MALON, miil'on, Benoit, French Socialist: b. near Sainte-Etienne in the department of Loire, 23 June 1841; d. Asnieres, 13 Sept. 1893. He early entered upon a journalistic career and his activities in behalf of Socialistic agitations his enforced absence from France for a time preceding 1880. He then founded the Revue Socialiste which he edited until his death. He attained considerable influence through the breadth of his teachings, which ad vocated the necessity for an inclusion of certain high religious, ethical and moral considerations with the socialistic principles of government. Author of 'L'Internationale, son histoire et set principes' (1872) ' • 'Histoire du Socialisme et des proletaires' 0881-84); 'Le socialisme inte gral' (1890-91, etc.
MALONE, Edmund, Irish Shakes pearean scholar: b. Dublin, 4 Oct. 1741; d. London, 25 April 1812. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and was called to the Irish bar in 1M7, but henceforth devoted him self entirely to literary pursuits. His most im portant and permanent critical works are 'At tempt to Ascertain the Order in 'Which the Plays of Shakespeare Were (1778), which still carries authority; his edition of the poet in 10 volumes; and the edition known as the Third Variorum, which was prepared after his death by James Boswell, the younger, out of material left by the critic, and published in 21 volumes. This last is still the best of all complete critical editions. He also published 'Remarks on the Rowley (Chatterton) Con troversy); 'An Inquiry into the Ireland Shake spearian Forgeries' ; and biographical memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Dryden, W. Gerard
Hamilton, etc. Consult Prior, James, 'Life of Edmund Malone> (London 1%4); Leslie and Taylor, 'Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds' (ib. 1865) and Boswell, James, 'Life of Johnson,> edited by G. B. Hill (Oxford 1887).
MALONE, American poet and ju rist: b. Desoto County, Miss., 10 Feb. 1866; d. Memphis, 18 May 1915. He was graduated at the of Mississippi and subsequently engaged in the practice of law and in literary work. He contributed to the periodicals of the day and published 'Claribel and other poems' (1882) ; 'The Outcast' (1886); 'Nar cissus' (1893) ; 'Dusk and Dawn' (1895) ; 'De cember and June> (1896) ' • 'Coming of the King> ' (1897) ; 'Songs of North and South) (1900); 'Poems' (1904) •, 'Songs of East and West) (1906); 'Hernando DeSoto,> an epic poem highly praised (1914).
On 29 March 1905, on petition of practically all members of the Memphis bar, he was ap pointed judge of the Circuit Court of Shelby County and held the position until his death. An association composed of members of many States has been formed to erect a bronze por trait statue to Walter Malone in the principal park of Memphis; while another association has for its object to have his °Opportunity° cast into a bronze tablet to be erected in Court square, in the heart of Memphis.