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tricolor cockade. He struggled for order and humanity, and severely condemned the brutality of the revolutionists. After his defeat by Pe'tion for the mayoralty of Paris, he, with Bailly, formed the club of the Feuillants and advocated the abolition of title and of class privileges. After the adoption of the constitution in 1790, he retired to his estates till he received command of the army of Ardennes, with which he won the first victories of Philippeville, Maubeuge and Florennes. Lafayette came to Paris to denounce the Jacobins; but, on returning to the army and finding that he could not induce them to move on Paris, he rode into the neutral country of Liege, and was captured and held prisoner by the Austrians until 1797, when he was liberated through Bonaparte's efforts. He sat in the chamber of deputies from 1818 to 1824, on the extreme left, and was leader of the opposition from 1825 to 1830. In 1830 he took an active part in the Revolution, commanding the national guard. In 1824 he again visited America, at the invitation of Congress, which voted him $200,000 and a township of land. He died on May 20, 1834. See the Life by B. Tuckerman and the Diary of Gouverneur Morris.

La FoFlette, Robert Marion, a prominent leader in the politics of Wisconsin, was born at Primrose, Wisconsin, in 1855, graduated in law from the University of Wisconsin, and was admitted to the bar in 1880. From 1887 to 1891 he was a member of Congress. He served on the committee of ways and means in connection with the McKinley tariff bill. In 1900, 1902 and 1904 he was elected governor of Wisconsin; United States Senator in 1905 and reflected-Senator in 1911. In 1908 and 1911 he was strongly urged before the Republican convention as candidate for the presidency.

Lafontaine (Id fon-tan'), Jean de, was born in Champagne, France, July 8, 1621. His early education was neglected, and he took up his father's duties as master of the woods. He then began the study of Rabelais, Marot and other old writers and the making of poor verses. In 1654 he published a translation of the Eunuchus of Terence, and went to Paris, where Fouquet gave him a pension of 1,000 francs on condition that he furnish a piece of verse every

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quarter. His verses showed originality, and he became the pet of society ladies, to whom and to visits with Moliere, Boileau and Racine ne gave his time for six years. His Contes en Vers appeared in 1665; his Fables en Vets in 1668; and his Amours de Psyche et Cupidon in 1669. For 20 years he lived in the household of Madame de la Sabliere, who became devout after he attached himself to Princess de Conti. She died in 1693, an(^ f°r *wo Years ^e was maintained by Madame d'Heryart. He died on April 13, 1695. The subjects of his Contes are taken from Boccaccio, Ariosto, Machiavelli, Rabelais and other writers. Though extremely gross, they are beautifully written. Lafontaine was one of the idlest, most reckless, frivolous and dissolute of men, y^et one of the most lovable, charming and gifted. See Sainte-Beuve's Portraits Litteraires, Vol. I, and Taine's Essay on the Fables of Lafontaine.

Lagos (Id'goosh), a British colony, an island and a town on the Slave or Guinea Coast of western Africa, now embraced in the British colony of Southern Nigeria. It is situated alongside the French possession of Dahome*, with about 140 miles of coast. The town has a fine and safe harbor. The colony has an area of 3,460 square miles and a population of about 100,000 of whom 233 are Europeans. The inhabitants are mostly negroes and two thirds pagans, though Mohammedanism is making headway. The exports are palmoil, palmkernels, ivory, gum, copra, cotton and Guinea grains to the value of about $2,500,000 a year, and the imports are spirits, tobacco, cotton goods and hardware. The principal trade is with England and Germany. The present colony was formed in 1880. The island, on whose western extremity stands the town, has an area of 3! square miles and a population of 35,000. It was created a separate government in 1863, and formed part of the West Africa settlements from 1866 to 1874, when it was part of the Gold Coast until 1886. There is a railroad 125 miles in length to Ibadan, with a short branch to Abeokuta. There also are telegraphs, telephones and an ocean cable. Adjoining the colony is a territory under British protectorate, whose boundaries were defined in 1899. Its area is 25,450 square miles, with an estimated population of about 1,500,000, the number of Europeans being

La Quira (la gwi'ra), the shipping port of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, on the Caribbean Sea. Population 7,500.

Lahore (la-korf), an ancient walled city in British India and capital of the Punjab, stands near the left bank of Ravi River. Its population is 228,687, of whom much over half are Mussulmans The city covers 640 acres, is surrounded by a brick wall 16 feet in height, and is entered by metalled