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Legh, Gerard. A Chiistian; G-ilbeit Dabymple, D.D. A Scottish writer, of 200 years ago.

Le Grice, Rev. Charles Valentine, M.A., 1773-1858. C. V. Le G.; Civis ; Gronomus; Vigilans. An English clergy- man ; friend of Lamb and Coleridge ; b. at Bury St. Edmunds; in 1796 he visited Cornwall, which thenceforward became his home; d at his seat, Tereife, near Penzance, in Cornwall.

Leidesdorf, Franz. Franz Wallner. A German writer.

Leigh, Mrs. . Sator. An English

writer of the day.

Leigh, Benjamin Watkins, LLD, 1781-1849. Algernon Sydney; An Emi- nent Citizen of Virginia. An eminent American lawyer and statesman; b. in Chesterfield Co, Va ; in 1813 removed to Richmond; US. Senator, 1835-37, when he retired into private life ; d. at Richmond.

Leigh, Chandos, Baron Leigh, 1791- 1850. A Gloucestershire County Gentleman. An English poet; b. at Stoneleigh, Co. Warwick; Christ Church, Oxford; a friend of Lord Byron and of Dr. Samuel Parr; d. at Bonn, on the Rhine.

Leigh, P. Brady. A Member of Gray's Inn. An English lawyer and law-writer.

Leigh, Percival. Mr. Pips; Profes- sor. An English humorist and journal- ist, of London

Leighton, John, F.S.A., 1822-. Luke Limner. An eminent English artist, of London; b. in Westminster; published his first work in 1844.

Leland, Aaron Whitney, D.D., 1787- 1871. Expositor. An American clergy- man, of Charleston, S.C., 1812-34; and from 1834 professor in the Theol. Sem. at Columbia, S.C. ; b. in Peru, Mass. ; Wms. Coll., 1808.

Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-. Hans Breitmann; Heister Karl; Mace Sloper. An American humorist; b. in Philadelphia ; educ at New Jersey Coll., and spent three years in European uni- versities.

Le Mesurier, Rev. Thomas, B D. A Clergyman of the Diocese of Durham; English clergyman; b. in Guernsey; New Coll., Oxford; Rector of Haughton, near Darlington.
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Lemoine, Adolphe, 1805-80. Lemolne Montigny. A French dramatist; b. in Paris; in 1839 he renounced literature to devote himself to the direction of the " Gymnase " theatre, d. in Paris.

Lemon, Mark, 1809-70. Uncle 3/arfr. An English humorist, dramatist, and journalist; b.m London; for many years one of the editors, or sole editor, of " Punch," and literary editor of the " Il- lustrated London News."

Lenny, Christian, D.D. A Clergi/- man of the Church of England. An Eng- lish divine ; St. John's Coll, Cambridge ; B.D., 1842; in 1873 et seg. resident at Fern Lodge, Pinkneygreen, Maidenhead.

Lenox, James. L. An American bibliographer, of New York City.

Leonard, Miss Agnes. MolLie Myrtle. An American "Southland" poet and prose writer; b. in Louisville, Ky. ; in 1868 was married to Dr. S. E. Scanland, formerly of Kentucky.

Leonard, Charles C. Crocus. An American Western writer of the day.

Leonard, Rev. Charles HalL C. H. L. An American Univ. minister; Pro- fessor of Homiletics and Pastoral The- ology at Tuft's Coll., 1869-84 et seq.

Leonard, Daniel, A.M., 1740-1829. Hassachusettensis ; A Natiie of New Eng- land} A Person of Honor. An American loyalist ; b. in Norton, Mass. ; Chief Jus- tice of Bermuda; he was the Beau Trumps in Mrs. Warren's " Group."

Leonard, Rev. Henry Charles. The Minister of the Church. An American Univ. minister; at one time pastor at Orono, and afterwards at Waterville, Me.

Leonowens, Mrs. Anna Harriette (Crawford), 1834-. The English Gov- erness. An English writer ; governess in the family of the king of Siam, 1863-67; b. at Caernarvon, Wales ; settled in the U.S. in 1867.

Leopold, Alexander. A Rational Christian. A German writer; Prince of Hohenhole and Bishop of Sardica.

L'Epine, Ernest Louis Victor Jules, 1826-. Ernest Manuel; Quatrelles. A French dramatist and novelist; b. in Paris; has held several positions, but was in 1865 appointed Counsellor at the Court of Accounts.

Le Reboullet, Adolphe Louis Au- guste, 1845-. Prosper Chazel. A French litterateur; b. at Strasbourg; in 1872, en- tered the staff of " le Temps."

Lermont, L. Cousin Cicely. An American writer of the day.

Le Sieur, W. D. Laon. A Canadian writer.

Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722. A Mem- ber of the Church of England ; JPhilalethes ; A Student of the Temple ; A v-entleman in Scotland; -k Gentleman in the City. An