Sayce, Races of the Old Testament (London, 1891).
AMOROSO, ;i'm6io'so (It. amorous). In
niiisip, affectionately, tenderly.
AM'OROUS BIG'OT, The. A play by Thomas Sliadwoll, presented in 1690.
AMOR'PHA. See Indigo.
A'MORY, Blanche. A character in Thackeray's I'endennis (q.v.), really named Betsy; an insincere and selfish girl, whose emotions are all shuras.
AMORY, Robert (1842—). An American
physician. He was born in Boston, and studied
medicine at Harvard and later in Paris and in
Dublin. In 1809 he was made lecturer at Har-
vard College on the plysiologieal action of drugs.
He was also for some time professor of physi-
ology at the Bowdoin Medical School. Besides
a translation from the German of Russ's Lec-
tures nn I'hysiolofjy (Boston, 187.5), Dr. Amory
published a number of interesting papers on
the physiological action of various chemical sub-
stances. He also wrote a volume on poisons,
forming part of Wharton and Stille's Medieal
jurisprudence.
AMORY, Thomas (1001 ?-17S8) . An Irish
author, called the "English Rabelais," and sup-
posed by certain authorities to have been slight-
ly insane. He was the son of Counselor Amory,
who was appointed by William III. secretary
for the foreign estates in Ireland. His birth-
place is not known, but in 1757 he was living
in seclusion in Westminster. It is supposed
that he sketched portions of his own career in
his Life of John. Buncle, 2 volumes (17.'iO-flG).
He wrote also Memoirs Confoiiiing the Lives of
Several Ladies of Great Britain (175.5). He
was married and had one son. Dr. Robert Amory.
A sketch of his life appeared in the Saturday
Review. May 12, 1877.
AMORY, Thomas Coffin (1812-89). An
American lawyer and author. He was born in
Boston, Mass., and after graduating at Harvard
(IS.SO), held various posts in connection with
the municipal government of Boston. In addi-
tion to oflficial reports and addresses, his publi-
cations include the Life of James Sullivan (Bos-
ton, 1859), MiUtari) Services and Public Life of
Major-General John Snllivan (Boston, 1808),
pamphlets on subjects connected with the Revo-
lutionary War. among which was a Life of Sir
L'iaae Coffin (1886), and numerous poems, of
w-hich the best known is William Blaxton, Sole
Inhattitant of Boston.
A'MOS. A Hebrew prophet of the eighth
century B.C., author of the biblical book which
bears his name. He was a herdsman of Tekoa,
in the neighborhood of Bethlehem (Amos i : 1),
and also a tender of sycamore trees (Amos vii:
14). He prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah
m Judah and .Jeroboam II. in Israel (about
760 B.C.), He foretells the doom, first of several
surrounding nations, then of Israel itself, on
account of the various sins, mainly disloyalty to
Yahweh. which had brought the "anger "of S'ah-
weh upon the kingdom. He closes with a pro-
mise of restoration for Israel. The style of
Amos is remarkable for its clearness and pictur-
esque vigor, and abounds with images taken
from rural and pastoral life. While Amos is
the first of the prophets who wrote as well as
spoke, the editing of his propliecies belongs to
a period long subsequent to the prophet's death.
Hence, modern critics have detected in the
prophecies numerous additions, insertions, and
changes, made by the various liands concerned
in giving the series of chapters its present form.
For recent discussions of the problems involved,
consult: G. A. Smith, "The Twelve Prophets." in
The Expositor's Bible, Volume I. (New York,
1890-97); and H. G. Mitchell, Amos (Boston,
1899).
AMOSKEAG, fim'os-keg'. See Manchester,
New Hampshire.
AMOY, a-moi' (the local pronunciation of
Hai-mim, or Gallery Gate). A third-class Chi-
nese city on an island of the same name, in N.
lat. 24°'28', E. long. 118° 4', at the mouth of the
Pei-chi or IDragon River, in the province of Fu-
kien (Map: China, E 5). The island of Hai-
mun is 40 miles in circumference. Being the
chief city and port opposite Formosa, Amoy
enjoys a large trade with that island. Amoy
was early known as a pl.ace of Asiatic foreign
commerce, and is the ancient centre of the tea
trade. The Portuguese came here in 1044; but
were expelled for their cruelty and their vessels
burned. The English traded here until 1730,
when they were ordered to remove to Canton.
Nearly all the tea brought to Boston -Harbor
by the British ships in 1773 was from Amoy,
where the pronunciation of eha is "tea;" but the
trade in this herb is now nearly annihilated
by the competition of Formosa Oolong and the
heavy likin tax. The British treaty of 1842
made Amoy one of the five ports opened to for-
eign commerce, and the treaty of Tien-tsin in
1858 confirmed and extended the privilege.
Amoy has long been the centre of flourishing
Christian missions in Fu-kien. In 1882 a Brit-
ish engineer discovered coal and iron within
40 miles of Amoy, in an area of 50 square
miles, and within 20 miles of water traflie.
The harbor is large, safe, and picturesque,
formed partly by Ku-lang-su Island, on which
the houses of the foreigners, numbering nearly
three hundred, are built, and by Kwe-moi (Gold-
en Harbor). The Japanese scttlcujcnt, laid
out in 1899, has several hundred inhabitants.
There are three granite docks built by foreigners,
an English church and club, and a daily news-
paper. One hundred thousand emigrants pass
through Amoy every year to Singapore. Pop.,
1897, 96,370.
AM'PELIDA'CEÆ. See Vitaceæ.
AMPE'LIUS, Lucius. A Roman writer, who lived between the second and fourth centuries A.D. He was the author of a note-book, Liher Uemorialis, which contained a condensed and meagre summary of various astronomical,
geographical, and historical writings. The Liber is too inaccurate for use as a work of reference, but it is valuable as the only ancient work which mentions the celebrated sculptures of Pergamus, discovered in 1878, and now at Berlin. It is usually appended to editions of
Florus, and has been edited with notes by Beck (Leipzig, 1820). The best text is that of Wolfflin (Leipzig. 1854).
AM'PELOP'SIS (Gk. unirtln^, ampelos, vine. oTpi^, opsis, appearance). A genus of vine-like, woody plants, including Virginia creeper, or American woodbine, much used for ornamental decoration of buildings. In autumn
