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See Kosloff. Kra (krä). The isthmus which connects the Malay peninsula with the rest of the Indo-Chinese peninsula. Krafft, or Kraft (kräft), Adam. Born at Nuremberg (1) about the middle of the 15th century: died at Schwabach (?), near Nuremberg, 1507. A German sculptor of the Nuremberg school. His chief work is the tabernacle in St. Laurence's Church, Nuremberg. Krafft, Peter. Born at Hanau, Sept. 17, 1780: died at Vienna, Oct. 28, 1856. An Austrian historical painter. He was a pupil of the Hanau Academy, afterward of Füger in Vienna. He went to Paris in 1802, and became a follower of the school of David. In 1806 he returned to Vienna, but did not become known till 1813. He was elected member of the Vienna Academy in that year, and in 1815 of the Hanau Academy; profe or and corrector at the Vienna Academy in 1823; director of the Belvedere Gallery in 1828; and in 1839 honorary member of the Copenhagen Academy. Krain. See Carniola . pelled with the other mi ionaries, he was able to labor in Shoa until 1842. In 1844 he founded the first mi ion station among the Wanyika in East Africa. During one of his exploring tours in the interior he discovered Mounts Kenia and Amboloila, 1849. He returned to Germany in 1853, but revisited Africa as interpreter of Lord Napier on his expedition to Aby in i a. Many valuable Aby in i an manuscripts have been secured through him, and African eth nology and philology are indebted to him for important contributions. He published an account of some of his journeys in "Reisen in Ostafrika" (1858). His dictionary of Kisuahili appeared in 1882, shortly after his death. Krapotkin (krä-pot'kin), Prince Peter. Born at Moscow, 1842. A Ru ian socialist and anarchist. He is a member of the oldest Ru ian nobility; was brought up as a page at court; studied geology and geography at St. Petersburg; became secretary of the Geo graphical Society; and was appointed chamberlain to the czarina. He was arrested as an anarchist in 1873, but made his escape in 1876. He was imprisoned in France 1883-86 under a law directed against the International Workingmen's A ociation, of which he was a member. He is the author of "Paroles d'un révolté" (1885), "In Ru ian and French Prisons" (1887), etc. Also written Krapotkine , Kropotkin , etc. Krasicki (krä-sēt'skē), Ignatius. Born at Dubiecko, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, Feb. 3, 1735: died at Berlin, March 14, 1801. A Polish poet and man of letters. His chief poems are "Myszeis" ("Mousiad," 1790), and "Monomachia" ("War of the Monks"). Krasinski (krä-sin'skē), Sigmund. Born at Paris, Feb. 19, 1812: died there, Feb. 24, 1859. A Polish poet. Among his poems are "Nieboska komedya" ("Undivine Comedy," 18351848), "Irydion" (1845), etc. 184 Krasnoi (kräs-noi'), or Krasnyi. A town in the government of Smolensk, Ru ia, 30 miles southwest of Smolensk. Here, Aug. 14, 1812, the French under Murat and Ney defeated the Ru ians under Rajevsky; and here, Nov. 16-19, 1812, the Ru ians under Kutus off defeated the French under Napoleon. An obelisk was erected in 1843 in commemoration of the latter IMG:content-0582.png:[merged small][ocr errors] Krasnovodsk (kräs-nō-vodsk'). The capital of the Trans cas pian Territory, Asiatic Ru ia, situated on the Caspian Sea about lat. 40° N., long. 52° 45′ E. Krasnoyarsk (kräs-nō-yärsk'). The capital of the government of Yeniseisk, Siberia, situated on the Yenisei about lat. 56° N., long. 92° 30′ E. Po Population (1889), 16,235. Krasnyi (or Krasnoi) Jar (kräs-noi' yär). A town in the government of Astrakhan, Ru ia, situated on a mouth of the Volga 27 miles northeast of Astrakhan. Population, 6,230. Kraszewski (krä-shev'skē), Józef Ignacy. Born at Warsaw, July 26, 1812: died at Geneva, March 19, 1887. A Polish novelist, poet, critic, historian, and general writer, author of many novels of Polish life. Kratim (krä-tem'), or Kratimer (krat'i-mèr), The dog of the Seven Sleepers. See the extract. Mahomet has somewhat improved on the story. He has made the Sleepers prophecy his coming, and he has given them a dog named Kratim, or Kratimer, which sleeps with them, and which is endowed with the gift of prophecy. As a special favor this dog is to be one of the ten animals to be admitted into his paradise, the others being Jonah's whale, Solomon's ant, Ishmael's ram, Abraham's calf, the Queen of Sheba's a , the prophet Salech's camel, Moses' ox, Belkis' cuckoo, and Mahomet's a .