No More Learning

A French poet and
novelist, whose real name is Louis Marie Julien
Viaud; born at Rochefort, Jan. 15, 1850. His
works include: Aziyadé! (1876); “Rarahu)
(1880), afterwards called (The Marriage of
Loti, romance of Tahiti; An Iceland
Fisherman) (1886); Madame Chrysanthème)
(1887); “In Morocco) (1890); (The Romance
of a Child' (1890).
Lotze, Rudolf Hermann (lot'sė). A Ger-
man philosopher; born at Bautzen, Saxony, May
21, 1817; died in Berlin, July 1, 1881. Having
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graduated in medical science and philosophy 1819; died in Cambridge, Mass. , Jan. 7, 1874.
at Leipsic, he was appointed professor of men. Among her publications are (Theory of Teach-
tal philosophy there (1843), and in 1844 ac- ing) (1841); (Gleanings from the Poets, for
cepted a call to Göttingen. He ranks among Home and School (1843); (Outlines of Astron-
the first of metaphysicians, and has given im- omy, or the World as It Appears! (1850);
pulse to the recent development of physiologi- and Posies for Children: a Book of Verses)
cal psychology. Among his numerous works (1870).
the most important are: Metaphysics) (1841);
Lowell, Edward Jackson. An American
(Logic) (1843); “Microcosmos of Philosophie)
historical writer; born in Boston, 1845; died
(3 vols. , 1856-64); (History of Æsthetics in Ger-
1894. He was educated as a lawyer, but of
many) (1868), several of which have been trans-
late years has given himself entirely to liter.
lated into English.
ary pursuits. He is the author of "The Hes-
Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford. An Amer. sians and Other German Auxiliaries of Great
ican scholar; born at Ovid, N. Y. , Jan. I, 1838. Britain in the Revolutionary War) (1884): this
He graduated at Yale in 1859, and led the work is deemed exhaustive in its scope. He
life of a student in Anglo-Saxon and early is a frequent contributor to the magazines.
English, and a writer in critical and biograph-
Lowell, James Russell. An eminent Ameri-
ical works, till 1862, when he enlisted as a
volunteer in the Union Army, served as first
can poet and critic; born at Cambridge, Mass. ,
Feb. 22, 1819; died there, Aug. 12, 1891. His
lieutenant of the 126th New York Volunteers,
and was mustered out at the close of the War;
principal poetical works are: (A Year's Life,
a volume of poems (1841); (Poems) (1848);
since 1871 has occupied the chair of professor
(The Biglow Papers) (2 vols. , 1849 and 1864);
of English in the Sheffield Scientific School of
(Under the Willows and Other Poems) (1868).
Yale University. Among his published works
Among his essays in literary criticism are :
are Chaucer's House of Fame) and (Parle-
ment of Foules); History of the English
Among my Books) (two series, 1870 and 1875);
(My Study Windows) (1871); Latest Literary
Language) (1879); biography of James Feni-
Essays and Addresses) (1892). He published
more Cooper in American Men of Letters)
also (Democracy, and Other Addresses) (1887);
series (1883); and his crowning work, which
(Political Essays) (1888); "Heartsease and Rue)
has brought him great celebrity, (Studies in
(1888). *
Chaucer, his Life and Writings) (3 vols. , 1892).
Louvet de Couvray, Jean Baptiste (lö-vā'
Lowell, Maria (White). An American writer
dé kö-vrā'). A French writer of memoirs ;
of prose and verse, wife of James Russell
born at Paris, June 11, 1760; died there, Aug.
