[1] Made a great sensation, and was regarded for some time as a true narrative. The English translation was characterized by a writer in the _Quarterly Review_ as a tale worthy of Defoe. =MELUSINE= (=JEAN D'ARRAS=). PROSE ROMANCE. _Ed._ A. K. Donald. E.E.T.S. Ex. Ser. lxviii. _See also_ =Parthenon=, p. 111. =MENANDER.= _b._ 341 B.C. =Greek dramatic poet.= FRAGMENTS. Translations of some of the Fragments of Menander by Jos. Warton will be found in the Adventurer, No. 105. Also in Fawkes's Poems, 1761, and Colman's version of Terence. =MENDOZA, DIAGO DE.= _See_ =Lazarillo de Tormes=. =MERIMÉE, PROSPER.= _b._ 1803, _d._ 1870. =French novelist and historian.= CARMEN, (1845). _Tr._ 1845. COLOMBA: a Corsican story ... (1840). _Tr._ by A. R. Scoble, 1853. DEMETRIUS THE IMPOSTOR: an Episode in Russian History. _Tr._ by A. R. Scoble, 1853. =MERLIN=; or, =The Early History of King Arthur=. _C._ 1450-60. Ed. H. B. Wheatley. E.E.T.S. 1860-69. 'An early chapter in the mythical history of Arthurian Britain. _Tr._ from a French romance (13th century) that was based on a poem by Robert de Borron. Covers in more prolix fashion the first five books of Malory'. =METASTASIO, PIETRO TRAPASSI.= _b._ 1698, _d._ 1782. =Italian poet.= ADRIANO IN SIRIA; drama, etc. [Altered from M.; Italian and English]. 1735. ARTAXERXES; an opera. [Altered from M.]. _Tr._ 1734. DEATH OF ABEL. An Oratorio ... _Tr._ 1768. THE DESERT ISLAND; a dramatic poem. _Tr._ by A. Murphy, 1760. DIDONE. _Tr._ 1754. DRAMAS, AND OTHER POEMS. _Tr._ by John Hoole, 1800. ENDIMIONE; Serenata. _Tr._ 1758. THE PATRIOT; a tragedy. _Tr._ by Chas. Hamilton, 1784. WORKS. _Tr._ by J. Hoole, 1767. =MICHELET, JULES.= _b._ 1798, _d._ 1874. =French historian.= ROMAN HISTORY: THE REPUBLIC (1831). _Tr._ 1847. HISTORY OF FRANCE (1833). 4 v. _Tr._ D. K. Kelly, 1844-46. HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 7 v. (1847-53.) _Tr._ by C. Cocks. 1847. THE MARTYRS OF RUSSIA. _Tr._ 1851. FRANCE BEFORE EUROPE. _Tr._ 1871. LIFE OF LUTHER. _Tr._ W. Hazlitt, 1846. PRIESTS, WOMEN AND FAMILIES. _Tr._ C. Cocks, 1845. =MICKIEWICZ, ADAM.= _b._ 1798, _d._ 1855. =Polish poet.= CONRAD WALLENROD: an historical poem. _Tr._ by J. Jablonski, 1841. MASTER THADDEUS (PAN TADEUSZ); or, THE LAST FORAY IN LUTHANIA ... an historical epic poem. _Tr._ by N. A. Biggs, with a preface by W. R. Morfill, 1885. =MIRACLE PLAYS.= _See under_ Name of plays as Coventry, Digby, etc. =MOHAMMED.= _b._ 570, _d._ 632. THE KORAN OF MOHAMMED. Translated. With explanatory notes and a preliminary discourse by George Sale, 1734. THE ALCORAN OF MOHOMET, translated out of Aribique into French by Lieut. Du Ryer ... and newly Englished, for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish vanities. (A needful Caveat, or Admonition for them who desire to know what use may be made of, or if there be danger in reading the Alcoran, by A. Ross, 1642.)