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321, 322. Lepage, Bastien-. See Bastien - Lepage. Lepanto (le-pan'tō). A small town in the nomarchy of A carn an i a and Ætolia, Greece, situated on the Gulf of Lepanto in lat. 38° 25′ Ν., long. 21°48′ E.: the ancient Naupactus. It was an A then i an military station 5th century в. с., and was taken from the Venetians by the Turks in 1499. Lepanto, Battle of. A naval victory gained Oct. 7, 1571, by the Italian and Spanish fleets, under Don John of Austria, over the Turks, west of Lepanto. Lepanto, Bay of. An arm of the Mediterranean Sea, with which it is connected by the Gulf of was the scene of Cæsar's victory over the Pompeians (Afranius and Petreius) in 49 B. C. It surrendered to the French in 1707 and 1810. Population (1887), 21,885. bi'a-kä). A Greek romance, attributed to Longus. See Daphnis and Chloe . Lesbos (lez'bos). [Gr. Λέσβος .] An island in the Ægean Sea, intersected by lat. 39° N., long. 26° 20′ E., west of Mysia, Asia Minor: the modern Metelino. Chief town, Mytilene. The surface is mountainous; soil fertile. It was colonized by Æolians; was celebrated as a seat of literature; and was acquired by the Turks in 1462. (See further under Mytilene.) Length, about 43 miles. Population, estimated, about 36,000 (mainly Greeks). Lesches (les'kēz), or Lescheus (les'kūs). [Gr. Λέσχης, Λέσχες.] Born at Pyrrha, near Mytilene, about 700 в.с. One of the so-called cyclic poets, author of an epic entitled "The Little Iliad” ( Ἰλιὰς μικρά ) , in four books. It was designed to be a supplement to the Iliad of Homer, and related the events which followed the death of Hector - namely, the fate of Ajax, the exploits of Uly es, the fall of Troy, etc. Lescot (les-kō'), Pierre. Born at Paris about 1510: died Sept. 10, 1578. A noted French architect. About all that is known of his personal history is derived from a poem by Ronsard, and the accounts of the royal buildings. He was practically the first architect of France to employ the cla ic forms in a truly cla ic way, previous attempts being largely influenced by Gothic feeling. His work is considered the best that the Renai ance produced in France. He was made architect of the Louvre Aug. 3, ands in the Mediterranean, opposite Cannes, southeastern France. The chief islands are St.-Honor at and Ste.-Marguerite. Lermontoff (ler'mon-tof), Mikhail Yurievitch. Born at Moscow, Oct. 15, 1814: killed in the Caucasus, July 27, 1841. A Ru ian poet and novelist, surnamed "the poet of the Caucasus," whither he was twice exiled (1837, 1840), and where he was killed in a duel. His best-known works are the novel "Hero of our Time," and the poems "Song of the Tsar Ivan Va ilievitch," "Is mail-Bey," and "The Demon." Lerna (ler'nä). [Gr. Λέρνα .] In ancient geog of the Louvre which was built by Lescot consists of the western side south of the Tour d'Orloge, which stands upon the foundations of the great hall of Philippe Auguste, and, with a lower roof, remains just as Lescot left it; the Pavillon du Roi, remodeled; and the western half of the south side, also remodeled. It is the oldest portion of the present palace, and has furnished the type which has been followed throughout the building. Lesghians (les'gi-anz). A collection of tribes living in Daghestan, Caucasus, Ru ia. Their religion is a form of Mohammedanism. Number estimated at 461,000. Lesina (les'ē-nä). 1. An island in the Adriatic Sea, belonging to Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary, Lesina intersected by lat. 43° 8' N., long. 17° E. Length, 43 miles.