Lowell; born in Watertown, Mass. , July 8,
25, 1797. He wrote a licentious novel, (Ad-
1821 ; died in Cambridge, Mass. , Oct. 27, 1853.
ventures of Chevalier Faublas) (2 vols. , 1787-
The best-known of her poems are (The Alpine
90); “Some Notes for Use in History) (1795);
Shepherd) and (The Morning Glory. The
Memoirs upon the French Revolution (1795).
death of Mrs. Lowell, occurring the same night
that a child was born to Mr. Longfellow, called
Lovelace, Richard. An English dramatist forth his poem beginning
and poet; born in Kent, 1618; died in London,
« Two angels, one of life and one of death,
1658. He shone at the court of Charles I. , and Passed o'er our village as the morning broke. "
sacrificed liberty and fortune for that unhappy
Lowell, Percival. An American traveler,
prince. His (Lucasta) is a collection of charm-
ing verse, “The Scholar) is a comedy of merit,
astronomical investigator, and author; born in
and (The Soldier) is a tragedy.
Massachusetts in 1855. He graduated from Har-
vard in 1876, and spent some time in Japan and
Lover, Samuel. An Irish novelist and song. Corea. Among his works are : (Chosön, a
writer; born at Dublin, 1797 ; died July 6, 1868. Sketch of Corea) (1886); (The Soul of the Far
He wrote: Legends and Stories of Ireland East) (1888); Noto, an Unexplored Corner of
(1832); song - Rory O'More, a National Ro- Japan); Occult Japan.
mance) (1837); (Songs and Ballads) (1839),
Lowell, Robert Traill Spence. An Ameri-
including The Low-Backed Car, (Widow
Machree, (The Angel's Whisper) and (The
can clergyman, educator, and author, brother
Four-Leaved Shamrock); (Handy Andy, an
of James Russell; born in Boston, Oct. 8,
Irish Tale) (1842); (Treasure Trove) (1844);
1816; died Sept. 18, 1891. He graduated from
"Metrical Tales and Other Poems) (1860). He
Harvard in 1833; was ordained a Protestant
edited a collection of “The Lyrics of Ireland)
Episcopal minister in Bermuda in 1842; and
(1858). *
held pastorates in Newfoundland, New Jersey,
and New York. He became principal of St.
Lowe, Martha Ann. An American verse-
Mark's School, Southborough, Mass. , in 1869;
writer; born at Keene, N. H. , 1829. She
and in 1873 professor of Latin in Union College,
published (The Olive and the Pine? (1859); Schenectady, N. Y. His best-known work is
(Love in Spain, and Other Poems) (1867); the novel “The New Priest in Concepcion Bay)
(The Story of Chief Joseph) (1881); and Me-
(1864). He also wrote (Fresh Hearts, and Other
moir of Charles Lowe) (1883).
Poems) (1860); (Antony Brade) (1874), a story
Lowell, Anna Cabrt (Jackson). An Ameri- of school life; (A Story or Two from an Oid
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Lowry, Robert. An American composer and
hymn-writer; born in Philadelphia, March 12,
1826. His music and hymns have met popu.
lar approval. He edited : "Chapel Melodies)
(1868); Bright Jewels) (1869); “Pure Gold) and
(Hymn Service) (1871); Brightest and Best)
(1875); "Glad Refrains) (1886); and other col-
lections of sacred music.
Loyson, Charles (lwä-zôn'), widely known as
< Père Hyacinthe. ” A French pulpit orator and
writer; born at Orléans, March 10, 1827. His
writings include : Liturgy of the Gallic-Catholic
Church) (4th ed. 1883); Neither Clericals nor
Atheists) (1890); and My Testament) (1893).
Lubbock, Sir John. An English naturalist
and palæontologist; born in London, April 30,
1834. His chief writings are : (Prehistoric Times
as Ilustrated by Ancient Remains, etc. (1865);
(The Origin of Civilization and the Primitive
Condition of Man (1870); (Origin and Meta-
morphoses of Insects) (1874); (Ants, Bees, and
Wasps) (1882); "On the Senses, Instincts, and
Intelligence of Animals) (1888); (The Beauties
of Nature and the Wonders of the World' (1892);
(The Use of Life) (1894). He is a member of
Parliament and has served on various import-
ant commissions. *
Lübke, Wilhelm (lüb’kė). A German his-
torian of art; born at Dortmund, Jan. 17, 1826;
died at Karlsruhe, April 5, 1893. Chief among
his works are : (Mediæval Art in Westphalia)
(1853); (Outline of the History of Art) (1860 ;
11th ed. 1891); (History of Architecture ) (2
vols. , 1855); (History of the Renaissance in
France) (1868); (History of the Renaissance
in Germany) (1873); "History of German Art)
(1888); (Recollections) (1891).
