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treasures in cuneiform inscriptions (see AssYRIA, III., j 7, for his explorations). He published The Phonetic Values of the Cuneiform Characters (London, 1871); The Chaldean Account of the Deluge . . . Reprinted from the Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archeology (1873); Assyrian Discoveries; an Account of Explorations and Discoveries on the Site of Nineveh, during 187'3 and 1874 . . . with Illustrations (1875); The Assyrian Eponym Canon, Containing Translations of the Documents, and an Account of the Evidence, on the Comparative Chronology of the Assyrian and Jewish Kingdoms, from the Death of Solomon to Nebuchadnezzar (1875); Ancient History from the Monuments, 1., Assyria, 11., Babylonia (2 vols., 1875-77); The Chaldean Account of Genesis, Containing the Description of the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Deluge, the Tower of Babel, the Times of the Patriarchs, and Nimrod; Babylonian Fables, and Legends of the Gods; from the Cuneiform Inscriptions. With Illustrations (1876); History of Sennacherib (1878). See ASSYRIA, III., § 7.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: A. H. Sayee, in Nature, Sept. 14, 1878; TSBA, vols. i.-v.; R. W. Rogers, Hint. of Babylonia and Assyria, vol. i., New York, 1900; H. V. Hilprecht, Explorations in Bible Lands, Philadelphia, 1903; DNB, liii. 39-41.

SMITH, GEORGE ADAM: United Free Church of Scotland; b. at Calcutta, India, Oct. 19, 1856. He was educated at Edinburgh University (18731875; M.A., 1875) and New College, Edinburgh (1875-78), and the universities of Tubingen (1876) and Leipsic (1877). He then traveled in Egypt and Syria, and in 1880 became assistant minister at the West Free Church, Brechin, also being tutor in Hebrew in the Free Church College at Aberdeen in 1880-82. From 1882 to 1892 he was minister of Queen's Cross Free Church, Aberdeen; became professor of Old-Testament language, literature, and theology in the United Free Church College, Glasgow, in 1892; and principal of Aberdeen University in 1909. He has traveled extensively in Palestine, and was Percy Turnbull Lecturer on Hebrew poetry at Johns Hopkins in 1896, Lyman Beecher Lecturer at Yale in 1899, and Jowett Lecturer in London in 1900. He has written Book of Isaiah (2 vols., London, 1888-90); The Preaching of the Old Testament to the Age (1893); Historical Geography of the Holy Land (1894); Book of the Twelve Prophets, commonly Called the Minor (2 vols., 1896-97); Life of Henry Drummond (1898); Modern Criticism and the Preaching of the Old Testament (Lyman Beecher lectures; 1901); Forgiveness of Sins, and Other Sermons (1904); and Jerusalem: The Topography, Economics, and Historyfrom the Earliest Times to A.D. 70 (2 vols.,1908).

SMITH, GEORGE VANCE: English Unitarian; b. at Portarlington (40 m. w.s.w. of Dublin), Ireland, June 13, 1816; d. at Bowdon (25 m. e. of Liverpool), England, Feb. 28, 1902. He was educated in Manchester New College, York, 1836-41, and London University (B.A., 1841); was minister at Bradford, Yorkshire, 1841-43, and Macclesfield, 1843-46; theological tutor in Manchester New College, Manchester and London, 1846-57; minister at York, 18581875; at the Upper Chapel, Sheffield, 1875-76; and from 1876 was principal of Carmarthen Presbyterian College, Wales. He was one of the New Tester

ment revisers from the formation of the committee in 1870. A " liberal Christian," unfettered by subscription to theological creeds, he was the author of The Prophecies Relating to Nineveh and the Assyrians, Translated from the Hebrew, with Historical Introductions and Notes, Exhibiting the Principal Results of the Recent Discoveries (London, 1857); Eternal Punishment, a Tract for the Times: with Remarks on Dr. Pussy's Defence of the Doctrine (1865); The Bible and Popular Theology: A Re-statement of Truths and Principles, with special Reference to recent Works of Dr. Liddon, Lord Hatherley, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Others (1871); The Spirit and the Word of Christ, and Their Permanent Lessons (1874); The Prophets and Their Interpreters (1878); Texts and Margins of the Revised New Testament Afecting Theological Doctrine briefly Reviewed (1881); The Bible and its Theology as popularly Taught (1892); and one of the authors of The Holy Scriptures of the Old Covenant, in a New Translation (1859).

SMITH, HASKETT: Church of England; b. in London July 16, 1847; d. at Chorley Wood (20 m. s.e. of Hertford), Hertfordshire, Jan. 12, 1906. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge (B.A., 1870); was ordered deacon in 1870 and ordained priest in the following year; was curate of Canwick in 1870-72; and of St. Mary Magdalene, Lincoln, 1872-75; second master of Lincoln Grammar School, 1870-75; and rector of Brauncewellcum-Anwick, Lincolnshire, 1875-99, although he resided for several years on Mount Carmel and traveled extensively, spending also two years in the United States, when he was in charge of All Saints', Pasadena, Cal., 1898-1900. In 1900 he took charge of Ballarat Cathedral, Australia. In theology he was a Broad-churchman. He wrote The Divine Epiphany, in Ten Progressive Scenes (London, 1878); The Lord's Prayer: A Series of short meditative Addresses (1885); For God and Humanity: A Romance of Mount Carmel (3 vols., Edinburgh, 1891); Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine (London, 1892); Guide to the Mediterranean (1900); and Patrollers of Palestine (1906).

SMITH, HENRY: Puritan; b. at Withoote (12 m. e. of Leicester) c. 1550; d. at Husbands Bosworth (13 m. s.s.e. of Leicester), buried there July 4, 1591. His father was wealthy and his connections were aristocratic. His education was received at Oxford (B.A., 1578-79), and he became a Puritan while an undergraduate. He had conscientious scruples against taking a pastoral charge and so ministered in other ways, first in Husbands Bosworth, and from 1587 to 1590 in London where he was " lecturer " at St. Clement Danes. Ill-health compelled his resignation and he returned to the country to die. He made a great reputation for himself as a preacher, winning the sobriquet of "silver-tongued." His sermons were taken down in shorthand and printed at first without his knowledge, but before his death he made a collection of them and gave them his revision. They passed through at least seventeen editions, but the modern reader finds them less interesting than he expects. They are, however, good reading. Perhaps enough are given