terary restraint, a period
to which Goethe's "Goetz von Berlichingen" and Schiller's "Robbers"
belong, and the spirit of which characterises it; the representatives of
the period were called Kraftmaenner (Power-men), who "with extreme
animation railed against Fate in general, because it enthralled free
virtue, and with clenched hands or sounding shields hurled defiance
towards the vault of heaven."

STORMS, CAPE OF, name originally given in 1486 to the Cape of Good
Hope by the Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias.

STORNOWAY, a fishing-port, the capital of Lewis, and the chief town
in the Outer Hebrides, with Stornoway Castle adjoining.

STORTHING (i. e. great court), the national Parliament of Norway,
composed of two chambers, the Lagthing or Upper Chamber, and the
Odelsthing or Lower.

STORY, JOSEPH, American jurist and judge, born in Massachusetts
(1779-1845).

STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE, poet and sculptor, son of preceding; _b_.
1819.

STOTHARD, THOMAS, artistic designer and book illustrator, as well as
painter, born in London, son of an innkeeper; illustrated, among other
works, "Pilgrim's Progress," and along with Turner, Rogers' "Italy"
(1755-1834).

STOURBRIDGE, manufacturing town in Worcestershire; its staple
manufactures are glass and pottery.

STOW, JOHN, English antiquary, born in London; bred a tailor; took
to antiquarian pursuits, which he prosecuted with the zeal of a devotee
that spared no sacrifice; wrote several works on antiquities, the chief
and most valuable being his "Survey of London and Westminster"; he ended
his days in poverty (1525-1605).

STOWELL, WILLIAM SCOTT, eminent English judge, born at Heworth,
brother of Lord Eldon; famed for his judicial decisions (1745-1836).

STRABO, ancient geographer, born at Amasia, in Pontus; flourished in
the reign of Augustus, and the early part of that of Tiberius; was a
learned man, lived some years in Rome, and travelled much in various
countries; wrote a history of 43 books, all lost, and a work on
geography, in 17 books, which has come down to us entire all to the 7th;
the work is in general not descriptive; it comprehends principally
important political events in connection with the countries visited, with
a notice of their illustrious men, or whatever seemed to him
characteristic in them or was of interest to himself; born about 63 B.C.

STRADDHA, the funeral rites and funeral offerings for the dead among
the Hindus.