Lubliner, Hugo (löbʻlin-er). A German
dramatist; born at Breslau, April 22, 1846. His
three-act comedy (The Women's Advocate)
(1873) was produced on every stage in Ger-
many. Of inferior merit are his (The Floren-
tines, a tragedy; the comedies (The Woman
Without a Mind," "On the Wedding Journey,'
(The Poor Rich. He wrote two novels, Be-
lievers in Luck) and (The Matron of Nineteen
Years) (1887).
Lubovitch, Nikolas (löb'ò-vich). A Russian
writer of history; born in Podolia, March 16,
1855. He wrote : (Marnix de Saint Aldegonde
as a Political Writer) (1877); History of the Re-
formation in Poland) (1883); (Duke Albert of
Prussia and the Reformation in Poland) (1885);
(Origin of the Catholic Reaction and of the
Lapse of the Reformation in Poland) (1890).
Lubovski, Edward (löb-ov'ske). A Polish
dramatist ; born at Cracow, 1838. His first suc-
cessful dramatic venture was made with (Bats. )
His dramas, (The Court of Honor) (1880),
and "Jacus) (1883), are favorite pieces in the
theatrical repertoire of Poland. He is the au-
thor of two books of fiction : A Step Farther)
(1885); (Stories Without a Moral) (1886).
Lucan - Marcus Annæus Lucanus (lö'kän).
A Latin poet, nephew of Seneca; born at
Cordova, Spain, 39 A. D. ; died at Rome, 65
A. D. His uncle introduced him to the court
of Nero, and for a time he was a favorite ; but
Nero envied his poetic talents and banished
him from court. His epic poem Pharsalia)
has for its subject the great battle between
Cæsar and Pompey at Pharsalus : in style it is
stilted, labored, and rhetorical, yet it shows un-
doubted poetic talent and nobility of thought.
Luce, Siméon (lüs). A French writer of his-
tory; born at Bretteville-sur-Ay, Dec. 29, 1833 ;
died Dec. 14, 1892. He is author of History
of the Jacquerie) (1859; 2d ed. 1894); "Chron-
icle of the First Four Valois) (1862); (History
of Bertrand Duguesclin and his Time) (1876);
Joan of Arc at Domrémy) (1886); France
during the 100 Years' War' (1890). He edited
Froissart's Chronicle) (7 vols. , 1869-77).
Luchaire, Achille (lö-chăr'). A French his.
torian; born at Paris, Oct. 24, 1846. He has
held professorships at Pau, Bordeaux, and Paris,
where he now occupies the chair of mediæval
history in the Faculty of Letters. An authority
on the institutions of France in the Feudal
Period, he has published: (Monarchical Insti-
tutions of France under the First Capetians)
(1884), (Studies of the Acts of Louis VII. (1885),
both of which received the Gobert Prize offered
by the Academy of Inscriptions. Among his re-
cent works are : (The French Communes' (1890);
(Louis VI. (1890); and several monographs
written in collaboration with M. B. Zeller. In
1891 he was decorated with the Legion of Honor.
Lucian-Lucianus (lö'shun). A celebrated
Greek satirist; born at Samosata, in northern
Syria, about 120 A. D. ; died about 200 A. D.
Very many of his writings are extant, among
them: Praise of Demosthenes); Dialogues
of the Gods); Dialogues of the Sea Gods);
Dialogues of the Dead'; (The True History);
(Lucius; or The Ass); (On the Syrian God-
dess); Death of Peregrinus); (The Lover of
Lying); The Sea Voyage; or Votive Offer-
ings); «The Banquet; or The Lapithe); (The
Fisherman'; (The Sale of Lives); (Hermoti-
mus); Alexander, or The False Prophet);
(Anacharsis. The genuine writings of Lucian
that are extant number 124, not including some
fifty epigrams. *
Lucilius, Gaius (lö-sil'yus). A Latin poet;
born about 180 B. C. , at Suessa Aurunca, in
Campania ; died at Naples, 103 B. C. He first
gave form to Roman satiric poetry. Only frag-
ments remain of his thirty books of satires.
