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SWINBTJBNE 196 SWINTON (1866), reprinted as "Laus Veneris"; "A Song of Italy" (1867); "William Blake," a critical essay (1867) ; "Ode on the Proclamation of the French Repub- lic, Sept. 4, 1870"; "SonRs Before Sunrise" (1871); "Bothwell," a tragedy (1874); ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE "Notes on Charlotte Bronte" (1877); "Mary Stuart: a Tragedy" (1881); "Tristram of Lyonesse" (1882) ; "A Cen- tury of Roundels" (1883) ; "Marino Fa- liero: a Tragedy" (1885); "A Study of Victor Hugo" (1886) ; a collection of es- says and criticisms under the title of "Miscellanies" (1886) ; a poem on the "Armada" (1888) ; "A Study of Ben Jon- son" (1890) ; "Astrophel, and Other Poems" (1894); "Studies in Prose and Poetry" (1894) ; "The Tale of Balen" (1896); and "Rosamund" (1899). He died April 10, 1909. SWINBURNE, WILLIAM THOMAS, an American naval officer, born at New- port, R. I., in 1847. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1866, and in the same year was appointed ensign. He served on various vessels and stations, and from 1886 to 1890 was on duty at the Naval Academy. He became lieutenant-commander in 1887, and was executive officer on the "Boston" from 1890 to 1893. In the latter year he com- manded the battalion landed in Honolulu. After four years further service at the Naval Academy, he became commander in 1896. He served in the North Atlantic Fleet during the Spanish-American War, and took part in several engagements. In 1899 he joined the fleet at Manila under Admiral Dewey. He commanded war- ships, convoys, and troops to the Philip- pines in the year following. He was promoted to be captain in 1901, and rear- admiral in 1906. From 1906 to 1909 he was commander-in-chief of the Pacific Squadron. In the latter year he was commander of the Naval War College. He retired from active service in 1909. SWINDON, a municipal borough of England, in Wiltshire, about 75 miles west of London. The town is mentioned as Swindone in the Doomesday Book and is built on an elevation giving a fine view of the surrounding country. There are important locomotive and carriage works of the Great Western railway. Corn and cattle markets, the charter for which dates back to the times of Charles I., are still maintained. SWINNERTON, FRANK ARTHUR, a British novelist and critic; born at Wood Green, England, in 1884. He be- gan work at 14 in the London office of Hay Nisbet & Co., Glasgow publishers, and was subsequently on the staff of J. M. Dent & Co. Later he became reader to Chatto & Windus, publishers. His works include: "The Merry Heart"; "The Young Idea"; "The Casement"; "The Happy Family"; "George Gissing: a Crit- ical Study"; "On the Staircase"; "R. L. Stevenson: a Critical Study"; "The Chaste Wife"; "Nocturne"; "Shops and Houses"; "September." SWINTON, JOHN, an American journalist; born in Salton, Scotland, Dec. 12, 1830; early learned the printer's trade; came to Canada about 1853 and afterward to New York City; took part in the Kansas "free State" contest; studied medicine; was chief of editorial staff of the "Times" from 1860 through the war; resigned post of managing edi- tor, but continued his connection with the paper till 1869; then with Horace Greely on the "Tribune" till about 1874; then chief of staff of the "Sun" till 1883, when he resigned to start "John Swin- ton's Paper," conducting it till 1887. In the spring of 1874 he became the active champion of workingmen; was nom- inated by them for mayor of New York, but polled only 200 votes; took active part as public speaker, writer, and worker in all the movements of labor in New York after 1874. He wrote "The New Issue" (1870) ; "Eulogy on Henry J. Raymond" (1870) ; "John Swinton's Travels" (1880) ; and an "Oration on John Brown" (1881). He died in Brook- lyn, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1901. SWINTON, WILLIAM, an American educator, brother of John ; born in Salton, Scotland, April 23, 1833. During the