Lead Poisoning
Lead-poisoning. Poisoning, Which Is But Seldom Met With, Is Due To The Irritant Action Of Lead Salts On The Alimentary Canal. The Treat Ment Consists In Administering An Emetic (say, 20 Grains Of Zinc Sulphate), Washing Out The Stomach. And Then Giving A Dose Of Epsom Salt. Muell More Common ...
Leadville
Lead'ville. A City And The County-seat Of Lake County, C'olo., 78 Miles In A Direct Line Southwest Of Denver; On The Colorado Midland, The Denver And Rio Grande, And Other Railroads (map: Colorado. D 2). The Surrounding Scenery Offers Magnificent Attractions; And The Eity At An Elevation Of 10,200 Feet. ...
Leaf Beetle
Leaf-beetle. Any One Of A Large Family Of Beetles, The Chrysomelidte. So Called Because Both Adults And Larva• Feed On The Leaves Of Plants. The Family Is An Enormous One, As It Comprises About 18,000 Species. The Great Ma Jority Are Found In The Tropics, But 000 Species Occur In ...
Leaf Miner
Leaf-miner. A Member Of A Group Of Very Small Moths, Known As The Tineidfe, Of Serial Or Superfamily Rank, Containing A Number Of Families And More Than 4000 Described Species. The Popular Name 'leaf-miner' Refers To The Fact That The Larvae Of Very Many Species Mine Out The Chlorophyll From ...
Leaf As
Leaf (as. Cote. Laufs, Otig. Ionic, Ger. Laub. Leaf). A Lateral Usually Green Outgrowth From The Stem Of A Plant. Whose Principal Func Tion Is To Elaborate Food. The Most Conspicuous Form Is The Foliage Leaf ; That Is. One Which Eon Tains Green Tissue And Is Prominently Concerned In ...
Lease
Lease, Sir John ( 1636-1720 ) . An English Admiral. Ile Was Horn At Rotherhithe. Surrey, England: Early Entered The Navy, And Distin Guished Himself Under His Father In 1673 In The Action Between Sir Edward Spragg And Van Tromp, And Afterwards, When Appointed Captain, Convoyed Vietualers Into Londonderry, Thus ...
Lease And Release
Lease And Release. An Old Form Of Con Veyance Of Land. It Had Its Origin In The Practice Of Leasing Laud To A Tenant For A Term. As One Year. And Then. After His Entry Upon The Land And During His Term. Releasing The Reversion. Or Es Tate Of The ...
Lease_2
Lease. The Act Or Instrument Whereby Any Estate In Land Less Than A Fee Is Created. In Its Most Extended Sense The Term Thus Includes The Conveyance Of A Life Estate. As Well As The Parol Agreement Which Results In A Tenancy At Will Or From Year To Year. :more ...
Leasehold
Leasehold. In English Law, The Technical -description Of An Estate For Years. It Arises Upon A Lease, And Constitutes A Valid Title, Or Estate, In The Premises For The Period Described. It May Be For Any Period Of Time, However Brief Or Long. Whether For A Week Or For A ...
Leathery Turtle Leatherback
Leatherback, Leathery Turtle, Or Lutn. A Large Oceanic Turtle (rphargis Coria Eca) Distinguished Prominently By Having The Body Incased By A Leathery Integument Instead Of A Bony Or Horny 'shell.' 1"his Remarkable Turtle Has Been Observed In All The Tropical Seas, But Is Everywhere Rare 'ind Is Probably Approach Ing ...
Leavenworth
Leavenworth, Liwen-wfirtli. A City And The County-seat Of Leavenworth County, Kau., 2ti Miles Northwest Of Kansas City: On The Missouri River, And On The Atchison, L'opeka And Santa Ft"... The Missouri Pacific, The Union Patine, The Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific. The Burlington Route, The Chicago Great Western. And Several ...
Lecompton Constitution
Lecompton Constitution. In Ameri Can History. A Form Of Government For The State (then The Territory) Of Kansas, Adopted By Convention. Of Disputed Legality, Held At Leconip Ton, Nam, October-november, 1537. The Le Comploin Constitution Oleelared The Right Of Slaveholders In Kansas To Their Slaves To Be Inviolable, Prohibited The ...
