[Storm-and-Stress Period], name given in the history of German literature to a period at the close of the 18th century, when the nation began to assert its freedom from artificial literary restraint, a period to which Goethe's "Goetz von Berlichingen" and Schiller's "Robbers" belong, and the spirit of which characterises it; the representatives of the period were called Kraftmänner (Power-men), who "with extreme animation railed against Fate in general, because it enthralled free virtue, and with clenched hands or sounding shields hurled defiance towards the vault of heaven."
[Storms, Cape of], name originally given in 1486 to the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias.
[Stornoway], a fishing-port, the capital of Lewis, and the chief town in the Outer Hebrides, with Stornoway Castle adjoining.
[Storthing] (i. e. great court), the national Parliament of Norway, composed of two chambers, the Lagthing or Upper Chamber, and the Odelsthing or Lower.
[Story, Joseph], American jurist and judge, born in Massachusetts (1779-1845).
[Story, William Wetmore], poet and sculptor, son of preceding; b. 1819.
[Stothard, Thomas], artistic designer and book illustrator, as well as painter, born in London, son of an innkeeper; illustrated, among other works, "Pilgrim's Progress," and along with Turner, Rogers' "Italy" (1755-1834).
[Stourbridge], manufacturing town in Worcestershire; its staple manufactures are glass and pottery.
[Stow, John], English antiquary, born in London; bred a tailor; took to antiquarian pursuits, which he prosecuted with the zeal of a devotee that spared no sacrifice; wrote several works on antiquities, the chief and most valuable being his "Survey of London and Westminster"; he ended his days in poverty (1525-1605).
[Stowell, William Scott], eminent English judge, born at Heworth, brother of Lord Eldon; famed for his judicial decisions (1745-1836).