HOLMES, home, Abiel, American Uni tarian clergyman and annalist: b. Woodstock, Conn., 24 Dec. 1763; d. Cambridge, Mass., 4 June 1837. He was graduated at Yale College in 1783, and became subsequently a tutor in the college, pursuing at the same time his theo logical studies. In 1785 he was settled over a parish at Midway, Ga., where he remained till 1791. Returning north he became pastor of the first parish in Cambridge, and continued to fill the office till 26 Sept. 1832. Besides publishing a (Life of President Stiles' in 1798, he was the author also of of America' (1805), which gave him a high reputation for care and accuracy. It was republished in England in 1813. He contributed frequently to the collec tions of the Massachusetts Historical Society. in Vol. XXVII of which will be found a com plete list of his publications.
HOLMtS, Augusta Mary Anne, French composer: b. Paris, 1847; d. there,
January 1903. She studied composition with Lambert, Klose and Cesar Franck, and began her career as a pianist. Her first work of maignitude was a setting of the psalm 'In Exitu,' sung for the first time in 1873. She later wrote considerable music, including 100 songs, characterized by much grace of expres sion. In the larger forms her compositions in clude the well-known symphony 'Hero et Land& • three other symphonies, which in 1879 won third prize in an open com petition directed by the Paris municipality, 'Les Argonautes) and (Irlande); the symphonic poems, 'Les Sept Ivresses,' 'Roland,' 'Po logne,' 'Au Pays an ode of triumph, • a four-act lyric opera, Montagne Noire' (Grand Opera 1895), and an allegorical cantata, 'La Vision de la Heine.'