REID, JAMES SMITH (1846—). An English classicist, born at Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland, and educated at the City of London School and christ's College, Cambridge. He was Fellow of Christ's College from 1870 to 1S72 and classi cal lecturer from 1870 to 1880: also classical lec turer of Pembroke College (1873-78 and 1880-85), and tutor of Gonville and Caius College 18S5—. In 1S99 he was made professor of Ancient His tory. His publications include editions of many of Cicero's philosophical works and orations and numerous philological papers.
REID (THotAs) MAYNE (1818-83). A Brit ish writer of hunting romances and tales of ad venture. born at Ballyroney. County Down, Ireland, April 4, 1818. His father was a Presby terian minister and Mayne Reid was educated for the same profession, but the thirst of adven ture led him to emigrate to the United States. In 1840 he arrived at New Orleans, where he worked as a storekeeper, negro-overseer, and actor. As a hunter and trader among the Indians, he gained that knowledge of scenery, manners, and characteristics which he afterwards to advantage in his Scalp Hunters, White Chief, and many other romances. He devoted
five years to travel in the United States. In 1846 be obtained a commission, and served with distinction in the Mexican War. In 1849 he sailed for Europe to take part in the struggle for independence in Hungary, but got no farther than France. He then went to England, and be gan his long series of romances. In 1867 he returned to New York, and founded the unsuc cessful Onward Magazine. In 1870 he went back to England, where lie died October 22, 1883. Among his many tales of adventure on land and on sea are: The Rifle Rangers (1850) ; The Desert Home (1851); The Free Lances (1851); The War Trail (1857) ; The Boy Tar (1859) ; Afloat in the Forest (1865) ; The Castaways (187-0). Most of Reid's stories were translated into French, and many of them into German. Consult the Memoir by his widow, Elizabeth Reid (Loudon, 1890).