-2. A seaport on the island of Lesina. Population (1890), 3,596. Leskovatz (les'kō-väts). A town in Servia, situated on the Veternitza in lat. 42° 56' N., long. 21° 57′ E. Population (1890), 12,132. Leslie (les'li or lez'li), Alexander, first Earl of Leven. Born about 1580: died at Balgonie, Fifes hire, April 4, 1661. A Scottish general, long in the service of Charles IX. of Sweden, and Gustavus Adolphus, in the campaigns against Ru ia, Poland, Denmark, and Austria. In 1628 he compelled Wal lens tein to raise the siege of Stralsund, and in 1630 seized the island of Rügen for the Swedish king. He was made field-marshal in 1636. He returned to Scotland, and identified himself with the Covenanters, resigning from the Swedish service in 1638. The organization and command of the Scottish army were intrusted to him. He captured Aberdeen and Edinburgh Castle in 1639, but resigned in June of that year in order that there might be no obstacle to the proposed peace with Charles. On the rupture of the peace, he resumed his position as general (April, 1640). In 1644 he led an army into England to support the Parliament, and took part in the battle of Marston Moor, where the troops under command were routed. (See Marston Moor.) He was relieved of his command May 11, 1648, but a umed it again in 1648 when Cromwell threatened Scotland. In 1651 he was surprised and captured by a body of English horse, carried to London, and imprisoned in the Tower, from which he was soon released. Leslie, or Lesley, Charles. Born at Dublin, Ireland, July 17, 1650: died at Glaslough, Monaghan, Ireland, April 13, 1722. A British nonjuror (Jacobite) and controversialist. He was an opponent of William III. whom he attacked in a pamphlet "Gallienus Redivivus, or Murther will out" (1695: a principal authority on the Glencoe ma acre), of Burnet ("Tem por a mutantur," 1689), Til lots on, and others. He also attacked the Quakers ("The Snake in the Gra , or Satan transformed into an Angel of Light" (1696), and other pamphlets) and the Jews, and engaged in political controversies. His best-known work is "A Short and Easy Method with the Deists" (1698). He was obliged to leave England (1711) to avoid arrest on account of his political opinions, and later joined the household of the Pretender, whom he ardently supported. Leslie, Charles Robert. Born at London, Oct. 19, 1794: died there, May 5, 1859. A noted English painter and writer, son of Robert Leslie, an American. He went to America with his parents in 1799, returned to England in 1811 to study art, and became a pupil of Allston and West, and a close friend of Consta ble. In 1833 he for a brief period instructor of drawing at West Point. He was profe or of painting at the Royal Academy 1848-52. Among his works are numerous portraits (Washington Irving, Scott, Dickens as Bobadil, etc.), "Sir Roger de Coverley going to Church" (1819), "Among the Gypsies" (1829), illustrations of Irving's "Sketch-book" and "Knickerbocker," "May-day Revels in the Time of Queen Elizabeth" (1821), "The Taming of the Shrew" (1831), "Columbus and the Egg" (1835), etc. He wrote "Memoirs of John Constable" (1845), "Handbook for Young Painters" (1855), "Autobiographical Recollections" (edited by Taylor, 1865), "Life of Reynolds" (completed by Taylor, 1865). Leslie, David. Died 1682. A Scottish general, first Lord Newark. He was colonel of horse under Gustavus Adolphus, but returned to Scotland in 1640 to major-general in the Scottish army under the Earl support the cause of the Covenanters, and was appointed At the battle of Marston Moor, in which the troops under Leven were routed by Rupert, he with Cromwell stood firm, and won the day. His part in the victory, which was ignored by Cromwell, has been much discu ed, but it was certainly an important one. On Sept. 13, 1645, he defeated Montrose. He later supported the cause of Charles II., and was defeated by Cromwell at Dunbar Sept. 3, 1650, and again at Worcester. He was captured and confined in the Tower until 1660. After the Restoration he was created Lord Newark. Leslie, Eliza. Born at Philadelphia, Nov., 1787: died at Gloucester, N. J., Jan. 2, 1858. An American authore , sister of C. R. Leslie: published "Domestic Cookery Book" (1837), etc. Leslie, Frank (the a umed name of Henry Carter). Born at Ipswich, England, 1821: died at New York, Jan. 10, 1880. An American publisher, founder (1855) of "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper." Leslie, or Lesley, John. Born Sept. 29, 1527: died at Guirtenburg, near Bru els, May 30, 1596. A Scottish Roman