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LEFT DAVIES 276 DAVIS He began his work as an illustrator of magazines. He first achieved fame as a painter at an exhibition held in New York in 1899. His best paintings are found in the Brooklyn Museum. Among these is the "Children of Yesteryear," considered by many to be his best work. Among his other masterpieces are "The Girdle of Ares," (1914) ; "Visions of the Sea" (1911) ; "The Hunter of the Star Lands". His recent paintings show a decided cubist tendency. DAVIES, SIB LOUIS HENRY, a Canadian lawyer. He was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1845; and was educated at Prince of Wales College. He became a barrister in 1867; Solicitor-General, 1869 and 1871-1872; Leader of the Opposition, 1873-1876; Premier and Attorney-General, Prince Edward Island, 1876-1879; and Q. C, 1880. In 1882 he was elected to the Dominion House of Commons, and was re-elected until his appointment to Ap- peal Court. He was counsel for Great Britain before the International Fish- eries Arbitration at Halifax in 1877 be- tween Great Britain and the United States. He became P. C, Canada, in 1896 ; Joint Delegate to Washington with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 1897, on Behring Sea seal question; one of Joint High Commissioners in 1898 for settlement of differences between United States and Canada; Minister of Marine and Fish- eries, Canada, 1896-1901. From 1918 he was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (Appeal). DAVIES, BANDALL, an English author, born in 1866, and educated at Bradfield (Founder's Boy) and Scoones'. He was for a time Art Critic to the ''Academy", "Westminster Gazette", "New Statesman," and "Queen," and also reviewed for the "Burlington," "Athenaeum," "Saturday Review" and other periodicals. He qualified as a Solicitor in 1898, and later came to the United States where he was for some years Confidential Secretary to Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York "World." His works include: "Chelsea Old Church"; "Portfolio Monograph"; "Six Centuries of Painting"; "Stories of the English Artists"; "The Greatest House at Chelsea"; "A Lyttel Booke of Non- sense"; "Monographs on Velasquez, Reynolds, and Romney." DA VINCI, See Leonardo da Vinci. DAVIS, CHARLES HENRY, an American mathematician; born in Bos- ton, Jan. 16, 1807. He entered the United States navy in 1823, and was commissioned commander in 1854. He made several coast-surveys, partly in conjunction with Prof. A. D. Bache, and partly with others. He wrote "Memoir upon the Geological Action of the Tidal and other Currents of the Ocean," and "The Law of Deposit of the Flood Tide." He was also one of the founders of the "American Nautical Almanac." He died in Washington, D. C, Feb. 18, 1877. DAVIS, CHARLES HENRY, an American rear-admiral, born in Cam- bridge, Mass., in 1845. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1864 and became an ensign in 1866. He rose through the grades, becoming commander in 1885; captain in 1898; and rear-admiral in 1904. He served on various stations and duties and was con- nected with several expeditions for the determination of the difference of longi- tude by means of submarine telegraph cables. In 1897-1898 he was superin- tendent of the Naval Observatory. He served during the Spanish-American War as commander of the auxiliary cruiser, "Dixie." In 1904-1905 he served as a mem.ber of the International Com- mission of Inquiry on the North Sea incident. He was retired by the opera- tion of law on Aug. 28, 1907. He was the author of several books on the de- termination of longitude. He wrote "Life of Rear-Admiral Davis" (1899). DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG, an American legislator; born in Henderson, N. Y., June 16, 1838. He was graduated at the University of Michigan in 1857; was admitted to the bar, but enlisted in the Union army in 1861. He began the practice of law in St. Paul in 1865; was chosen to the Minnesota Legislature in 1867; became United States district attorney in 1868; governor in 1874; and United States Senator in 1887, 1893 and 1899. He was a Republican, and a mem- ber of the Peace Commission, which ne- gotiated the treaty between Spain and the United States in 1898. He was for sev- eral years chairman of the Senate Com- mittee on Foreign Relations, and re- ported the resolution which practically declared war against Spain. He died at St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 27, 1900. DAVIS, DAVID, an American jurist; born in Cecil co,, Md., March 9, 1815. He was graduated at Kenyon College in 1832, and settled in Illinois as a lawyer in 1835. He was elected to the Legisla- ture in 1844 and served as a State Cir- cuit Judge from 1848 to 1862. In the latter year he was appointed an Asso- ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He voted in favor of the Legal Tender act. He resigned in 1877 to enter the United States Senate, of which he became president