body.
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