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Sir Thomas Gray
Gray, Sir Thomas (d. C. 1369), English Chronicler, Was Present At The Battle Of Neville's Cross In 1346; In Whilst Acting As Warden Of Norham Castle, He Was Made A Prisoner, And During His Captivity In Edinburgh Castle He Studied The English Chroniclers, Gildas, Bede. Ranulf. Hiaden And Others. Released ...

Sir Thomas Gresham
Gresham, Sir Thomas 0519-1579), London Mer Chant, The Founder Of The Royal Exchange, Was Descended From An Old Norfolk Family, And Was The Son Of Sir Richard Gresham, A London Merchant Knighted By Henry Viii. He Went To Caius College, Cambridge, And Was Apprenticed For Eight Years To His Uncle, ...

Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason, K.c.m.g., M.d. (1865— ), British Medical Missionary, Was Born On Feb. 28, 1865 At Parkgate, Cheshire. He Was Educated At Marlborough And Oxford, Where He Took The Degree Of M.d., And Studied Medicine At The London Hospital Under Sir Frederick Treves. At His Suggestion Grenfell, In ...

Sir William Grantham
Grantham, Sir William English Judge, Was Born At Lewes, On Oct. 23, 183 5. After A Successful Career At The Bar And As A Conservative Member Of Parliament (1874-85), He Was Appointed In 1885 Judge Of The Queen's Bench Division Of The High • Court. He Never Concealed His Own ...

Sir William Robert Grove
Grove, Sir William Robert English Judge And Man Of Science, Was Born On July I 1, 181 I At Swansea, South Wales. He Went To Brasenose College, Oxford, And In Was Called To The Bar At Lincoln's Inn. Grove Occupied His Leisure With Scientific Studies. His Researches Dealt Very Largely ...

St Gregory
Gregory, St., Of Nazianzus (c. 389), Sur Named Theologus, One Of The Four Great Fathers Of The Eastern Church, Was Born At Or Near Nazianzus, Cappadocia, Where His Father, Also Named Gregory, Had Lately Become Bishop. After Studying At The Two Caesareas, Alexandria And Athens, He Was In Duced By ...

St Gregory_2
Gregory, St., Of Neocaesarea (c. 213—c. 270), Known As Thaumaturgus (the Miracle-worker), Was Born Of Noble Pagan Parents At Neocaesarea In Pontus. He Studied Law, But At Caesarea Met Origen, And Became His Convert (a.d. 233). He Was Consecrated Bishop Of His Native Town (c. 24o), And In Spite Of ...

St Gregory_3
Gregory, St., Of Nyssa (c. 331—c. 396), One Of The Four Great Fathers Of The Eastern Church, And Younger Brother Of Basil The Great, Was Born Probably At Neocaesarea. In 371 Or 372 He Was Ordained By Basil To The Bishopric Of Nyssa, A Small Town In Cappadocia, And There ...

St Gregory_4
Gregory, St., Of Tours , Historian Of The Franks, Was Born In The Chief City Of The Arverni (the Modern Clermont-ferrand) On Nov. 3o, 538. His Real Name Was Georgius Florentius, But He Was Called Gregory After His Maternal Great Grandfather, The Bishop Of Langres. Gregory Belonged To An Illustrious ...

Stephen Gosson
Gosson, Stephen English Satirist, Was Baptized At St. George's, Canterbury, On April 17, 15j4. He En Tered Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1572, And On Leaving The University In 1576 He Went To London. In 1598 Francis Meres In His Palladis Tamia Mentions Him With Sidney, Spenser, Abraham Fraunce And Others ...

Substitution Groups
Substitution Groups Among The First Closed Sets Of Operations To Be Studied Were Closed Sets Of Substitutions On Letters Or Symbols. To Such A Closed Set Galois Gave The Name Group. A Letter Substitution, Or, Briefly, A Substitution, Is The Operation Of Replacing A Set Of Sym Bols Or Letters ...

Survey
Survey. The United States Board On Geographical Names (est. 1890) Pro Vides For Uniformity In The Use Of Geographic Names On Maps And In Publications Issued By The Federal Government. The Bureau Of Reclamation (est. 1902) Constructs And Operates Irrigation Works ; Collects Annual Payments From Water Users For Cost ...

