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visited them in their lioiues and worked for their advancement and comfort. Slie went abroad in 1888 and again in 1885, in search of health which she never regained. She contributed poems and translations from Heinrich Heine's works to Scribner's, and a number of articles to the Cen- tury including " Was the Earl of Beaconsfield a Representative Jew ? " and " Russian Christianity versus Modern Judaism."' Her translations in- cluded poems from the medieeval Jewish authors : Judali Halevy, Ibn Gabirol, and Moses Ben Esra. Several of these translations came into use as part of the ritual of the American Hebrew synagogues. She is the author of : Poems and Translations (1866); Admetus and Other Poems (1871); Alide : an Episode of Goethe's Life (1874) ; The Spagno- letto : a Play (1876) ; Poems and Ballads of Hein- rich Heine (translation, 1881); Songs of a Semite (1883); In Exile (1883); The Croicing of the Red Cock (1883); The Banner of the Jew (1883); Poeins (3 vols., 1889). The Dance of Death, a drama of the persecutions of the Jews in Thurin- gia, is said by critics to be her greatest work. She died in lHew York city, Nov. 19, 1887.

LAZELLE, Henry Martyn, soldier, was born in Enfield, Mass., Sept. 8, 1833 ; son of Joseph and Roxana (Coleman) Lazelle ; grandson of Jacob Lazelle, and a descendant of one of four brothers Lazelle who removed from France to the Province of Quebec in 1630. He was gradu- ated at the U.S. Military academy in 1855, and brevetted 3d lieutenant in the 1st infantry-. He was promoted 3d lieutenant and assigned to the 8th infantry, Oct. 9, 1855, and served on the Texan and New Mexican frontiers against the Apaches, 1857-59, and duringafight with Indians in the Sacramento mountains in 1859, he was severely wounded in the lungs. He was sta- tioned at Fort Bliss, Texas, and at the outbreak of the civil war was captured by the Confeder- ates, May 8, 1861, and held as a prisoner of war until July 38, 1863, when he was exchanged. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, April 37, 1861, and captain, June 11, 1861, and served as assistant commissary-general of prisoners at Washington, D.C., 1863-63 ; was agent for the exchange of prisonei's of war in the west in August, 1863, and was appointed colonel of the 16th New York cav- alry, Oct. 33, 1863, commanding that regiment in the operations against Mosby's partisans. He was given command of the cavalry brigade of the 23d army corps in 1864 ; resigned his commission in the volunteer service, Oct. 19, 1864, and was brevetted major in the U.S. army, Sept. 19, 1864, "for gallant and meritorious service in action near Culpeper, Va." He served as assistant pro- vost-marshal-general and as inspector-general ; ■was promoted major, Dec. 15. 1874, lieutenant- colonel, June 36, 1883; and was sent to India as rep-

resentative of the United States at the military manoeuvres of 1885. He was assistant inspector- general of the department of the Columbia, 1885-87, and succeeded Col. Robert N. Scott as head of the bureau of publication of war records at Washington, D.C., 1887-89. He was promoted colonel of the 18th U.S. infantry, Feb. 17, 1889 ; was retired for disabilitj' in line of duty, Nov. 26, 1894, and settled in Virginia, where he engaged in farming. He edited : Records of the Rebellion (1887-89), and is the author of : One Law in Na- ture (1872); Matter, Force and Spirit (1895), and a prize essay. Improvements in the Art of War (1883), besides many articles for periodicals.

LAZENBY, William Rane, scientist, was born in Bellona, N.Y., Dec. 5, 1853 ; son of Charles and Isabella Lazenby and grandson of William Lazen- by of Yorkshire, England. He was graduated from Cornell university, B.Agr.,in 1874; was botanist to the New York State Horticultural society, 1876- 80, instructor in horticulture at Cornell univers- ity, 1874-76 ; assistant professor of horticulture, 1876-81 ; secretary of the Cornell experiment station, 1879-81 ; lecturer of the New York state Grange, 1878-81, and professor of botany and horticulture in the Ohio State university from 1881. He was director of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment station, 1883-87, and was made vice- director and secretary of the board of control in 1887. He was married, Dec. 15, 1896, to Harriet E., daughter of William H. Akin of Columbus, Ohio. He was secretary of tlie National Associa- tion of Teachers of Agriculture and Horticulture, 1883-87 ; secretary of the Society for the Promo- tion of Agricultural Science, 1885-91, and presi- dent of the same, 1895-97. He was elected pres- ident of the Columbus Horticultural society in 1895 ; a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and vice-president of the section of economic science ; a member of the American Forestry Congress of the American Pomological society, and of various Agricultural and Horticultural Associations. He received the honorary degree of M.Agr. from Iowa agricultural college in 1887. He began lecturing before farmers' institutes in 1881, contributed largely to the reports of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment station ; to the journal of the Columbus Horti- cultural society ; and edited the proceedings of the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science.

LEA, Benjamin James, jurist, was born in Caswell county, N.C., Jan. 1,1833; son of Alvis G. and Nancy (Kerr) Lea. He was graduated from Wake Forest college in 1853 ; taught school in Haywood county, Tenn., 1853-.56 ; and practised law at Brownsville, Tenn., 1856-76. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1859-61, and entered the Confederate army in 1861 ; was