Catholic prelate and historian, bishop of Ro , a partizan and influential adviser of Mary Queen of Scots, and her agent in many affairs during her imprisonment. He was involved in the Norfolk conspiracy, and was confined in the Tower, and later transferred to Farnham Castle. In 1573 he was released. He wrote a history of Scotland, partly in Latin (1578) and partly in Scotch (published 1830), and various other works. Leslie, Sir John. Born at Largo, Fifes hire, Scotland, April 16, 1766: died at Coates, near Largo, Nov. 3, 1832. A Scottish physicist and geometrician, made profe or of mathematics at Edinburgh 1805. He wrote an "Inquiry into the Nature and Properties of Heat" (1804), "Elements of Geometry" (1809), "Geometrical Analysis" (1821), "Elements of Physics" (1823), etc. Leslie, Thomas Edward Cliffe. Born in Ireland, 1827: died at Belfast, Ireland, Jan. 27, 1882. A British political economist. He was ap pointed profe or of jurisprudence and political economy in Queen's College, Belfast, in 1853. He wrote "Land Systems and Industrial Economy of Ireland, England, and Continental Countries" (1870), "E ays on Political and Moral Philosophy" (1879), etc. Lesly, Ludovic. In Scott's "Quentin Durward," an archer of Louis XI.'s body-guard, called Le Balafré from a scar on his face. Lespina e (lā-pi-näs'), Mademoiselle Julie Jeanne Eléonore de. Born at Lyons (baptized Nov. 19, 1732): died at Paris, May 22, 1776. A French letter-writer and leader of society. She was the illegitimate daughter of the Counte d'Albon. In 1754 Madame du Deffand, who had become blind, invited her to live with her. For ten years they presided together over their fashionable and literary salon. At the end of that time they quarreled, and Mademoiselle Lespina e established herself elsewhere with D'Alembert, who lived with her in a curious sort of relationship till her death. During this time she was a gracious hoste , and a bond of union to many men of letters, especially those of the younger philosophe school. But this is not what gives her her place here. Her claim rests upon a collection of love letters, not addre ed to D'Alembert. She was thirty-four when the earliest of her love affairs began, and had never been beautiful. When she died she was forty-four, and her later letters are more pa ionate than the earlier. Her first lover was a young Spaniard, the Marquis Gonsalvo de Mora; her second, the Count de Guibert, a poet and e ayist of no great merit, a military reformer said to have been of some talent, and pretty evidently a bad-hearted coxcomb. To him the epistles we have are addre ed. import ere addre ed 17. [Published by the widow of Guibert in 1809.] Le eps (les'eps; F. pron. le-seps'), Vicomte Ferdinand de. Born at Versailles, France, Nov. 19, 1805: died near Paris, Dec. 7, 1894. A celebrated French engineer and diplomatist. He was amba ador at Madrid in 1848, and was sent on a special mi ion to Rome in 1849. He is chiefly known as the projector and engineer of the Suez Canal, work on which was commenced in 1859, and which was opened in 1869. He afterward formed a company for the purpose of cutting a canal through the Isthmus of Panama, and work on the canal began in 1881. The scheme collapsed, and a judicial inquiry into the affairs of the company resulted in a sentence of imprisonment against De Le eps in 1893, which was not carried into effect. He published "Lettres, etc., pour servir à l'his to ire du canal de Suez" (1875). See Suez Canal , Panama Canal . Le ines (les-sen'). A town in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, situated on the Dender 26 miles west-southwest of Bru els. Population (1890), 8,225. Le ing (les's ing), Gotthold Ephraim. Born at Camenz, Upper Lusatia, Jan. 22, 1729: died at Brunswick, Feb. 15, 1781. A celebrated German dramatist and critic. His father was a clergy man. He attended school at Camenz and Mei en, and in 1746 went to Leipsic to study theology. Instead, however, of pursuing his studies in this direction, he soon gave his principal attention to the theater. In 1748, in