Sydney Grundy
Grundy, Sydney (1848-1914), English Dramatist, Was Born At Manchester On March 23, 1848, Son Of Alderman Grundy. He Was Educated At Owens College, Manchester, And Was Called To The Bar In 5869, Practising In Manchester Until 1876. He Became Well Known As An Adapter Of Plays, His Early Successes Being ...

Tecture
Tecture.) Rome.—the Development Of Governmental Life Under The Roman Empire Is Reflected In Its Mature Types Of Governmental Architecture. The Group Of Gov Ernment Buildings Surrounding The Roman Forum Formed, In Fact, The Earliest Prototype Of The Modern National Capitol; Its Buildings Nevertheless, Are Merely High Developments Of Those Of ...

The Function Of The
The Function Of The State The Fundamental Difference Of Opinion In This Matter Lies Be Tween Those Who, On The One Hand, Preserve The Greek Conception Of The State As An All-inclusive Association In Which Every Member Should Find Opportunity Of Complete Self-expression And Those, On The Other Hand, Who ...

The General Principles Of
The General Principles Of Greek Art The Study Of Greek Art Is One Which Is Eminently Progressive. It Has Over The Study Of Greek Literature The Immense Advantage That Its Materials Increase Far More Rapidly. And It May Well Be Maintained That A Sound And Methodic Study Of Greek Art ...

The Graces
Graces, The, Greek Goddesses Of Fertility. The Name (cf. Venus) Refers To The "pleasing" Or "charming" Appearance Of A Fertile Field Or Garden. (gr. Xaplres, Lat. Gratiae.) The Num Ber Varies; Sometimes Only One Charis Is Mentioned, But Usually They Are Three, Aglaia (brightness), Euphrosyne (joyfulness), Thalia (bloom)—daughters Of Zeus ...

The Grain Market
The Grain Market Recent Developments In Grain Trading Have Tended To Reduce The Volume Of Business Transacted On The Large Exchanges Of London And Liverpool. At Liverpool, "futures" Trade In Wheat Is Still Active, But Efforts To Develop A Similar Market In London Have Met With Only A Modified Degree ...

The Grampians
Grampians, The, A Mass Of Mountains In Central Scot Land, Occupying The Area Between A Line Drawn From Dumbarton Shire To The North Sea At Stonehaven, And The Valley Of The Spey Or Even Glenmore (the Caledonian Canal) . Their Trend Is From South-west To North-east, The Southern Face Forming ...

The Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon, The, An Immense Gorge Cut By The Colorado River Into The High Plateau In The Northern Part Of Arizona, U.s.a. It Is A Broad, Intricately Sculptured Chasm That Contains Between Its Outer Walls A Multitude Of Imposing Peaks And Buttes, Of Canyons Within A Canyon And Of Complex ...

The Grange
Grange, The, Known Officially As The Patrons Of Hus Bandry, Is A National Secret Organization Of Farmers Founded In Washington, D.c., In 1867 By Oliver Hudson Kelley And Six Associates. Growing Slowly At First, The Organization Advanced Rapidly In The Early '7os. This Was A Period Of Agrarian Discontent, And ...

The Great Age
The Great Age The Effects Of The Repulse Of Persia Were Momentous In Their Influence Upon Greece. The Effects Upon Elizabethan England Of The Defeat Of The Spanish Armada Would Afford Quite An In Adequate Parallel. It Gave The Greeks A Heightened Sense, Both Of Their Own National Unity And ...

The Great Atlantic And
Great Atlantic And Pacific Tea Com Pany, The, An American Corporation Operating A Large Chain Of Food Stores Through The United States And Canada. The First Store Was Opened In New York City In 1859 ; Others Were Quickly Added, And The Business Extended To The Principal Eastern Cities, Thus ...

The Great Basin
Great Basin, The, So Named By John C. Fremont, Who Was The First To Gain An Adequate Conception Of Its Character And Extent, Is A Roughly Triangular Region Including About 200,000 Sq.m. In The Western Part Of The United States, Between The Wasatch Mountains And The Sierra Nevada. It Is ...

The Great Lakes
Great Lakes, The. The Great Lakes And Their Connect Ing Waterways Are In General Along The Boundary Between The United States And Canada Between 75° And 92° W. Of Greenwich. In 1909 The United States And Great Britain Signed A Treaty Known As The "boundary Waters Treaty," Whereby The Waters ...

