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Rh London agency to facilitate the importation of Eu- ropean literature into the United States. For many years he was a director of the Reading rail- road, the Philadelphia savings-bank, the Union league club, and the Academy of fine arts, and a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.

LIPPINCOTT, Sara Jane (Clarke), author, b. in Pompey, Onondaga co., N. Y., 23 Sept.. 1823. Much of her childhood was passed in Rochester, N. Y., but in 1842 she removed with her father to New Brighton, Pa., and in 1853 married Leander K. Lippincott, of Philadelphia. She published occasional verses at an early age under her own name, and in 1844 her first prose publications appeared in the "New York Mirror" under the pen- name of '• Grace Greenwood," which she has since retained. For several years she edited the " Little Pilgrim," a juvenile monthly magazine in Phila- delphia. She is also the author of several addresses and lectures, and has been largely connected with periodical literature as editor and contributor. " Ariadne " is her best known poem. Her other works include " Greenwood Leaves " (Boston, 1850) ; " History of My Pets " (1850) : " Poems " (1851) ; " Recollections of My Childhood " (1851) ; " Haps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe " (1854) ; " Mer- rie England " (1855) ; " Forest Tragedy and Other Tales " (1856) ; " Stories and Legends of Travel " (1858); "History for Children" (1858): "Stories from Famous Ballads " (1860) ; " Stories of Many Lands " (1867) ; " Stories and Sights in France and Italy" (1868); "Records of Five Years" (1868); and "New Life in New Lands" (1873).

LIPPINCOTT, William Henry, artist, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 6 Dec, 1849. He was educated at the Friends' school, Philadelphia, and was for six years a scene-painter in Philadelphia theatres. He then went to Paris and studied under Bonnat from 1874 till 1884, devoting himself to portraits and studies of child-life. He is an associate of the National academy of design, and a member of the Water -color society anil of the Salmagundi club. He exhibited "Lolette" and two portraits at the Paris salon of 1878, and "The Duck's Breast " at the Centennial exhibition in Philadel- Ehia in 1876. His other works include "The little Prince," various portraits, "Infantry in Arms" (1887), and numerous etchings.

LIPPITT, Christopher, soldier, b. in Cranston, R. I., in 1744; d. there, 18 June, 1824. He occupied early in life many civil and military offices, was an ardent patriot, and in September, 1776, was commissioned colonel in the Continental army. He participated in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, and Princeton, was made briga- dier-general of the Rhode Island militia, and served in the battle of Rhode Island. He subse- quently sat in the Rhode Island legislature.

LIPSCOMB, Abner Smith, jurist, b. near Abbeville, S. C, 10 Feb., 1789; d. near Austin, Tex., 3 Dec, 1857. His father, Joel, emigrated from Virginia and was an officer of the Revolu- tion. The son studied law with John C. Calhoun, who shaped the political opinions that he had throughout his life. He was admitted to the bar in 1811, the same year settled in St. Stephens, Ala., and served as captain of a volunteer expedition against the Indians in the war of 1812. For several years he was a member of the legislature, became judge of the supreme court in 1819, and in 1823-'35 was chief justice of Alabama. He re- moved to Texas in 1839, was secretary of state under President Lamar, and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1845, offering the reso- lutions of acceptance of the terms of annexation that were proposed by the United States. He was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court in 184(5, and held office till his death. His opinions are published in Minor's. Stewart "s. and Stewart and Porter's reports, and in the first seventeen volumes of Texas law reports.

LIPSCOMB, Andrew Adgate, educator, b. in Georgetown, D. C, 6 Sept., 1816; d. in Athens, G»i., 24 Nov., 1890. He was educated in a cla.-sieal seminary. At nineteen years of age he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, was pastor successively in Baltimore, Md.. Alex- andria, Va., and Washington, I), ft, and removed in 1842 to Montgomery. Ala. A few years after- ward he was elected president of the Alabama conference, but. failure of health necessitating his retirement from the active ministry, he engaged in teaching, and established the Metropolitan insti- tution for the education of young women. Mont- gomery. Ala. lie was subsequently president of the female college at TusKegee, Ala., and in 1860-'74 was chancellor of the University of Georgia. He then became professor of philoso- phy and criticism in Vanderbilt university, and afterward professor emeritus. The University of Alabama gave him the degree of D. D.. and Emory college. Oxford, Ga.. that of LL. D. For many years he contributed to the literary and re- ligious reviews, and published, besides numerous tracts and pamphlets, "Studies in the Forty Davs " (Nashville, 1885) ; and " Supplementary Studies " to the above (1886).

LIRA, Maximo Rafael (lee'-rah), Chilian pub- licist, b. in Santiago in 1845. Early in life he began to contribute to political and literary periodicals, and in 1871 he became editor of the " Independiente " of Santiago. In 1873 he was elected deputy to congress, where he has since served. He was elected secretary of the council of state in 1874, and next vear appointed secretary of the Chilian legation in Buenos Ayres. During the Bolivia-Peruvian war in 1879-'81 he served as secretary of the Chilian commander-in-chief, Gen. Baquedano. He was appointed assistant secretary of the interior in 1883. but resigned in 1885 to be- come editor-in-chief of the dailv paper " Los De- bates," the organ of the Liberal party, which post he still (1887) holds. He is considered the first parliamentary orator, and one of the principal journalists of his country. He has published " Los Jesuitas y sus detractores " (Santiago, 1870) ; "La Comunay sus ensefianzas" (1871); and " Magdalena," a novel (1872).

LISBOA, Joao Francisco (lis-bo'-ah), Brazilian journalist, b. in Maranhao. 12 May, 1812; d. in Lisbon, Portugal, 26 April, 1863. His parents were country people, and young Joilo spent his boyhood on their farm, reaching the age of seventeen before he was able to read and write. In 1829 he had made enough money to enter the college in the capital of his province, and in two years he began to contribute to the local newspapers. He published the paper "O Brasileiro" in 1832 and the "Pharol" and the "Echo do Norte" in 1833, all of which were in existence till 1836. In 1838-'41 he published the "Chronica." From 1835 until 1848 he was chief clerk to the secretary of the government of the province of Rio Janeiro. He took an active interest in politics, and in 1840 was an unsuccessful candidate for congress. In 1848 he retired to private life, giving his time to study, and in 1855 Pedro II. sent Lisboa to Portufal to obtain data for completing the history of Brazil. After collecting all the necessary information he began the work, but died without finishing