HOLLY SPRINGS. 151 H0LIO;S. the post, taking about 1500 prisoners, and de- stroyed supplies valued by Grant at $400,000. This, together with a raid by Forrest into Ten- nessee, forced Grant to abandon for a time his forward movement. Population, in 1890, 2246; in 1900, 2815. HOLM, Saxe. The nom-de-plume signed to a series of short stories, first published in Scribner's Monthly Magazine, and then in a volume (Xew York. 1873; second series, 1878). They have been attributed to Mrs. H. M. F. .Jackson (at the time of publication, Mrs. Helen Hunt). HOLII AN, JcsEPH George ( 1 7 G4- 1 8 1 7 ) . An Enj;lish actor and dramatist. Educated in Lon- don and at Oxford, he made his debut, when twenty years of age, as Romeo at Covent Garden, and continued to present Shakesjjearean and other rules there till the end of the eigliteenth century. In 1806 he played in Dublin, then at the Haymarket, London. He went in 1812 to America, where he had the support of his daugh- ter in performances at Xew York City and Phil- adelphia. He made two attempts at theatrical management in the United States, but was more successful as a writer of comedies and comic operas, such as: Ahroad and at Home (1796) ; Red Cross Knights (1799); Votary of Wealth (1799) : and What a Blunder (1800). HOLMAN', Silas Whitcomb (1856-1900). An American physicist, born at Harvard. Mass. He graduated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1876, was appointed an instructor in that institution in 1881, assistant professor in 1882, associate professor in 1885, and professor in 1893. In 1897 ill health and failing eyesight compelled him to retire with the title of professor emeritus. He was particularly interested in the methods of laboratory instruction, and published investigations on The Effect of Temperature on the Viscosity of Air (1876), and on The Viscosity of Vases : and other works, including Physical Lab- oratory yotes (1885-95) ; Computation Rules and Logarithms (1896); and Matter, Energy, Force, and Work (1898). HOLMAN, William Steele (1822-97). An American jurist and politician. He was born in Dearborn County. Ind., and was educated at Franklin College, became a lawyer, and held several judicial positions; was a member of the Indiana Constitutional Convention in 1850, and of the Indiana Legislature in 1851. With the ex- ception of eight years he was a Democratic Repre- sentative in Congress from 1859 till his death, in 1897 ; and from his opposition to extravagant ap- propriations was known as 'the great objector" and 'the w.itch-dog of the Treasury.' HOLMBOE, holm'be, Kblstoffeb Andreas (17961882). A Xorwegian Orientalist and nu- mismatist, brother of Bernt Michael Holmboe ( 1795-1850) , the mathematician. He was born at Vang; studied at Christiania.and made a specialty of Oriental languages, especially Persian, under De Sacy, in Paris (1821-22). In 1822 he became lektor in Oriental languages at Christiania. and in 1825 professor. Besides being a pioneer in philology be took an active interest in education. He founded (1834) the XorsKe Vnirersitets og ^hole-Annaler. His more important works are: Dr Re Prisca Monetaria Nort-egia (1841); .San- skrit ng Oldnorsk (1846): Det Oldnorskr Vcr- hum (1848); Det Oldnorske Sprogs viisentligste Ordforruad, sammenlignet med Sanskrit (1852) ; .VorsA; og Keltisk (1854) ; and the very valuable liibclsk Rcal-Ordbok (1808). HOLM'BY HOUSE. A mansion near North- ampton, England, erected by Sir Christopher Hat- ton during the reign of Elizabeth, and later pur- chased by James I. It was here that Charles I. was imprisoned by the Parliamentary commis- sioners from the time he was surrendered by the Scots until removed to Xewmarket by Cornet Joyce ( February-.June, 1647). Five years there- after the house was dismantled. See Gardiner, Hist on/ of the Great Civil War, vol. iii. (new ed.. London. 1893). HOLMES, homz, Abiel (1763-1837). An .merican Unitarian clergyman and historian, bora at Woodstock, Conn. He graduated at Yale in 1783, and for a time was a tutor and a stu- dent of theology there. His first pastorate was at Midway, Ga., in a district settled largely by X'ew Englanders. There he remained from 1785 till 1791, when he accepted a call to the First Congregational Church of Cambridge, Mass., where he continued during the next forty years. His first wife was a daughter of President Stiles, of Y'ale College; his second was the daughter of Oliver Wendell, and became the mother of Oliver Wendell Holmes (q.v.). His publications in- clude: A Life of President Stiles (1798) ; A7inals of America (2d ed. 1829), his best-known work, characterized by the minutest accuracy and still standard for the period covered; Historical Sketch of the English Translation of the Bible (1815) ; and a number of sermons, addresses, and memoirs. HOLMES, 6'mes', Augusta Maby An>-e (1847-1903). A French song composer, born in Paris of English-Irish parents. Her father was Captain Dalkeith Holmes, of the British Army, and her mother was a member of an old Hamp- shire (England) family. She studied under Lam- bert, Klose, and Cesar Franck, and although a brilliant pianist (in her childhood regarded as a prodigy), she attained distinction entirely through her compositions. In 1879 she won the third prize with her Lutice in an open competi- tion instituted by the city of Paris. Her other important compositions are a psalm. In exitu (1873); the symphony Hero et Liandre (1874); an Andante pastoral (1877); the symphonies Les Argotiautes (1880) and Ir- iande (1885) ; and over a hundred songs, besides other orchestral works. HOLMES, homz, Geobge Frederick (1820- 97 ) . An American educator. He was bom in British Guiana; was educated at Durham Uni- versity. England; came to .America in 1838, and taught in Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia. He was for a time one of the edi- tors of the Southern Quarterly Reciew. and in 1846 was president of the University of Mississip- pi. From 1847 to 1857 he was professor of his- tory, political economy, and inteniational law in William and Mary College. From that time until his death he was professor of history and literature in the University of Virginia. He pre- pared a series of text -books for the use of schools in the Southern States, in which the sentiments and selections were made with reference to the jiistificatinn of slavery. HOLMES, M.RT .Taxe (c.l839— ). An Ameri- can novelist. Her maiden name was Hawcs, and
