Lake Albert
or NYANZA, a large lake in British East ALBERT , British En Africa the most northerly of five that of five the are situated in a great valley that extends that erfor a thousand miles to Zambezi Zambezi river. Its length is about 100 miles and 100 miles and it is surrounded on every side by towering nice by towermountains, some of whose peaks are 7,000 whore peaks gre feet above sea-level. Discovered el Discovered in 1864 and named after Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Prince Albert, Victoria.
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Lake Forest University
a co-educational institution in Lake Forest, rest, Ill., founded in 1857 under the auspices pices 8 of the Presbyterian Church; reported at : Professors and ind at the close of 1919 structors, 18, students, 167; president, H. W. Wright. MOHONK TONK MOHONK. See LAKE LAKE. LAKE OF GENNESARET. See GALI- GALA-
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Lake of the Woods
a large lake of North America, studded with numertume ous wooded islands; lat. 49° N., lon. 95° n. 95 W.; length nearly 100 miles, circuit circuit about 300 miles. It is mostly in Ontario, ntario, but extends also into Manitoba and Mind Minnesota. It is fed by the Rainy river, river, and drained by the Winnipeg. LAKES (originally prepared from lac, or colors whence the name), pigments vegeformed by precipitating animal or table coloring matters from their solutions chiefly with alumina or oxide of tin. Cochineal and madder lakes are the only ones used by artists. The former are prepared with COCHINEAL (q. v.) and al alumina and according to their shade of red, or purple red, are known as carmine, crimson lake, scarlet lake, lake. These purple lake and Florentine were formerly much employed by water not much color painters, but they have stability. The madder pigments of this kind, called rose madder or madder lake and madder carmine, are quite permalakes nent. There are several yellow made, but they are unstable. Paperstainers and decorators use several pink lakes. applied in
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Lake Ore-iron
Hydrated peroxide of iron is deposited in large quantities by certain lakes in Sweden and Norway. It is similar in composition to the bog iron-ore found in other parts of Europe. See BOG IRON-ORE.
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Lake Worship
a particular kind partic of water worship noticed by Sir John Lubbock (Lord Avebury) ("Prehistoric Times," p. ) 269) to refute a theory that the gold ornaments dredged up from the fron sites of lake dwellings were offerings to the gods. That certain lakes were held sacred by ancient nations is indisputable.
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Lakewood
a city of Ohio, in Cuya- Ohio, in C hoga co. It is a residential suburb of Cleveland and has a public library and blie librars a hospital. Pop. (1910) 15,181; (1920) 15,181; ( 41,732.
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Lalage
A common name of courtesans, from the Greek word meaning prattling, used as a term of endearment, little prattler. Langobardi or Longobardi. Corrupted into Lombards, a German tribe of the Suevic race, dwelt originally on the banks of the Elbe, and after many migrations eventually crossed the Alps A. D. 568, and settled in the north of Italy, which has ever since received the name of Lombardy.
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Lalande
JOSEPH JÉRÔME LE- FRANÇAIS DE (lä-longd'), a French Fr astronomer; born in Bourg, Ain, France, July 11, 1732. F Sent to Paris to qualify for an to qu advocate, but turned to the study of astronomy. The Paris Academy sent him to Berlin in 1751 to determine the moon's parallax. He was appointed an astronomer-royal and later professor of astronomy in the College of France, and in 1795 Director of the Paris Observa- Pari tory. His principal work is "Treatise on Astronomy" (2 vols., 1764). In 1802 he instituted the Lalande prize for the e-prize for most notable astronomical book or obal book or servation of the year. He died in Paris, died in P France, April 4, 1807.
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Lalla Rookh
lal'a-rook, the longest and most complete of the poetic works of Thomas Moore. It was published in 1817. It consists of four narrative poems, The Veiled Prophet, The Fire Worshipers , Paradise and the Peri, and The Light of the Harem. The four stories are represented as having been related to Lalla Rookh, an oriental princess, on her journey to meet her future husband. The story-teller, who, in the disguise of a minstrel, has helped to while away the tedium of the journey, proved to be the lover she is going to meet. Paradise and the Peri is the best of the four poems. The entire work is brilliant but somewhat wearisome. There is evidence of learning and of ingenuity on the part of the author. The versification is musical, and when considered in connection with the fact that Moore was a great favorite already, it is not to be wondered at that Lalla Rookh, this "confectionery composition," as it has been called, was applauded eagerly by the whole English world. For years it was regarded as a great work, and is still considered by many as unequaled by any other oriental poem in the English language. See Moore ; Thomas
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Lamaism
la'ma-ism, a religious belief of Asia. It is a mixture of Buddhism and other religions. Its adherents may be found from the Volga River eastward. It is the prevailing faith of Siberia, Manchuria, Mongolia, and Tibet. The spiritual head of the church, who is also monarch of Tibet, is the Dalai Lama or Ocean-wide Lama. His seat of power is the templed hill of Potala at the sacred city of Lhasa, Tibet. Buddha is held to be a great teacher of religious truth. Lamaism is chiefly a worship of saints with inferior honors to gods of heaven, earth, death and hell, and wealth, as well as demons innumerable. Public worship in the temples is conducted with music, prayer, reading, and singing. There are over 200 volumes of sacred writings wholly in the hands of the priesthood. Thus far the practice is that of Buddhism, but it is adapted to the people and their adherence is secured by concessions to the ancestral belief in withcraft and magic, and the devil worship which Buddhism was unable to drive out wholly. In addition to these exercises the priests recite choruses, cast spells, and perform incantations. The faithful wear amulets, charms, and symbols, and keep count of their prayers by rosaries and prayer wheels. The common people are oppressed, not to say devoured, by swarms of religious devotees who live in monasteries and must be maintained by offerings of food. See Lhasa; Tibet ; Idolatry ; Buddhism
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