Longus

Longus, a Greek sophist, who is supposed to have lived about A. D. 400. Concerning his history nothing is known. He was the author of a pastoral romance entitled " The Pastorals of Daphnis and Chloe," of which the best editions are by Villoison (Paris, 1778) and Passow (Leipsic, 1811). Villemain, in his work Sur les romans grecs, compares Longus to Bernar-din de St. Pierre.

Longwy

Longwy, a town and fortress of France, in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, situated on the Chiers, a tributary of the Meuse, 34 m. N. N. W. of Metz; pop. in 1866, 3,353. It is a fortress of the second class, is built on the side of a hill rising abruptly from the river, and is divided into the upper and the lower town. Longwy was founded in the 7th century, and was ceded to France in 1678. The fortifications of the upper town were planned by Vau-ban in 1682. It was taken by the Prussians in 1792, in 1815, and again on Jan. 25, 1871.

Lonis Antoine Angnstin Pavie

Lonis Antoine Angnstin Pavie, a French theologian, born in Koanne, Loire, March 18, 1805, died in Algiers, Nov. 16, 1866. He was professor of ecclesiastical history in the faculty of Lyons from 1838 to 1843, and from 1846 till his death he was resident bishop at Algiers. Among his publications are his Lettres sur le celibat ecclesiastique (1851); Du Mahometisme (1853); Eistoire critique du culte de la Sainte Vierge en Afrique (185 8-'9); and (Euvres (4 vols., 1858-'64), consisting of his pastoral letters, sermons, etc.

Lonis Henri Bourbon

Lonis Henri Bourbon, duke of, the great-grandson of the great Conde, born at Versailles in 1692, died at Chantilly, Jan. 27,1740. After the death of Louis XIV. he was a member of the board of regency, and on the death of the regent, Philip of Orleans, he was appointed prime minister. He obtained large sums from the public treasury, was involved in the schemes of Law, and increased his fortune by various questionable- transactions. He allowed his mistress, the marquise de Prie, to control political affairs, and incurred so much odium by imposing onerous taxes that Qardinal Fleury prevailed upon Louis XV. to exile him in 1726 to Chantilly.

Lonis Henri Joseph Bourbon

Lonis Henri Joseph Bourbon, duke of, prince of Conde, grandson of the preceding, born Aug. 13, 1756, died Aug. 27, 1830. In his youth he fought a duel with the count d'Artois, afterward Charles X. In 1782, in the war between the English and French, he was wounded at the siege of Gibraltar. He was among the first to emigrate, served in the army of Cond6, and on his return to France after the restoration recovered most of his hereditary fortune. His mistress, the baroness de Feucheres, as he had no offspring, induced him to settle his fortune upon the young duke d'Aumale, son of Louis Phillipe. On the outbreak of the revolution of 1830 he proposed to cancel his will, and to give all his fortune to Charles X.; but he was found strangled the next month, under circumstances which led to a legal investigation. No light was cast upon the matter, and it was judicially .admitted that he had committed suicide. He was the last duke of Bourbon.