BATAILLE, HENRY

(1872), Fr. lyric poet and playwright. His main theme is the dawn and death of the pa ion of love. Frequently explains his views of life and art in his prefaces. His strongest work is La Femme Nue (1908), story of an artist’s model. Sor eataes India; cotton, silk. Pop. town, district Leiria, Portugal; Dominican monastery, commemorates victory of King John I. of Portugal over king of Castile, 1385. Pop. 3,900. coffee. Pop. 33,100. apr ee, Prov., Java, includes some adjacent islands. Area, 2,598 sa. coast Java (6° 10’ S., 106° 50’ E.); cap. and chief commercial city, Dutch E., Indies; the bay, shallow towards coast, served as port before Tanjong Priok harbor, 6 m. N.E., was made; m founded ixed population; 1610; held by unhealthy British, 1811-14; climate; ’ ee la coffee, rice and sugar. Pop. c. 138,500. See Map East Inp1a IsLanps.