Leconte De Lisle
Leconte De Lisle, Ic-kent' De Charles .1arie: (isis-94). The Greatest French Poet Of The Modern Parnassian School. Born At Saint Paul. On The Ile De Bourbon. Now Hennion. October 23. 1818. His Youth In The Tropics Fostered His Inborn Love For The Beauty Of Nature, But His Restless Imagination Urged ...
Lectern
Lectern (also Iettc•u, /citron, From Of. Luttrin, Lettron, Leutrin. Fr. /o•in, From Ail. Lcetrinuw, Lertram. Reading-desk. From Ok. Ton, Lcktinn. Couch). A Reading-desk Or Stand, Movable Or Stationary, From Which The Scrip Ture Lessons (leehaws). Which Form A Part Of The Va,lous Church Services. Are Chanted Or Read. The Term ...
Ledru Rollin
Ledru-rollin. Le-dru'r4'15n'. Alexan Dre Accirste 1s07-74). A Noted French Radi Cal. Lie Was Born February 2. 1807. At Foote Nay, Near Paris. In A House Which Had Olive Been Scarron's. He Studied For The Liar, And Was Ad Mitted In 1830. He Was Counsel For The Defense In Most Of ...
Ledyard
Led'yard, ;roux (1751-881. An American Traveler, Born At Groton, Conn. His Father Dying Ledyard Was Brought Up By His Paternal Grandfather At Hartford. At First He Studied Law, Hut In 1772 Entered Dartmouth To Fit Himself For A Missionary Career. Soon Absenting Himself. He Spent Several Months With The Iro ...
Leech As
Leech (as. /wee, Leech, Physician. Goth. Kkei.%, (111g. Lahhi. Mehl, Physician. From As. Hie, Medicine. Gift). An Annelid Of The Order Or Class Hirudinea, Divided Into A Number Of Gvoups. Ilirudinith•, Etc., Some Of Which Contain Many Species. They Are Mostly Inhabitants Of Fresh Waters, Although Some Live In Grass, ...
Leeds
Leeds. A Town In The Northwest Of The %vest Riding Of Yorkshire, England, In The Valley Of The Aire, •2 Miles West-southwest Of York (map: Eng Land, Li 3). It Is The First Town In The County And The Fifth In England In Point Of Population. It Lies In An ...
Lefuel
Lefuel, Le-fwell, Hector Martin (1810-sl). A French Architect, Born At Versailles. He Re Ceived Instruction From His Father And Lluyot Before He Entered The E•ole Des Beaux-arts, Where Lie Won The Prix De Rome In 1839. His Principal Works Were The Buildings Connecting The Louvre With The Tuileries. He Succeeded ...
Legacy
Legacy (or. /cgact(, From Lat. Leyntuni, Bequest, From /egare. To Bequeath, Send On A Com Mission, From H,e. Law . A Gift Of A Chattel Or Sum Of Money Made By The Will Of A Deceased Person. The Term Is Synonymous With Bequest. (see Will.) Devise I Q.v.) Is The ...
Legal Education On The
Legal Education. On The Continent Of' Ernoef; Befoue Mss. In The Time Of The Ro Man Republic It Was Customary For A Prospective Lawyer To Begin At The Age Of Sixteen To Listen Systematically To The Advice Given To Clients By Some Learned Juriseonsult, And The Student Also Had To ...
Legal Tender
Legal Tender. In Its Broadest Sense, An Oiler Or Attempt To Perform A Contract In Ac Cordance With The Appropriate Legal Require Ments. When Thus Used, The Term Includes An Oiler To Perform By Doing Something, As Well As An Offer To Perform By Paying Something. In The Former Ease ...
Legal Tender Cases
Legal-tender Cases. A Series Of Eases Before The Supreme Court Of The United States Involving The Question Whether Certain Acts Of Congress, Declaring The Notes Of The United States Lawful Money And A Legal Tender In Payment Of All Debts Public And Private Within The United States, Except Duties On ...
