Tate
NAHUM, an English poet; born in Dublin, Ireland, about 1652; received his education in Trinity College; and went to London, where he engaged in literary pursuits, and was appointed poet laureate. He was the author of several dramatic pieces; assisted Dryden in the second part of "Absalom and Achitophel"; altered and arranged Shakespeare's "King Lear" for the stage; and wrote, in conjunction with Dr. Nicholas Brady, the metrical version of the Psalms which used to be appended to the English Book of Common Prayer. He died in London, England, Aug. 12, 1715.
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Tattersall's
a noted London auction mart for horses. This horse market was founded in 1770 by Richard Tattersall. Since 1865 it has been at Knightsbridge Green. Horses are sold at auction every Monday of the year, and in spring a second weekly auction is held on Tuesday. Tattersall's is headquarters for sporting men. It is the center of all matters relative to British horseraces and betting, quite as Wall Street is the financial center of the United States .
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Tatwic Yoga
meaning "The Science of Breath." The title of a little book translated from the Sanscrit some years ago by the Pandit Rama Prasad. The breath" referred to is the life-giving breath of Brahman, and in it are contained the five elementary principles of nature, corresponding to the five senses of man. These principles are know as Tatwas, and of them the body is composed. The knowledge of the Tatwas is believed to confer wonderful power; and to this end all undertakings must be commenced at times which are known to be propitious from the movements of the Tatwas in the body. An important method of yoga practice is given in the book, which will certainly assure marvellous results.
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Tauchnitz, Christian Bernhard
Christian Bernhard (1816-1895), a noted German publisher. In 1837 he founded a publishing house in Leipsic. The particular feature of the house was A collection of British and German authors, known generally as the Tauchnitz edition. These volumes are printed with the utmost care on excellent paper. They are bound in paper covers in a manner superior to the ordinary dime novel, and are sold at the uniform price of a mark-about twenty-four cents. In 1910 the number of volumes in the series was not far from 4,000. Tauchnitz's success as a publisher and standing in the business world was such that he received several government appointments. He was consul-general for Great Britain in the kingdom of Saxony and was created a hereditary noble by his sovereign.
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Tauchnitz, Karl
Karl (1761-1834), a German printer and bookseller. He was an uncle of Tauchnitz, the publisher. In 1797 Karl Tauchnitz set up a printing shop at Leipsic. A year later he added a book stall, and in 1800 he began the manufacture of type. He printed editions of the Bible and of the Koran and a series of Greek and Latin classics noted for the correctness and beauty of the text. Karl Tauchnitz was the first to introduce stereotyping into Germany.
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Taunton
RIVER, a small river in Massachusetts, which rises in Plymouth county, flows S. W. through Bristol county, and empties into Mount Hope Bay (Narragansett Bay) at the city of Fall River. It is navigable to Taunton and affords extensive water power.
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Taunton (City and county-seat)
a city and county-seat of Bristol co., Mass.; on the Taunton river, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; 36 miles S. of Boston. It contains a public library, court house, United States government building, State Hospital for the Insane, waterworks, electric lights, electric street railroads, National and savings banks, and several daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Taunton is a noted manufacturcotton numerous ing city, having mills, machine and printing-press works, foundries, nail and tack mills, brick and tile works, stove and furnace works, an extensive britannia-ware plant, a jewelry factory, copper works, shoe-button factories, and locomotive works. It was incorporated as a town in 1639, and chartered as a city in 1864. Pop. (1910) 34,259; (1920) 37,137.
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Taunton (Town in Somersetshire England)
a town in Somersetshire, England; in the valley of the Tone; 45 miles S. W. of Bristol. Here about 710, Ina, the West Saxon king, built a fortress, which, passing with the manor to the bishops of Winchester, was rebuilt by Bishop William in the first quarter of the 12th century. Added to in the 13th and 15th centuries, this castle received Perkin Warbeck (1497), and was held by Blake during his famous defense of the town (1644-1645). In its great hall, fitted up now as a museum, Judge Jeffreys opened the "Bloody Assize" hanging 134 and transporting 400 of the inhabitants of Taunton and the neighborhood who had accorded Monmouth an enthusiastic welcome (1685); and here too Sydn Sydney Smith made his e his "Mrs. Partington" speech (1831). The church of St. Mary Magdalene has a noble perpendicular tower 153 feet high (about 1500; rebuilt 1858-1862); and other buildings are the Elizabethan shire hall (1858), the municipal buildings (formerly the grammar school founded by Bishop Fox in 1522), King's College school (1880), Independent college (1847-1870), Wesleyan Institution (1843), Huish schools (1874), Bishop Fox's girls' school, hospital (1809-1873), barracks, etc. Formerly one of the great "clothier towns" of Somerset, Taunton now has shirt, collar, glove, and silk manufactures, with a large agricultural trade. Pop. about 22,500.
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Taunus
a mountain range of Western Germany, mainly in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, extending E. from the Rhine, N. of the Main; highest summit, Great Feldberg, 2,886 feet. It is well wooded, and exhibits much picturesque scenery.
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Taurabolmin
(See Mithraic Mysteries .)
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Taurida
a province of southern Russia, which includes the peninsula of the Crimea; bounded on the E., S., and S. E. by the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea; area 23,312 square miles; pop. about 2,133,000. The greater part of it belongs to the Nogai Steppe, only 9-11 being under cultivation, and at least a half unenclosed pasture land. From the steppe there is a gradual rise through the Isthmus of Perekop to the Crimea, some of whose ranges attain an elevation of 5,000 feet. The only river of importance is the Dnieper, which forms the N. W. boundary. Salt lakes abound on the treeless steppes. Vines and orchard trees are cultivated to a certain extent, but cattle-breeding is the main employment of the inhabitants. The population is mixed, about one-third of the whole being Little Russians, and rest Nogal Tartars, German colonists, Bulgarians, Greeks, and Armenians. The chief towns are Simferopol the capital, Sebastopol, Feodorsia, and Kertch.
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