rick,
Bedreddin Ali was substituted for the groom, but at daybreak was
conveyed to Damascus. Here he turned pastry-cook, and was discovered by
his mother by his cheese-cakes. Being restored to his country and his
wife, he ended his life happily.--_Arabian Nights_ ("Noureddin Ali,"
etc.). (See CHEESE-CAKES.)

=Schemsel'nihar=, the favorite sultana of Haroun-al-Raschid, caliph of
Bagdad. She fell in love with Aboulhassan Ali ebn Becar, prince of
Persia. From the first moment of their meeting they began to pine for
each other, and fell sick. Though miles apart, they died at the same
hour, and were both buried in the same grave.--_Arabian Nights_
("Aboulhassen and Schemselnihar").

=Schlemihl= (_Peter_), the hero of a popular German legend. Peter sells
his shadow to an "old man in grey," who meets him while fretting under a
disappointment. The name is a household term for one who makes a
desperate and silly bargain.--Chamisso, _Peter Schlemihl_ (1813).

=Schmidt= (_Mr._), a German of kindly spirit and refined tastes, "in his
talk gently cynical." "To know him a little was to dislike him, but to
know him well was to love him." At the feet of a pretty Quaker dame, he
laid an homage, which he felt to be hopeless of result, while he was
schooled by sorrowful fortunes to accept the position as one which he
hardly ever wished to change.--Silas Weir Mitchell, _Hephzibah Guinness_
(1880).

=Scholastic= (_The_), Epipha'nius, an Italian scholar (sixth century).

=Scholastic Doctor= (_The_), Anselm, of Laon (1050-1117).

=Scholey= (_Lawrence_), servant at Burgh-Westra. His master is Magnus
Troil, the udaller of Zetland.--Sir W. Scott, _The Pirate_ (time,
William III.).

[Asterism] Udaller, one who holds land by allodial tenure.

=Schonfelt=, lieutenant of Sir Archibald von Hagenbach, a German
noble.--Sir W. Scott, _Anne of Geierstein_ (time, Edward IV.).

=School of Husbands=, (_L'['e]cole des Maris_, "wives trained by men"),
a comedy by Moli[`e]re (1661). Ariste and Sganarelle, two brothers,
bring up L['e]onor and Isabelle, two orphan sisters, according to their
systems for making them in time their model wives. Sganarelle's system
was to make the women dress plainly, live retired, attend to domestic
duties, and have few indulgences. Ariste's system was to give the woman
great liberty, and trust to her honor. Isabelle, brought up by
Sganarelle, deceived him and married another; but L['e]onor, brought up
by