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capital of the department of Vendée, France, situated on the Yon in lat. 46° 41′ N., long. 1o 27' W. The town was founded by Napoleon, and was named Napoléonville 1808-14, Bourbon-Vendée 1814-48, and Napoléon-Vendée 1848-70. The castle Roche-sur-Yon was formerly important in the English and religious wars. Napoleon erected a number of buildings in the town, which are not remarkable. Population (1891), commune, 12,215. 200 miles. Laranda (la-ran'da). The ancient name of Karaman (which see). La Ravardière (lä rä-vär-dyar'), Daniel de la Tousche, Sieur de. Born in Poitou about 1570: died after 1631. A French Protestant soldier. About 1609 and 1611 he made two voyages to the coast of northern Brazil for trading purposes. Subsequently he joined with François de Razilly in establishing a French colony at Maranhão (1612), from whence he explored the Lower Amazon. The colony was taken by the Portuguese in 1615, and La Ravardière remained a prisoner for 3 years. In 1630 he was vice-admiral, under Razilly, in an expedition against the Barbary corsairs. Larcher (lär-shā'), Pierre Henri. Born at Dijon, France, Oct. 12, 1726: died at Paris, Dec. 22, 1812. A French Hellenist, translator of Hero dot us (1786). Larcom (lär'kom), Lucy. Born at Beverly Farms, Ma ., 1826: died April 17, 1893. An American poet. In her youth she worked in a factory at Lowell, Ma ., and was a contributor to the "Lowell Offering." From 1866-74 she was editor of "Our Young Folks." She was the author of “Ships in the Mist, etc.," stories (1859), and 4 or 5 volumes of poems, and compiled and edited "Roadside Poems, etc." (1876), "Hillside and Seaside in Poetry" (1877), etc. Perhaps her best-known single poem is "Poor Lone Hannah." Lardner (lärd'nėr), Dionysius. Born at Dublin, April 3, 1793: died at Naples, April 29, 1859. An English clergyman and scientific writer, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin (1817). In 1827 he was appointed profe or of natural philosophy and astronomy in London University. He eloped, 1840, with the wife of a cavalry officer (afterward marrying her); vis ited the United States and Cuba; and in 1845 established himself in Paris. Among his numerous publications are the "Cabinet Cyclopedia" (1830-49), to which he contributed the articles on hydrostatics, pneumatics, arithmetic, and geometry (and collaborated in others), "The Great Exhibition and London in 1851" (1852), and numerous works and papers on natural science and railway economics. He is notable chiefly as a popularizer of science. Lardner, Nathaniel. Born at Hawk hurst, Kent, June 6, 1684: died there, July 24, 1768. An English nonconformist divine and biblical scholar, author of "The Credibility of the Gospel History" (1727-57: a noted defense of Christianity), sermons, etc.. Laredo (lä-ra'tho). A seaport in the province of Santander, Spain, on the Bay of Biscay. It has a large trade in fish. Population (1887), 4,850. Lares (lā'rēz). In Roman antiquity, a cla of infernal deities whose cult was primitive. They were looked upon as natural protectors of the state and family, and also as powerful for evil if not duly respected and propitiated. The public Lares, originally two in number, were the guardians of the unity of the state, and were honored with temples and an elaborate ceremo nial. After the time of August us, at least, each division of the city had also its own public Lares ( Lares comp i tales ). The private Lares differed for each family, and were worshiped daily in the house, being domiciled either on the family hearth or in a special shrine. They received also especial recognition upon every occasion of festivity, public or private, and on certain days devoted particularly to them, and claimed tribute alike from the bride upon en. tering the family and from the youth upon attaining his majority. The chief of the private Lares in each family, the domestic or household Lar ( Lar familiar is ) in the fullest sense, was the spirit of the founder of the family. To the family spirits were often added in later times, among the household Lares, the shades of heroes, or other personal. ities who were looked upon with admiration or awe. In their character as malignant divinities, the Lares were commonly cla ed under the title of Lemures or Larvæ . Largs (lärgz). A town in Ayrshire, Scotland, situated on the Firth of Clyde. It was the scene of a victory of Alexander III. over Haco of Norway in 1263. Population (1891), 3,187. Larino (lä-rē'no). A town in the province of Campo ba o, Italy, situated in lat. 41° 48' N., long. 14° 55′ E. Population, about 6,000. Lari a, or Larisa (lä-rēs'ä). 1. A nomarchy of northern Greece, ceded by Turkey in 1881. Area, since 1899, 1,622 square miles. Population (1896), 86,513.