Litchfield
a city in Montgomery the Illinois Cenco., III.; on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, ailroads: 60 miles Chicago and St. Louis, the Illinois Cenin a region rich tral, and several other railroads: 60 miles And oil; and has S. W. of Decatur. It is in a region rich hinery, railroad in coal, natural gas, and oil; and has nd tour. There manufactories of machinery, railroad nigh school, St. cars, brick and tile, and flour. There rworts, electric are a public library, high school, St. ne State banke, Francis Hospital, waterworks, electric hly periodicals. light plants, National and State banks, ) 6,215. daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Pop. (1910) 5,971; (1920) 6,215. DENIO, an New York in
GRACE DENIO, an time in travel American writer; born in New York in 1849. She spent much time in travel She was a zines, and h and studied in Europe. She was a fre- Little Venice quent contributor to magazines, and her best-known books are "Little Venice" (1890); "The Moving Finger Writes" 1913). mes of poems (1900); "The Burning Question" (1913). She also published two volumes of poems. (Nephelivr elicious fruit
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Litchi
or LEE-CHEE (Nephelium d the Malay Litchi), one of the most delicious fruits Hch produ of China, Cochin-China, and the Malay Archipelago. The tree which produces leaves. The it belongs to the natural order Sapinmall walnut, daceæ, and has pinnate leaves. The fruit is of the size of a small walnut, is a red or gh, leathery, and grows in racemes. It is a red or serai-tran green berry, with a thin, tough, leathery, of which is scaly rind, and a colorless, semi-trans- The pul parent pulp, in the center of which is one large dark-brown seed. The pulp is very slightly sweet, subacid, and very grateful. The Chinese preserve the fruit by drying, and in the dried state it is imported. , or LITRE, the French standard measure of capacity in the decimal LITER each side of which system. It is a cube, cube, measures 3.937 inches, and it contains 61.028 cubic inches, or 2.113 pints. TY, property in
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Literature
in general, all recorded knowledge or thought. In a narrower sense, literature includes only that class of writings in which form and expression are essential features. A work must give expression to ideas of universal and permanent interest and must have literary "style," that is, beauty, power, and individuality of expression, before it may be literature. To understand and appreciate fully the literature of any nation, the language must be understood. To translate a great work requires gifts on the part of the translator akin to those of the author. Translations are, however, of help in acquiring a general knowledge of the literatures of other countries. Some little idea of what various nations have produced in the way of literature is necessary for a well informed person. The following sketches are necessarily brief, and aim to give only the more important names and the more striking features in the development of the literature of each country.
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Litharge
the yellow or reddish protoxide of lead partially fused (PbO). It is extensively used in the manufacture of glass, of enamels, of artificial gems, of lead, plaster and lead soap, of sugar of lead, white and red lead, and other compounds.
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Lithia
in chemistry, oxide of lithium. Carbonate of lithia acts as a powerful diuretic, which may be given in acute and chronic gout, in uric-acid gravel, and renal calculus. It may be used externally as a lotion. Citrate of lithia is also lithontriptic. These salts, being solvents for uric-acid calculi, alter the quality of the urine, and prevent the crystallization and deposit of the substances forming gravel and calculi. Muriate lithia waters are waters impregnated with chloride of lithium, as at Baden Baden. They are useful in gout.
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Litmus
a blue coloring matter procured from certain lichens. It is prepared chiefly in Holland. The lichens are ground fine and allowed to ferment. Alum, potash, and lime are then added. Paper tinged blue by litmus dye is used in the laboratory as a test for acids and alkalies. If a liquid turns litmus-paper red, it contains an acid. If a strip of paper previously reddened in an acid be turned blue again, the liquid contains an alkali.
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Little Dorrit
a novel by Charles Dickens, published serially 1855-1857, and appearing in book form soon afterward. Little Dorrit is the "child of the Marshalsea," the debtors' prison. The story involves many characters, but the plot is not intricate. The evils of imprisonment for debt are shown clearly.
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Little Falls
a city in Herkimer co., N. Y., on both sides of the Mohawk ork Central and river; and on the New York Central and Shore railroads; Hudson, and the West Shore railroads; The chief indus- 22 miles E. of Utica. The chief induse-making, lumtries are dairying, cheese-making, lumcture of knit bering, and the manufacture of knit ere are Union goods, and calfskins. There are Union pablie library, Free School and Academy, public library, National bank, city hospital, waterworks, National bank, iodicals. Pop. daily and weekly periodicals. Pop. 029. (1910) 12,273; (1920) 13,029. capital of the county-seat of
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's most popular story. It was published serially in St. Nicholas in 1885, and later in book form. The story was dramatized and met with success on the stage quite as great as that won by the story.
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Little Nell
a child character in Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop . Brought up without the care of a mother or other woman, she is protected in her innocence and purity by her grandfather, who is finally led into gambling through his poverty and his fears for the child's future. Having lost his little all, the two wander forth penniless. During their travels on foot from place to place the little girl is utterly unselfish in her devotion to the weak and broken old man. The account of the death of little Nell has been a favorite with public readers, and is one of the best known passages in all of Dickens' works.
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