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246 choose the former, as it would entail no registration fees.

See also, F.S.A. The Law of Copyright in Works of Literature and Art. London, 1893.— , M.A., LL.B. The Law of Artistic Copyright. London, 1889.

Coquelin, Benoît Constant (1841 ) French actor, was born at Boulogne, January 24, 1841. He was originally intended to follow his father’s trade of baker, but his love of acting led him to the Conservatoire, where he entered Begnier’s class in 1859. He won a prize for comedy less than a year afterwards, and made his début in December 1860 at the Comédie Française, of which house he became a sociétaire four years later. His first successes, which were made in classical comedy, were brilliantly sustained during the twenty years that succeeded his election as sociétaire. During that time he "created" the leading parts in a number of new plays, including Gringoire (1867), Tabarin (1871), Paul Forestier (1871), L'Etrangère (1876), Jean Dacier (1877), Le Monde où l'on s’ennuie (1881), Les Rantzau (1884), and others. In consequence of a dispute with the authorities over the question of his right to make provincial tours in France, he resigned his position at the Comédie Française in 1886. Three years later, however, the breach was healed; and, after a successful series of tours in Europe and the United States, he rejoined the Comédie Française as pensionnaire in 1889. He remained there three years, during which time the most notable events were the début of his son Jean in 1890, and the production of Thermidor (a play suppressed, for political reasons, on the third occasion its performance), and of a version of The Taming of the Shrew under the title of La Mégère Apprivoisée, both in 1891. In 1892 he broke definitely with the Comédie Française, and toured for some time through the capitals of Europe with a company of his own.

In 1895 he joined the company at the Renaissance director of the Porte-Saint-Martin Theatre in 1897. There his latest successes have been in Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) and Plus que Reine (1899). In 1900 he once more undertook an American tour. He has published: L'Art et le Comédien (1880), Molière et le Misanthrope (1881), essays on Eugène Manuel (1881) and Sully-Prudhomme (1882), L'Arnolphe de Molière (1882), Les Comédiens (1882), L'Art de dire le Monologue good (with his brother, 1884), Tantuffe (1884), L'Art du Comédien (1894).

Coquimbo, a town and important port in Chile, in the province and department of the same name, situated in 29° 57′ 4″ S. lat. and 71° 21′ 12″ W. long. The population in 1895 was 7322. In 1898 it had 5.44 per cent, of the total export trade of Chile, and 3.34 per cent, of the import trade. In the same year it was visited by 484 ships (foreign and coastwise trade), of a total tonnage of 775,981 tons.

Corato, a town in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy, 25 miles west from Bari, with olive and wine production. In the neighbourhood stands the Emperor Frederick IP’s hunting-seat, Castel del Monte. The population (1901) was 41,573.

Cordoba, a province in the centre of the Argentine Republic. The official area at the census of 1895 was 62,160 square miles; the population in 1895 amounted to 351,223—urban, 94,760; rural, 256,463. The province is divided into twenty-five departments. In 1895 there were 18,545 farms, 1,070,532 acres planted in cereals, 1,884,926 head of cattle, and 489,926 horses.

Cordoba, a city of the Argentine Republic, capital of the province of Cordoba, on the Rio Primero in 31° 25′ S. lat. and 63° 42′ W. long., about 435 miles north-west of Buenos Aires; in communication by rail with all the principal towns of the Republic. It has greatly increased in importance since 1875 : the population of the town in 1895 was 42,783; of the suburbs, 11,679. Besides its other educational and scientific institutions, it contains the National Meteorological Bureau of the Argentine, the National Academy of Sciences (1894), a national secondary school, two national schools for teachers, and a good public library. There is a bronze equestrian statue of General Paz, and another of the legislator Dr Sarsfield. Bridges have been constructed to connect the town with two new districts which have sprung up as a result of the introduction of an extensive scheme of irrigation. The water supply is excellent. For internal communication there is an efficient service of electric and other trams.

Cordova, a province in the south of Spain, with a population of 420,714 in 1887 and 443,582 in 1897. Its area is 5300 square miles, divided into 16 administrative districts and 74 parishes. The river Guadalquivir divides the province into two very dissimilar portions. On the right bank is the mountainous region of the Sierra Morena, less peopled and fertile than the left bank, with its great plains and slightly undulated country towards the south and south-east in the direction of some spurs of the Sierra Nevada. One of the most picturesque chains of this province is the Sierra de Cordova at some distance of from, but along, the right bank of the Guadalquivir, that runs from east-north-east to west-south-west. It waters the richest districts of Cordova, and has many tributaries, one of the most important being El Guadal mellato. The Guadiato and Bombezar are next in importance, and in the northern part of the province are several streams that are tributaries of the Guadiana. Theatre in Paris, and played there until he became The climate is much varied. Snow is to be found for months on the highest peaks of the mountains, mild temperature in the plains except in the few torrid summer months, when rain seldom falls. The latest returns showed that out of 78,204 children of both sexes between the ages of 4 and 14, 36,357 only were on the school registers, and 27,940 attended classes. There are 266 miles of railways, some good first-class state roads, few provincial and many fair municipal roads. Cordova is one of the provinces of Spain that pays most for the industrial and commercial taxes, though its principal resources and products are agricultural, and its mining interests anything but sufficiently developed. The mines, however, are important. Three lead, 11 argentiferous lead, and 25 coal mines were worked in 1898. Ten silver lead mines at work in 1898 produced 9059 metric tons, valued at ,£82,123, as compared with 6529 tons, valued at £61,945, in 1897. Three silver lead mines also produced 7439 tons, valued at £18,279, in 1898. The total value at pit’s mouth of the output of the mines in 1898 was £257,269, against £193,656 in 1897. The coal mines are almost entirely in the hands of two important companies, Andaluces and Southern of Spain. The Belmez coal-field had in 1898 an output of 383,969 metric tons, valued £156,866, against 316,024 tons, valued £113,772, in 1897. This province also produced in 1898, 29,565 tons of coke, 20,105 of anthracite, 47 metric tons of silver. The most important group of silver lead mines belongs to Anglo-Bilbao companies, and the English lead works smelted 85734 English tons of lead ore from their Linares mines, producing therefrom 6258 English tons of pig lead. The live stock in the province consists of 11,149 horses, 14,584 mules, 12,923 asses,