-2. The capital of the nomarchy of Lari a, situated on the Salambria (Peneius) in lat. 39° 37′ N., long. 22°22′ E.: the ancient capital (under the name Lari a) of the district Pelasgiotis. Population (1889), 13,610. Lari a Cremaste (la-ris'ä kre-mas'tē). In ancient geography, a town in The aly, Greece, situated in lat. 38° 56′ N., long. 22° 50′ Ε. Laristan (lär-is-tän'). A province in southern Persia, bordering on the Persian Gulf southeast of Farsistan. Capital, Lar. The surface is largely mountainous. Area, about 20,000 square miles. Population, about 90,000. admitted to the Royal Society; returned to Geneva in 1836, and conducted the “Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève." He devoted himself to the investigation of the specific heat of gases and the conductibility of heat, but especially to researches in electricity. His name is a ociated with many original discoveries in magnetism, electro-dynamics, etc. He invented the proce of electro-gilding, and propounded a new theory of the aurora. Among his published works are "Mémoire sur les caustiques (1824), "Théorie de la pile voltaïque" (1836), and a complete treatise on electricity, regarded as authoritative, entitled "Archives de l'électricité: Traité de l'électricité théorique et appliquée" (1854-58). Larivey (lä-re-vā'), Pierre de. Born at Troyes about 1550: died about 1612. A French dramatist. He was of Italian birth, and translated his Italian name Giunti into Larivey. He may be considered one of the creators of French comedy. Both Molière and Regnard were indebted to him. His comedies were published together by Viollet-le-Duc in 1579, and several editions followed. He also translated and imitated Str a parol a's "Nights," etc. Larnaka, or Larnaca (lär'nä-kä), or Larnica (lär'ne-kä). A town and the chief seaport in Cyprus, with roadstead in lat. 34° 55′ N., long. 33° 39′ E.: the ancient Citium. Population (1891), 7,593. Laroche (lä-rōsh'), Madame (Maria Sophie Gutermann). Born at Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Dec. 6, 1731: died at Offenbach, He e, Feb. 18, 1807. A German novelist. Her novels are somewhat after the manner of Richardson. Among them are "Fräule in Sommerlieder" (1806), etc. Sternheim" (1771), "Rosa liens Briefe" (1779), "Melusinens La Roc he fou cauld (lä rōsh-fö-kō'), François, sixth Duke of, Prince of Marcillac. Born at Paris, Dec. 15, 1613: died there, March 17, 1680. A French moralist. He is known in literature through his maxims, his memoirs, and his correspondence. The first edition of the "Maxims” was i ued anonymously under the title "Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales" (1665). The fifth edition (1678), published during the author's lifetime, is considered definitive. A sixth edition (1693) contains 50 posthumous maxims. The best modern edition was made by Gilbert for the series of the "Grands écrivains de ia France" (1868). La Roc he fou cauld's memoirs were published in 1662 under the title "Mémoires sur la régence d'Anne d'Autriche." His correspondence was made public in 1818 through Belin's edition of the great moralist's works. at Livignac-le-Haut, France, Nov. 3, 1756: died at Paris, Aug. 12, 1837. A French philosophical writer, author of "Leçons de philosophie" (1815-18), etc. La Rothière (lä-rō-tyar'). A village 23 miles east of Troyes, Aube, France. Here, Feb. 1, 1814, the Allies (100,000) under Blücher defeated the French (45,000) under Napoleon. Larou e (lä-rös'), Pierre Athanase. Born at Toucy, Yonne, France, Oct. 23, 1817: died at Paris, Jan. 3, 1875. A French grammarian, lexicographer, and author: editor of the “Grand dictionnaire universel" (1866-78). Larra (lär'rä), Mariano José de. Born at Madrid, March, 1809: committed suicide, Feb. 13, 1837. A Spanish satirist and dramatist. He first attracted notice by his "El duende Satirico" (1829) and "El pobrecito hablador" (1832). He became editor in chief of the "Spanish Review" in 1833, and wrote for periodicals, under the pseudonym Figaro, a variety of humorous articles published in 5 volumes as "Figaro after his death in 1837. Larrazabal (lär-rä-thä bäl), Felipe. Born about 1822: died 1873. A Venezuelan author. He is best known for his "Vida del Liber tad or Simon Bolivar," first published in 1863 (Caracas, 2 vols.), which has pa ed through several editions. Larrazabal collected a large amount of manuscript material on the history of America, including over 8,000 letters of Bolivar. He was on his way to Europe to arrange for the publication of several works when he was drowned in the wreck of the steamship Ville du Havre. Larrey (lä-rā'), Dominique Jean, Baron. Born near Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France, July, 1766: died at Lyons, July 25, 1842. A noted