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DOYLE DRACO 237 the liturgy of the Anglican church, and are of common use in the service of other branches of Protestantism. DOYLE, Richard, an English artist, born in London in 1826. From his father, John Doyle, an able political caricaturist, he inherited a taste for humorous illustration, and a few years after the establishment of "Punch" became known to the public by his designs published in that paper. His polit- ical caricatures are sin- I gularly free from direct !j personalities, but his hu- morous illustrations of London life afford the j! best examples of his ij harmless wit and grace- ful fancy. The series I entitled " Manners and | Customs of y e Engly she, ' ' though ostensibly car- icatures, are in fact sketches of the every- day life of the people. The " Continental Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones, and Robinson" is a somewhat exaggerated view of the lights and shadows of travel on the continent. In 1850, taking umbrage at the very severe attacks of "Punch" upon the Roman Catholic hierarchy, Doyle severed his connection with that paper, since which time he has employed his pencil chiefly in illustrating books of fairy tales and similar publications, including " The Fairy Ring," "Fairy Tales from all Nations," Leigh Hunt's "Jar of Honey," Ruskin's" "King of the Golden River," &c. He also illustrated " The Newcomes " of Thackeray. In 1869 he published a Christmas book entitled "In Fairy Land: Pictures from the Elf World." DOZY, Reinhart, a Dutch orientalist and his- torian, of French extraction, born in Leyden, Feb. 21, 1820. He studied in Leyden, where he graduated in 1844, and has been since 1850 professor of history. His principal works are : Recherches sur Vhistoire et la litterature d' Espagne pendant le may en-age (2 vols., Ley- den; 2d ed., 1860), in which he exposed the falsifications of the monkish chroniclers; Al- Makkari (with Dugas, Krehl, and Wright, 2 vols., 1855-'61) ; Histoire des Musulmans d 1 Espagne jusqu'a la conquete de V Andalousie par les Almoravides (4 vols., 1861) ; Het Is- lamismus (Haarlem, 1863) ; and Scriptorum Aralum Loci de Abladitis (3 vols., Leyden, 1846-'63). DRACHENFELS (Dragon's Rock), the most celebrated of the Siebengebirge range or " seven hills " (though their number is really greater), on the right bank of the Rhine, near Bonn. The ascent of the steep mountain, which is about 1,050 ft. high, amply rewards i the traveller by the beauty of the scenery of the river and valley and of the adjoining panora- ma of ruin-clad mountains. On the summit of the Drachenfels are the ruins of a castle of the 12th century, and two monuments of the ser- vices of the Siebengebirge militia in the struggle of 181 3-' 15. Here also is a quarry which has furnished stone for the cathedral of Cologne, and hence called Dombruch (cathedral quarry). Euins on the Drachenfels. The beauty of this mountain has been a fruitful theme with poets of every land. Its name is explained by a tradition of a dragon which in- habited a cavern in its sides, and was slain by Siegfried, the hero of the Mbemngen lay. DRACHMA, a measure both of weight and value among the ancient Greeks. In either case it was composed of 6 oboli, and was the T fo- part of the mina, and the -^uVo' P ar ^ f ^ e Attic tal- Athenian Drachma (exact size). ent. The drachma was the principal silver coin of the Greeks, and its value was from 15-20 to 17'05 cents. The drachma or drachm men- tioned by Jewish writers was the Greek coin, which became current among the Jews in the latest period of their national existence. DRACO, the author of the Bea/uoi, the first written code of laws at Athens, which he is supposed to have published in the 39th Olym- piad (beginning 624 B. 0.). Almost nothing is known of his life, but he appears to have been of distinguished birth and virtue, honor- ed for his severe manners and his large ex- perience in public affairs. The exact incident*