Legate
Legate (lat. Legates, Ambassador, Deputy, Lieutenant, Governor, From Lcgare, To Send On A Commission, Bequeath). A Title Most Commonly Applied To The Diplomatic And Other Represen Tatives Of The Pope Outside Of Rome. Legates Are Of Three Kinds: (1) Legati A Latere (from The Side) ; (2) Commissioners Or Nuncios, ...
Legend Of
Legend (of. Legende. Fr. B"gende, From \il. Legenda, Story. From Lat. Legenda, Nom. Pl. Nem Of Legendus, To He Read, Gerundive Of Legere, To Read). In The Technical Language Of Folk Lore. A Narrative Relating To A Sacred Person Or Locality, And Connected With Religious Belief Or Worship. Legends Were ...
Legerdemain
Legerdemain, Lej'er-de-man' (fr., Sleight Of Hand). The Art Of Performing Tricks Of De Ception—in The Narrower Sense. With The Hands Alone; Broadly, With Any Aid Of Physical Ap Pliances. The Arts Of Magic. Seemingly As Ancient As Human Intelligence, Are Of Two General Types: (1) Forms Such As Necromancy. Divination, ...
Leghorn
Leg'horn (it. Livorno, :mi. Liburnum, Lat.. Portus Hcrculis Liburni, Portus Labronis). A City Of Italy In Tuscany, On The Mediterranean, Capital Of The Province Of Leghorn. 113 Miles By Rail Southeast Of Genoa, 208 Miles Northwest Of Rome, 62 Miles West Of Florence (slap: Ltalv, E 4). In 1551 It ...
Legion
Legion (lat. Kg/a, Properly A 'levy,' 'choice,' From Loge E, 'to Choose,' 'select,' Gk. V-yeev,itytin. To Choose). The Tactical Unit Of The Roman Army. In Early Rome, The Army Con Sisted Ipso Facto Of All The Citizens. I.e. Patri Cians, Capable Of Hearing Arms. Thus It Was An Irregular Force ...
Legislation
Legislation. The Creation, Alteration, Or Repeal Of Law, By The Act Of The Sovereign. In Primitive Society Legislation As A Source Of Law Had Little Or No Place, Custom And Usage Supply Ing Whatever Rules Were Found To Be Necessary For The Regulation Of The Common Affairs Of The Com ...
Legislature
Legislature. That Body Of Citizens In Any State Or Nation, Or Part Thereof, Which Specifically Empowered To Make, Alter, And Repeal The Laws. In Some Countries, However, The Power Of The Legislature Is More Or Less Restricted By What Is Known As The Organic Law Of Those Coun Tries. In ...
Legitimation
Legitimation (from Ml. Legitimare, To Make Legitimate, From Lat. Legit In; Us. Lawful). The Process Of Rendering Legitimate A Person Who Was Born A Bastard (q.v.). This Is Effected By The Subsequent Marriage Of The Father And Mother Of The Illegitimate Offspring. And Hence It Is Often Called Legitimation Per ...
Lehigh University
Lehigh University. An Unsectarian Institution Of Higher Learning At South Bethle Hem, Pa.. Founded In 1865 By Judge Asa Packer (q.v.), Of Mauch Chunk, With A Gift Of $500,000 And 115 Acres Of Land. And Incorporated In 1866. By His Will Judge Packer, Who Died In 1879. En Dowed The ...
Leib
Leib, Lip, Michael ( 1759-1822 ) . An Ameri Can Politieian, Born In Philadelphia, Pa., Of Pennsylvania-dutch Parentage. A Republican Of The Most Radical Type. And At First An Ardent Supporter Of Jefferson, He Began His Political Career As A Member Of The Pennsylvania Leg Islature, From Which, In 1798, ...
Leibnitz
Leibnitz, Lib'nits (ger.. Leibniz), Gorr Fried Wilhelm Von (1646-1716). A German Philosopher And Mathematician, Born In Leipzig. His Father, Who Was Professor Of Law At The Uni Versity. Died When Leibnitz Was Six Years Old. He Studied At The Nikolaischule Of His Native City, Under Thomasius: Entered The University With ...
