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U'AYLOR 271 TAYLOR His writings are distinguished in their best parts by a sweet, rich, and solemn eloquence and an artless grace of style. Emerson calls him the "Shakespeare of divines." Personally he was a man of a truly Christian disposition and of such a noble charity that he stands out in gra- cious contrast to most of his contem- poraries. TAYLOR, LAURETTE (nee Cooney), an American actress born in New York City in 1887. She married (1) Charles A. Taylor, (2) J. Hartley Manners. She began as a child actress, and for some years toured the country, played in stock at Seattle, Washington, and in 1909 appeared in "The Devil" in New York City. Her first conspicuous success was as Luana in "The Bird of Paradise," but former roles were eclipsed by her appearance in the title role in her husband s comedy, "Peg o' My Heart," which ran through over 600 per- formances in New York in 1912-14 and over 500 in London. She starred at the same time in "Happiness," also composed by her husband. TAYLOR, MARY IMLAY, an Ameri- can author, born at Washington, D. C. She was educated by private tutors, and started writing early. Her first work, "The Rebellion of the Princess," was brought out in 1903. Her other works include: "On the Red Staircase"; "The Impersonator"; "My Lady Clancarty"; "The Reaping"; "Caleb Trench"; "The Long Way"; "The Man in the Street"; "Children of Passion"; "Who Pays?" "A Candle in the Wind"; "The Wild Fawn." TAYLOR, THOMAS, styled The Platonist, an English author; born in London, England, May 15, 1758. His works comprise 63 volumes, of which 23 are large quartos. Among them are treatises on arithmetic and geometry; on the Eleusinian and Bacchic mysteries; an essay on the "Rights of Brutes," in ridi- cule of Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man"; a "History of the Restoration of the Pla- tonic Theology"; and a volume of "Mis- cellanies in Prose and Verse." His main labor was the translating of great classi- cal Greek and Latin works. His trans- lation of Plato was in five volumes, and was printed at the expense of the Duke of Norfolk. Of his translation of Aris- totle only 50 complete copies were struck off, the expense being defrayed by W. Meredith, a retired tradesman. He died in London Nov. 1, 1835, TAYLOR, TOM, an English drama- tist; born in Sunderland, m 1817. He received his education at Glasgow Uni- versity and Trinity College, Cambridge; became professor for two years in Uni- versity College, London; was called to the bar (1845), and went to the N. cir- cuit; appointed, in 1854, secretary to the Board of Health; wrote and adapted for the stage a great number of plays; and succeeded Shirley Brooks (1873) as edi- tor of "Punch." The most popular of his plays are: "New Men and Old Acres"; "Masks and Faces" (in collab- oration with Charles Reade) ; "Still Wa- ter Runs Deep"; "The Overland Route"; and "The Ticket of Leave Man." His historical dramas include: "The Fool's Revenge" ; "Joan of Arc" ; " 'Twixt Axe and Crown"; "Lady Clancarty"; "Anne Boleyn"; etc. He also published biogra- phies of B. R. Haydon (1853), C. R. Les- lie (1859), and Sir Joshua Re5niold3 (1865). He died in Wandsworth, Eng- land, July 12, 1880. ZACHARY TAYLOR TAYLOR, ZACHARY, an American statesman, 12th President of the United States; born in Orange co,, Va., Sept, 24, 1784. He was the son of a Virginia colonel, who served in the Revolutionary War. The family removed to Kentucky in 1785. In 1808 he was appointed a lieutenant of infantry, and in 1810 pro- moted to captain. In 1812 he was ap- pointed to the command of Fort Harri- son, near the present city of Terre- Haute, Ind., which he defended with his troops from the attack of a large force of Indians, for which he was brevetted ma- jor. He served in the Black Hawk War of 1832, and in 1837 was given full com-