GORE, Mrs Catherine Grace (1799-1861), an exceedingly prolific English novelist, was born in 1799 at East Retford, Nottinghamshire, and was the daughter of Mr Moody, a wine-merchant. In 1823 she was married to Captain Charles Gore; and, in the same year, she published her first work, Theresa Marchmont, or the Maid of Honour. Then followed, in rapid succession, the Lettre de Cachet and The Reign of Terror (1827), Hungarian Tales, Manners of the Day (1830), Mothers and Daughters (1831), and The Pair of May Pair (1832). At this point the critics began to say that Mrs Gore had written enough; and she accordingly went to France to extend her range of observation, and did not publish till 1836, when her next novel, entitled Mrs Armytage, appeared. Every succeeding year saw several volumes from her pen; and in 1839 The Cabinet Minister, Preferment, and The Courtier of the Days of Charles II. were issued from the press. But in 1841 Mrs Gore fairly eclipsed her other novels by the publication of Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb, which produced a great sensation. This year also appeared Greville, or a Season in Paris. Then followed, in 1842, Ormiηgton, or Cecil a Peer, Pαsciηαtioη, and The Ambassador’s Wife ; and in 1843 Mrs Gore produced another masterpiece, entitled The Banker’s Wife. She continued to write, with unfailing fertility of invention, till her death in January 1861. Mrs Gore also published some dramas and translations from the French; but it is as a fashionable novelist that she is remembered. Her life was one of extraordinary literary industry, as may be inferred from the fact that she is the author of more than seventy distinct works. Among her best novels are Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb, Greville, and The Banker's Wife. Cecil gives ...

GOREE (in French Goree, and in the native tongue Bir or Berr, that is, a belly, in allusion to its shape), a small island off the west coast of Africa, belonging to the French colony of the Senegal. It lies immediately to the south of Cape Verd, and, according to the Annuaire du Senegal for 1878, in 14° 39' 55" N. lat. and 12° 16' 40" W. long. The distance from the mainland in one direction is about 8 miles, and in another from 3 to 4. Though little more than a barren rock, Goree is of importance as a commercial and military post, and all the more as it has the advantage of a milder climate than the neighbouring mainland. The greater part of its area is occupied by the town, which was constituted a commune in 1872, and placed under the government of a municipal council of 14 members. The streets are narrow, and the houses, built for the most part of dark red stone, are flat-roofed. Among the principal buildings are the castle of St Michael, which occupies the rocky eminence in the south of the island, the governor’s residence, the hospital, and the barracks. The summit of the rock within the citadel is levelled to an esplanade, and in the centre is a deep Artesian well, the only source in the otherwise arid island, which is dependent on its rain-water tanks for its ordinary supplies. Goree is a free port, and forms a convenient centre for the distribution of European goods. It is regularly visited by the vessels of the British and African Steam Navigation Company. The harbour is formed in a small sandy bay on the north-east side of the island. Telegraphic communication with St Louis dates from 1862. A chamber of commerce was established in 1870, and a sanitary commission in 1874. The town was reported in 1878 to have a population of 3243, and the arrondissement of ...