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During a journey in search of pictures for the National Gallery, of which he was a director, he died at, , in 1865. Eastlake gained a high reputation as a writer on art. Besides other works he published Materials for the History of Oil-Painting and a number of papers now published in Contributions to the Literature of the Fine Arts. See Memoir by Lady Eastlake, prefixed to the second series of his Contributions.

East Liverpool, O., a growing town in southeastern, whose trade chiefly consists of pottery-ware. It is in Columbiana County, on the Ohio River, and near the eastern boundary of the state. It lies about equidistant from Wheeling to the south and from, to the east. It is served by the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad. There are over thirty potteries in the town, manufacturing various wares, such as terra-cotta, granite, stone and earthenware, besides glass-works, foundries and machine-shops. Population, 20,387.

East′on, a city of, county-seat of Northampton County, situated at the meeting of the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers, is a wealthy manufacturing city, 67 miles from Philadelphia. The Delaware, Lehigh and Morris Canal terminates here, and with the rivers and railroads gives Easton a large trade. It also has foundries, rolling-mills, lock-factories, wire and rope-factories. It perhaps is best known as the seat of Lafayette College, whose Anglo-Saxon and Early-English department is one of the best in the country. It received its charter in 1826; and has six courses of study, 45 teachers and 519 students. Population, 28,523.

East Orange, N. J., a favorite residential town in Essex County, N. J., for the business men of New York, 12 miles distant. It is served by the Erie and Delaware and Lackawanna and Western railroads. It adjoins Newark to the south. It has, besides a great number of handsome suburban villas, some good schools and commodious churches. Its growth has been considerable in the past decade. Population, 34,371.

East Providence, a town in Providence County, R. I., directly opposite the city of Providence, on Seekonk River. The important industries of the town are linen-factories, bleacheries, chemical, electrical and wire-works. The town was incorporated in 1862. East Providence and Seekonk, Mass., once were a part of the town of Rehoboth. Population, 15,808.

East St. Louis, Ill., a city of St. Clair County, on the Mississippi River, opposite St. Louis, Mo. The cities are connected by a steel-bridge across the river. East St. Louis is a great railroad-center, and the emporium of a considerable trade. Here are a number of the largest stock-yards in the United States; it also has extensive car and machine-shops, foundries, rolling-mills, breweries, glass-factories, sugar-mills, steel-plants, etc. There are many good schools and churches, a public library, an academy and the Howe (Baptist) Literary Institute. In the past decade the population has doubled, being 58,547.

Eaton, Timothy, an eminent merchant of Toronto,. Receiving his education and business training in the north of, he came to Canada in 1857, and after a brief experience in a country village established himself in Toronto. He was a man of integrity and great energy and personal force were potent factors in his success. He conducted his business on lines of absolute honesty and fairness to his customers, giving value in price and quality of goods, dealt on a cash basis, cut out middle-men and in all respects adopted modern methods. He thus not only built up for himself a business reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, but also wrought a revolution in the entire retail business of the country. Few men have accomplished as much for the commercial life of Canada as this young immigrant of 1857. The immense business he founded is now successfully continued at Toronto, Winnipeg and other places by his son, John C. Eaton.

Eau Claire, Wis., a city in western central, the capital of Eau Claire County, situated on the Chippewa River at the mouth of the Eau Claire. The two rivers divide the city into three sections. Three lines of railway give facilities to its trade, which is largely of lumber. Its industries embrace, besides iron and linen goods, furniture, shoes, paper-mills, machine-shops, foundries, flour-mills; but lumber is its chief export. It has a number of grain-elevators and saw-mills, sash, door and blind-factories, etc. The city is prominent as a summer resort, and has a public library, a high-school, a hospital, banks, newspapers and all the adjuncts of a modern city. Population, 18,310.

Ebers (ā́′ bẽrs), Georg Moritz, a distinguished novelist and student of ancient Egyptian life, was born at, March 1, 1837, and devoted himself to the study of Egyptology. He made a long journey to the east, and in 1870 was made professor of Egyptology at. His most important and learned works are Egypt and the Books of Moses and Through Goshen to Sinai. He also wrote a number of historical novels, which have much value

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