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3, 1756: died at Paris, Aug. 12, 1837. A French philosophical writer, author of "Leçons de philosophie" (1815-18), etc. La Rothière (lä-rō-tyar'). A village 23 miles east of Troyes, Aube, France. Here, Feb. 1, 1814, the Allies (100,000) under Blücher defeated the French (45,000) under Napoleon. Larou e (lä-rös'), Pierre Athanase. Born at Toucy, Yonne, France, Oct. 23, 1817: died at Paris, Jan. 3, 1875. A French grammarian, lexicographer, and author: editor of the "Grand dictionnaire universel" (1866-78). Larra (lär rä), Mariano José de. Born at Madrid, March, 1809: committed suicide, Feb. 13, 1837. A Spanish satirist and dramatist. He first attracted notice by his "El duende Satirico" (1829) and "El pobrecito hablador" (1832). He became editor in chief of the "Spanish Review "in 1833, and wrote for periodicals, under the pseudonym Figaro, a variety of humorous articles published in 5 volumes as "Figaro" after his death in 1887. Larrazabal (lär-rä-thä bäl), Felipe. Born about 1822: died 1873. A Venezuelan author. He is best known for his "Vida del Liber tad or Simon Bolivar," first published in 1863 (Caracas, 2 vols.), which has pa ed through several editions. Larrazabal collected a large amount of manuscript material on the history of America, including over 8,000 letters of Bolivar. He was on his way to Europe to arrange for the publication of several works when he was drowned in the wreck of the steamship Ville du Havre. Larrey (lä-rā'), Dominique Jean, Baron. Born near Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France, July, 1766: died at Lyons, July 25, 1842. A noted French surgeon. He served first in the navy, and then in the army, and became distinguished in the Napoleonic campaigns as the head of the medical and surgical department of the army. He introduced the ambulances volantes (flying ambulances). He published "Mémoires de médecine et de chirurgie" (1812-18), etc. Larsa (lär sä). See Ellasar . La Salle (la sal). A city of La Salle County, Illinois, situated on the Illinois, at the head of navigation, 100 miles west-southwest of Chicago. Population (1890), 9,855. La Salle (lä säl'), Antoine de. A French poet. See the extract. Critics have vied with each other in heaping unacknow La Roc he fou cauld-Liancourt (lyon-kör'), Duc François Alexandre Frédéric de. Born Jan. ledged masterpieces on his head. His only acknowledged 11, 1747: died March 27, 1827. A French phi- lanthropist and politician. He founded on his estate, Liancourt, near Clermont, a model school for the education of poor soldiers' children, which in 1788 received the name "Ecole des Enfants de la Patrie." He emigrated at the beginning of the Revolution, and was created a peer at the restoration of the Bourbons in 1814. He wrote " "Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique fait en 1795-97"(1798), etc. La Rochejacquelein (lä rōsh-zhäk-lań'), Henri du Vergier, Comte de. Born near Châtill on, Deux-Sèvres, Aug., 1772: killed at Nouaillé, March 4, 1794. A French Vendean leader. He was made generali imo in Oct., 1793; was victorious at An train and elsewhere; and was defeated at Le Mans in 1793. situated on the Firth of Clyde. It was the scene of a victory of Alexander III. over Haco of Norway in 1263. Population (1891), 3,187. Larino (lä-rē'no). A town in the province of Campo ba o, Italy, situated in lat. 41° 48′ N., long. 14° 55′ E. Population, about 6,000. Lari a, or Larisa (lä-rēs'ä). 1. A nomarchy of northern Greece, ceded by Turkey in 1881. Area, 2,478 square miles. Population (1889), 168,034.-2. The capital of the nomarchy of Lari a, situated on the Salambria (Peneius) in lat. 39° 37′ N., long. 22° 22′ E.: the ancient capital (under the name Lari a) of the district Pelasgiotis. Population (1889), 13,610. Lari a Cremaste (la-ris'ä kre-mas'te). In ancient geography, a town in The aly, Greece, situated in lat. 38° 56′ N., long. 22° 50′ E. Laristan (lär-is-tän'). A province in southern Persia, bordering on the Persian Gulf southeast of Farsistan. Capital, Lar. The surface is largely mountainous. Area, about 20,000 square miles. Population, about 90,000. de La Rochelle (lä rō-shel'). The capital of the department of Charente-Inférieure, France, sit「uated on an arm of the Bay of Biscay, in lat. 46° 9' N., long. 1° 9′ W.: the medieval Rupella. It is a strong fortre and an important seaport. Its fisheries are flourishing, and its trade extensive in wine, brandy, coal, timber, salt, grain, etc. It has a good harbor, and contains a cathedral, several old towers, and an interesting hôtel de ville. It was the