his third semester at the university, was produced his first comedy, "Der junge Gelehrte" ("The Young Scholar"). His a ociation with the theater having given offense to his parents, he was summoned home. He soon, neverthele , returned to Leipsic, where he matriculated as a student of medicine. This same year (1748) he went to Berlin, where he reviews, and original 1751 Lettres Édifiantes written by the Hamburg profe or and philosopher H. S. Reimarus, published from 1774 to 1778, involved him in a bitter controversy with Pastor Goeze of Hamburg. Against him he wrote the scathing polemics contained in his "AntiGoeze," which appeared also in 1778. This same year was published "Ernst und Falk, Gespräche für Freimaurer" ("Ernst and Falk, Dialogues for Freemasons "). In 1779 appeared the drama "Nathan der Weise" ("Nathan the Wise"), and in 1780, finally, the treatise "Die Erzie hung des Menschengeschlechts" ("The Education of the Human Race") - like the "Anti-Goeze" papers and "Nathan," a result of the theological controversies of the last years of his life. His collected works were published in Berlin 1825-28, in 32 vols.; and again, by Karl Lachmann, in Berlin 1838-40, in 18 vols. Le ing, Karl Fried rich. Born at Breslau, Pru ia, Feb. 15, 1808: died at Karlsruhe, Baden, June 5, 1880. A German historical and land- scape painter, grandnephew of G. E. Le ing. Many of his subjects were taken from scenes in the life of Hu . Le in i an (le-sin'i-an) Alps. A group of the Alps on the border of Tyrol and Italy, between the Adige and the Brenta. Le on in Anatomy, The. A painting by Rem- brandt (1632), in the museum at The Hague, Holland. It represents Nicol a us Tulp, a noted anato- mist, demonstrating the anatomy of the di ected arm of a corpse to several students, in presence of two members of the gild of surgeons. All the figures are portraits. Lestocq (les-tok'), Count Johann Hermann von. Born at Celle, Pru ia, April 29, 1692: died June 23, 1767. A surgeon at the Ru ian court, a favorite and councilor of the empre Elizabeth 1741-48. L'Estrange (les-tranj'), Sir Roger. Born at Hunstanton, Norfolk, Dec. 17, 1616: died at London, Dec. 11, 1704. An English journalist and royalist pamphleteer, licenser of the pre under Charles II. and James II. He served in the royal army against the Parliament, and in an attempt to carry out a plot for the capture of Lynn was betrayed, arrested, and condemned to death, but remained at New gate until 1648, when he escaped to Holland. He returned to England in 1653. In 1663 he was appointed surveyor of printing-offices and licenser of the pre , and founded "The Intelligencer" (Aug. 31) and "The News," both of which ceased to exist in 1666. From 1681 to 1687 he i ued the "Observator." He published a great number of pam- phlets political and personal, "The Fables of Esop and other Eminent Mythologists with Moral Reflections" (1692), "The Works of Flavius Joseph us compared with the Origi- nal Greek" (1702), a translation of the "Vision of Queve- do," etc. Lesueur (lė-sü-èr'), Eustache. Born at Paris, Nov. 19, 1617: died there, April 30, 1655. A French historical painter. His chief work is "Life of St. Bruno" (Louvre). Lesueur, Hubert. Born at Paris about 1595: died at London about 1652. A French sculp- tor, resident in England after 1628. He completed, in 1634, bronze statues of the king and queen, now in St. John's College, Oxford, and executed many works for the king. Lesueur, Jean François. Born at Drucat-Ple iel, near Abbeville, France, Jan. 15, 1763: died at Paris, Oct. 6, 1837. A French composer, author of the opera "Les bardes" (1804), etc. supported himself by making translations and writing to Wittenberg to complete his studies at the university. After taking the degree of master, he returned to Berlin Leszczynski. See Stanislaus Leszczynski . in 1752. In 1751 he had already published a collection of poems under the title "Kleinigkeiten" ("Trifles"). In 1753 he began the publication of his collected works, two volumes of which were i ued that year, two in 1754, and two more in 