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Rh gestffi et antiquitates," is still an authority among the specialists. In 1851 he was appointed nni- Tersity professor of Latin at Harvard, became Pope professor in 1869, and resigned in 1894, when he was made the recipient of the degree of LL. I)., and became professor emeritus. Prof. Lane did not publish much under his own name, but was constantly elucidating difficulties or emending corrupt passages, which he freely communicated to his colleagues and correspondents, who accepted his dicta like the deliverances of an oracle. He co-operated in the production of Harper's Latin lexicons, one of which was dedicated to him by its editor. For the large lexicon (1879) he read and corrected the greater part of the proof. lie was engaged for a long time upon a Latin grammar, which was published posthumously.

LANE, Harvey Bradburn, educator, b. in Plymouth. Pa., 10 Jan., 1813 ; d. in .Saratoga, N. V.. 28 Aug., 1888. He was graduated at Wesleyan university in 1835, was a civil engineer in Georgia and professor of mathematics in Oxford college in 1837-'8, occupied that chair In Dixon college in 1839, was subsequently a.ssistant professor of mathematics and philosophy at Wesleyan, and in 1840-'3 professor of mathematics and engineering there, lie was transferred to the chair of Greek and Latin in 1843, and to that of Greek alone in 1861, which he resigned in 1881. He was an assistant editor of the '•American Agriculturist" for several years. Mr. Lane devoted the latter portion of his life to collecting rare b<M)ks for pri- vate and public libraries, and wai- an authority in that work. He wa.'* a trustee of Wesleyan.

LANE, James Crandall, engineer, b. in New York city, 23 .luly, l»2:i; d. there, 13 Dec, 1888. After following a line of scientific studies he made a specialty of architecture and civil engineering. He aided in the construction of the Hlinois central railroad, and was prominently connected with that enterprise until i8.V2, when he entered the coast survey at Washington. He afterward led several explorations in New Granada, and he was engaged in inirieralogical surveys in San Domingo, Puerto Rico, and t!uba up to the time of the civil war, when, returning to New York, he was commis- sioned major of the 102d regiment of New York infantry and a.«signed to the command of McCall's camp at Dranesville, and of the defences of Har- per's Ferry, being promoted to the lieutenant- colonelcy of his regiment in Julv, 1863. Col. Lane commanded the regiment at the battle of Cedar Mountain, also at the second Bull Run, as at Chantilly and Antietam. Three months later he received the colonelcy of the regiment and took part in the battle of Chancellorsville. At Gettys- Durg he was filaced in command of a brigade, and received a severe wound. He was then sent west and led the advance on Lookout Mountain, taking part in many battles of the Georgia campaign. He was mustered out of service by the consolida- tion of regiments at Atlanta in .Tuly, 1804. having meanwhile received the brevets of brigadier-gen- eral and of major-general of volunteers. Subse- quently he was engaged in mineralogical surveys in California. Arizona, and Nevatia, as well as in archieological sun'eys in Palestine and on the river Jordan, and as chief engineer in railroad construction on Jjong Island, and after 1884 in surveying for the new parks beyond the Harlem river. He was the author of "Man and his Sur- roundings" (New York, 1882), and edited a work entitled -Azak Kl Kmir" (1882).

'''LANE. James Henry''', soldier, b. in Matthews county, Va., 28 July, 1833. He was educated at the Virginia military institute and the University of Virginia. He was assistant professor of mathe- matics in the Virginia military institute, professor of mathematics in the state seminiuy at Tallapoosa, Fla., and professor of natural philosophy and in- structor of military tactics in the North Carolina military school, at Charlotte. He was adjutant of the first camp of instruction of North Carolina, and in May, 1861, was appointed major of the 1st North Carolina volunteers and promoted lieutenant-colo- nel in September, 1861, becoming colonel of the 28th North Carolina during the same year. He was appointed brigadier-general in the Confederate army in November. 1862. His brigade was in Ambrose P. Hill's division, Jackson's corps. Army of northern Virginia. Afterward his command served in Pender's division of Gen. Hill's corps. He is now at the head of the Agricultural and mechanical college of Alabama, at Auburn.

LANE, William Coolidge, librarian, b. in Newton, Mass., 29 July, 1859. He received his education in the public schools of Newton and at Harvard, from which he was gracinated in 1881. He was assistant in Harvard library, 1881-'93, and in the latter year became librarian of the Boston athenn'um, serving in that capacity until 1898, when he was appointed librarian of Harvard uni- versity, as successor to Dr. Justin Winsor. Mr. Lane lias been treasurer of the publishing section of the American library association since 1886, and secretary of the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa since 1889. His works consist of bibliographical contributions, such as "The Dante Collections in the Harvard College and Boston Public Libraries " (Cambfidge, 1890), and '• Index to the .Subject Cata- logue of Harvanl College Library " (1891).

LANGEVIN, Louis Philippe Adélard, U. C. archbishop, b. in St. Isidore, Laprairie co„ province of Quebec, 23 Aug.. 185.5. He was educated at the (College of Montreal, where he graduated in June, 1874. He made his ecclesiastical studies at the College of Mont- real, and was a teacher of Latin there from 1874 to 1882. In 1883 he became a member of the order of Oblates of Mary Immaculate at Lachine, and was ordained a priest in Montreal by Archbish- op Fabre, in July, 1882. From July, 1885, he was superior of the ecclesiastical seminary or divinity hall of Ot- tawa university; super- intendent of the Ob- late missions of the diocese of St. Boniface   from July, 1893, to the   present time. He was also pastor of St. Mary's church, Winnipeg, from January, 1894, to January, 1895 ; was appointed archl)ishop of St. Boniface in January. 1895.and was consecrated as such in March. He received the degree of D. D. from the University of (Jttawa in 1892. He has taken an active part in the Catholic school question in Canada, and in de- fence of the Catholic side in that controversy.

LANGTRY, Emille Charlotte, actress, b. in the island of Jersey. 29 May. 1853. whence her popular name of the Jersey Lily. Her father was the Rev. W. C. Le Breton, dean of Jersey, and she married Edward Langtry, a man of consider-