ancient capital of Aunis. After various changes it was finally restored to France about 1372. After 1568 it was the Huguenot headquarters. It was besieged by Richelieu 1627 and taken 1628 (through the construction of a mole, and in spite of the relief expedition under the Duke of Bucking ham in 1627). The Eng. lish attempted to destroy the French fleet here in 1809. Population (1891), 26,808. La Rochelle, Peace of. A peace signed at La Rochelle, July 6, 1573, whereby Charles IX. granted the Protestants partial toleration. La-Roche-sur-Yon (lä-rosh'sür-yon'). The is charming romance of "Petit Jean de The first thing added to this has been the admirable satire of the "Quinze Joyes du Mariage," the next the famous collection of the "Cent Nouvelles," and the last the still more famous farce of "Pathelin." There are for once few or no external reasons why these various attributions should not be admitted, while there are many internal ones why they should. Antoine de la Salle was born in 1398, and spent his life in the employment of different kings and princes: - Louis III. of Anjou, king of Naples, his son the good King René, the count of Saint Pol, and Philip the Good of Burgundy, who was his natural sovereign. Nothing is known of him after 1461. Of the three prose works which have been attributed to him-there are others of a didactic character in manuscript-the "Quinze Joyes du Mariage" is extremely brief, but it contains the quinte ence of all the satire on that honourable estate which the middle ages had elaborated. Saints bury , French Lit., p. 147. La Salle (lä säl), Jean Baptiste. Born at Rheims, France, April 30, 1651: died at Rouen, France, April 7, 1719. A French priest, founder of the "Brethren of the Christian Schools." La Salle, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de. Born at Rouen, Nov. 22, 1643: died in Texas, March 20, 1687. A French explorer. He was of burgher descent; was educated by the Jesuits, with whom he was for a time connected; and in 1666 went out to Canada. In 1669 he set out upon a tour of western exploration, in the course of which he discovered the Ohio River. In the course of another journey, a year or two later, he explored the upper part of the Illinois. He was granted a patent of nobility in 1673. In 1679 he established Fort Crèvecœur on the Illinois River, near the site of the present Peoria, which was intended as the starting-point of an expedition down the Mi i ippi. Returning in 1680 from a journey to Canada after supplies, he found the fort destroyed by the Iroquois. The garrison, under Henry de Tonti, had made good its escape, however, and afterward rejoined La Salle at Mackinaw. Organizing a new expedition, he set out from Fort Frontenac with Henry de Tonti, thirty French men, and a band of Indians in 1681, and, reaching the Mi i ippi by way of the Chicago portage and the Illinois River, descended to its mouth, which he reached April 9, 1682. In 1684 heiled a band of colonists from France, intending to found a settlement at the mouth of the Mi i ippi. He landed at Matagorda Bay, Texas, which he mistook for a western outlet of the river, and was on his way to Canada to procure provisions for his colony when he was a a inated by some of his disaffected followers near a branch of the Trinity River, Texas. Lasca, Il. See Grazzini. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names Lascar is, Andreas Joannes Lascar is (läs'kä-ris), Andreas Joannes or Janos or Janus. Born at Rhyndacus, in Phrygia, about 1445: died at Rome, 1535. A noted Greek scholar, resident in Italy and France after the fall of Constantinople. He first sought the court of Lorenzo de' Medici, and after his patron's death went to Paris where he taught Greek. In 1503, and again in 1505, he was French amba ador at Venice, and after 1508 went to Rome. His most notable work is an edition of the Greek anthology (1494). He also edited the Greek scholia on the Iliad, etc. Lascar is, Const an tine. Flourished in the second half of the 15th century. A Greek scholar, settled in Italy after 1453. He wrote a Greek grammar (1476: the first book printed in Greek). Lascar is, Theodore. See Theodore I. Lascar is. Las Cases (läs käz), Comte Emmanuel August in Dieudonné de. Born near Revel, HauteGaronne, France, 1766: died at Paris, May 15, 1842. A French historian, companion of Napoleon at St. Helena 1815-16. He served the royalist cause in the army of Condé in 1792, and then went to England, returning to France in 1799. In 1808 Napoleon made him a baron, and gave him a position in the council of state. When the emperor was sent to St. Helena, Las