The Green Ribbon Club
Green Ribbon Club, The, Had Its At The King's Head Tavern In Chancery Lane, And Was Originally Known As The "king's Head Club." Founded About The Year 1675 As A Resort For Members Of The Political Party Hostile To The Court, The Name Was Changed About 1679 To The Green ...

The Growth Of The
The Growth Of The Greek States The Greek World At The Beginning Of The 6th Century B.c. Pre Sents A Picture In Many Respects Different From That Of The Ho Meric Age. The Greek Race Is No Longer Confined To The Greek Peninsula. It Occupies The Islands Of The Aegean, ...

The Guaranty Trust Company
Guaranty Trust Company Of New York, The, A Large United States Trust Company With (sept. 3o, Resources Of $1,779,579,553.48 And A Staff Of 3,772 Employees, Was Organized In 1864 As The New York Guaranty And Indemnity Com Pany, With A Capital Of $1oo,000. The Present Name Was Adopted In 1896. ...

The Holy Grail
Grail, The Holy, The Famous Talisman Of Arthurian Romance, The Object Of Quest On The Part Of The Knights Of The Round Table. It Is Mainly, If Not Wholly, Known To English Readers Through The Medium Of Malory's Translation Of The French Quete Del Saint Graal, Where It Is The ...

The Homeric Age
The Homeric Age Alike In Crete And On The Mainland The Civilization Disclosed By Excavation Comes Abruptly To An End. In Crete We Can Trace It Back From C. 1200 B.c. To The Neolithic Period. From The Stone Age To The End Of The Minoan Age The Development Is Continuous ...

The Minoan And Mycenaean
The Minoan And Mycenaean Ages When Does Greek History Begin? Whatever May Be The Answer That Is Given To This Question, It Will Be Widely Different From Any That Could Have Been Proposed Half A Century Ago. Then The Question Was, How Late Does Greek History Begin? To-day The Question ...

The Persian Wars
The Persian Wars Finally, Ionia Was The Scene Of The First Conflicts With The Persian. Here Were Decided The First Stages Of A Struggle Which Was To Determine The Place Of Greece In The History Of The World. The Rise Of Persia Under Cyrus Was The Turning-point Of Greek History. ...

The Rise Of Macedon
The Rise Of Macedon And Alexander The Great The Question Remains, Why Did The City-state Fail To Save Greece From Conquest By Macedon? Was This Result Due To The Inherent Weakness Either Of The City-state Itself, Or Of One Par Ticular Form Of It, Democracy? It Is Clear, In Any ...

The System Of Grammar
The System Of Grammar Most Grammars, At Any Rate Most Of Those Dealing With Our Own Family Of Speech, Are Built Up In The Traditional Way With The Following Main Divisions:— I. Phonology. This Treats Of The General Theory Of The Sounds And Sound-combinations Of The Language Concerned, And Expounds ...

Thomas Goodrich Or Goodricke
Goodrich Or Goodricke, Thomas (d. English Ecclesiastic, Son Of Edward Goodrich Of East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, Was Educated At Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Afterwards Becoming A Fellow Of Jesus College In 1510. He Was Consulted About The Legality Of Henry Viii.'s Marriage With Catherine Of Aragon, Became Royal Chaplain About 1530, ...

Thomas Goodwin
Goodwin, Thomas (160o-168o) , English Nonconform Ist Divine, Was Born At Rollesby, Norfolk, On Oct. 5, 160o, And Was Educated At Christ's College, Cambridge, And Became A Fellow Of Catharine Hall. In 1625 He Was Licensed A Preacher Of The Uni Versity; He Became Lecturer And Then Vicar (163 2) ...

Thomas Graham
Graham, Thomas (1805-1869), British Chemist, Born At Glasgow, Was Educated At Glasgow University. He Was Pro Fessor Of Chemistry In The Anderson Institution, Edinburgh (1830 37), Then At University College, London (183 5) , And Master Of The Mint (1855-69). He Was F.r.s. (1836), And One Of The Founders Of ...

