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GOSLAR 367 GOSSE 59 miles N. W. of New York. It carries on a large trade in cheese and butter, which are widely celebrated for their excellence. It contains a court house, waterworks, churches, 2 National banks, and several weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 5,149; (1920) 5,016. GOSHAWK GOSLAR (gos'lar), an ancient town of Hanover, on the N. slope of the Harz Mountains, 27 miles S. E. of Hildesheim. It was at one time a free imperial city, and the residence of the emperors; has several noteworthy old buildings, as the tower called "Zwinger," with walls 23 feet thick, the late Romanesque Church Neuwerk, of the 12th century, and the Frankenberger Church (1108, restored 1880), both with ancient frescoes; the emperor's house, built in 1050 by Henry III., the dwelling-house of the emperors till the middle of the 13th century, the meeting place of more than 20 imperial diets, restored in 1867-1880; the town house, built in 1136-1184; and the Kaiserworth an old building containing statues of eight emperors. To the S. of the town is the Rammelsberg, a mountain formerly very rich in silver, gold, copper, lead, sulphur, and green vitriol. The mines have been worked since 968. Goslar was founded by Henry I. in 920. About 1350 it joined the Hanseatic League. Its ancient pros- perity began to depart from it in the mid- dle of the 16th century; and it suffered severely in the Thirty Years' War. In 1802 it ceased to be a free imperial town and fell to Prussia, to whom it again returned in 1866, after having in the meantime belonged to Westphalia (from 1807) and Hanover (from 1816). Here were born Henry IV. and Marshal Saxe. The Wordsworths were here in 1798. Pop. about 18,000. GOSLARITE, an orthorhombic, white, reddish, bluish, transparent or translu- cent, brittle mineral of vitreous luster and nauseous taste. Called aslo gallit- zenite. GOSPEL, a word used as the English equivalent of the Greek evangelion, or rather euaggelion, a good or joyful mes- sage. In the New Testament it denotes primarily the glad tidings respecting the Messiah and His kingdom — this was emphatically the Gospel (Anglo-Saxon, godspell, good tidings). It was quite naturally employed as a common title for the historical accounts which record the facts that constitute the basis of Christianity. GOSPORT (God's port), a market- town and seaport of England, county of Hants, on the W. shore of Portsmouth harbor, and directly opposite Ports- mouth, with which it is connected by a floating bridge. There are an extensive iron foundry for the manufacture of anchors and chain cables, naval powder magazines, barracks, the Royal Clar- ence victualing yard, which contains a brewery, a biscuit-baking establishment, and numerous storehouses and Haslar Hospital. Pop. (1917) 34,000. GOSSE. EDMUND, an English author; son of Philip Henry Gosse; born in Lon- don, Sept. 21, 1849. As a poet he is known by "Madrigals, Songs, and Son- nets"; "On Viol and Flute"; "The Un- known Lover." From 1904-1914 Libra- rian of the House of Lords. Some of his criticisms and biographies are contained in "Seventeenth Century Studies" and "From Shakespeare to Pope." He wrote also in prose "Northern Studies'* (1879); "Gossip in a Library" (1891); "Questions at Issue" (1893); "History of Modern English Literature" (1897)"; "Life and Letters of Dr. John Donne" (1899) ; "Coventry Patmore" (1905) ; "Father and Son" (1907) ; "Portraits and Studies" (1912) ; "Collected Poem.s" (1913). GOSSE. PHILIP HENRY, an Eng- lish naturalist; born in Worcester, England. April 10, 1810. In 1827 he went to Newfoundland as a clerk, and