LITERATURE

is the body of writings of a people preserved on account of its beauty of thought and style; lit. falls into two great cla es—prose and poetry, and each of these is divisible into many species, according as the basis of division is form or matter. Gk. lit. developed spontaneously and without external influence; it perfected all the principal types, except prose fiction. See under different countries. former town, Camp an i a, Italy; no remains visible. town, New South Wales, Australia; government small arms factory; iron smelting, rolling-mills, Pop. 1920, 10,900.