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TERBY 311 TERTIABY over the United States. Her jubilee was celebrated at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1906. She published "The Story of My Life" (1908), and "The Russian Ballet" (1913). TERRY, HENRY TAYLOR, an American lawyer; born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 19, 1847; was graduated at Yale College in 1869, and admitted to the Connecticut bar in 1872. In 1878 he became Professor of Law at the Im- perial University of Tokyo, Japan, but returned to the United States in 1884, and began the practice of his profes- sion in New York city. In 1894 he re- sumed his chair in the Imperial Uni- versity. His publications include: "First Principles of Law," "Leading Principles of American Law,' "The Common Law," etc. TERRY, MILTON SPENSER, an American educator; born in Coeymans, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1840; was graduated at Troy University and the Yale Divinity School; held pastorates in various Meth- odist Episcopal churches in New York city in 1863-1884 ; and in 1885 was made Professor of Christian Doctrines in the Garret Biblical Institute, Northwestern University. He was the author of "Com- mentary on the Old Testament," "Bibli- cal Hermeneutics," "The Sibylline Ora- cles," "Rambles in the Old World," "Bib- lical Apocalyptics," etc. TERRY, SILAS, WRIGHT, an Amer- ican naval officer; born in Kentucky, Dec. 28, 1842; was appointed to the navy in 1858. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was assigned to the "Dale" in the Atlantic Coast Blpckading Squad- ron, in which he served till 1863, when he was transferred to the "Black Hawk," of the Mississippi Squadron. Soon after- ward he was placed in command of the transport "Benefit" to carry dispatches and supplies to Admiral Porter; and for gallant service in the execution of this commission he was advanced five num- bers and appointed to the staff of Ad- miral Porter, under whom he served till the close of the war. Afterward he cruised on the "Ticonderoga" in Euro- pean waters ; was executive officer on the flagships "Severn" and "Worcester"; inspector of the Maryland Lighthouse District; and commanded the "Marion," attached to the South Atlantic Squadron. In 1887 he went to Washington, D. C, where he was engaged on board duty till 1892. He was promoted captain in 1893, and during the American-Spanish War commanded the receiving ship "Frank- lin" at Norfolk. He was made comman- der of the navy yard at Washington, D. C, March 24, 1900; and on March 29, following, was promoted rear-admiral. TERSCHELLING, an island of the Netherlands; 10 miles off the coast of Friesland, between the islands of Vlie- land and Ameland. It is about 15 miles long by 3 broad, is flat and sandy, and exposed in some parts to inundation. The inhabitants are chiefly pilots and fisher- men. TERSTEEGEN, GERHARD, a Ger- man poet; born in Mors, Germany, Nov. 25, 1697. Among his works are: "The Spiritual Garden" (1729) ; "Crumbs" (1773). Among his religious songs and hymns the more notable are: "Shout, ye Heavens, for Joy," and "Now the Day is Ended." He died in Miihlheim, on the Ruhr, April 3, 1769. TERTIARIES, a name given by Church writers to a class in the Roman Catholic Church who, without entering into the seclusion of a monastery, aspire to practise in ordinary life all the sub- stantial obligations of the scheme of vir- tue laid down in the Gospel. It was un- der St. Francis and the mendicant or- ders generally that the institute of Ter- tiaries reached its full development. Sim- ilar lay associations were organized in connection with the Dominican, Carmel- ite, and Augustinian, as well as with certain of the more modern orders; and a brotherhood of the same character had already been formed by the Templars. The institute of Tertiaries, properly so called, is quite distinct from that of the lay "confraternities" which exist in con- nection -with the several orders, and the objects of which are very similar. TERTIARY, a color, as citrine, russet, or alive, produced by the mixture of the two secondary colors. More correctly speaking, they are grays, and are either red-gray, or yellow-gray, when these pri- maries are in excess, or they are violet- gray, orange-gray, or green-gray, when these secondaries are in excess. In ec- clesiastical affairs, a member of a Third Order, whether living in the world or in community. In geology, the third leading division of fossiliferous sedimentary rocks; called also the Cainozoic or Kainozoic. The succession and importance of the Pri- mary (Paleozoic) and the Secondary (Mesozoic) rocks were understood before the nature and extent of the Tertiary were recognized, these last strata being confounded with the superficial alluvi- ums. They were observed to occur in patches (some of fresh-water and others of marine origin) in small areas or bas- ins in the Secondary rocks. The first