The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . -pointed second lieutenant of engineers; becamefirst lieutenant in 1867; captain in 1875; assistantengineer in the survey of the northern and north-western lakes in 1866-67; assistant professor atWest Point in 1867-72; assistant to General New-ton in the removal of the obstructions at Hell Gatein 1876-81 ; andprofessorof civil and military engi-neering at West Point in 1884. He wrote Elementsof the Art of War (1888); Military Mines, Blasting,and Demolitions (1892); he revised and enlargedPermanent Fortifica
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . -pointed second lieutenant of engineers; becamefirst lieutenant in 1867; captain in 1875; assistantengineer in the survey of the northern and north-western lakes in 1866-67; assistant professor atWest Point in 1867-72; assistant to General New-ton in the removal of the obstructions at Hell Gatein 1876-81 ; andprofessorof civil and military engi-neering at West Point in 1884. He wrote Elementsof the Art of War (1888); Military Mines, Blasting,and Demolitions (1892); he revised and enlargedPermanent Fortifications, by Mahan (1887). Diedat West Point, N. Y., April 22, 1896. MERCURY, a planet. See Astronomy, Vol. II,PP- 777-779; and in these Supplements. MERCY, Sisters of, a sisterhood of the RomanCatholic Church, founded by Katherine EllizabethMcAuley, at Dublin, Ireland, in 1827. The organ-ization grew out of an institution founded by MissMcAuley, with two other young ladies, for the reliefof destitute women and orphans. It, however,gradually assumed a religious character, and the title. GEORGE MEREDITH. of Sisters of Mercy was chosen. For a number ofyears the Order of Mercy had no written rule, butin 1841 a rule similar to that of the Sisters of Pres-entation was adopted and received the approval Gregory XVI. Miss McAuley, who was ap-pointed the first mother superior of the order, saw43 convents of her congregation established beforeher death, a number which has now increased to morethan 200, situated in Ireland, England, Scotland,Australia and the United States, being introducedinto the last named-country by Bishop OConnor ofPittsburg, in 1843. The sisters of the order, dividedinto two classes, choir and lay-religious, bind them-selves by their vows to serve the sick, the poor andthe ignorant. On matters of government eachseparate community is under the jurisdiction of thebishop of the diocese in which it is situated. MEREDITH, George, an English philosophic,novelist and
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