Tobol
a river of Siberia, which rises in the W. slope of the Ural Mountains, in the province of Orenburg, and joins the Irtish at the town of Tobolsk, after a course of about 550 miles. in the W. slope of the Ural Mountains, capital of a province, at the confluence of a course of about 550 miles. miles E. of St. Petersburg. It is well built, with timber houses and wide and cratic governments. These are, in brief: (1) full extent of individual liberty with The bearing of this on all its concomitants (as freedom of the press, etc.); (2) careful avoidance of centralization. French politics is obvious. This work was received with the favor it deserved; the Academy awarded to it a special prize of 8,000 francs, and a quick succesauthor. In 1837 he was appointed cheva- lier of the
Legion of Honor; in 1839 he esto sion of honors was bestowed on the
Legion of Honor; in 1839 he occupied all lier of the I was chosen by the electors of Valagnes as their representative; and in 1841 he was elected member of the Academy. For some years practical politics occu his attention. In 1849 he entered the Dec. 2-to which, as may be imagined, he his attention. In 1849 he entered the Odilon Barrot Cabinet as minister of was strongly opposed-drove him from foreign affairs, but the coup d'état of office. He then occupied himself with "The Old Government and the Revolution" (1856, 7th ed. 1866). This is his greatest work. It was meant to be an exposition of the manner in which the TOCQUEVILLE post-revolution France grew out of the pre-revolution France. Tocqueville intended to follow it up by others dealing with the great events in the later history of France. He was engaged at these when he died in Cannes, April 16, 1859.
Besides the works mentioned above, he wrote "Etat Social et Polítique de la France" (1834), "Le Droit au Travail" (1848). His "Complete Works" (9 vols. 1860-1865) were edited by his friend M. de Beaumont, who also edited his "Correspondance" (1860).