French surgeon. He served first in the navy, and then in the army, and became distinguished in the Napoleonic campaigns as the head of the medical and surgical department of the army. He introduced the ambulances volantes (flying ambulances). He published "Mémoires de médecine et de chirurgie" (1812-18), etc. Larsa (lär'sä). See Ellasar . La Salle (la sal). A city of La Salle County, Illinois, situated on the Illinois, at the head of navigation, 100 miles west-southwest of Chicago. Population (1900), 10,446. La Salle (lä säl'), Antoine de. A French poet. See the extract. Critics have vied with each other in heaping unacknow. La Roc he fou cauld-Liancourt (lyon-kör'), Duc François Alexandre Frédéric de. Born Jan. ledged masterpieces on his head. His only acknowledged 11, 1747: died March 27, 1827. A French phi- lanthropist and politician. He founded on his estate, Liancourt, near Clermont, a model school for the education of poor soldiers' children, which in 1788 received the name "École des Enfants de la Patrie." He emigrated at the beginning of the Revolution, and was created a peer at the restoration of the Bourbons in 1814. He wrote "Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique fait en 1795–97 "(1798), etc. La Rochejacquelein (lä rōsh-zhäk-lan'), Henri du Vergier, Comte de. Born near Châtill on, Deux-Sèvres, Aug., 1772: killed at Nouaillé, March 4, 1794. A French Vendean leader He was made generali imo in Oct., 1793; was victorious at An train and elsewhere; and was defeated at Le Mans in 1793. La Rochejacquelein, Louis du Vergier, Marquis de. Born at St. Aubin, Deux-Sèvres, France, Nov., 1777: killed in battle at Pontdes-Mathis, near St.-Gilles, France, June 4, 1815. A French Vendean leader, brother of the Comte de la Rochejacquelein. La Rochejacquelein, Marie Louise Victoire de Donni on, Marquise de. Born at Versailles, France, Oct. 25, 1772: died at Orléans, France, Feb. 15, 1857. A French royalist, second wife of the Marquis de la Rochejacquelein. She published "Mémoires” (1815). La Rochelle (lä rō-shel'). The capital of the department of Charente-Inférieure, France, situated on an arm of the Bay of Biscay, in lat. 46° 9′ N., long. 1° 9′ W.: the medieval Rupella. It is a strong fortre and an important seaport. Its fisheries are flourishing, and its trade extensive in wine, brandy, is charming romance of "Petit Jean de Saintré." The first thing added to this has been the admirable satire of the "Quinze Joyes du Mariage," the next the famous collection of the "Cent Nouvelles," and the last the still more famous farce of "Pathelin." There are for once few or no external reasons why these various attributions should not be admitted, while there are many internal ones why they should. Antoine de la Salle was born in 1398, and spent his life in the employment of different kings and princes:-Louis III. of Anjou, king of Naples, his son the good King René, the count of Saint Pol, and Philip the Good of Burgundy, who was his natural sovereign. Nothing is known of him after 1461. Of the three prose works which have been attributed to him there are others of a didactic character in manuscript - the "Quinze Joyes du Mariage" is extremely brief, but it contains the quinte ence of all the satire on that honourable estate which the middle ages had elaborated. Saints bury , French Lit., p. 147. La Salle (lä säl), Jean Baptiste. Born at Rheims, France, April 30, 1651: died at Rouen, France, April 7, 1719. A French priest, founder of the "Brethren of the Christian Schools." La Salle, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de. Born at Rouen, Nov. 22, 1643: died in Texas, March 20, 1687. A French explorer. He was of burgher descent; was educated by the Jesuits, with whom he was for a time connected; and in 1666 went out to Canada. In 1669 he set out upon a tour of western exploration, in the course of which he discovered the Ohio River. In the course of another journey, a year or two later, he explored the upper part of the Illinois. He was granted a patent of nobility in 1673. In 1679 he established Fort Crèvecœur on the Illinois River, near the site of the present Peoria, which was intended as the starting-point of an expedition down the Mi i ippi. Returning in 1680 from a journey to Canada after supplies, he found the fort destroyed by contains a cathedral, several old towers, and an interest ing hôtel de ville. It was the ancient capital of Aunis. After various changes it was finally restored to France about 1372. After 1568 it was the Huguenot headquarters. It was besieged by Richelieu 1627 and taken 1628 (through the construction of a mole, and in spite of the relief expedition under the Duke of Bucking ham in 1627). The English attempted to destroy the French fleet here in 1809.