POLLIO. 208 POLLOK. Vntcrsuchungen :u Ciimir mtd scinrn Forfselzem (Erlnn};t'ii. 1888) ; Wiiltllin and Miadoiiski, I'ollionis de Hello Africa Vommenliirius (Leipzig. 188!)) ; Schinulz. Vehcr den tipriichriehrauch des Asinius I'ollin ( JIunicli. IS90) ; Konipmann. Pie hifilori.sche fichriftstellerei des Asinius Pollio (Leipzig'. I89fi). POLLNITZ, pol'nits, Karl Ludwig, Baron (1(>!I2-I"7.>). A fieriiian memoirist of note. He was remarkal)Ie for liis talents, l>ut liis ex- travajrant and vajjjabond liabits often rednced liim to the ;»reatest poverty. After wandering all over Europe, taking service in the Church in Austria, and in the army in Spain, he finally attracted the favorable notice of Frederick the (ireat. who api)ointed him his reader, and made liim director of the theatre al Herlin. After twice having changed from Catholicism to Cal- vinism, he shortly Ix'fore his death proclaimed himself a member of the Church of Home. Among his works, marked b.v keen observation and wit. are Lettres el memoires (17.S4) and Etat abrege de la cour de Saxe^ etc. (1734). He was prob- ably also the author of Hist aire secrete de la durhistie d'lJiinnvre, etc. (17.32), and L(i Saxe gaUiiilc ( 1734). POLLOCK. See Pollack. POL'LOCK, Sir Ciiakles Edward (1823-97). An ICtmlisli jurist and law writer, educated at Saint i'aul's" School (18.33-41). lie was called to the bar in 1847. became (Queen's counsel' in IStiti. and was knighted and raised to the Ex- cheqiicr bench in 1873. Pollock collaborated with .1. .T. Lowndes. Sir Peter Maxwell, and V. P. Maude in the |)roduction of legal works, and wrote himself The I'riirtice of the County Courts (1851). which he continued to supplement up to the edition of 1880. and A Treatise on the Power of the Courts of Common- Law to Compel the Pro- durtiiiii of Dorumrnts for Inspection (1851). POLLOCK, Sir Frkdkkick (1845—). An English jurist an<l author. He was horn in Lon- don. December 10, 1845. and was educated at Eton, and at Trinity College. Cambridge, of which he was made fellow (18(58). Admitted to the bar at T>incoln's Inn (1871). he was ap- pointed examiner in law at Cambridge (1879- 81), professor of jurisprudence at University College. London (1882-83). Corpus professor of jurisprudence at Oxford (1883). professor of common law in the Inns of Court (1884-90). and member of the Royal Labor Commission (1891-94). His works pertaining to his profes- sion comprise mainly Principles of Contract (187«: 7th ed. 1902'): Digest of the Law of Partnership (1877: 7th cd. 1900): The Land Laws (1882, .3d ed. 1895); The Law of Torts (1887: fith ed. 1901): Ilislorii of Enqlish Law (1895: 2d ed. 1809), with Frederick William Maitland (q.v. ) ; A First floul: of Jurisprudrnre (1890). Better known to the general reader is Spivoza, His Life and Philosophy (1880: 2d ed. 1899). Further versa) ility is sliown by Intro- duction to the Science of Politics (1890; 4th ed. 1902), and many brilliant political articles contributed to the Pall Mall (la:clte and the Saturday Reriew. Sir Frederick Pollock also conceived the happy idea of writing verse- parodies of typical law cases. Leading Cases Done into English (1877), popular from the first, was reissued with additions in 1892; and in 1899, with Ella Fuller Maitland, he published The Etchingham Letters, a clever novel in epistolary form. POLLOCK, Sir George ( 178(;-1872). A liiit is)i ~iiMi(i. He studied at (he Koyal Military Academy at Woolwich iintil 1803, and then entered the East India Company's service as a lieuteiumt of artillery. He arrived in India toward the end of the .Mahratta wars, at once went to the fniut. and participated in the >iegi>^ of Deeg (Xovember I2-l)ecember 25, 1804 1 and IJhurtpore (.January 4-.])ril 2, 1805). During the First Burmese War he took an important part in the military operations, iind at its close was invalided home. In 1838 he was promoted to be major-general, and in 1842 was assigned to couimand the British forces in the war jigainst the .fgbans. lie forced the Kbyber Pass and captured lal)ul. For these services lu' received a pension of £1000 from tlu^ East India Company and many honors from tlu' Indian and British governments. In 1870 he was commissioncil ficld-marsluil in the British Arm.v. a year later was made constable of the Tower of Lomion. ami in 1872 was created Baronet of the Khyber Pass. Consult; Low. /jife of Eiehi-Mnrshal Sir (Icorgr Pollock (London. 1873); and Kaye, History of the War in Afghanistan in fli.iS to 18.'i2. POLLOCK, Walter Hekries (18.50-). An English author. lie was born in London in 18.50 and was educated at Eton and at Trinity Cidlegc. Caml)ridge. where lie graduated with classical honors in 1871. Though called to the bar al Lin- coln's Inn (1874). be early began to give most of his time to journalism and literaiture. From 1884 to 1894 he was editor of the Saturday Pr view. His work includes translations from the French, as well as much graceful and humorous verse: Lectures on French Poets (1879); The Poet and the Muse, a metrical translation from Alfred de Mus.set's Knits (1880); Songs and Rhymes. English and French (1882); The I'ic- turc's Secret, a novel (1883); The Paradox (-f Acting, translated from Diderot ( 1883) ; lV;-.sr nf Two Tongues {l8Si) ; Old and Xcw. verse ( 1890 i ; .1 ine Men's Morrice (1889) and King Zuh (1892), two volumes of fantastic tales; Mi'- inoires infdits du Marquis de (French, 1894) ; The Clmrm. and Other DruwingRoiim Plays, in conjunction with Sir W'alter Besant (1890); and Jane Austen. Her Contemporaries and Ihrscif (1899). POLT-OK, Robert (c.1798-1827). A Scotch poet, son of a poor farmer. He was born at North Moorbouse, Renfrewsliire. ()ctol)er 19. 1798; educated for the ministry at the I'nivcrsity of Clasgow (M.A. 1822) and at the L^nited Seces- sion Hall (1822-27) ; licensed to preach (1827): but owing to poor health, caused in jjart by over study, he was never permanently in charge of a congregation. He was advised t() visit Italy, but he got no further than London, whence he went to Shirley Conunon. near Southampton, where he died, September 18, 1827. Pollok is remembered for The Course of Time, a poem, begun iti 1825 and finished and published in 1827. Though sug- gested by Byron's Darkness, it is an essay in the manner of Milton. It is in blank verse, and its theme is the destiny of man. The poem was long popular in Scotland. England, and the United States. Pollok could not rise to his theme, and the execution as a whole is poor. The poem contains many eloquent passages not-
