CONINGSBY, a novel by B. Disraeli. The characters are meant for portraits; thus: "Croker" represents Rigby; "Menmouth," Lord Hertford; "Eskdale," Lowther; "Ormsby," Irving; "Lucretia," Mde. Zichy; "Countess Colonna," Lady Strachan; "Sidonia," Baron A. de Rothschild; "Henry Sidney," Lord John Manners; "Belvoir," Duke of Rutland, second son of Beaumanoir. The hero is of noble birth, he loves Edith Millbank, the daughter of a wealthy manufacturer, is returned for Parliament and marries Edith. CONQUEROR (_The_). Alexander the Great, _The Conqueror of the World_ (B.C. 356, 336-323), Alfonso of Portugal (1094, 1137-1185). Aurungzebe the Great, called _Alemgir_ (1618, 1659-4707), James of Aragon (1206, 1213-1276). Othman or Osman I., founder of the Turkish Empire (1259, 1299-1326). Francisco Pizarro, called _Conquistador_, because he conquered Peru (1475-1541). William, duke of Normandy, who obtained England by conquest (1027,1066-1137). CON'RAD (_Lord_), the corsair, afterwards called Lara. A proud, ascetic but successful pirate. Hearing that the Sultan, Seyd [Seed], was about to attack the pirates, he entered the palace in the disguise of a dervise, but being found out was seized and imprisoned. He was released by Gulnare (_2 syl_.), the sultan's favorite concubine, and fled with her to the Pirates' Isle, but finding Medo'ra dead, he left the island with Gulnare, returned to his native land, headed a rebellion, and was shot.--Lord Byron, _The Corsair_, continued in _Lara_ (1814). CONRAD DRYFOOS, the son of a rich man, the backer and virtual proprietor of _Every Other Week_, in W. D. Howells's novel, _A Hazard of New Fortunes_. "He's got a good head and he wanted to study for the ministry when they were all living together out on the farm ... You know they used to think that any sort of stuff was good enough to make a preacher out of; but they wanted the good timber for business, and so the old man wouldn't let him." Foiled in this purpose, Conrad becomes a reformer and receives a mortal wound in the attempt to protect an old Socialist against the police, who are trying to quell a mob of strikers (1890). CON'RADE (_2 syl._), a follower of Don John (bastard brother of Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon).--Shakespeare, _Much Ado About Nothing_ (1600). _Conrade_ (_2 syl._), Marquis of Montserrat, who, with the grand-master of the Templars, conspired against Richard Coeur de Lion. He was unhorsed in combat, and murdered in his tent by the Templar.--Sir W. Scott, _The Talisman_ (time, Richard I.). CONSTANCE, mother of Prince Arthur, and widow of Geoffrey Plantagenet.--Shakespeare, _King John_ (1598). Mrs. Bartley's "Lady Macbeth," "Constance," and "Queen Katherine" [_Henry VIII._], were powerful embodiments, and I question if they have ever since been so finely portrayed (1785-1850).--J. Adolphus, _Recollections_.