McCARTHY, D'Alton, Canadian politi cian: b. near Dublin, Ireland, in 1836; d. Can ada, 11 May 1898. He was the son of an Irish barrister who found a home for his family on the shores of Kempfendfeldt Bay, Ontario, after a six weeks' voyage in a sailing vessel. Educated at the Barrie Grammar School, he studied law and was called to the bar in 1858. In 1872 he was made queen's counsel, and at tained high rank both in jury cases and appeal cases. In 1876 he was elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative and held this seat until his death, which was occasioned by a rail way accident. He seceded from the Conserva tive party and aided the Liberals in opposing special legislation in the interest of Roman Catholic education. He was for a time presi dent of the Canadian branch of the Imperial Federation League and a member of the Coun cil of the British Empire League. Consult 'The Late D'Alton McCarthy, Q.C., M.P., an Appreciation,' by Amicus, Cadian Magazine (May 1903).
MacCARTHY, Hamilton Thomas, Cana dian sculptor: b. London, England, 1847. He studied under his father and in Europe, and in I:•:5 removed to Canada. He lived in Toronto until 1898, when he took up his residence in Ottawa. He is distinguished for his capacity for expressing contemporary thought. The Royal Canadian Academy elected him a mem ber in 1890 and councillor in 1906. Among his works are 'Burns and Highland Mary' (1877); the statue of Sir John S. Macdonald in Toronto; the bronze monuments for the South African War in Halifax, Ottawa, Charlotte town, Quebec and Brantford.
McCARTHY, ma-kar'thi, Justin, Irish au thor and politician: b. Cork, Ireland, 22 Nov. 1830; d. 24 April 1912. He became connected with the Liverpool press in 1853 and in 1864 was made editor-in-chief of the Morning Star. He sat in Parliament as a Home Ruler from 1879-1900 and was chairman of the Irish Parlia mentary party 1890-96. His stay in the United States extended from 1868 to 1870, during which period he was some time connected editorially with the New York Independent. His main work is (History of our Own Times) (1879 80), which, rejected by one publishing house, made a fortune for the firm that produced it as well as for the author. He also wrote (His tory of the Four Georges' (1889), and his novels include
Judith' (1871) ; (A Fair Saxon) (1873); (Dear Lady Disdain) (1875);
McCARTHY, Justin Huntly, Irish jour nalist and author: b. 1860. He was graduated at University College and from 1884-92 was a member of Parliament. He has been a prolific and versatile author, following in the footsteps of his father, Justin McCarthy (ckv.). Among
his works are 'Outline of Irish History) (1883) ; (Serapion, and Other Poems) (1883) • Under Gladstone' (1884); (Camiola, a Girl with a Fortune' (1885); (History of the French Revolution' (1897) •, (Short History of the United States); (The Dryad) (1905). He has also written plays, such as (The Candi date); 'The White Carnation); I Were King,) and (The Proud Prince.) McCAUL, ma-kill', John, Canadian scholar: b. Dublin, Ireland, 18017,- d. 1880. He was ap pointed president of Toronto University in 1848 and was prominent for many years in educational matters in Canada. He edited Horace, Longinus, Lucian and Thucydides as college textbooks, and among his valuable archeological works are In scriptions' (1863), and 'Christian Epitaphs of the First Six Centuries.' MacCAULEY, ma kftl'1, Clay, American Unitarian clergyman and author: b. Chambers burg, Pa., 8 May 1843. He was graduated at Princeton in 1864 and at the Theological Sem inary of the Northwest, Chicago, in 1867, and read philosophy and divinity at Heidelberg, 1873. In the Civil War, 1862-63, he was a lieutenant in the 126th Pennsylvania regiment, and served on the staff of Gen. S. D. Sturgis, and in 1864-65 was a member of the Christian Commission in the United States army. In 1880-81 he was a collaborator of the Bureau of Ethnology among Indians east of the Missis sippi. Entering the Unitarian ministry he was pastor of the First Church, Walthani, Mass., 1869-72, and of All Souls Church, Washington, D. C., 1876-81. From 1890 to 1900 and again after 1909 he served as director of the Japan mission of the Unitarian Association, and from 1891 to 1899 was president of the College for Advanced Learning at Tokio and professor there of philosophic and historic theology. He lectured on Japan in 1904-09. He has written (Christianity in History' (1891); 'The Re ligious Problem of Japan—How to Solve it?) (1894); (Introductory Course in Japanese) (1896; 1905); 'Japanese Literature) (1899) • (A Day in the Very Noble City, Manila) (1899); and has published (Single Songs of a Hundred Poets' (1899) and other translations from the Japanese; (Florida Seminoles' (1884); 'Pres ent Religious Condition of Japan)(1902); 'Unitarian Mission to Japan' (1909); Daughter of the Samurai) (1910); (Thought and Fact for To-day,' also in Japanese (1911); (The Memorial Most Worthy of Our Patriot Dead) (1911); 'The English Language in the New Georgean Era' (1911) ' • 'Charles Dickens: An Appreciation' (1912); 'The Faith of the Incarnation' (1913); (Memories and Memo rials) (1914); 'The American-Japanese Prob lem as a Race Question) (1915), and contribu tions to periodicals in Japan and the United States.