STARBUCK; b. at Ogdensburg, N. Y., 1812; educated as a physi cian, and took his degree at the New York college of physicians and surgeons in 1833. Dr. Mayo is chiefly known as a traveler and writer of fiction. He spent some time in. Spain and in Morocco and other parts of North Africa; and the experience and informa tion gained in these travels was employed with effect in his earlier novels. In fiction he has written Kaloolah (1849); The Berber, or Mountaineers of the Atlas (1850); 1?omance Dust from the Histork Placer (185'7); and Never Again (1873). Of these, the first was the most popular, and obtained a very large circulation. His books abound in incidents of adventure and perils, and show versatility, but his character portrayal is, with one or two exceptions, inferior to his narrative. IIis style does not avoid extravag-ance; and sometimes, as in his last book, is somewhat morbid. His work, however, is interesting, and has not failed of readers.
IdAYOR (Fr. maire, Lat. major; see MAon), originally a steward, bailiff, or oversee', thence the chief magistrate of a city or corporate town in England or Ireland. The mayor is the head of the local judicature, and the executive officer of the municipality; he is elected by the council from the aldermen or councilors, and holds office for a year only. His duties include those of returning officer in all burghs except those cities and towns which, being counties of thernselves, have sheriffs of their own. The first mayor
of London was appointed in 1189, the first mayor of Dublin in 1409. The mayors of London, York, and Dublin are called "lord mayor." The lord mayor of Loudon has. the title of "right honorable," which, along with the title " lord," was first allowed by Edward III. in 1354; is the representative of royaltyin the civil government of the city, the chief commissioner of lieutenancy, the conservator of the river Thames; and on the• demise of a sovereign, he becomes, pro tempore, a member of the privy council. To sus tain the hospitality of the city, he receives an allowance of S.8,000 a year, with the use of the 3Iansion-house, furniture, carriages, etc. He is chosen by the livery (q.v.) on Sept. 29, being commonly the senior alderman, who has been sheriff, but not lord mayor. In former times, it was the ambition of the first merchants and bankers of the city to be come lord mayor; but since the district within the metropolitan boundaries has come to, be but a small fraction of what is generally known as London, this has ceased to be the case; and it is only in the eye of foreigners that the lord mayor of London is one of the most important public functionaries of the realm. The mayor of Dublin was first styled lord mayor by Charles II. in 1665.