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MUNCH. 107 MXTNDELLA. history at Christiania in 1841, and in 1861 was appointed liistorioyiaplier and archivist of Nor- way. He maintained that three distinct dialects prevailed in the Iciugdonis of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, and that the so-called Icelandic literature was really the production of ancient Norway, lie lield that the modern Icelanders keep one dialect, and the inhabitants of the l<"aroe Islands another, of the ancient Norwegian. Ue rejected the term 'Icelandic' for which he sub- stituted 'Old Norse.' lie published an Old Xorsc Grammar, an Old yorse Reading Hook, and a Uislurij of the XurifCfiian People (S vols., 18'yl- 63). and edited a number of Icelandic works, in- cluding the elder EJda (1847), and the Roi/al Mirror (1848). Ilis collectod essays, edited by Gustav Storm, were published in four volumes (Christiania, IS73-7H). MUNCH-BELLINGHAUSEN. munK bel'- ling-hou'zcn, Kligii s Franz Josef, Baron (1800-71). An Austrian dramatist, known un- der the pseudonym Friedrich llalm. He was born at Cracow, studied jurisprudence, and held a number of C4oveniment offices in Anstria. His first play, GriselJis. produced in 18.34 (llth ed. 1800), was well received. It was followed by Der Adept (18.'30); Camoeits (1837); Imelda Lamhertazzi (18381 ; and Der Sohii der Wildniss (1843; yth ed. 1894), a conspicuous success on all the stages of Germany, and known on the American stage under the name of Ingomar, the Barbarian. In 1854 appeared Der Feehter von Ravenna, his greatest work, which was greeted •with universal applause. Of all his subsequent efforts the romantic comedy Wildfeuer (1804; 7th ed. 1896) alone brought hira a renewal of his earlier triumphs. His collected works were pnblislicd in eiglit volnmes in 1857-04. MUNCHEN-GLADBACH, nnin'Ken-glat'- biiG. A town in Prussia. See Gladbacii. MTJNCHHAUSEIT, munivliou-zcn. Hieroxy- 3irs Kahl Friedkich, Baron (1720-97). An adventurous German noble, born on his father's estate. Bodcnwerdcr, in Hanover, where he died. He sencd in the Russian ciivalry against the Turks (1737-39), and told marvelous tales of his adventures. These were first gathered in Eng- lish by Rudolph Erich Raspe (q.v. ), a German exile (0.ford, 1785). as Baroti- Miinchhaiisen's 'Narratii-e of His Marvelous Trarels and Cam- paigns ill Russia. G. A. Biirger rendered this into German (1780), and in that language it gained universal popularity as a monument of methodical lying uni)aralleled in literature. Con- sult: Carl iliiller-Franreuth. Die deutsehen Lii- gendielitungen his aiif Miinehhausen (I88I). which shows that some of Raspe's tales are bor- rowed from Bebel's Faectlrr (1508), and others from Lange's Delieia- fl705). Consult also Oriesbach's introduction to a reprint of Biirgcr's translation (Stuttgart. IS90). MUNCIE, mun'sl. A city and the county-seat of Delaware County. Ind.. 55 miles northeast of Indianapolis; on the White Uiver, and on the Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago and Saint Louis. the Lake Erie and Western, the Cincinnati. Ricli- mond and iluncic. the Chicano, Indiana and Eastern, and the Cliicayo and Southeastern rail- roads, being the terminus of the last mentioned Toad, which maintains shops liere (Map: In- diana, D 2). Intercommunication among the Vol. XIV.— 8. various lines is furnished by a belt road that encircles the city. Muncie is the seat of Palmer I'niversity, and has a public library with 13.000 volumes, a line courthouse, and a city hospital. . public library buihling costing .$50,000 was nearing completion in 1903, and an ap])ropriation has been made by Congress for a Government building to cost $80,000. The city is situated in the natural gas belt of the Slate and is near de- posits of coal, advantages that have conlributeil to its development as an important industrial centre, noted particularly for its extensive iron and steel interests. There are also large glass works, pulp and paper mills, canneries, and manufactories of lawn mowers, silver and silver- plate goods, underwear and clothing, handles, caskets, wheels and carriage woodwork, gas en- gines and supplies, etc. The municijjalily owns an electric light plant for street liirhting. Popu- lation, in 1890, 11,345; in 1900, 20,942. MUN'DA. An ancient town of Hispania in the country of the Turdetani. in moderu Amlalu- sia. It is noted for the victory gained here by C;ESar o'er the sons of Pompey in B.C. 45. MUN'DAS, or Munda-Kols. The inhabitants of Cliota Nagpur. and one of the principal tribes of the Kolarian stock in Northeastern Hindustan. They are also known as Horo-hu. The JIundas are short of stature and very dolichocephalic. Monogamy is the rule., and the position of the wife is higher than with many Oriental peoples. Some writers use Munda as a general term for Kolarian (q.v.). MUN'D AY, Anthony (1553-1033). An Eng- lish poet, playwright, and compiler, born in Lon- don. In Rome he obtained material for The Mir- rour of Mutahilitie (1579). a moralistic effort in verse, and after some experience on the English stage he wrote tracts against the .Jesuits and other Roman Catholics, particularly Edmiuid Campion. The best of his eighteen plays is The Uonnfatl of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon, Afterwards Called Robin Hood of Merrie Sher- icodde (1598-99). Munday also translated French romances, wrote 'jjageants,' such as The Triumphs of the Golden Fleece (1623), and verse, such as A Banquet of Dainiie Coneeyts (1588). MUNDE, nu-in'da, Paul Fortunatus (1S40- 1902). An American gynecologist, born in Dres- den. He came to the United States with his father after the revolution of 1848-49. and in 1800 graduated at the Harvard Medical School. In the same year he volunteered as surgeon in the Austro-Prnssian War. and he served in a like capacity with the grade of first lieuten.ant in the French campaign of 1870-71. He settled in New York City in 1873 as an obstetric specialist; in 1880 became professor at Dartmouth Medical College, and in the New York Polyclinic in 1882. He edited the Amcriean Journal of Obstetrics (1874-92), and wrot<>: Obstetric Palpation (1880); Minor f^nrgical Gt/necology (1880); Appentli.r to the Midn'iferi/ of Cazean.T and Tam- ier (1884); Pregnnneg and the Puerperal Slate ( 1S87 ) ; and Disea.'iies of Women (1891 ) . MXJNDEL'LA, Antiioxv .Toiin (1825-97). An English statesman and philanthropist, born at Leicester, of Italian-Welsli descent. At eleven he began to learn his trade with a hosiery manu- facturer; at twenty-three he was a partner with