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LEFT BLAKE 57 BLANC Algiers, which submitted, and then de- molished the castles of Goletta and Porto Ferino, at Tunis, because the Dey refused to deliver up the British captives. A squadron of his ships also blocked up Cadiz, and intercepted a Spanish plate fleet. In April, 1657, he sailed with 24 ships to Santa Cruz, in Teneriffe; and, notwithstanding the strength of the place, burned the ships of another Spanish plate fleet and came out without loss. He died Aug. 17, 1657, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, whence his body was removed at the Restoration and buried in St. Margaret's Churchyard. BLAXE, WILLIAM, an English poet and artist, born in London, Nov. 28, 1757; learned to draw; became a noted illus- trator and engraver; had a printshop in WILLIAM BLAKE London ; and exhibited at the Royal Acad- emy. His imagination was strange, powerful, grotesque, and poetic; and his belief was that his poems and drawings were communications from the spirit world. His "Poetical Sketches" (Lon- don, 1783) ; "Songs of Innocence" (1789), and "Songs of Experience" (1794), con- tain pastoral and lyrical poems of great beauty. His "Prophetic Books," includ- ing "Book of Thel" (1789) ; "Marriage of Heaven and Hell" (1790) ; "Book of Urizen" (1794); "Book of Los" (1795); "Book of Ahania" (1795) ; "Jerusalem" (1804), and "Milton" (1804), are fa- mous. His greatest artistic work is in "Illustrations to the Book of Job" (1826). He died in London, Aug. 12, 1827. BLAKELOCK, RALPH ALBERT, an American painter, born in New York City, Oct. 15, 1847; was graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1869; was self-educated in art. His paintings include "Ta-vo-kok-i ; or, the Circle Dance of the Kavavite Indians," "Cloverdale, Cal.," "Moonlight," "The In- dian Fisherman," "A Landscape," "On the Face of the Quiet Waters," "Cumule," etc. Examples of his work are exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and public galleries in Washington, Worcester, etc. For years his work was unappreciated, so that his mind became affected and he spent some years in an asylum. The National Academy paid him tardy recognition by making him an associate in 1913 and an academician in 1915. He died in 1916. BLANC, JEAN JOSEPH LOUIS, a French socialist and historian, was born in Madrid, where his father was In- spector-General of Finance under King Joseph, Oct. 29, 1811. After finishing his school education he went to study in Paris. In 1839 he founded the "Revue du Progres," in which he first brought out his chief work on socialism, the "Or- ganization of Industry." The book de- nounces the principle of competitive in- dustry and proposes the establishment of social workshops, composed of workmen of good character, and subsidized by the State. In 1841-1844, Blanc published a historical work, entitled "History of Ten Years (1830-1840)," which produced a deadly effect on the Orleans dynasty. This was followed by the first volume of a "History of the French Revolution." On the breaking out of the Revolution of February, 1848, Blanc was appointed a member of the Provisional government, at the head of the great commission for discussing the problem of labor. At the same time, Marie, Minister of Public Works, began to establish the so-called national workshops, which, however, wore in no sense an attempt to carry out the views of Blanc. Blanc was accused, without reason, of a share in the dis- turbances of the summer of 1848, and escaped to London, where he spent many years. On the fall of the empire, Blanc returned to France, and was elected to the National Assembly in 1871. After 1876 he was member of the Chamber of Deputies. In both these bodies he voted and acted with the Extreme Left. He died at Cannes, Dec. 6, 1882. BLANC, MARIE THERESE (ThereSE Bentzon), a French novelist and litte- rateur, born at Seine-Port, Sept. 21, 1840. She has been for many years on the