These show that he wrote in various metres,
though mainly in hexameters. In his verses he
lashed the vices and follies of his time with
perfect freedom and impartiality.
Lucretius Carus, Titus (lö-kre'shus kā'rus).
A Roman poet; born about 98 B. C. ; died 55
B. C. His one work, 'On Nature, in six books,
was left incomplete; but it is one of the great-
est of Latin didactic poems. *
Lucy, Henry W. An English journalist
and author; born at Crosby, near Liverpool,
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Dec. 5, 1845. After some provincial expe-
rience as a journalist, he came to London in
1868 and joined the Daily News as special
correspondent, chief of the Gallery staff, and
writer of the Parliamentary summary. On the
death of Tom Taylor, who had written the
(Essence of Parliament' for London Punch, he
continued the work as (The Diary of Toby,
M, P. ) He is the author of Men and Man-
ners in Parliament) (1874); (A Handbook of
Parliamentary Procedure) (1880); "Gideon
Fleyce) (1882), a novel; (East by West) (1885),
an account of a journey round the world; (A
Diary of Two Parliaments) (1885-86).
Luden, Heinrich (lö'den). A German his.
torian; born at Loxstedt, April 10, 1780 ; died
at Jena, May 23, 1847. He was appointed pro-
fessor of history in the University of Jena, 1810.
He rendered a notable service to German his-
torical literature by the example he set of his-
tories written in elegant, spirited style. Among
his writings are: Manual of Universal History
of the Mediæval Nations) (2 vols. , 1821); (His-
tory of the German People) ( 12 vols. , 1825-37),
his greatest work, but reaching only to the
year 1237
Lüders, Charles Henry. An American poet;
born in Philadelphia, 1858; died there, July 12,
1891. Upon the completion of his university
studies he visited Europe, subsequently settling
in his native city, where he was a prominent
member of “The Pegasus," a club of poets.
He attained distinction by his contributions of
verse to leading magazines, one of his best
poems being “The Dead Nymph. With S.
Decatur Smith, Jr. , he published a volume en-
titled "Hallo! My Fancy) (188-); and a post-
humous volume of his, (The Dead Nymph'
appeared in 189-.
Ludlow, Fitzhugh. An American journalist
and author; born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. , Sept.
11, 1836; died in Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 12,
1870. He received his education at Union
College.
He was editor of Vanity Fair from
1858 to 1860, and also wrote for the World and
Evening Post, besides contributing frequently
to Harper's Monthly. His most famous work
is (The Hasheesh Eater) (1857), a glowing
portrayal of the early delights and later horrors
of addiction to the drug. In 1868 he published
(The Opium Habit,' a warning against that
habit, to which he himself later became a vic-
tim. He wrote also (The Heart of the Conti-
nent' (1870). His poem (Too Late) is familiar
in anthologies.
Ludlow, James Meeker. An American cler-
gyman and author; born in Elizabeth, N. J. ,
1841. He is a minister in the Presbyterian
Church, and at present is a resident of East
Orange, N. J. His best-known works are : (The
Captain of the Janizaries, a Story of the Times
of Scanderbeg' (1886); A King of Tyre)
(1891); “That Angelic Woman' (1892), a novel.
Ludolf, Hiob (löd'olf). An eminent Ger-
man Orientalist; born at Erfurt, Jan. 15, 1624;
died at Frankfort on the Main, April 8, 1704
He traveled extensively through Europe; and
while visiting Rome made the acquaintance of
the Abyssinian patriarch Gregorius, and from
him acquired a knowledge of the Ethiopian lan-
guage. He is said to have understood 25 lan.
guages. He wrote: (Sketch of the History of
Ethiopia' (1681); “Grammar of the Amharic
Language) (1698); Ethiopic-Latin Diction.
ary); (Ethiopic Grammar. '
Ludwig, Karl (löd'vig). A great German
physiologist; born at Witzenhausen, in Hesse,
Dec. 29, 1816; died at Leipsic, April 24, 1895.
