ELLICE OR LAGOON ISLANDS

A of islands in the Pacific, discovered 1781 by Maurelle and annexed by Britain in 1892. They extend miles and are located to the N. of and N.W. of Samoa, between latitude 5° and 11° 8. and longitude 176° 180° E. Area 15 miles. Samoan is dialect spoken. The natives are Christian and all can read and write. 3,084. The chief produce of the are copra, shark’s fins, guano, Cocoanuts and fruit. See GinpeRT and Isuanps, Conony. ~=MLICHPUR, ILLICHPUR, (21° ated 16 in cotton and forest produce. 26,000. actre . Her first stage appearance with E. 8. Willard, in ‘The Middle1890. She was with Rose Coghlin and went to London with Daly’s appeared Good win, in whom Witch's she later ‘Nathan ma Hale is 98, of and Venice! play 1901. ortia Since in the 1908 she ‘Merowned the Maxine Ellio eatre, York City. She resides in England, in recent years has appeared in only in moving-pictures. poet; ‘Corn Law Rhymer’; pub. Law Rhymes 1831 and other dealing with working-cla life