Solem

See Shunem. Solenhofen. See Solnhofen. Solent (sõ'lent), The. A strait, between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of Hampshire, England, which connects the English Channel on the west with Spithead on the east. Length, about 16 miles. Greatest width, 4 miles. Solesmes (so-lām'). 1. A town in the department of Nord, France, situated on the Selle 8 miles south of Valenciennes. Population (1891), commune, 6,241.— 2. A village lage in the department of Sarthe, France, situated on the Sarthe 26 miles west-southwest of Le Mans. Its Benedictine abbey contains remarkable sculptures of the first part of the 16th century. Soleure. The French name of Solothurn. Soley (sō'li), James Ru ell. Born at Roxbury, Ma ., Oct. 1, 1850. An American writer, chiefly on naval affairs. He graduated at Harvard in 1870; became a istant profe or of English at the United States of English studies, history, and law at that institution 1873Naval Academy in 1871; was in the head of the department 1882; was commi ioned a profe or in the United States navy in 1876; and since 1883 has superintended the publication of the naval records of the Civil War. He has pub lished "History of the Naval Academy" (1876), "Memoir of John Rodgers" (1882), "The Blockade and the Cruisers" (1883: "The Navy in the Civil War"), "The Boys of 1812, and other Naval Heroes" (1887), "The Sailor Boys of '61" (1888), etc. Solfatara (sol-fä-täʼrä). A volcano near Pozzuoli, in Italy, in the "solfatara" stage. Solfatara. A small sulphur lake, 4 miles west of Tivoli, Italy, noted for its floating islands. Solferino (sol-fe-re'no). A village in the prov- ince of Mantua, northern Italy. It is famous for the battle of June 24, 1859, in which the allied French and Sard in i an armies under Napoleon III. and Victor Em- manuel defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph. Lo of the allies, about 18,000; of the Austrians, about 20,000. Soli (so'li). [Gr. Σόλοι .] In ancient geography, a city on the coast of Cilicia, Asia Minor, 26 miles southwest of Tarsus. It was destroyed by Tigranes, and was rebuilt by Pompey and called Pompeiu- polis. The corruptne of the Greek spoken there was proverbial (whence the word solecism ). 'lä-träp'). A pied portals, a large rose, and 2 ma ive flank in an tocans, Soligny-la-Trappe (so-len-ye 'lä- all of the 13th century, crowned by later spires of unequal small place in the department of Orne, France, height. So is sons was probably the ancient Belgic town 24 miles east-northeast of Alençon: famous for Noviodunum, and was the chief town of the Sue iones its Trappist monastery. See Trappists . (whence its name). In the Roman period it was called Solihull (so-li-hul'). A town in War wicks hire, kingdom of Clotaire in the 6th century. It has often been England, 7 miles southeast of Birmingham. besieged and taken (as in 1814 and 1815), the last time by Population (1891), 23,521.