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Andre, a French historian; born in Touraine in 1584, History and geography were his favorite studies from his youth, and under Richelieu’s ministry he was appointed royal geographer and historiographer. His most important works are the histories of England, Scotland, and Ireland, of the Popes down to Paul V., and of the House of Burgundy, and his collections of the early Norman and French histories. His industry was extraordinary; he_ is said to have left more than 100 folios in manuscript. He died in 1640. Duchobortzi (Warriors of the Spirit), a sect of Ru ian mystics, traceable to the middle of the 18th eentury, who depend on an inward light, like the Quakers, attach little importance to the sacraments, priesthood, and services of the Church, refuse military service, and reject the doctrine of the Trinity and_the divinity of Christ. The Emperor Alexander I. allowed them to settle in Taurida, in South Ru ia; Nicholas I., in 1841, transferred them to Transcaucasia. In 1899 a considerable colony of these people was settled in Canada through the influence of Count Tolstoi. In the winter of 1902-3 the colony of these people in Canada were seized with a religious mania which led them to abandon their homes and their cattle, and would have resulted in their destruction but for the strenuous interference of the authorities.