1755, in which year he also wrote his first tragedy, "Mi Sara Sampson." Several comedies fall in this early period, namely, "Der Misogyn" ("The Misogynist"), "Die Juden" ("The Jews"), "Der Freigeist" ("The Freethinker"), "Der Schatz" ("The Treasure"). He had also written a number of Anacreontic poems, poetic fables, epigrams, and didactic poems. In the autumn of 1755 he returned once more to Leipsic, where with slight interruptions he remained until 1757. In 1758 he went back to Berlin, and began there the following year, in conjunction with Moses Mendel ohn and the bookseller Nicolai, his "Litteraturbriefe" ("Letters on Literature"), which were continued down to 1765. He published too, at this time, a collection of prose fables, a number of odes in prose, and the one-act tragedy "Philotas," and sketched the plan of a "Faust," which, however, was never written. In 1760 he went to Breslau as secretary to General von Tauentzien. In 1763 he wrote the comedy "Minna von Barnhelm," which was not published until 1767. From Breslau he returned in 1765 to Berlin, where he next wrote his great critical work "Laokoon," which was published in 1766. The succeeding year he went to Hamburg in order to take part as a critic in the foundation of a German national theater. The result of this undertaking was the series of dramatic criticisms published twice a week from 1767 to 1769 under the title "Hamburg is che Dramaturgie" ("Hamburg Dramaturgy"). In 1768 appeared "Briefe antiquarischen In halts" ("Antiquarian Letters"), directed against Profe or Klotz of Halle. In 1769 appeared the archæological treatise "Wie die Alten den Tod gebildet" ("How the Ancients depicted Death"). In this year he received a call as librarian to the ducal library in Wolfenbüttel, a position which he held from the spring of 1770 until his death. In 1772 appeared the tragedy "Emilia Galotti." From 1773 to 1781 were published a series of "Contributions to History and Literature from the Treasures of the Wolfenbüttel Library" ("Beiträge zur Geschichte und Lit teratur aus den Schätzen der Wolfenbüttel. Bibliothek"); "Fragmente eines Wolfenbüttelschen Ungenannten," theological criticisms purporting to be extracts from the writings of "an anonymous Wolfenbutteler," but really Lethe (le'the). [Gr. Λήθη .] In Greek mythology: (a) The personification of oblivion, a daughter of Eris. (b) The river of oblivion, one of the streams of Hades, the waters of which po e ed the property of causing those who drank of them to forget their former existence. Ariosto places it in the moon, and Dante in purgatory. Lethe. A play by Garrick, produced April 15, 1740, and subsequently enlarged. Letheby (leth'bi), Henry. Born at Plymouth, 1816: died at London, March 28, 1876. An English chemist, lecturer on chemistry at the London Hospital: author of "Food: its Varieties, etc." (1870). Letmathe (let'mä-te). A town in the province of Westphalia, Pru ia, east of Elberfeld-Barmen. Leto (lē'to). [Gr. Δητώ.] In Greek mythology, the daughter of the Titan Cœus and Phœbe, and mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis. According to the earlier form of the myth, she was the wife of Zeus before he married Hera; according to the later form, his mistre after his marriage with Hera. Her name became Latona in Roman mythology. Leto (la'to), Pomponio. The nom de plume of the Marchese Vitelleschi. Letton (let'on), John. A printer, living in the second half of the 15th century, who was "the first printer who set up a printing-pre in the city of London.. He probably died or ceased printing about 1483" ( Dict . Nat . Biog . ). Lettres Édifiantes: in full "Lettres Édifiantes et Curie uses, écrites des mi ions étrangères par quelques mi ion a ires de la compagnie de Jésus." A collection of letters from Jesuit mis sionaries, principally in America and Asia, first published at Paris, in 34 vols. 12mo, 1702-76. There are many other editions, that of 1780-83 in 26 vols. being generally preferred; later ones have various add i- tions; and there is a second collection entitled "Nouvelles