Chesterfield

mitt Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of, an English statesman and littérateur; born in London, Sept. 22, 1694. He entered public life in 1715, and took an active part in the petty intrigues and party squabbles which make up the parliamentary and court history of the reign of George II. The only writings of this accomplished person that are at all remembered are his “ Letters” te his son, remarkable for their ease of style and their knowledge of society, but notoriously reprehensible for the principles of conduct which they inculeate. He died March 24, 1773 Chestmut, a genus of plants, allied to the beech. The common or Spanish chestnut is a stately tree, with large, handsome, serrated, dark-green leaves. The fruit consists of two or moré seeds enveloped in a prickly husk.