Thomas Gray
Gray, Thomas English Poet, The Fifth And Sole Surviving Child Of Philip And Dorothy Gray, Was Born In London On Dec. 26, 1716. His Mother's Maiden Name Was Antro Bus, And With Her Sister Mary She Kept A Millinery Shop In Corn Hill. The Premises Belonged To Philip Gray, A ...

Thomas Grenville
Grenville, Thomas English Bibliophile, Was Born On Dec. 31, 1755. He Was, With One Interval, A Member Of Parliament From 178o To 1818, And For A Few Months During 1806 And 1807 President Of The Board Of Control And First Lord Of The Admiralty. He Is More Famous As A ...

Thomas Hill Green
Green, Thomas Hill (1836-1882), English Philo Sopher, The Most Typical English Representative Of Neo-kantianism Or Neo-hegelianism, Was Born On April 7, 1836, At The Rectory Of Birkin, Yorkshire. He Was Educated At Rugby And Balliol College, Oxford, Of Which He Was, In 186o, Elected Fellow. His Life, Hence Forth, Was ...

Thomas Robinson Grantham
Grantham, Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron (c. English Diplomatist And Politician, A Younger Son Of Sir William Robinson, Bart. Of Newby, Yorkshire, Was Educated At Trinity College, Cambridge. He Gained His Earliest Diplomatic Experience In Paris And Then Went To Vienna, Where He Was English Ambassador From 173o To 1748. During ...

Thomaz Antonio I Gonzaga
Gonzaga, Thomaz Antonio (i 1$o9) Por Tuguese Poet, Was Born At Oporto, And Brought Up At Bahia, Brazil, Where His Father Was Disembargador Of The Appeal Court. After Completing His Legal Studies At Coimbra He Remained There For Some Time, And Compiled A Treatise On Natural Law. In 1782 He ...

Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius, Consul In 238 B.c., Defeated The Ligurians, And, At The Conclusion Of The Car Thaginian Mercenary War, Was In Command Of The Fleet Which Took Possession Of Sardinia. ...

Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus_2
Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius, Probably The Son Of The Preceding. Consul In 215, During The Second Punic War, He Defeated The Capuans, And In 214 Beat Hanno Near Bene Ventum With The Help Of Slave Volunteers, Fighting Under Promise Of Freedom. In 213 Gracchus Was Consul A Second Time And Car ...

Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus_3
Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius (c. B.c.), Father Of The Tribunes, And Husband Of Cornelia. Although An Opponent Of The Two Scipios (asiaticus And Africanus), As Tribune In 185 He Was A Member Of The Commission Sent To Mace Donia To Investigate The Complaints Made By Eumenes Ii. Of Pergamum Against Philip ...

Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus_4
Gracchus,tiberius Sempronius (163-133 B.c.), Son Of The Preceding, Was The Elder Of The Two Great Reformers. He And His Brother Were Brought Up By Their Mother Cornelia, Assisted By The Rhetorician Diophanes Of Mytilene And The Stoic Blossius Of Cumae. In 147 He Served Under His Brother-in-law The Younger Scipio ...

Tomas Jose Gonzalez Carvajal
Gonzalez-carvajal, Tomas Jose 1834), Spanish Poet And Statesman. Intendant (1795) Of The Col Onies Recently Founded In Sierra Morena And Andalusia, And Direc Tor (1813) Of The University Of San Isidro, He Was Imprisoned (2815-20) For Establishing A Chair Of International Law. Rein Stated By The Revolution Of 1820, He ...

Tommaso Grossi
Grossi, Tommaso (1791-1853), Lombard Poet And Novelist, Was Born At Bellano, On The Lake Of Como, On Jan. 20, 1791. He Studied Law At Pavia, And Began To Practise In Milan; But The Austrian Government, Suspecting His Loyalty, Interfered With His Prospects, And In Consequence Grossi Was A Simple Notary ...

Ture
Ture; And Indonesian And Further Indian Architecture). The Monastery At Belem (1 5 1 7) Shows The Same Extravagance With Interlacing And Intersecting Cusps, Twisted Piers And Fantas Tic Tracery, But Here Renaissance Details Are Already Present. ...

Ture_2
Ture.) Ornamentation.—the Ornamentation Became, As The Style Advanced, More And More Widely Different From That Of The Romanesque, More And More Detailed And Ornate. Yet This Tre Mendous Amount Of Detail As Is Seen In Some Of The 15th Century Examples Was Always Well-related And Took Its Proper Place In ...