Leicester
Leicester, The Capital Of Leices Tershire, England, On The Soar, 100 Miles North No•thwest Of London (slap: England, E 4). It Is A Well-built Town, With Spacious And Regular Streets, Interesting Municipal Buildings, Educa Tional And Benevolent Institutions, And 1111111cr011s Elairelies, One Of Which. Saint Nicholas, Is Partly Built Of ...
Leidy
Leidy, Li'df, Jos= (1823-91). A Distin Guished American Naturalist, Born In Philadel Phia, L'a. Lle Obtained His Degree In Medicine At The University Of Pennsylvania In 1844, Executed The Dissections And Drawings For The Work On Termstrial And Air-breuthing Mollusks Of The United Mates (boston, 1845). By Amos Ilinney, Was ...
Leiicocythzemia
Leii'cocythze'mia (neo-bat.. From (1k. Vetch, Teuk0s, White Ki..7 Of, Kytos, Cell Leiria, Blood). A Disease Characterized By An In Crease In The Number Of White Corpuscles In The Blood, Together With Changes In The Bone-marrow, Spleen, And Lymphatic Glands. The Disease Was Tirst Noted By Bennett Of Edinburgh, Who Con ...
Leipzig
Leipzig, Lip'tsik, Or Leipsic, Lip'sik. The Largest City In Saxony. And The Fourth City In Size In The German Empire. Situated On The Elster. Pleisse, And Parthe. 74 Miles By Rail Northwest Of Dresden (map: Germany. E 3). Leipzig Lies In A Rich And Extensive Plain. Its Fortifica Tions No ...
Leipzig Battles
Leipzig. Battles Or. Leipzig Was The Scene Of Three Noteworthy Battles, Two In The Thirty Years' War (q.v.). And One In The Napoleonic Wars. (1) The First Battle Of Leipzig (or Brei Tenfeld. From The Plain On Which It Was Fought. About A Mile From The City) Was The First ...
Leith
Leith, Leth. An Important Town Of Scotland. On The Firth Of Forth, Two Miles North Of Edin Burgh, With Which It Is Connected By A Continuous Line Of Houses, And It Is The Seaport (map: Scotland, E 4)._ The Town Is Irregular And Dingy, Especially In The Older And Central ...
Leitmotiv
Leitmotiv, Lit'iner-ter (ger., Leading Mo Tive). A Term Made Popular Mainly By Wagner. And Applied To The Musical Phrases Which Con Stitute The Basic Material Out Of Which Lie Con Structed His Musical Dramas (q.v.). Previously Weber Had Used So-called Typical Phrases (q.v.), The Object Of Which Was To Recall ...
Leland Stanford Junior Uni
Leland Stanford Junior Uni Versity. A Co-educational Institution Of Higher Learning At Palo Alto. Cal., Founded By Leland Stanford (q.v.) And His Wife, Jane Lath Rop Stanford, In Memory Of Their Only Child, Leland Stanford, .1r., 'who Died In 1884. The Grant Of Endowment Was Made In 1885, The Cor ...
Lely
Lely, Le'li, Sir Peter ( 1618-80 ) . A Dutch English Portrait Painter (pieter Van Der Faes), Who Practiced Chiefly In England. Ile Was The Son Of Johan Van Der Faes, Alias Lely, A Captain Of Foot In The Service Of The States-general. He Was Born At Soest—authorities Differ Whether ...
Lemaitre
Lemaitre, Le-intiqe. Antoine Louis Pros Per, Known As Frederick ( 1800-76 ) . A Cele Brated French Actor; Horn At Havre, July 28, 1800. Ile Was Educated At The Conservatoire, And In 1820 After Acting At Minor Playhouses Lie Appeared At The Gaon, But His Fame Began When In 1823 ...
Lemberg
Lemberg, Lem'bem (polish Lwow). The Capital Of The Crownland Of Galicia, Austria, Situated On The Small Stream Of L'eltew In A Deep Valley In A Mountainous Region. 212 Miles By Rail East-southeast Of Cracow (map: Austria. J 2), It Is The Third City In Size Of Cisleithau Aus Tria. It. ...