He became professor of physiology at Leipsic
University, 1865. There is hardly any depart-
ment of physiology with which his name is
not honorably associated; some of his works
were of fundamental importance for medical
science and natural history. His principal
work is (Text-Book of Human Physiology)
(2 vols. , 1852-56).
Ludwig, Otto. An eminent German dram-
atist and story-writer; born at Eisfeld, Feb.
II, 1813; died at Dresden, Feb. 25, 1865. His
first ambition was for music; and, at first self-
taught, a melodrama he wrote gained him the
means of becoming a pupil of Mendelssohn at
Leipsic. But he soon abandoned this, and
went into retirement to write novels and dra.
mas; many of the latter he never published,
but in 1850 he brought out his tragedy (The
Hereditary Forester,' very faulty in construction
though with manifold great excellences. He
essayed a higher fight in the tragedy (The
Maccabees) (1855), but again failed in con-
struction. He turned now to story-telling, and
began a series of tales of Thuringian life.
To this series belongs (Between Heaven and
Earth) (1857), his masterpiece.
Ludwig Salvator, Archduke of Austria. A
noted explorer and traveler; born at Florence,
Aug. 4, 1847. His principal writings, all illus-
trated by himself and most of them published
anonymously, are : (Levkosia, Capital of Cy.
prus) (1873); Yacht Voyage to the Syrtes)
(1874); Los Angeles in Southern California)
(2d ed. 1885); (The Caravan Route from Egypt
to Syria' (1878); 'The Balearic Islands,' superbly
illustrated (7 vols. , 1869-91); (Around the World
without Intending It) (4th ed. 1886); (The Lipari
Islands) (1893).
Luis de Granada, Fray (lö'ēs de grä-nä'dä).
A Spanish mystic and preacher; born at Gra-
nada, 1504; died at Lisbon, 1588. He entered
the order of Preaching Friars or Dominicans in
1523. Though high church dignities were re-
peatedly offered to him, he remained a simple
friar all his life. Of his discourses or sermons,
thirteen were committed to writing and have
been preserved. He wrote many works of de.
votion; among them : (Sinners' Guide) (1556);
Meditations' (1556).
Luis de Leon. See Ponce de Leon.
Lukens, Henry Clay. An American jour-
nalist; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 18, 1838. In
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LUMBY - LYCOPHRON
1884 he was associate editor of the New York
Daily News, and subsequently editor of the Jour-
nalist, New York. His pen-name is “Erratic
Enrique. ” He has published: (The Marine
Circus at Cherbourg' (1865); "Lean Nora, a
travesty of Bürger's "Lenore (1870); “Story of
the Types) (1881); and (Jets and Flashes (1883).
Lumby, Joseph Rawson. An English clergy-
man, editor, and author; born at Stanningley,
Yorkshire. He was Norris professor of divinity
at Cambridge, 1879-92. For the Early English
Text Society he has edited (King Horn, Ratio
Raving, etc. ); for the Pitt Press, Sir Thomas
More's Life of Richard III. ) and (L'topia. '
He has written (A History of the Creed)
(1873); (A Popular Introduction to the New
Testament (1883); and a small work on Greek
Learning in the Western Church during the
Seventh and Eighth Centuries.
Lummis, Charles Fletcher. An American
author ; born in Massachusetts in 1859. He is
a resident of Los Angeles, Cal. He is de-
voted to the archæology and history of the
aboriginal tribes of the Southwest. Among his
works are: (The Land of Poco Tiempo);
(The Spanish Pioneers ); «The Man who Mar-
ried the Moon); (The Gold Fish of the Grand
Chimú); (A New Mexico David, and Other
Stories.