Ulysses Simpson Grant
Grant, Ulysses Simpson American Soldier And 18th President Of The United States, Was Born At Point Pleasant (ohio), On April 27, 1822. He Was A Descendant Of Matthew Grant, A Scotsman, Who Settled In Dorchester (mass.) In 1630. His Earlier Years Were Spent In Helping His Father, Jesse R. Grant, ...

Urbain Grandier
Grandier, Urbain (1590-1634), Priest Of Loudun (vienne, France), Was Accused Of Witchcraft In 1632, Found Guilty And Burnt Alive On Aug. 18, 1634. The Accusation Was Due To A Prevailing Hysteria And The Condemnation Obtained Through The Influence Of Cardinal Richelieu. See G. Logue, Urbain Grandier Et Les Possedees De ...

Urs Graf Or Graff
Graf Or Graff, Urs (c. 148 5-15 2 7) , Swiss Draughts Man, Engraver And Goldsmith. He Was Born At Solothurn, The Son Of The Goldsmith Hugo Graf, And Probably Studied Under His Father And Then At Basle. His Art Is Inspired By That Of Diirer And Of Baldung Griin. ...

Valentine Green
Green, Valentine (1739-1813), British Engraver, Was Born At Halesowen. He Became A Pupil Of A Line Engraver At Worcester And In 1765 He Migrated To London And Began Work As A Mezzotint Engraver. He Became A Member Of The Incorpo Rated Society Of Artists In 1767, And An Associate-engraver Of ...

Walter De Gray Or
Gray Or Grey, Walter De (d. I255)-, English Prelate And Statesman, Nephew Of John De Gray, Bishop Of Nor Wich, Was Educated At Oxford. He Owed His Rapid Preferment To The Favour Of King John. He Became The King's Chancellor In 1205, And In 1210 Was Elected Bishop Of Lichfield ...

Walter Quinton Gresham
Gresham, Walter Quinton Ameri Can Statesman And Jurist, Was Born Near Lanesville, Ind., On March 17, 183 2. He Spent Two Years In An Academy At Corydon, Ind., And One Year At The Indiana State University At Bloomington, Then Studied Law, And In 1854 Was Admitted To The Bar. He ...

War Of Greek Independence
Greek Independence, War Of, The Name Given To The Great Rising Of The Greek Subjects Of The Sultan Against The Ottoman Domination, Which Began In 1821 And Ended In With The Establishment Of The Independent Kingdom Of Greece. The Circumstances That Led To The Insurrection And The General Diplomatic Situation ...

War Of The Cession
Cession, War Of The). ...

War Of The Grand
Grand Alliance, War Of The (alternatively Called The War Of The League Of Augsburg), The Third' Of The Great Aggressive Wars Waged By Louis Xiv. Of France Against Spain, The Empire, Great Britain, Holland And Other States. The Two Earlier Wars, Which Are Redeemed From Oblivion By The Fact That ...

Wawrzyniec Goslicki
Goslicki, Wawrzyniec ( ), Polish Bishop, Better Known Under His Latinized Name Of Laurentius Grimalius Goslicius, Was Born About 1533. After Having Studied At Cracow And Padua, He Entered The Church, And Was Successively Appointed Bishop Of Kaminietz And Of Posen. It Was Chiefly Through Goslicki's Influence That The Jesuits ...

Weaving
Weaving.) Even Though The Great Wave Of The Renaissance Engulfed Much That Was Gothic During Its Development, Yet So Fundamentally True And Beautiful Was This Style That Through All Following Periods It Has From Time To Time Been Employed. Most Christian Churches Reflect Its Influence In Their Architecture And Many ...

Weedon Grossmith
Grossmith, Weedon (1853-1919), Brother Of Above, Born In London, June 9, 1853. Educated As A Painter, He Exhibited At The Royal Academy And Grosvenor Gallery, But In 1885 Joined A Theatrical Company And Toured The Provinces And America. In 1894 He Assumed Management Of Terry's Theatre, Appearing There And Elsewhere ...

