D'OVIDIO, dtevi/d'yi). FRANCESCO (1849—). An Italian philologist and literary critic. Ile -was born at Campo/ s so. and was educated at Pisa and Naples. In 1876 he became professor of Romance philology at the University of Naples. His thorough scholarship and keen criticism are shown in a large number of works, of which the following are the most noteworthy: De//' oriaim 1e11' forma flessionalr del wane finnan() (1872) ; 11 roealismo tonieo italinno (18781: Storia della latina (1S79): Il Tam (1882).
DOW, LortENzo (1777-1834). An American preacher. noted for his eccentric:4h/, and zeal. Ile was born at Coventry, •onn.. October 6. 1777. His education was limited. in youth he joined the Methodists (1799). but left them under a conviction that he was called to be a missionary to the Itoman Catholics of Ireland. His preach ing in that country attracted crowds of people, and brought him SOIIIP persecution. Ile also visited England. introducing there the Methodist system of camp-meetings. Ile returned to the
Cnited states. and repeated his visits to Ire land and England in 1805. Ile afterwards preached for many years in the United States, traveling all over the country. and sometimes making appointments a year in advance, which he filled at the exact day and hour. Ili. natu ral eloquence and his eccentricities of dress and speech attracted large audienees everywhere. He preached much against the Jesuits. whom he regarded as conspirators against civil and reli giou-. liberty. Ilis Polemical Works appeared in 1814. Among his other writing,: are The Stronger in Charleston: or. the Trial and Con fession of Lorenzo Dole ( P8221: A Short Account of a Long Trarcl (1823): and the History of a Cosmopolite (1851)—the cosmopolite being him self. He (lied at Georgetown. D. U.. February 2, 1534. Consult his Life and Writings (New York. 1854).