Lundy, Benjamin. An American anti-slavery
agitator; born at Hardwich, N. J. , Jan. 4, 1789;
died at Lowell, III. , Aug. 22, 1839. He advo-
cated emancipation in frequent contributions
to periodicals, till 1821, when he founded the
monthly Genius of Universal Emancipation,
which was published under difficulties for some
years. He started in Philadelphia a weekly anti-
slavery journal, The National Enquirer (1836);
and in 1839 was about to revive the Genius of
Universal Emancipation at Lowell, when he
died. «The Life, Travels, and Opinions of
Benjamin Lundy) was published in 1847.
Lunt, George. An American poet and prose-
writer; born in Newburyport, Mass. , Dec. 31,
1803; died in Boston, May 17, 1885. During the
Civil War he was associate editor, with George
S. Hillard, of the Boston Courier. He was a
forceful, graceful writer. He published (Poems)
(1839); (The Age of Gold' (1843); (The Dove
and the Eagle) (1851); "Lyric Poems) (1854);
(The Union,' a poem (1860); (Origin of the
Late War) (1866); (Old New England Traits)
(1873).
Lunt, William Parsons. An American cler-
gyman; born in Newburyport, Mass. , April 21,
1805; died in Akabah, Arabia Petræa, March
23, 1857. His writings are singularly felicitous
in purity of taste, and have been much admired.
Among his published works are: (Gleanings);
(Discourse at the Interment of John Quincy
Adams); (Union of the Human Race); (Ser-
mon on Daniel Webster. He also compiled
( The Christian Psalter. )
Luschka, Hubert von (löshʼkä). A German
anatomist and physiologist; born at Constance,
July 27, 1820; died at Tübingen, March 1, 1875.
He became professor of anatomy in the Univer-
sity of Tübingen in 1855. His principal work
is Human Anatomy as related to Practical
Medicine) (3 vols. , 1862–69).
Luska, sidney. See Harland, Henry.
Luther, Martin. The renowned church re-
former; born at Eisleben, in Saxony, Nov. 10,
1483; died there, Feb. 18, 1546. Noteworthy
among his numerous writings are : (The Baby-
lonian Captivity of the Church) (1520); the
treatise Against Henry, King of England
(1522); (The Slave Will, Luther's reply to
Erasmus's tractate (On Free Will); "Letters)
(6 vols. , 1825-56); (Table Talk) (1566). His
greatest service to the literature of Germany
was his translation of the Bible, the New Tes.
tament version being completed in 1522 and
the Old Testament in 1534. *
Lützow, Karl von (lüts'ou). A German his-
torian of art; born at Göttingen, Dec. 25, 1832.
He wrote: Munich Antiques) (7 vols. , 1861-
69); Masterpieces of Ecclesiastical Architect-
ure) (1862), fruit of his studies in France and
England; Monuments of Art, in association
with Lübke (6th ed. 1892); History of German
Copperplate and Wood Engraving. '
Luzan, Ignacio de (lö'thän). A Spanish poet
and scholar; born at Saragossa, 1702; died at
Madrid, 1754. His work on (The Poetic Art)
(1737) is greatly admired.
Luzzatti, Luigi (löts-ä'tē). An Italian states.
man; born at Venice, 1841. He is author of a
series of works on political law, among them
(State and Church in Belgium' and 'Embry-
ology and Development of Political Constitu-
tions.
Lyall, Alfred Comyns, Sir. An English
administrator and author; born at Coulston,
Surrey, in 1835. In the course of a long and
useful career in India he was Home Secretary,
Foreign Secretary, and in 1882 Lieutenant-
Governor of the North-West Provinces, having
in the previous year been created K. C. B. As
an author his reputation is due chiefly to his
(Asiatic Studies, Religious and Social) (1882);
a biography of Warren Hastings (1889) in
the (English Men of Action) series; and (The
Rise of the British Dominion in India' (3d ed.
1893).
Lyall, Edna, pseudonym of Ada Ellen
Bayly. An English novelist; born at Brighton.
Among her works are: (Won by Waiting);
(Donovan); Autobiography of a Slander);
(Knight Errant); (A Hardy Norseman); "In
the Golden Days); "We Two); Derrick
Vaughan, Novelist); Doreen); “To Right the
Wrong); etc.