Western Asiatic Architecture Architectural
Western Asiatic Architecture; Architectural Articles, Etc.). However, For Moulding Their Supports They Chose Con Ventional Rather Than Naturalistic Forms, Therein Resembling Their Aegean Predeces Sors; Particularly Greek Was The Patient Genius With Which They Perfected Every Ele Ment, Rarely Deviating From The Forward Path To Invent New Forms Or New ...

Wilhelm Carl Grimm
Grimm, Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859) . For The Chief Events In The Life Of Wilhelm Grimm See Article On Jacob Grimm Above. As Jacob Himself Said In His Celebrated Address To The Berlin Academy On The Death Of His Brother, The Whole Of Their Lives Were Passed Together. In Their Schooldays ...

Wilhelm Groener
Groener, Wilhelm ), German General, Was Born On Nov. 22, 1867, At Ludwigsburg, Wurttemberg. In 1912 He Was Attached To The Railway Section Of The General Staff, And Was Its Chief During The Mobilization Of 1914. From May 27, 1916 To Aug. 1917 He Was Thpartmental Head Of The War ...

Wilhelm Von Grumbach
Grumbach, Wilhelm Von German Adventurer, Born On June I, 1503, Chiefly Known Through His Con Nection With The So-called "grumbach Feuds" (grumbachsche Handel), The Last Attempt Of The German Knights To Destroy The Power Of The Territorial Princes. He Was Attached To The Court Of Casimir, Prince Of Bayreuth (d. ...

William Crawford Gorgas
Gorgas, William Crawford American Army Surgeon, Was Born At Mobile (ala.), On Oct. 3, 1854. He Was Educated At The University Of The South, Sewanee (tenn.), And Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, Taking His M.d. In 1879. In 188o He Entered The Medical Corps Of The U.s. Army. During ...

William Gilbert Grace
Grace, William Gilbert English Cricketer, Was Born At Downend, Gloucestershire, On July 18, 1848. His Father (henry Mills Grace), His Uncle (alfred Po Cock) And His Elder Brothers, Henry, Alfred And Edward Mills Were Enthusiastic Cricketers; Indeed, In E. M. Grace The Family Name First Became Famous. A Younger Brother, ...

William Greener
Greener, William (1806-1869), Gunmaker And In Ventor, Was Born At Felling Near Newcastle-on-tyne In 18o6 And Began Business In Newcastle In 1829. In 1844 He Removed To Birmingham. His Most Important Invention, The First Expansive Rifle Bullet, Consisted Of An Oval Ball A Diameter And A Half In Length, With ...

William Grocyn
Grocyn, William (1446?-1519), English Scholar, Was Born At Colerne, Wiltshire. He Was A Scholar And Fellow Of New College, Oxford, Reader In Divinity In Magdalen College, And In 1485 Became Prebendary Of Lincoln Cathedral. About 1488 Grocyn Left England For Italy, And Before His Return In 1491 He Had Visited ...

William Watson Goodwin
Goodwin, William Watson Ameri Can Classical Scholar, Was Born In Concord, Mass., On May 9, 1831. He Graduated At Harvard In 1851, Studied At Bonn, Berlin And Gottingen, Receiving His Ph.d. Degree From There In 1855; Was Tutor In Greek At Harvard In 1856-6o, And Eliot Professor Of Greek Thereafter ...

William
William, 13th Lord Grey De Wilton (d. 1562), Who Suc Ceeded To The Title On The Death Of His Brother Richard, About 1520, Fought In France During The Concluding Years Of Henry Viii.'s Reign, And Was One Of The Leaders Of The Victorious English Army At The Battle Of Pinkie ...

Wise Men Of Gotham
Gotham, Wise Men Of, The Early Name Given To The People Of The Village Of Gotham, Nottingham, In Allusion To Their Reputed Simplicity. But If Tradition Is To Be Believed The Gotham Ites Were Not So Very Simple. The Story Is That King John Intended To Live In The Neighbourhood, ...

Yvette Guilbert
Guilbert, Yvette (1869– ), French Disease, Was Born In Paris. She Soon Won An Immense Vogue By Her Rendering Of Songs Drawn From Parisian Lower-class Life, Or From The Humours Of The Latin Quarter, Les Quatre-z-etudiants And The Hotel Du Numero Trois Being Among Her Early Triumphs. Her Adoption Of ...