Lesseps
FERDINAND, VICOMTE DINAND, VICOMTE DE (les-eps), a French diplomat and French diplomat and engineer; born in Versailles, Nov. 19, 1805. He was employed illa rsailles, Nov. 19, in the French consular and diplomatic service. In in the French cic service. In 1854, on the invitation of Saïd Pasha, he visited Egypt to of Said Pasha, he study the problem of the problem of of Suez. He was made chief director of the works in 1856. canalizing the Isthmus of Suez. He was the works in 1856. The canal was opened to traffic Aug. 15, 1869. traffic Aug. 15, He published (1875-1881) five (1875-1881) five volumes of "Letters, Journals, and Docuurnals, and Documents Relating to the Suez Canal"; and in 1887, " uez Canal"; and Recollections of Forty Years." Forty Years." His attempt to pierce the Isthmus of the Isthmus of Panama resulted in failure and a great re and a great political scandal. He died Dec. 7, 1894. Dec. 7, 1894.
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Lesser Key of Solomon
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Lessing
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM, a German critic, dramatist, and miscellanad miscellaneous writer; born in Kamenz, Lusace, in Lusace, in 1729. He was educated at Meissen and Meissen and the University of Leipsic. His first esfirst essays in literature were dramatic compositions. In 1770 was appointed librarian to the Prince of Brunswick, at Wolswick, at Wolmort visit to Italy two later, lost his wife in and later suffered a decline of health, d a decline of health, spirits, and mental power. Lessing's power. Lessing's great aim was to infuse a new spirit into e a new spirit into the literature of his country, and to recountry, and to refine and polish its style; and he sucyle; and he succeeded. His writings are among the are among the classics of German literature. Among literature. Among his dramatic works are, "Miss Sara are, "Miss Sara Samson," "Minna von Barnhelm," "Emilia Galotti," and "Nathan the "Nathan the 3.BSBING the orn in 181 on the C Wise." Of his prose works may be named, "Fables"; "Literary Letters "; "Dramaturgie" (which first made Shake- GOTTHOLD LESSING speare really known to the Germans), and "Laocoon." He died in 1781.
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Lesueur
EUSTACHE (luh-sur'), a French painter; born in 1617. He married in 1644, and was compelled for a living to execute vignettes and frontispieces for books. His great work was the series of paintings which he executed for the Carthusian monastery in Paris in 1645-1648, delineating in 22 pictures the principal scenes in the life of St. Bruno. In 1650 he painted for the corporation of goldsmiths the "Preaching of the Apostle Paul at Ephesus ." All of these are large paintings, and are now in the Louvre. He died in 1655.
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Lethbridge
a city in Alberta, Canada, situated on the Canadian Pacific railroad about 700 miles southwest of Winnipeg. The chief industries located in the city are the iron foundries and machine shops. Coal is found nearby, there being five large mines employing about 2000 persons and producing 4000 tons daily. Population, about 15,000.
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Letters
Frequency of. Printers find that they use certain letters more frequently than others. The letter "e" is called for oftenest. For every thousand "e's" only twenty-two "z's" are needed. The following is the entire table: A 728 B 120 C 280 D 392 E 1000 F 236 G 168 H 540 I 704 J 55 K 88 L 360 M 272 N 670 O 672 P 168 Q 50 R 528 S 680 T 770 U 296 V 158 W 190 X 46 Y 184 Z 22 The letter "s" is used more frequently than any other as an initial. Twenty-three initial "y's" are needed to four "x's." The following table gives the relative frequency of initial letters: A 574 B 463 C 937 D 505 E 340 F 388 G 266 H 308 I 377 J 69 K 47 L 298 M 430 N 153 O 206 P 804 Q 58 R 291 S 1194 T 571 U 228 V 172 W 282 X 4 Y 23 Z 18 Henrik Ibsen. European literature Bjornstjerne Bjornson. European literature Torquato Tasso. Literature Letters Francesco Petrarch. Literature Letters Dante. Literature Letters Ludovico Ariosto. Literature Letters
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Letts
a branch of the Lithuanian won ther race, who in manners, customs, and mode of living Great, wit do not differ much from the trians und Lithuanians proper. They live in South at the hea Livonia, Pskov, Courland, and Vitebsk, and in the N. of the recono Kovno in Russia. There Silesia by are also colonies of them in Prussia, Brazil, and the United States. Early converted to LEUTAT Christianity by the Teutonic Knights, they are now mostly Lutherans, though some 50,000 have been won over to the Greek Church. In Russia they are principally engaged in agriculture and have made great progress intellectually and socially. They have a literature comprising now (1920) over 2,500 works and support 10 periodicals. Large numbers fought with the Bolshe viks in the revolution of 1917, and represented in the army of the Soviet Republic. After the den The De peace of Versailles in 1919 the on Letts established an inde- Visited pendent State of Latvia. e was e Government
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Lettuce
let'tis, a garden herb closely related to the dandelion. The name lettuce is without doubt related to a Latin noun meaning milk, and has reference to the milky juice of the plant. The native land of the lettuce is not known certainly, but lettuce salad is said to have been served at the tables of Persian kings as early as 400 B. C. The valuable part of the plant is a rosette of root leaves much used as a salad. Lettuce requires cool weather. That grown in early spring is much more tender than summer lettuce. Much of the lettuce in market is grown in hotbeds and glass houses. Lettuce is a quick growing annual. Under favorable circumstances, it may be had ready for the market in sixty days from the seed. As in the case of cabbage, there are numerous varieties, some forming heads much earlier than others. The plant is an annual. The leaves are no sooner ready for the table than a seed stalk pushes up from the center of the rosette. About thirty plants produce a pound of seed. American gardeners depend almost entirely upon California for lettuce seed. The state produces a quarter of a million pounds annually. An ounce of seed should produce about 5,000 plants. See Vegetables
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