Lettres Édifiantes des mi ions de la Chine et des Indes Orient a les" (8 vols. 1818-23). Spanish and Italian editions have been published, and an abridged one in English. Many of these letters are of great historical and eth no- graphical interest. Letts (lets). A branch of the Lithuanian or Lettic race, inhabiting chiefly the Ru ian prov- inces of Courland, Livonia, and Vitebsk. The Letts call themselves Latvis. Letzten Dinge, Die. [G., 'The Last Things.] An oratorio by Spohr, produced at Ca el on Good Friday, 1826. It is known in English as "The Last Judgment." Leucadia, or Leucas. See Santa Maura . Leuch ten berg (loich'ten-berg). Formerly, a small princely landgraviate in the Upper Palati- nate. It came into the po e ion of the Bavarian dynasty in the middle of the 17th century. Eugène de Beauhar nais was made duke of Leuch ten berg in 1817. historical painter of the Dü eldorf school. Among his works are "Washington Cro ing the Dela- ware," "Washington at Mon mouth," "Landing of the Levadia. See Livadia . Levaillant (le-vä-yon'), François. Born at Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, 1753: died at Sé- zanne, France, Nov. 22, 1824. A French orni- thologist, and traveler in southern Africa 1781- 1785. He published accounts of his travels (1790 and 1796). Levambert (lé-von-bar'), Louis. Born at Pa- ris, 1614: died 1670. A French sculptor. Much of his work is in the park of Versailles. Lévan (la-von'), Louis. Born in 1612: died in 1668. A noted French architect. His first work, ap- parently, was in 1643 at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicompte. afterward charged with the transformation of the Château de Vincennes. He succeeded Lemercier as arch i- tect of the Louvre and Tuileries, and completed the eastern and northern sides, except the portico of Perrault. At the Tuileries Louis XIV. ordered Lévan to remodel the pal- ace, which he did at the expense of De l'Orme's work, leaving intact only the order of the Rez de Chau ée. He Flore. In 1661 he built the Palais des Quatres Nations, now the Institut. He was also the first architect of Saint Sulpice, and built the Chapel de la Salpêtrière, Saint-Louis en I'lle, etc. He added two pavilions and an orangerie to the old Château de Versailles built by Louis XIII. Levana (le-vā'nä). In Roman mythology, a godde , the protectre of children. Levana. An educational treatise by Richter, published in 1807. Levanna (le-vän nä). A peak of the Graian Alps, on the frontier of France and Italy. Height, 11,940 feet. Levant (le-vant'), The. [D. levant, G. Levante, Dan. Sw. levant , F. lerant , Sp. Pg. It. levante , from ML. lev an ( t- )s, the sunrise, the east, the orient; prop. adj., rising: applied to the sun.] The region, east of Italy, lying on and near the Mediterranean, sometimes reckoned as extend- ing east to the Euphrates and as taking in the Nile valley, thus including Greece and Egypt; more specifically, the coast region and islands of Asia Minor and Syria: a name originally given by the Italians. Levant in a, Valle. See Leventina . Levanto (le-vän'tō). A small town in north- ern Italy, on the Riviera 12 miles northwest of Leu cippus (lū-sip'us). [Gr. Λεύκιππος .] Lived about 500 в. с. A noted Greek philosopher, founder of the atomic school of philosophy. Leven (lē'vn), Loch. 1. A salt-water loch on Leuckart (loik'ärt), Karl Georg Fried rich Rudolf. Born at Helmstedt, Germany, Oct. 7, 1822. A German zoologist, profe or at Leip sic from 1869: especially noted as a helm in- thologist. He published "Die Parasiten des the boundary of Argyll and Inverne , Scotland. It joins Loch Linnhe. - 2. See Lochleven . Leventina (la-ven-te'nä), or Levant in a (la- vän-te'nä), Valle, G. Livinenthal (le-fe'nen- täl). The valley of the upper Ticino from Airolo to Biasca, in the canton of Ticino, Swit- zerland. Length, about 22 miles. Lever (lē'ver), Sir Ashton. Born at Alkring- ton, near Manchester, March 5, 1729: died at Manchester, Jan. 24, 1788. An English natu- ralist, noted as a collector. His extensive collection of various objects of