Chasles, Victor

EUFGEMION PHIL ARETE, a French litérateur, B. at Main villi ers, near Chart res, 1799. In his 15th year he was apprenticed to a printer, and at the time of the Restoration was imprisoned for two months, on account of his master being suspected as a plotter against the security of the State. Chasles was set at liberty through the interce ion of Châteaubriand, when he came to England, where for seven years he directed the printing department of the establishment of Mr. Valpy. Soon after this, he returned to Paris, and entered upon a literary career marked by considerable originality and succe . His fecundity in authorship has been so great, that it would occupy a considerable space even to enumerate his works. Besides writing for the "Revue des Deux Mondes," the "Revue de Paris," and other publications, he has composed a number of volumes, embracing a wide range of subjects, under the title of Studies, and is the author of several works on England and its literature. He is also a profe or of languages and European literature in the modern College of France. D. 1873. Chasm, ( kazm ,) n. [Gr. chasm a, from chai no , to yawn, gape, or open wide.] A gap or wide opening; a fi ure; a cleft; an opening made by disruption. Chasms and watery depths." - Cole ridge. -A void; an unfilled place; a vacuity. Chasmed, a. Having gaps or a chasm. Chas'my, a. Full of chasms; containing chasms. 'In story chasms , in epochas mistakes." - Dryden. "They cro the chasmy torrent's bed." - Words worth. Chas's elas, a sort of grape grown near Fontainebleau, France, and much esteemed by gourmets for the extraordinary delicacy of its flavor.