=Soldiers’ Friend= (_The_), Frederick, duke of York, second son of George III., and commander of the British forces in the Low Countries during the French Revolution (1763-1827). =Solarion=, a dog, selected from the finest and purest breeds, and endowed with intellect and soul by means of electricity. He is his master’s favorite companion and fellow-student until master and dog love the same woman. They quarrel, the man strikes the dog, and the dog, leaping upon his former friend, tears him horribly. The master shoots him dead, and bears for the rest of his life in frightful disfigurement of visage tokens of his folly and madness.--Edgar Fawcett, _Solarion_ (1890). =Solemn Doctor= (_The_). Henry Goethals was by the Sorbonne given the honorary title of _Doctor Solemnis_ (1227-1293). =Solemn League and Covenant=, a league to support the Church of Scotland, and exterminate popery and prelacy. Charles II. signed it in 1651, but declared it null and void at his restoration. =Soles=, a shoemaker, and a witness at the examination of Dirk Hatteraick.--Sir W. Scott, _Guy Mannering_ (time, George II.). =Solid Doctor= (_The_), Richard Middleton (*-1304). =Soliman the Magnificent=, Charles Jennens, who composed the libretto for Handel’s _Messiah_ (*-1773). =Soli´nus=, duke of Ephesus, who was obliged to pass the sentence of the law on Æge´on, a merchant, because, being a Syracusan, he had dared to set foot in Ephesus. When, however, he discovered that the man who had saved his life, and whom he best loved, was the son of Ægeon, the prisoner was released, and settled in Ephesus.--Shakespeare, _Comedy of Errors_ (1593). =Solomon=, an epic poem in three books, by Prior (1718). Bk. i. Solomon seeks happiness from wisdom, but comes to the conclusion that “All is vanity;” this book is entitled _Knowledge_. Bk. ii. Solomon seeks happiness in wealth, grandeur, luxury, and ungodliness, but comes to the conclusion that “All is vanity and vexation of spirit;” this book is entitled _Pleasure_. Bk. iii., entitled _Power_, consists of the reflections of Solomon upon human life, the power of God, life, death, and a future state. An angel reveals to him the future lot of the Jewish race, and Solomon concludes with this petition: Restore, Great Father, Thy instructed son, And in my act may Thy great will be done! _Solomon_ is called king of the ginn and fairies. This is probably a mere blunder. The monarch of these spirits was called “suleyman,” and this title of rank has been mistaken for a proper name.