Lycophron (li'kof-ron). A Greek poet and
grammarian, native of Chalcis in Eubæa; lived
in the third century B. C. He had a part in
organizing the Alexandrine Library. He was
classed as a tragic poet with the “Pleiad, so
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compositions remains : Alexandra,' which con-
tains, in 1474 iambic verses, a prophecy of
Cassandra relating to the fall of Troy and the
fortunes of the heroes therein concerned.
Lycurgus (li-kér'gus). An Attic orator of
the fourth century B. C. He was a disciple of
Plato and Isocrates, and a zealous adherent
of the patriotic party. His Orations) against
Leocrates are extant: they are notable less for
their form than for their noble and dignified
exposition.
Lydgate, John. An English poet of the 15th
century. He was a monk of Bury St. Edmunds.
He translated Benoit de St. Maure's History
of Troy) at the command of Henry V. ; wrote
a poem on the Battle of Agincourt,' and one
upon the coronation of Henry VII. ; his (Story
of Thebes) is written as though it were one of
the “Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. He wrote
some ballads that became popular favorites, as
(The London Lackpenny); (A Satirical Ballad
on the Times); A Lover's Complaint. '
Lyell, Sir Charles. A distinguished English
geologist; born at Kinnordy, Scotland, Nov. 14,
1797 ; died at London, Feb. 22, 1875. In his
(Principles of Geology) (3 vols. , 1830) he as-
sailed the doctrine of “catastrophism in geol-
ogy. He published: (Elements of Geology)
(1837); “Travels in North America, with Geo-
logical Observations) (2 vols. , 1845); “A Second
Visit to the United States) (2 vols. , 1846): these
voyages were made for the purpose of testing
his principle of continuous geologic evolution.
His last work was "Geological Evidences of
the Antiquity of Man (1863).
Lyle, William. A Scottish poet; born in
Edinburgh, Nov. 17, 1822. Since coming to
the United States he has resided in Roches-
ter, N. Y. His poems are widely read in this
country and Canada. Among his most popular
Scottish dialect poems is (The Grave of Three
Hundred. He has also written several Eng-
lish poems, including Diotima. (The Martyr
Queen) was published in 1888.
Lyly, John. An English dramatist; born
1554; died in London, 1606. Between 1578 and
1600 he composed several plays, chiefly myth-
ological, which were acted by the boys of
St. Paul's School in presence of Queen Eliza-
beth. But he is noteworthy principally on ac-
count of his two books (Euphues, or the An-
atomy of Wit) (1579), and “Euphues and his
England) (1580), which were the first serious
attempts in English to use words as mere musi-
cal notes, quite subordinating the matter to the
sound. Fantastic as the form was, the recog.
nition of new possibilities in the language in-
toxicated the cultured classes, and set the liter-
ary fashion for many years: story-writers who
wished to assure themselves an audience en.
titled their books (Euphues his —, and the
influence is clear and strong on Sidney and
Spenser.
Lyman, Joseph Bardwell. An American
agriculturist; born in Chester, Mass. , Oct. 6,
1829; died in Richmond Hill, L. I. , Jan, 28,
1872. In 1867 he became agricultural editor
of the New York World. The following year
he was editor of Hearth and Home, and shortly
after joined the staff of the Tribune. He wrote,
with his wife, (The Philosophy of Housekeep-
ing) (1867). He published: (Resources of the
Pacific States) (1865); (Women of the War)
(1866); and (Cotton Culture) (1867).
Lyman, Laura Elizabeth Baker. An Amer-
ican journalist; born in Kent's Hill, Me. , April
2, 1831. Under her pen-name of Kate Hun-
nibee,” she became widely known from a series
of articles which appeared in Hearth and
Home. She edited the Home Interest depart-
ment in the New York Tribune (1869-70), and
the Dining-Room Magazine (1876–77).
Lyman, Theodore. An American philan-
thropist; born in Boston, Feb. 20, 1792; died
in Brookline, Mass. , July 18, 1849.