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48 " Coleccion de obras y documentos " published by De Angelis (Buenos Ayi-es, 1836). The same vol- ume contains a letter of Lozano to Father Juan de Alzola on the mysterious city of the CiBsars, writ- ten in 1746, which would seem to justify the charge of credulity that was made against the author by Spanish writers. Lozano also wrote a narrative' that gives a very vivid and interesting account of the death of the Jesuit Castailares, who was assassinated by the Mataguayos Indians on the banks of the Pilcomayo. "it is dated 1 May, 1747, and is published in the " Lettres edifiantes."

LOZIER, Clemence Sophia, physician, b. in Plainfield, N. J.. 11 Dec, 1812; d. in iNTew York city, 26 April, 1888. She was the youngest daugh- ter of David Earned, and in 1829 married Abraham W. Lozier, of New York, but soon afterward, her husband's health failing, she opened a select school and taught for eleven years. During this time she was associated with Mrs. Margaret Pry- or in visiting the poor and aban- doned, under the auspices of the Mo- ral reform society. After her husband's death she deter- mined to study medicine, attended her first lectures at Rochester eclectic medical college in 1849, and was grad- uated at the Syra- cuse medical college in 1853. Dr. Lozier at once began practice as a homoeopathist in New York, where she continued to reside, and in the surgery requii'ed by the diseases of her own sex displayed peculiar skill, performing many capital operations in the removal of tumors. In 1860 she began a course of lectures on medical subjects in her own parlors, which in 1868 resulted in the founding of the New York medical college and hospital for women, where she was clinical professor of diseases of women and children, and also dean of the faculty, for more than twenty years. This institution was the first distinctively woman's medical college to be established in New York state. Dr. Lozier took an active interest in all that pertains to the elevation of her sex, for thirteen years was presi- dent of the New York city woman suffrage so- ciety, and for four years of the National woman suffrage society. She also held office in other philanthropic and reform associations, and was an occasional contributor to medical journals. — Her daughter-in-law, Charlotte Irene, physician, b. in Milburn, N. J., 15 March, 1844; d*. in New York city, 3 Jan., 1870, was the daughter of Jacob S. Denman, and was graduated' in 1867 at the New York medical college and hospital for women. In 1868 she was called to fill the ciiair of physiol- ogy and hygiene in that institution, which relation she held until her death. Dr. Lozier took an ac- tive part in the struggle to secure for female stu- dents the privilege of attending the clinics of Bellevue hospital, leading them herself to the wards and operating-rooms. She was an able lec- turer, an original investigator in anatomy and physiology, a skilful practitioner, and an energetic worker in all movements for the elevation of her sex. In 1866 she married Dr. Abraham W. Lozier, son of Dr. Clemence S. Lozier.

LUACES, Joaquin Lorenzo (loo-ah'-thes), Cuban author, b. in Havana, 21 Julv, 1826; d. there. 17 Nov., 1867. After finishing his education in Havana he devoted his time exclusively to literary pursuits, and published a volume of poems (Havana, 1857) which won for him a wide recognition and placed him at once among the best lyrical poets in the Spanish language. In 1865 his historical drama, " El mendigo rojo," was per- formed in Havana with great success. In the following year he published his classical tragedy " Aristodemo," which was favorably received. Among the other productions of Luaces are his comedies " Los dos amigos," " El becerro de oro," and " El fantasmon de Caravaca," and his drama "Arturo de Osberg."

LUARD, Richard George Amherst, British soldier, b. in England in 1829. He was the eldest son of Lieut.-Col. John Luard, a peninsular and Waterloo officer ; and was educated at the Royal military college, Sandhurst, from which he ob- tained his commission in 1845, without purchase. He served in India, the Crimea, and China, was stationed* at Halifax, N. S.. 1873-'5, as assistant military secretary to Sir William 0. G. Haly, and became major-general, 1 Oct., 1877. He was ap- pointed to the command of the militia of Canada, with the rank of major-general, on 5 Aug., 1880. His rigorous application of the discipline and regu- lations of the regular army rendered him unpopu- lar with some of the officers and men of that service.

LUBBOCK, Francis Richard, governor of Texas, b. in Beaufort, S. C, 16 Oct.. 1815. He was educated chiefly in Beaufort and Charleston, S. C, engaged in mercantile pursuits, in 1834 re- moved to New Orleans, and in 1836 to Texas. He settled in 1837 in Houston, Tex., building the third house in that place, was clerk of the Texas house of representatives in 1838, then appointed comptroller by President Houston, and while serv- ing in this office was made adjutant of the force for the protection of the frontier. He returned to Houston in 1839, was comptroller again in 1841, and clerk of Harris county in 1843-56. He was chosen lieutenant-governor in 1857, and governor in 1861, but declined a renomination in 1863, and at the expiration of his term entered the Confeder- ate army as lieutenant-colonel. He was appointed on the staff of Jefferson Davis in 1864, with the rank of colonel, was with Mr. Davis when he was captured, and was confined in Fort Delaware till December, 1865. He resumed business in Houston in 1866, and removed in 1867 to Galveston, where he served three terms as city treasurer. Mr. Lub- bock was chosen state treasurer of Texas in 1878. and was re-elected in 1882, 1884, and 1886. In this office he has broken up the custom of speculating with comptrollers warrants, and has thus im- proved the financial standing of the state.

LUCAS, Daniel Bedinger, lawyer, b. in Charlestown, Va. (now W. Va.), 16 March, 1836. His father, William, was a member of congress from Virginia in 1839-41 and 1843-5, and his uncle, Edward, in 1833-'7. When the son was an infant his negro nurse let him fall from her arms, causing a permanent spinal injury. He was graduated at the University of Virginia in 1855, and in law at Washington college, Va., in 1858, and began to practise in Charlestown, Va., but in 1860 removed to Richmond. He served on the staff of Gen. Henry A. Wise in the Kanawha valley in the civil war, and in 1867 resumed the practice of his profession in Charlestown, W. Va., where he has since resided. He was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1872, 1876, and 1884, chosen