The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . lack Sea (1862), fol-lowed by The Fate ofa translation of VirgilsGeorgics (1871). His first novels were ClaraVaughan (1864), and CradockNou>ell{\6(,(>), but hisfirst distinct success was Zo/-«(7 Doonc (1869), whichreached a twenty-second edition in 1884, and hasremainsd the favorite of his works. Among hisother novels are The Maid of Sker (1872), per-haps his second best story; Alice Lorraine (1875);Cripps the Carrier (1876); Erema (1877); MaryAnerley {1880); Christo7aell, a Dartmoor Tale (1882);Tommy
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . lack Sea (1862), fol-lowed by The Fate ofa translation of VirgilsGeorgics (1871). His first novels were ClaraVaughan (1864), and CradockNou>ell{\6(,(>), but hisfirst distinct success was Zo/-«(7 Doonc (1869), whichreached a twenty-second edition in 1884, and hasremainsd the favorite of his works. Among hisother novels are The Maid of Sker (1872), per-haps his second best story; Alice Lorraine (1875);Cripps the Carrier (1876); Erema (1877); MaryAnerley {1880); Christo7aell, a Dartmoor Tale (1882);Tommy Upmore (1884), and Springhaven (1887);Perlycross (1894), and a volume of verse Fringilla(1895). Nlr. Blackinore found recreation in ama-teur market-gardening, and wrote on the ilied Jan. 21, 1900. BLACK , a group in YanceyCounty, North Carolina, a short distance west ofthe Blue Ridge, so called from the balsamic firswhich grow on the crests of the mountains. BlackDome, or Mitchells High Beak, is 6,770 feet high,the highest peak east of the Rockies, and is named. Franklin (i860), and after Dr. .Mitchell of North Carolina University,who died while exploring the region, and who isthere buried. BLACK OAK, a handsome large tree of theUnited States {Quercus tinctoria), or, according tosome botanists, a variety of Quercus coccinea. Ityields a thick bark much used for tanning, andfrom which the yellow dye known as quercitron isobtained. BLACK PRINCE, the popular title conferredupon Edward (1330-76), eldest son of EdwardIII. It is said, but not proven, that the namewas given from the color of the armor worn byhim. See Edward, Vol. VII, p. 686. BLACK-QUARTER. See Blackleg, in theseSupplements. BLACK RIVER or BIG BLACK RIVER, astream 350 miles long which rises in Iron County,southeastern Missouri, flows at first southeast-ward and then southwestward into the WhiteRiver at Jacksonport, in Arkansas, and, is navi-gable, .when the water is high, for about 100 miles,by sm
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