FITZGERALD, James Newbury, Amer ican Methodist bishop: b. Newark, N. J., 27 July 1837; d. Hong Kong, China, 3 April 1907. He studied law and was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1858, but in 1862 entered the Methodist ministry. He was recording secre tary of the missionary society of his denomina tion 1880-88 and was appointed bishop in 1888. In 1895 he made the episcopal visitation of the South American and European conferences. For many years he was a trustee of Drew Theological Seminary and vice-president of the board. In 1897-1907 he was president of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, a position which conferred upon him the duties and powers of mayor of a prominent summer resort, famous as a centre of religious and musical activities. He died at Hongkong, on an •episcopal visitation to the Oriental mission conferences.
John Driscoll, II, Amer ican Hispanic scholar: h. Newark, N. J., 2 May 1873. He was graduated at Columbia University in 1895. He studied Romance
philology at Berlin, Paris and Madrid. From 1898 to 1902 he was assistant, in 1902-07 tutor, 1907-09 instructor in Romance languages and literatures at Columbia University. From 1909 to 1915 he was assistant professor of Romance languages and literatures and since 1915 has been professor of Spanish at the University of Illinois. He is corresponding member of the Real Academia Espanola de la Lengua. In 1914 he was sent to South America by the American Association for International Con ciliation. He edited 'La vida de Santo Domingo de Silos, par Gonzalo de Berceo) (1904); Lope de Vega, a la Senora Marcia Leonarda' (1913). He is associate editor of the Romanic Review and has written 'Versification of the Cuaderna Via as found in Berceo's Vida di Santo Domingo de Silos' (1905); 'Rambles in Spain' (1910), and articles in encyclopedies, periodicals. etc.