LENA  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• SIBERIA

Siberia, rising in the See also:

• BAIKAL (known to the Mongols as Dalai-nor, and to the Turkish tribes as Bai-kul)

Baikal Mountains, on the W. See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Baikal, in 540 10' N. and 107° 55' E . See also:

• WHEELING

Wheeling See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round by the S., it describes a semicircle, then flows N.N.E. and N.E., being joined by the Kirenga and the Vitim, both from the right; from 113° E. it flows E.N.E as far as See also:

• YAKUTSK

Yakutsk (62° N., 127° 40' E.), where it enters the lowlands, after being joined by the Olekma, also from the right . From Yakutsk it goes N. until joined by its right-See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand affluent the Aldan,which deflects it to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west; then, after receiving its most important See also:

• LEFT

left-hand tributary, the Vilyui, it makes its way nearly due N. to the Nordenskjold See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic, disemboguing S.W. of the New Siberian Islands by a See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta 1o,800 sq. m. in See also:

• AREA

area, and traversed by seven See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal branches, the most important being Bylov, farthest See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east . The See also:

• TOTAL

total length of the river is estimated at 286o m . The delta arms sometimes remain blocked with See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice the whole See also:

• YEAR

year round . At Yakutsk See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation is generally practicable from the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of May to the end of See also:

• OCTOBER

October, and at Kirensk, at the confluence of the Lena and the Kirenga, from the beginning of May to about the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . Between these two towns there is during the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season See also:

• REGULAR

regular steamboat communication . The area of the river See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin is calculated at 895,500 sq. m . See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

Gold is washed out of the sands of the Vitim and the Olekma, and tusks of the See also:

• MAMMOTH
• MAMMOTH (0. Russ. mammot, mod. mamant; the Tatar word mama, earth, from which it is supposed to be derived, is not known to exist)

mammoth are dug out of the delta . See G . W . See also:

• MELVILLE, ANDREW (1545-1622)
• MELVILLE, ARTHUR (1858-1904)
• MELVILLE, JAMES (1556-1614)
• MELVILLE, SIR JAMES (1535-1617)

Melville, In the Lena Delta (1885) .

LE NAIN, the name of three See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, Lours, See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE and MATHIEU, who occupy a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar position in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ART

art . Although they figure amongst the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original members of the French See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, their See also:

• WORKS

works show no trace of the influences which prevailed when that See also:

• BODY

body was founded . Their sober See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution and choice of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour recall characteristics of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish school, and when the See also:

• WORLD

world of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris was busy with mythological allegories, and the " heroic deeds " of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, the three Le Nain devoted themselves chiefly to subjects of humble See also:

• LIFE

life such as " Boys Playing See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

Cards," " The Forge," or " The Peasants' MeaI." These three paintings are now in the Louvre; various others may be found in See also:

• LOCAL

local collections, and some See also:

• FINE

fine drawings may be seen in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum; but the Le Nain See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature is rare, and is never accompanied by See also:

• INITIALS (Lat. initialis, of or belonging to a beginning, initium)

initials which might enable us to distinguish the See also:

• WORK

work of the brothers . Their lives are lost in obscurity; all that can be affirmed is that they were See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LAON

Laon in See also:

• PICARDY (La Picardie)

Picardy towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . About 1629 they went to Paris; in 1648 the three brothers were received into the Academy, and in the same yearboth Antoine and See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis died . Mathieu lived on till See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1677; he See also:

• BORE

bore the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

chevalier, and painted many portraits . See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary of See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici and See also:

• MAZARIN, JULES (1602-1661)

Mazarin were amongst his sitters, but these works seem to have disappeared . See Champfleury, Essai sur la See also:

• VIE

vie et l'ceuvre See also:

• DES

des Le Nain (1850), and See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue des tableaux des Le Nain (1861) .