interest - the Leverian Museum- was for many years one of the sights of London. It was disposed of by lottery in 1788, and dispersed by auction in 1806. Lever, Charles James. Born at Dublin, Aug. 31, 1806: died at Triest, June 1, 1872. An Irish novelist, of English descent. He graduated at Trin- ity College, Dublin; studied medicine (which he prac- appointed vice-admiral of England in 1604. He commanded a squadron despatched (unsucce fully) to the Azores to capture the Spanish treasure-ships in 1600, and defeated the Spaniards in the harbor of Kinsale Oct., 1601, and in Cezimbra Bay June 3, 1602. Leveson-Gower, Lord Francis. See Egerton , Francis . Leveson-Gower (lu's on-gör'), George Gran- ville, first Duke of Sutherland. Born at London, Jan. 9, 1758: died July 19, 1833. An English nobleman, eldest son of the first Mar- quis of Stafford by his second wife, daughter of the first Duke of Bridge water: created duke of Sutherland in 1833. He was a member of the House of Commons 1778-98 (except 1784-87), and was am- ba ador at Paris 1790-92. By inheritance and by marriage with the Counte of Sutherland, he became po e ed of vast wealth. Leveson-Gower, Lady Georgiana Charlotte. Born Sept. 23, 1812: died Jan. 19, 1885. An English novelist, daughter of the first Earl Gran- ville: after her marriage in 1833 Lady Georgi- ana Fuller ton. She wrote "Life of St. Francis of Rome, etc." (1885), "Laurentia" (1861), "Rose Leblanc" (1861), "Too Strange not to be True" (1864), "Con stance Sherwood (1865), "A Stormy Life" (1867), "Mrs. Gerald's Niece" (1869), "A Will and a Way" (1881), and various lives of saints, and translations, principally from the French. Leveson-Gower, Granville, first Marquis of Stafford. Born Aug. 4, 1721: died Aug. 15, 1805. An English nobleman. The third son of the first Earl Gower, he succeeded his father in 1754, and was created marquis of Stafford in 1786. He was a lord of the admiralty in 1749, lord privy seal 1755-57 and 1784-94, and president of the council 1767-79 and 1783-84. and was appointed consul at Spezia in 1857, and at Triest in 1867. He wrote "Harry Lorrequer" (1837), "Charles O'Malley" (1840), Burke of Ours" (1844), "Arthur ily Abroad" (1853-54), "Con Cregan" (1849), "The Dal- tons" (1852), "Lord Kilgobbin" (1872), etc. Leverett (lev'er-et), Frederick Percival. Born at Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 11, 1803: died at Boston, Oct. 6, 1836. An American cla ical scholar, author of a Latin lexicon (1837). Leverett, Sir John. Born in England, 1616: died March 16, 1679. A colonial governor of Ma achusetts 1673-79. Leve ridge (lev'er-jij), Richard. Born in 1670: died March 22, 1758. An English singer. He had a very deep ba voice, which was unimpaired for many years. About 1719 he opened a coffee-house in Covent Garden. He published a volume of songs with music in Levis (lā-vē' or lev'is), or Point Levi (lē'vi). A river port in the province of Quebec, Canada, situated on the St. Lawrence opposite Quebec. Population (1891), 7,301. Levita, Elias. See Elias Levita . Levites (lē'vits). 1. In Jewish history, the de- scendants of Levi, one of the sons of Jacob; the tribe of Levi.-2. Specifically, a body of a istants to the priests in the tabernacle and temple service of the Jews. This body was com- posed of all males of the tribe of Levi between 30 (or 25) and 50 years of age, exclusive of the family of Aaron, which constituted the priesthood. Originally they guard- ed the tabernacle, and a isted in carrying it and its ves- sels, and in preparing the corn, wine, oil, etc., for sacrifice; they furnished the music at the services, and had charge of the sacred treasures and revenues. After the settle- ment in Palestine they were relieved of some of these Leverrier (lé-vā-ryā'), Urbain Jean Joseph. Born at St.