Lemming
Lemming (no••.. S•ed., 'dan. Lemming, Perhaps From Norw. Lemja, To Maim, But More Probably From Lapp Louniek, Lumina% Lemming). (1) A Vole Or Short-tailed Rat (myatt's Lemmas) Of The Subfamily A1'y]c11liw'p, Inhabiting The Cen Tral Mountain Chain Of Norway And Sweden. Lemmings Are About Five Inches Long, And Yellow Ish-brown, ...
Lemnos
Lem'nos ( Gk. Ailepos). One Of The Tour Thracian Islands In The Northern Part Of The Grecian Archipelago, About Forty Miles West Of The Entrance To The Dardanelles. It Is Irregular In Shape, And Is Nearly Divided By Two Deep Bays— Port Paradise On The North And Port Saint An ...
Lemon
Lemon (older Forms Also Kinnion, Limon, Kniond, From Fr. /inton, )il. Limo, From Ar. /inifin, From L'ers. Burns, Limfi. Lemon). Citrus Iledica. Var. /imon. The Common Lemon-tree Or Its Fruit. The Tree Is Of Irregular Growth, Inclined To Make Long Leaders. Clothed Sparsely With Foliage, And Of An Average Height ...
Lemur
Lemur (lat. Lemur, Ghost). Of The Ninny Curious Animals Characteristic Of Madagascar, Lemurs Are Perhaps The Most Interesting. The Name Was Originally Bestowed By Linnwns On Account Of The Nocturnal Habits And Peculiar Ghost-like Appearanee Of The Species Known To Him. And It Is Still Used As The Name Of ...
Lena
Lena, In'na. The Eastermnost Of The Three Great Rivers Of Siberia And The Chief Waterway Of Eastern Siberia (map: Asia, M 2). It Rises On The Slopes Of The Baikal Mountains. West Of Lake Baikal, And 186 Miles Northeast Of Irkutsk. It Flows First In A General Northeastern Direction To ...
Lenau
Lenau, Ifi'nou. Nikolaus (1s02-.50). A Name Assumed By Nikolaus Niembseli Von Streh Lenau. An Austrian Lyric And Elegiac Poet. He Was Horn At Csathd. Hungary. Studied Law And Then Medicine At Vienna. Hut He Never Practiced Either Profession. His Genius First Found Expres Sion In Gediehte (1s311. Lull Of Sadness ...
Lenbach
Lenbach, Len'bau. Franz Von (153g-1904). A German Portrait Painter, The Greatest Of The Nineteenth Century. He Was Born At Schroben Hausen. In Upper Bavaria. December 13, 1536. When A He Worked As An Apprentice To His Father, A Master Mason. His First Artistic Effects Were All Taken Directly From Nature, ...
Lens
Lens, Lax. A Town Of France. In The Depart Ment Of Pas-de-calais. On The Souchez, 17 Miles South-snuthwest Of Lille. It Is A Place Of Great Antiquity, And Was Once Strongly Fortified. It Has Iron And Steel Foundries And Manufactures Sugar, Soap. Etc. In The Vicinity Are Highly Pro Ductive ...
Lenses
Lenses. A Portion Of Transparent Matter Hounded By Two Spherical Surfaces And Sym Metrical About The Line Joining Their Centres Is Called A 'lens;' This Line Of Symmetry Is Called The 'axis.' A Homoeent•ic Pencil Of Homogeneous Rays From Any Point On The Axis Gives Rise After Two Refractions To ...
Lentil Of
Lentil (of. Ientille, From Lat. Lentieula, Diminutive Of Lens, Lentil), Ficia Hirsuta Or Lens Itirsata. An Annual Leguminous Plant, Related To Tares (see Tare), A Native Of The Mediterranean Region. It Is Extensively Cultivated In The South Of Europe, In Egypt, In The East. And To Some Extent In Other ...
