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 L73 SORRENTO halberd-shaped; its dioecious flowers in slen- der panicles, the fertile ones turning reddish. The herbage of this is also sour, and where it is abundant and luxuriant is sometimes used by Europeans as a substitute for the garden .sorri-1 ; children often eat the pleasantly sour leaves. In some countries the juice of this, as well as of the preceding, is used to curdle milk. As a weed the plant is most abundant upon worn-out soils. Wood sorrel is described under OXALIS. (See also TREE SORREL.) SOKKKMO (anc. Surrentum), a city of S. It- aly, in the province, on the S. side of the gulf, and 16 m. S. E. of the city of Naples ; pop. about 4,300, besides many strangers attracted by the climate and the picturesque situation. Deep ravines around the city are excavated in the volcanic tufa. In the vicinity are sea baths, curious grottoes, and relics of antiquity, the principal of which is a reservoir still used. Sorrento is the seat of an archbishop, and has a fine cathedral. The house in which Tasso was born, on the cliff overhanging the sea, is now a favorite hotel. Celebrated inlaid wood- work and silk and other goods are made here. Under the Romans Surrentum was chiefly known as a fashionable resort, and for its pot- tery and medicinal wines. In A. D. 79 the erup- tion of Vesuvius caused great damage to it. In the middle ages it had considerable commerce. The geology of Sorrento has been described by Puggaard (Copenhagen and Leipsic, 1858). SOTllERN, Edward Askew, an American actor, born in Liverpool, Eng., April 1, 1830. He first appeared on the stage in the United States as Dr. Pangloss at the Boston National theatre, in September, 1852. He was a stock actor in Barnum's museum, New York, till 1854, when he joined Wallack's company. For years he was known as Douglas Stewart, and it was not till 1858 that he used his own name. On Oct. 18, 1858, in Tom Taylor's comedy " Our Amer- ican Cousin," the character of Lord Dundreary was assigned to Sothern. The part as origi- nally written consisted of a few lines, and was assumed by Sothern under protest; but his lisp, drawl, peculiar skip, and many absurdities wm- very successful, and the part being en- Urged, the play ran for 140 consecutive nights. On Nov. 11, 1861, he appeared as Lord Dun- dreary at the Haymarket theatre, London, and repeated the part 496 consecutive nights. He returned to the United States, and for many months performed Dundreary in the leading cities. On Oct. 10, 1874, he reappeared in the Haymarket, and during a short engagement presented tlu- part of " Brother Sam," written for him by John Oxenford. He returned to New York for the season of 1874-'5, playing Dundreary and Garrick in Wallaces theatre SOTO. SeeDESoxo. SOTWELL, Nathaniel. See SOUTHWELL. S<>l UISK. I. Benjamin de Rohan, seigneur de, a French soldier, born in La Rochelle in 1583 li. ! in London, Oct. 9, 1642. He was a son of Rene II. de Rohan by Catharine Parthenay, SOULE the heiress of the house of Soubise, and the brother of Henri de Rohan (1579-1638), the celebrated Huguenot leader. After serving in Holland under Maurice of Nassau he was ap- pointed in 1621, by the Protestant assembly at La Rochelle, commander of Poitou, Brittany, and Anjou. When the other chiefs had laid down their arms, he boldly but unsuccessfully defended St. Jean d'Ange~ly ; and his attempts to renew thp war during the winter of 1022, and his mission to England to obtain help from James L, were equally abortive. In 1625, af- ter taking a royal squadron and keeping at bay for several weeks the united French and Dutch fleets, he was defeated by Duke Henry II. of Montmorency and driven from the islands of R6 and 016ron (Sept. 15), which he had occu- pied for some time. Having secured through the medium of Charles II. the hollow peace of April 6, 1626, he joined in 1627 the English in the fruitless attempt to relieve La Rochelle, and some time after the surrender of that strong- hold he went to England, although permitted to remain in France. He was buried in West- minster abbey. II. Charles de Rohan, prince de, a French soldier, a descendant of the prece- ding, born in Paris, July 16, 1715, died there, July 4, 1787. He was notorious for his dis- sipation, and was a favorite of Louis XV. and his adjutant in Flanders, where he was ap- pointed governor in 1748. In 1751 his gover- norship was extended over Hainaut. Through the influence of Mme. de Pompadour he be- came in 1753 allied to the royal family by the marriage of his daughter to the prince de Con- d6, who obtained for him a high command in the army of the Rhine (1756). He was sur- prised and routed at Gotha with 8,000 men by Seydlitz with 1,500 troops, and soon afterward he was ignominiously defeated by Frederick the Great at Rossbach (Nov. 5, 1757), where he commanded the united French and allied armies. Nevertheless he was appointed to other high commands and offices, and after va- ried successes and quarrels with fellow com- manders, especially with the duke de Broglie, over whom he triumphed through his influ- ence at court, his career in the army ended dis- astrously with his loss of Cassel, Nov. 1, 1761. SOULANGES, a W. county of Quebec, Canada, on the N. bank of the St. Lawrence, above Montreal ; area, 137 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 10,- 808, of whom 9,724 were of French and 732 of Scotch origin. It is traversed by the Grand Trunk railway. Capital, Coteau Landing. soil,!;. Joshua, an American clergyman, born in Bristol, Me., Aug, 1, 1781, died in Nash- ville, Tenn., March 6, 18G7. He was licensed to preach in 1798, joined the Methodist con- ference in 1799, was ordained in 1802, and in 1804 appointed presiding elder of the Maine district, which embraced 13 circuits and one station. In 1808, at the general conference in Baltimore, he drew up the plan of a delegated general conference which now appears in the "Discipline." After presiding over various