Egeria
A nymph of Aricia in Italy, where Diana was particularly worshipped. Egeria was courted by Numa, and, according to Ovid, became his wife. Ovid says that she was disconsolate at the death of Numa, and that she wept so violently that Diana changed her into a fountain. Lord Byron, in the fourth canto of Childe Harold, has a beautiful invocation to the nymph, while describing the fountain of Egeria: "Here did'st thou sit in this enchanted cover, Egeria! thy all heavenly bosom beating For the far footsteps of thy mortal lover; The purple midnight veil'd that mystic meeting With her most starry canopy, and seating Thyself by thine adorer, what befell? This cave was surely shap'd out for the greeting Of an enamor'd goddess, and the cell Haunted by holy love-the earliest oracle!"
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Egg, Orphean
The cosmic doctrine of the Greek sage Orpheus. He says: "God, the uncreated and incomprehensible Being, created all things; the ether proceeded from him; from this the unshapely chaos and the dark night arose, which at first covered all things. The unshapen mass was formed into the shape of an egg, from which all things have proceeded." The whole universe has the form of an egg, and everything in it strives to attain the same form. The Orphean theory has something in common with the doctrines of the magnetic philosophers.
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Eggleston
EDWARD, an American author; born in Vevay , Ind., Dec. 10, 1837. In fiction he has achieved celebrity with stories of life in southern Indiana in pioneer days. His works include: "The Hoosier Schoolmaster "; "The Circuit Rider"; "Roxy "; "The Graysons"; "The Faith Doctor"; " The Hoosier 31-Vol. III-Cyc Schoolboy"; "Queer Stories for Boys and Girls"; "Schoolmasters' Stories"; "Mr. Blake's Walking-Stick"; "Duffels"; "School History of the United States"; "Household History of the United States"; "First Book in American History"; "The Beginners of a Nation," the first volume of a "History of Life in the United States"; etc. He died in 1902.
GEORGE CARY, an American author; brother of Edward; born in Vevay, Ind., Nov. 26, 1839. He has long been connected in an editorial capacity with one or another New York newspaper, including the "World," the "Evening Post," and the "Commercial Advertiser." A few of his many books are: "A Man of Honor"; "A Rebel's Recollections"; "Red Eagle"; "Juggernaut" (with Dolores Marbourg); and for young people: "How to Educate Yourself"; "How to Make a Living"; Our First Century" (1905); "Recollections of a Varied Life" (1910). He died in 1911.
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Eggleston, Edward
eg'lz-ton, Edward (1837-1902), an American novelist. Born at Vevay, Indiana. He entered the Methodist ministry at nineteen. He spent 10 years in Minnesota preaching and tramping for his health--even at one time selling toilet articles from a peddler's pack. Later he attracted attention by magazine articles and became editor of the Little Corporal and of the Independent, as well as a contributor to Scribner's Monthly. In 1871 The Hoosier Schoolmaster, his first novel, appeared. This was the first of a series of stories dealing with the Middle West. The End of the World, The Mystery of Metropolisville, The Circuit Rider, Roxy, and The Graysons: A Story of Illinois, have found many readers. Some writing of a historical nature, particularly his Beginners of a Nation, show that Eggleston might have succeeded in this field; but his reputation rests on The Hoosier Schoolmaster. This novel occupies a place of its own in American literature in that it is the first of its kind. One cannot see that the style and plot of this novel have grown out of any story Eggleston can have read. It appears to be the beginning of a new kind of novel writing, of which David Harum and Eben Holden are examples.
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Eggplant
a tropical plant sometimes called Guinea squash. It is thought to be a native of the East Indies. It is a relative of the tomato, ground cherry , and nightshade. The plant is raised in much the same manner as the tomato. It requires deep, rich, dry, mellow soil. It grows best in the Southern States but is raised successfully as far north as New York . Early fruit is secured by forcing in hothouses. The fruit of the European varieties is pale or white. American gardeners prefer black or purple fruit. The eggplant is subject to various blights and insects that render its cultivation more difficult than that of the tomato. When properly crated the fruit bears shipment better than the tomato.
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Eglamour of Artoys, Sir
A magical English legend of French origin. The poem tells of the winning of Christabell by Eglamour. Christabell's father will agree to the union if Eglamour will fulfil three tasks. He must conquer the giant, Sir Maroke; bring from a distant land the head of an enormous boar, and kill a powerful dragon which has been devastating the country round Rome . In these adventures he is successful, but is kept in Rome by illness. Meantime, Christabell has given birth to a son, and is banished by her angry father. Her son is stolen from her by a griffin, and taken to Israel, where he is adopted by the king and named Degrabell. Many years afterwards, Sir Eglamour and Degramour meet in a tournament for the hand of Christabell. The former is successful, and eventually their identities are revealed. Eglamour and Christabell are married, and return to their native country with their son.
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Eglinton, William
A well known English medium, who in 1876 succeeded Slade as the principal exponent of slatewriting (q.v.) That Eglinton's performances in this Egypt direction were very skilfully carried out there is abundant evidence, for several practised conjurers, as well as many other investigators, were entirely at a loss to explain the modus operandi. Yet on one occasion, at least, Eglinton was seen-by Professor Lewis Cargill-to write the " spirit" messages himself. This was in 1886, when his slate-writing was attracting attention. Some ten years earlier, when he was giving materialisation séances, there were discovered in his portmanteau a false beard and some muslin draperies, which were found to correspond with fragments cut from the hair and garments of the materialised spirit. Nor were these the only occasions on which he made use of fraudulent means of producing mediumistic phenomena. It may be objected that Eglinton was "controlled to procure draperies and fake hair, but it necessarily casts a dark shadow on his mediumship. "
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