Leo Iii
Leo Iii., Flavws (c.680-741). Byzantine Emperor From 717 To 741. He Was Surnamed The Lsaurian From His Birthplace. Originally His Name Was Conon, Which He Dropped In Later Life. Early In Life He Had Distinguished Himself As A Soldier. Anastasius 11. Appointed Him In 713 Commander Of The Troops In ...
Leo X
Leo X.. Pope 1513-21. Giovanni De' Medici, The Son Of Lorenzo The Magnificent. He Was Horn In Florence In 1475, And Destined In Childhood For An Ecclesiastical Career. His Education Was In Trusted To The Ablest Scholars Of The Age; And Through The Influence Of His Father With Pope Innocent ...
Leo Xi
Leo Xi.. Pope 1605. Alessandro Ottaviano De' Medici. He Was Born In Florence In 1535 And Made Bishop Of Pistoia In 1573, Archbishop Of Florence And Cardinal In 1574, Holding Later The Cardinal-bishopries Of Albano And Palestrina. Clement Viii. Intrusted Him In 1596 With The Difficult Mission To The Court ...
Leochares
Leochares, (lat., From Gk. Aecoxdp770. A Famous Sculptor, Possibly An Athenian, Who Flourished About The Middle Of The Fourth Century B.c. One Of His Earliest Works, The Portrait Of Isocrates, Was Made Before B.c. 355, And Lie Was One Of The Artists Employed On The Sculptures Of The Mausoleum (q.v.), ...
Leon
Leon. A Former Kingdom In The Northwest Ern Part Of Spain, Embracing The Modern Prov Inces Of Salamanca, Zamora, And Lash, And Bounded On The North By Asturias, On The East By Old Castile, On The South By Estremadura, And On The West By Portugal And Galicia. Its Area Is ...
Leon_2
Leon. The Capital Of The Spanish Province Of The Same Name. Situated Near The Confluence Of The Rivers 1lernesga And Torio, In A Beautiful Wooded Plain Si Miles Northwest Of Valladolid, And On The Railroad From The Latter Place To Gijon (map: Spain, C 1). Part Of The Old Roman ...
Leon_3
Leon, Fray Luis De (1527-91). A Spanish Poet And Mystic, Born At Belmonte In La Mancha. He Early Entered The Augustinian Order, Was Trained At The University Of Sala Manca, And Was There Elected To The Chairs Of Thomistic Philosophy And Of Theology. Eis Abili Ties As A Theologian And ...
Leopard Of
Leopard (of. Leopard, Fr. Leopard, From Lat. Leopa•dus. From Gk. Atorapdoc, Xfovrgrapdoc, Leontopardos, Leopard, Front Ricry, Lean, Lion + Tr Apd0c, Pard). The Leopard (felis Pardus) Ranks Third In Size Among The Old World Cats, But Has The Widest Distribution Of All. In All Its History The Name 'leopard' Has ...
Leopardi
Leopardi, Lit'..-pliedt% Giacomo, Calla (1798-1837). An Italian Poet, Born At Recanati, .lone 29, 1798, Of An Old Noble Family Then Im Poverished. Leopardi's Childhood Was A Sad And Loveless One, And From A Very Tender Age He Gave Himself Up With Such Energy To The Study Of The Classics And ...
Leopold I 1640 1705
Le'opold I. (1640-1705). Holy Roman Em Peror From 1658 To 1705. He Was The Second Son Of Ferdinand Tit. (q.v.) And Maria Anna Of Spain, And Was Born In Vienna, June 9, 1640. He Was Educated For The Church, But On The Death Of His Father In April, 1657, His ...
Leopold Ii 1747 92
Leopold Ii. (1747-92). Holy Roman Em Peror From 1790 To 1792. He Was The Third Son Of Emperor Francis I. And Maria Theresa Of Aus Tria, And Was Born In Vienna, :may 5, 1747, In 1765, On The Death Of His Father, Lie Became Grand Duke Of Tuscany, And Ruled ...
Lepidodenmron
Lepidodenmron (neo-lat., From Gk. 2_s Ic, Frpis, Scale Oici5poc, Dendrotl, Tree). An Important Genus Of Extinct Tree-like Club Mosses, The Remains Of Which Are Abundant In Rocks Of Carboniferous Age In Many Parts Of The World. These Plants. Sonic Of Which Grew To Trees 75 To 100 Feet In Height, ...
