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The cella is surrounded on the interior It is an old town, the seat of a bishopric. by a cormice, and has four engaged Ionic columns at the Population (1891), commune, 4,551. west end. The exterior west wall bears in relief a female Aire-sur-la-Lys (ar'sür'lä-lēs'). A fortified bust with small horns, and the door is richly sculptured. The plan measures 26 by 39 feet. A in miller (in'mil-er), Max Emanuel. Born at Munich, Feb. 14, 1807: died at Munich, Dec. 8, 1870. Á German painter of architectural subjects and on gla . Ainos (i'noz), or Aino (i'no), or Ainu (i'nö). A small tribe (about 50,000 in number) of non Japanese (perhaps Mongolian) race and language, representing the primitive population of Japan, Japan, living in Ye o, parts of Saghalin, the Kuriles, and on the adjacent coast. The type is somewhat European as compared with other Asiatics. notable, and gave the Ainos the early name of "hairy The abundance of hair on the head and body is especially IMG:content-0037.png:[blocks in formation] town in the department of Pas-de-Calais, France, situated on the Lys 30 miles southeast of Calais. Population (1891), commune, 8,409. Airlie Castle (ar'li kas'l). A residence of the Earl of Airlie, near Meigle, Scotland. It was plundered and destroyed by the eighth Earl of Argyle 1639-40 as a result Airlie's attachment to the cause of Charles I. This raid forms the subject of the old ballad of "The Bonnie House of Airlie." Allan Cunning ham has transferred it to the 18th century. Airola (i-rō'lä). A small town in the province of Ben even to, Italy, 23 miles northeast of Naples. Airolo (i-rōlō), G. Eriels (er'i-elz). A small the southern entrance of the St. Gotthard rail town in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, at way tunnel, on the Ticino about 38 miles southeast of Lucerne. at Louisville, Ky., March 11, 1878. A Scottish Airy (ar'i), Sir George. The succe ful lover American poet, author of a "Pilgrimage to the of Miranda in Mrs. Cent livre's comedy "The IMG:content-0038.png:[blocks in formation] Airy, Sir George Biddell. Born at Alnwick, North umber land, July 27, 1801: died at Green wich, Jan. 2, 1892. A noted English astronomer. He was appointed Lucas i an profe or at Cambridge in 1826, Plumian profe or and director of the Cambridge Observatory in 1828, director of the Green wich Observatory and astronomer royal in 1836, and president of the Royal Society 1871-73. He resigned his position as astronomer royal in 1881. Aisne (an). A department of France, capital Laon, bounded by Nord and Belgium on the north, by Ardennes and Marne on the east, by Seine-et-Marne on the south, and by Oise and Aisne Somme on the west: formed from parts of ancient Picardy, Brie, and Île-de-France. Its area is 2,839 square miles, and its population (1891), 545,493. Aisne. A river in northern France, about 150 miles long and navigable for 75 miles. It rises in the department of Meuse, flows through the departments of Marne, Ardennes, Aisne, and Oise, and joins the Oise near Compiègne. On it are Rethel and So is sons. Its chief affluents are the Aire and Vesle, and it communicates by canals with the Meuse and Marne. Ai é (ä-e-sa'), Mlle. Born 1694: died at Paris, 1733. A daughter of a Circa ian chief, carried off when a child by Turkish rovers and sold at Constantinople to the French amba ador, M. de Ferriol, who took her to Paris and educated her. She gained celebrity at court for her beauty and accomplishments. Her letters to her lover Chevalier d'Aydie have been published. Aistulf (is'tulf), or Astolf (äs'tolf). King of the Lombards, 749-756. His conquest of the exarchate of Ravenna (752) was wrested from him, by Pepin the Short in 755. Aitareya (i-ta-rā'yä). [Skt., 'descendant of Itarā. To him a Brahman a, an Aranyaka, and an Up an is had, which bear his name, were supposed to have been revealed. Aitken (at'ken), Robert. Born at Crailing, near Jedburgh, Jan. 22, 1800: died suddenly in the railway-station at Padding ton, July 11, 1873. A clergyman of the Church of England (from which he temporarily withdrew 18241840), leader of the Aitkenites. Aitkenites (at'ken-īts). A party in the Church of England, led by Robert Aitken, a Wesley an minister who became a High-churchman (vicar of Pendeen 1849-73). Its object was to ingraft certain Methodist practices and views upon the Anglican Church.