MAITLAND, SA: ROFFEY (1792-1866).
A Church of England ,Fr 1 Aar. Be was horn in London and .studied t, Trinity College, Cam bridge, without graduation, as he was not a member of the Church of England. lie studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1816, then studied theology and was ordained in 1821. He held perpetual curacy of Christ Church, Ginn cester, 1823-29, but resigned to devote himself to literature. In 1838 lie was appointed librarian to Dr. Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, and keeper of the Lambeth manuscripts, retaining the (ace until the death of the ,\ rehbishop. in 1848. From 1839 to 1849 he edited the British Naga A:hie, in which he wrote valuable articles, chiefly on pro•'wey, Church history, criticism, etc. His princii„1 historical works are: An Inquiry into the on which the Prophetic Period of Daniel and Paint John Has Been Supposed to Consist of 1260 Years (London, 1826) ; Facts and Documents Illustratire of the Doctrines and Rites 04 the Ancient Albigenses and Waldenses ,(1832) : The Voluntary System (1834); The Dar• Ages: A Series of Essays Intended to Plus trme. 'be State of Religion and Literature in the
intl Tenth, Elere»th, mid Twelfth Centuries 44 Essays on Subjects Connected with the Cc,. 'Hon in England (1849); Superstition nod AC nee (1855). Ile wrote also numerous pamphlets. letters, and reviews.
MAiTRE DE FORGES, de forzh. `LE (The Iron-Founder). A romance by Georges nhnet (1SS2). The heroine, Claite de Beaulieu, loves her cousin, Who marries another when nire's fortune is suddenly lost without her k wledge.
In pique she marries Derblay, hut effort to conceal her repugnance for U. tie endures the false situation until is Ilnel 1 with his wife's cousin reveals the delicacy of his conduct and earns her love. This mediocre romance had an extraordinary success in many translations as well as in the original. It was dramatized by the author and presented at the Gymnase in 1b83.