Lepidus
Lep'idus. The Cognomen Of An Illustrious Roman Family Of The ...emilia Gens. The Lepidi Played An Important Part In The History Of Rome. From Marcus .emilius Lepidus. Consul In !lc. 2s5, To Martins Lepidus. Consul In A.d. 11. The Chief Members Of The Family Were The Following: (1) M. -semillt's ...
Leprosy Of
Leprosy (of. Leprosie,' From Ml. Leprosia, From Mgck. 7thrpcurris, Lepr6sis, Leprosy, From Gk. Xerpo Lepronsthai, To Become Leprous, From Nes-pa, Lepru, Leprosy). A Constitutional Disease Of Chronic Character, Endemic In Certain Lo Calities, Contagions Through Intercourse With An Infected Person. And Due To The Presence Of The Bacillus Leprw (hansen) ...
Lepsius
Lepsius. Lep'4.-us, Karl Richard (1310 84.) A German Archceologist And Egyptologist, Born At Naumburg. December 23, 1810. He Stud Ied At Leipzig, G6tti3gen, Berlin, And Paris. His First Work, Die Paliiographie Als Mittel Der Sprachforschung (1834), Received The Volney Prize Of The French Institute. For Some Years After This He ...
Lermontoff
Lermontoff, Lywinon-tof, Mikhail Yu Ryevitcji (1814-41). The Greatest Russian Poet After Pushkin. He Lost His Parents At An Early Age And Was Reared By His Grandmother. After A Few Years' Sojourn In The Caucasus, He Entered In 1828 The School For Nobles Attached To The Moscow University, And In 1830 ...
Lesage
Lesage, Le-siizh', Alaln Rexe (166s-1717). A French Novelist And Dramatist, Born In Sar Zenu. Brittany, May S. 1008, Famous For His Gil Bla-c. Left An Orphan At Fourteen And De Spoiled By His Uncles Of His Patrimony, He Went To Paris In 1690, Studied For The Law, Married In 1031• ...
Lesghians
Lesghians, Leilgi-anz, Or Lesgman-tche Tciien. A Group Of Peoples Of The Caucasus, Comprising The Eastern Division Of Lesghians Proper, The More Central Tchetchenzes. And Some Other Peoples, Whose Exact Relations Are Still Some What In Doubt. The Lesghians, Who Mainly In Habit Daghestan (sometimes Called Lesghistan), And Who Number About ...
Leslie
Leslie, Sir Jonn (1766-1832). A British Natural Philosopher And Mathematician. He Was Horn In Largo, Fife, And Was Educated At Saint Andrews University. In 1785 He Entered The Edinburgh Divinity Hall. But Devoted Much Of His Time To The Sciences, Particularly Chemistry. In 1788 He Left Edinburgh, Having Given Up ...
Lesquereux
Lesquereux, Leo(1806-89). An American Botaniq, Born At Fleuricr, Switzerland, Of French Huguenot Ancestry. After Several Years At The Academy Of Neuehntel, He Went To Eisenach As A Teacher Of French. Upon His Return To Swit Zerland He Became Principal In A School At La Chaux De Fonds, But, Owing To ...
Lesseps
Les'seps, Pr. Pron. Ili'sope, Ferdinann, Vi Comte De (1505-94). A French Diplomat, Cele Brated For The Promotion And Construction Of The Suez Canal. Ile Was Horn In Versailles; Was Early Employed In The Consular Service, And Served As Consul At Cairo, Rotterdam, 'malaga, And Barcelona. In 184s-49 He Was Minister ...
Lessing
Les'sing, Gm-mow Ephraim (1729-81). A German Critic And Dramatist, Born At Kamenz, January 22, 1729; The Earliest Of The Great Ger Man Classical Writers. More Than Any Other, Leasing Reformed German Literature. His Father, Pastor At Kamenz, Gave Hint His Early Instruction, And Sent Him To A Famous School At ...
