Leamington
a health resort of health resort of , England. It is wholly of ingland. It is wholly of growth, having become important paving become important the rediscovery of its mineral discovery of its mineral
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Each of these 12 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
. See Pisa
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Leannan Sith
Gaelic words meaning "fairy sweetheart" who may be of either sex. Mortals are advised to have nothing to do with such beings, as no good ever comes of the connection; so long as the fairy lover is pleased with his or her mortal, all goes well, but when offended, life may be the forfeit.
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Leap Year
. See Calendar Lear. See King Lear
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Leasehold
a dependent tenure derived either from a freehold or a copyhold, and held by lease . Schemes for the enfranchisement of leaseholds (allowing persons having long leases of small portions of land a right to purchase the fee-simple) concern mainly building leases.
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Leatherstocking
the name given to Natty Bumpo, one of the principal characters in a series of romances by James Fenimore Cooper. The stories are called the Leatherstocking Tales from this character. Natty Bumpo is called also the Pathfinder, the Deerslayer, and Hawkeye. In The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer, figures the character of Leatherstocking, than whom no fictitious personage has a greater claim to interest. His bravery, resolution, and woodland skill make him a type of the hardy race who pushed westward the reign of civilization.--Tuckerman.
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Leatherwood
Moosewood, or Wicopy, a North American shrub. It grows in rich, moist woods from New Brunswick to Minnesota and southward to the gulf. It is a much branched bush from two to five feet in height. The wood is soft and flexible. The bark is the toughest in the northern woods. It was much used by the Indians for thongs. Light yellow flowers precede the leaves and are followed in season by reddish oval drupes. The leaves are described by the botanist as alternate, flexible, obovate, and entire. A species of leatherwood is found also in California.
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Leavenworth
a city and county- H. a city and countyseat of Leavenworth co., Kan., on the th co., Kan., on the the Atchison, Topeka Missouri river and the Atchison, Topeka Burlington Route, the and Santa Fé, the Burlington Route, the and and Pacißc and several other railroads; 26 miles N. W. of ds; 26 miles N. W. of Kansas City. It is the trade center for the trade conter for a farming and coal mining region; manumining region; manufactures flour, syrup, glucose, stoves, rup, glucose, stoves, machinery, bricks, castings, carriages, castings, carriages, wagons, boots and shoes, metallic wares, bridges, furniture, cigars, and shoes, metallic wares, rniture, cigars, and iron brooms. It contains Mount St. Mary's ns Mount St. Mary's Academy, Cushing and St. John's Hos- Asylum, and St. John's Hospitals, Kansas State Orphan Orphan Asylum, Whittier Library, Kansas State and Kansas State and United States penitentiaries; and has itentiaries; and has electric light and street railroad plants; crest railroad plants; excellent water supply; the pro-cathedral the pro-cathedral of the Immaculate Conception; many Conception; many churches; National and savings banks; savings banks; daik daily, we weekly, and monthly periodicals. thly periodicals. weekly, Adjoining the city on the N. is Fort inthe N. is Fort Leavenworth, where are located an located an infantry and cavalry school, and a Nation- . Pop. (1910) 19,363; (1920) nool, and a National cemetery (1910) 19,368; (1920) 16,912. of Indiana, the
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Lebanon Valley College
an educational institution in Annville, Pa.; founded in 1866 under the auspices of the Brethren; reported at the close of
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Lebrun
CHARLES FRANÇOIS, a French administrator; born in St. Sauveur-Landelin, France, March 19, 1739. He came at an early age to Paris; and was nominated deputy to the states-gento eral in 1789. In 1795 he was elected the council of elders, and became president in 1796. He was appointed third consul in December, 1799; nominated in 1804; arch-treasurer of the empire and in 1805 governor-general of Liguria signed and Duke of Placentia. Having house the constitution that recalled the of Bourbon to the throne, he was created a peer of France by the king, and became president of the first bureau of the Chamber of Peers. After the return of Napoleon he accepted the peerage from grand mashim, and likewise the place of ter of the university, which rendered him incapable of sitting in the new Chamber of Peers, formed in August, 1815. In the early part of his life he translated the "Iliad" and "Odyssey," and Tasso's "Jerusalem." He died near Dourdan, France, June 16, 1824.
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Lebrun, Pierre
An orator, born at Brignolles in 1661, died in 1729. He has left two works, namely, Lettres qui découvrent l'illusion des philosophes sur la baquette, et qui détruisent leurs systèmes (1693), and Histoire critique des pratiques superstitieuses qui ont séduit les peuples et embarrassé les savants (1702).
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Lech
a right - hand July 6, 19 of the Danube, rising in the Alps in LECOU rarlberg, flowing N. past Augsburg kó-vrur), after a course of 177 miles joining Châlons, Danube a few miles E. of Donauwörth her début It is a mountain stream and not became fa able. Near Rain, not far from its tress, and the imperalist general Tilly was her admire feated and killed, April 5, 1632, by Saxe, Volt Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus. Her death. unjustly s LECKY, WILLIAM EDWARD administer HARTPOLE, an Irish historian; Bouillon. He near Dublin, Ireland, March 26, Scribe and where was educated at Trinity Bernhardt he graduated B. A. in 1859, M. A. in 1863. In 1861 he had published anonymously " The Leaders of Opinion in Ireland, " four brilliant sus. He on Swift, Flood, Grattan, and O'Connell Lower Ans Later works were " History of the Thereciam and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe " ( 2 vols. 1865); " philosophy of European Morals from Augustus t Tarnov, Charlemagne " ( 2 vols. 1869); and " ity in Rom tory of England in the Eighteenth Novitiate tury " ( 8 vols. 1878-1890). Later esuit Scci peared " Democracy and Liberty. " 894; and declared strongly against Home nd pastor He died in London, Oct. 22, 1903. rovincial n 1906 he
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