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LEFT LEWIS 468 LEWISTON a "Life of Robespierre" (1848); "Comte's Philosophy of the Sciences" (1853), the admirable "Life and Works of Goethe" (1855); "Physiology of Com- mon Life" (1859-1860); "Studies in Animal Life" (1862); "On Actors and the Art of Acting" (1875); and "Prob- lems of Life and Mind" (1874-1879). Lewes was married unhappily and had children, when his connection with George Eliot began in July, 1854. Died Nov. 30, 1878. LEWIS, the largest of the Hebrides, separated from the mainland of Scot- land by a sea 30 to 35 miles wide, called the Minch. The S. portion of the is- land, called Harris, is in Inverness-shire, the N. and largest portion being in Ross- shire. The entire length of the island, S. W. to N. E., is 52 miles; breadth, varying from 30 miles to 5 and 10 miles; area, nearly 700,000 acres. LEWIS AND CLABK CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, held at Portland, Oregon, from June to October, 1905, to commem- orate the one hundreth anniversary of the exploration of the Oregon country. The site, wonderfully situated with a view embracing Mt. Hood and Mt. St. Helens, covered 385 acres. The exposi- tion included exhibits of Liberal and Industrial Arts, Forestry, Mines and Metallurgy, Oceanic Building and Hor- ticulture. It was opened by President Roosevelt who touched a button in the White House which set in motion the fountains and machinery. The total at- tendance amounted to 2,545,509, and the receipts to over $7,000,000. LEWIS, CHARLTON MINER, an American educator, born in Brooklyn in 1866. He graduated from Yale Uni- versity in 1886. He took post-gradu- ate courses at that university and at Columbia. He practiced law for several years in New York, and in 1895 became instructor in English at Yale University. He was^ appointed assistant professor of English language and literature in 1898, and from 1899 was Emily San- ford professor. He wrote "The Begin- nings of English Literature" (1900); "The Principles of English Verse" (1906); "The Genesis of Hamlet" (1907). He was also a frequent con- tributor to periodicals and magazines. LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNE- WALL, an English statesman, born in London, April 21, 1806. A graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, with high honors, he became a lawyer, and filled three Cabmet places in rapid succession, end- i^lt.^^^TT-^^^"^^"^^' *>* t^e Exchequer in 1855. His most enduring work is the "Enquiry into the Credibility of Early Roman History" (2 vols. 1855). His political writings, as "On the Use and Abuse of Political Terms" (1835), "On the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion" (1849), "On the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics" (2 vols. 1852), are clarifying- but too prolix. He died in Harpton Court, Rad- norshire, April 13, 1863. LEWIS, JAMES HAMILTON, a United States Senator from Illinois, born at Danville, Va., in 1866. He was educated at Houghton College and the University of Virginia. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1884 and began practice in Seattle, Washing- ton. He was elected to the Territorial Legislature and was several times can- didate for governor of the State, and for United States Senator. He was elected to Congress in 1897. After serv- ing in several capacities, he removed to Chicago in 1903. In 1908 he was Demo- cratic candidate for governor of the State. He was elected United States Senator in 1912, but was defeated for re-nomination in 1918. He was the author of "Two Great Republics, Rome and the United States" (1913), and sev- eral works on international law. LEWIS, MERIWETHER, an Amer- ican soldier and explorer; born near Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 18, 1774. He was employed by the government with Clark to make discoveries in the N. parts of the American continent, with a view to the extension of commerce to the Pacific Ocean. In 1805 they under- took a journey for the purpose of dis- covering the source of the Missouri ; and they passed the winter in an icy region, 4,000 miles beyond its confluence. Lewis was soon after made governor of Louis- iana, and Clark a general of its militia, and agent of the United States for In- dian affairs. He died near Nashville, Tenn, Oct. 8, 1809. LEWISTON, a city of Idaho, the county-seat of Nez Perce co. It is at the junction of the Snake and Clearwater rivers, and on the Northern Pacific and the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation lines. It is the center of an important mining and wheat and fruit growing district. Its industries includf flour and box-making mills. It is tht seat of the State normal school and a United States Weather Bureau station. It has a hospital, a public library, and other public buildings. Pop. (1910) 6,043; (1920) 6,574. LEWISTON, a city in Androscoggin CO., Me., on the Androscoggin river and