Lesson Of
Lesson (of.. Fr. Gran, It. Iczionc, From Lat. Iectio, Reading, Lesson. From Legere, To Read, Gk. 2.iyetv, Legein, To Say). In The Liturgical Sense, A Portion Of The Church Service Appointed To Be Read, Chiefly With A View To Instruction And Exhortation. As Distinguished Train Prayer And Praise Addressed To ...
Lestrange
Lestrange, Le-strany, Sir Roger (1616 1704). An English Journalist And Translator, Born At Hunstanton, Norfolk, December 17, 1616. He Was Probably Educated At Cambridge. Being A Zealous Royalist, He Accompanied Charles I. In His Expedition Against The Scotch In 1639. In 1644 He Was Appointed By The King Governor Of ...
Letter Of
Letter (of., Fr. Lettre, From Lat. Littera, Liters, Letter). An Authoritative Writing Em Powering The Person To Whom It Is Issued To Exercise A Certain Office, Perform A Duty. Or Do Any Other Act Which, But For Such Authorization, Could Not Have Been Lawfully Performed. They Are Issued For Many ...
Letters In Literature
Letters In Literature. The Letter Belongs To The Most Personal Branches Of Litera Ture, Represented Also By The Journal And The Con Fession. Letters Were Not Unknown In Ancient Greece, Where They Circulated Mainly Between Philoso Phers And Their Disciples. Among The Writers Were Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. Demosthenes, And Isocrates. ...
Lettic Language And Litera
Lettic Language And Litera Ture. The Language And Literature Of The Letts (q.v.) Living In The Russian Governments Of Cour Land, Livonia, Vitebsk, Kovno, And Pskov, And In East Prussia. With Lithuanian (q.v.) And Old Prussian (q.v.), Lettie Forms The Baltic Subdivi Sion Of The Indo-germanie Languages (q.v.). The Mutual ...
Lettres De Cachet
Lettres De Cachet, De Kit's1):1! (fr_ Letters Of Seal). The Name Given To The Warrants Of Imprisonment Issued By The Kings Of Franco Before The Revolution. They Were Written On Ordinary Paper, Signed By The King And Countersigned By One Of The Secretaries Of State And Sealed With The King's ...
Lettuce Of
Lettuce (of. Letu.ce, Kiitue, Hue, Fr. Laituc, From Lat. Lartuea, Lettuce. From Lac, Milk), Lactuca. A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Compositor. The Garden Lettuce (lactu-ca Scariola Or Lactuca Saliva) Is Supposed To Be A Native Of The East Indies, But Is Not Known To Exist Anywhere ...
Leucin
Leucin, Ifesin (from Gk. Xeux6s, Leukos, White; Connected With Lat. /itx, Light, Olr. 16che, Lightning. Ochurch Slay. Ray, Skt. Rue, To Shine, Ohg. Iioht, Ger. Lieht, As. /eoht, Eng. Light), An Amido-caproic Acid Whose Chemical Constitution Is Represented By The Formula It May Be Obtained In The Form Of Flat. ...
Leucoplasts
Leucoplasts (from Gk. Xenc6s, Icakos, White + Tr).acrr6s, Plastos, Formed. From R Ndcra-etv, Plassein, To Form). Minute Colorless Bodies (also Called Amy/op/was), Whose Special Function It Is To Accumulate Starch And Sometimes Proteids Into Solid Granular Form. They Are Special Or Gans Of The Protoplasm In Active Plant-cells. Sim Ilar ...
Leutze
Leutze, Loit'se, Emaniel ( Is I 6-6s). A German-american Historical Painter Of The Diis Seldorf School. He Was Born In Gemiind, Temberg, May 24, 1816. His Parents Came To The United States, Settling First In Philadel Phia, Then At Fredericksburg. Va. Ile Received His First Instruction In Art From J. ...
Levee
Levee (fr. Levee. A Raising, Embankment, From Lcrcr, To Raise. From Lat. Let-are, To Raise). The Name Applied To An Embankment Constructed Along The Margin Of A River To Restrain Its Waters Within The Natural Channel During Floods, And Particularly The Name Given To The Flood Embankments Of The Mississippi ...