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LEFT LE CATELET 442 LEDBXT-ROLLIN LE CATELET, a village in France, S. E. of Cambrai, on the line leading from Cambrai to St. Quentin. It was part of the British and French support line that went through the villages of Namoy and Derain opposite the Hinden- burg line in the World War. It fell be- fore the Germans in the spring drive of 1918. LECH (leh), a right-hand tributary of the Danube, rising in the Alps in Vo- rarlberg, flowing N. past Augsburg, and after a course of 177 miles joining the Danube a few miles E. of Donauworth. It is a mountain stream and not navig- able. Near Rain, not far from its mouth the imperalist general Tilly was de- feated and killed, April 5, 1632, by the Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus. LECKY, WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE, an Irish historian; born near Dublin, Ireland, March 26, 1838. He was educated at Trinity College where he graduated B. A. in 1859, and M. A. in 1863. In 1861 he had published anonymously "The Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland," four brilliant essays on Swift, Flood, Grattan, and O'Connell. Later works were "History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rational- ism in Europe" (2 vols. 1865) ; "History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne" (2 vols. 1869) ; and "His- tory of England in the Eighteenth Cen- tury" (8 vols. 1878-1890).^ Later ap- peared "Democracy and Liberty." He declared strongly against Home Rule. He died in London, Oct. 22, 1903. LECONTE DE LISLE, CHARLES ]V[ARIE RENi} {le-kdngt'dnh. lei'), a French poet; born in the Isle of Bour- bon (Reunion), Oct. 23, 1818. Settling in Paris (1846), he was at first an en- thusiastic socialist and disciple of Fourier; afterward an impassioned ad- mirer of the ancient religions of Greece and India. In his "Antique Poems" (1853), he sings the praises of the an- cient gods and heroes; in his "Barbarian Poems" (1862), with a poet's insight he seeks to interpret the mythological ideas of the Hebrews, Irish, etc. His "Tragic Poems" (1882), were crowned by the French Academy. He made admirable translations of ancient Grecian poets. He died in Louveciennes, near Paris, July 17, 1894. LE CONTE, JOSEPH, an American scientist; born in Liberty co., Ga., Feb. 26, 1823. He practiced medicine for several years at Macon, Ga., but in 1850 went to Cambridge, Mass., where he studied natural history under Agassiz. He subsequently held several professor- ships, and after 1869 occupied the chair of geology and natural history in the University of California. "The Mutual Relations of Religion and Science" ap- peared in 1874, and was followed by "Elements of Geology," "Light," "A Compend of Geology," "Evolution and Its Relation to Religious Thought." He died in the Yosemite Valley, California, July 6, 1901. LECOUVREUR, ADRIENNE (luh» ko-vrur'), a French actress; born near Chalons, France, April 5, 1692, made her debut at Strasburg in 1717, and soon became famous for her power as an ac- tress, and the number and eminence of her admirers, among whom were Marshal Saxe, Voltaire, and Lord Peterborough. Her death, in Paris, March 20, 1730, was unjustly suspected to be due to poison administered by a rival, the Duchess Bouillon. This is the plot of the play by Scribe and Legouve, in which Rachel, Bernhardt, etc., won distinction. LEDOCHOWSKI, COUNT WLADI- MIR HALKA, General of Society of Je- sus. He was born in 1866 at Loosdorf, Lower Austria, and was educated at the Theresianum, Vienna. He studied law at the Cracovian University, 1885, and philosophy and theology in the Seminary at Tarnov, and at the Gregorian Univer- sity in Rome, 1885-1889. He entered the Novitiate of the Galician Province of the Jesuit Society, 1889, was ordained priest 1894; and after a short period of literary and pastoral activity, was nominated Provincial of the Galician Province 1901. In 1906 he became assistant of the Ger- man Assistancy and in 1915 General. LEDRTJ-ROLLIN, ALEXANDRE ATJGUSTE (luh-drii-ro-law5'0, a French agitator; born near Paris, France, Feb. 2, 1807. Admitted to the bar in 1830, he made a name as defender of Republi- can journalists and subseqiiently ob- tained a great reputation as a demo- cratic agitator and leader of the work- ingmen's party. He was elected in 1841 deputy for Le Mans. On the outbreak of the revolution of 1848 he became a mem- ber of the provisional government, as minister of the interior, and in May was elected one of the five in whose hands the Constituent Assembly placed the in- terim government. But he^ offended his supporters, by his injudicious conduct, and resigned. He next ventured on a candidature for the presidency against Louis Napoleon in December, but was ig- nominiously beaten. An unsuccessful attempt to provoke an insurrection against his fortunate rival put an end to his political activity. For the next 20 years he lived alternately in London and