-Lô, France, March 11, 1811: died at Paris, Sept. 23, 1877. A noted French astrono- mer, who shares with J. C. Adams the honor of discovering the planet Neptune in 1846. (See Neptune.) He became director of the Paris Observatory in 1854. Leveson (lu's on), Sir Richard. Born 1570: died at London, July, 1605. An English admiral, hathites, and the Merarites. IMG:content-0615.png:[blocks in formation] Levkas (lev'käs), Amaxiki, Amaxichi (ämäks-e'ke), Santa Maura (sän'tä mou'rä), Hamaxiki (hä-mäks-ēkē), etc. A seaport and the chief place in the island of Santa Maura, Ionian Islands, Greece, situated at the northeastern extremity of the island. Population (1889), 5,539. Levkosia. See Nicosia . Levroux (le-vrö'). A town in the department of Indre, central France, 13 miles north by west of Châteauroux. Population (1891), commune, 4,203. Levuka (lā-vöʻkä). A town in the Fiji Islands: formerly the capital. Levy (lev i), Amy. Born at Clapham, Nov. 10, 1861: committed suicide Sept. 10, 1889. An English poet and novelist, of Hebrew descent. She wrote several volumes of poems ("Xantippe and other Poems" (1881), "A Minor Poet" (1884), "A London Plane-tree" (1889)) and the novel "Reuben Sachs" (1889). Lévy (la-vē), Calmann. Born at Phalsbourg, Lorraine, Oct. 19, 1819: died June 18, 1891. A French bookseller and editor, brother of Michel Lévy, with whom and a third brother he formed the firm of Michel Lévy frères. Lévy (lā-vē ́), Émile. Born at Paris, Aug. 29, 1826: died there, April 4, 1890. A French genre and portrait-painter. He was a pupil of the École des Beaux Arts, of De Pujol, and of Picot, and won the grand prix de Rome in 1854. Among his works are "Le rep as libre des martyrs" (1859), "Vercingetorix se rendant à César" (1863), (1863), (genus coignant sa ceinture (16) La mort d'Orphee), "Jeune mère" (1881), "Circe" (1889), "Silène" (1890), etc. He decorated the mairie of the 16th arrondi ement 18851887, and had much succe in pastel. Lévy, Michel. Born at Phalsbourg, Lorraine, Dec. 20, 1821: died at Paris, May 6, 1875. A French bookseller and publisher. Lewald (la' väld), Fanny, later Madame Stahr. Born at Königsberg, Pru ia, March 24, 1811: died at Dresden, Aug. 5, 1889. A German novelist and writer of travels. Among her novels are "Prinz Louis Ferdinand" (1849), "Von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht" (1863-65). Lew-chew Islands. See Loochoo Islands. Lewes (lū'es). The capital of Su ex, England, situated on the Ouse 45 miles south of London. Here, May 14, 1264, Henry III. was defeated by the barons under Simon de Montfort. Henry and his son gave them 10,997. selves up to the barons after the battle. Population (1891), Lewes, or Lewis (lū'is), Charles Lee. Born at London, Nov. 29, 1740: died July 23 (June 26?), 1803. A A noted English comedian. Lewes (lū'es), George Henry. Born at London, April 18, 1817: died at London, Nov. 28, 1878. An English philosophical and miscellaneous writer, largely influenced by the philosophy of August Comte. Lewes was married in 1840, but in 1854 left his wife, living thereafter with Mi Mary Anne Evans (George Eliot). He wrote a "Biographical History of Philosophy" (1845-46), "The Spanish Drama" (1847), "The Life of Goethe" (1855), "Seaside Studies" (1858), "Physiology of Common Life" (1859-60), "Studies in Animal Life" (1862), "Aristotle" (1864), "Problems of Life and Mind" (1874-79), "Actors and the Art of Acting" (1875), "Physical Basis of Mind" (1877). He was the first editor of the "Fortnightly Review" (1865-66). Lewes, Mise of. [From OF. mise , a settling, judgment.] An agreement between the English defeated party under Henry III. and the barons under Simon de Montfort, in 1264, directly after the battle of Lewes. It provided for native councilors and the reorganization of Parliament. Lewin (lu'in), Thomas. Born April 19, 1805: died Jan. 5, 1877. An English lawyer, antiquary, and miscellaneous writer. He wrote "A Practical Treatise on the Law of Trusts and Trustees" (1837), "The Life and Epistles of St. Paul" (1851), "An E ay on the Chronology of the New Testament" (1854), etc. Lewis (lu'is), or The Lews (lūz). The northern and larger portion of the main island of the He brides, Ro -shire, Scotland, situated 27 miles west of the mainland, from which it is separated by the Minch. Chief town, Stornoway. Area, 575 square miles.