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£astlake translated and edited several books on painting, aiuung them Goethe's Theory of Colors (1S40) and Kugler's Schools vf fainting in Italy (1S42). He also wrote many articles for periodicals, and some books, notably Materials for the History of Oil Painting (1847), and Contributions to the Literature of the Fine Arts (1848: 2d series, 1870). As a painter, however, he is less important, being a representative of the academic eclecticism. Among his principal paintings are "Lord Byron's Dream" (1827), in the National Gallery, London; "Una Delivering the Red Cross Knight" (1830) ; "Gaston de Foix Before the Battle of Ravenna" (1838); and "Christ Blessing Little Children" (1840). For his life, consult the Memoir by Lady Eastlake (Loudon, 1870).

EASTLAKE. Lady Eliz.beth (Rigby) (1809- 93). An English author, born at Norwich. Eng- land. She lived for some time in Germany and at Reval. in Russia, and in 1841 her first book, an account of her residence at the latter place, entitled A Residence on the Shores of the Bnltic, Tas published in London. In 1842 an introduc- tion to Lockhart led to her becoming a regular staff contributor to tlie Quarterly Review, a con- nection which continued for many years. She married Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, the artist, in 1848. and traveled vith him extensively in Italy. Through his intluence she turned her attention to the history and criticism of art. She published The Jeieess, a novel ( 1843) ; Livo- iiian I'ales (1844) : Music and the Art of Dress (18.52); Life of John Gibson, R.A.. Seulptor (1870) : Life of Mrs. Grotc (1880) ; Five Great Painters (2 vols.. 1883). She translated Waag- en's Treasures of Art in Great Britain (4 vols., 1854) : and Bjandl's flamucl Taylor Coleridge and the English Romantic School (1880); and edited her husband's works (1870), and his edition of Kugler's Handbook of Painting: Ital- ian Schools (1874).

EAST LIVERPOOL. A city in Columbiana County. Ohio, 44 miles west by north of Pitts- burg. Pa. : on the Ohio River, and on the Cleve- land and Pittsburg Railroad (Map: Ohio. J 4). Its area is four and one-half square miles. It has a Carnegie (public) library, and three parks. A bridge connects the south side with the city proper. A number of potteries, including the largest one in the United States, and two elec- trical porcelain works, constitute the leading in- dustries. There arc also machine-shops, a large sewer-pipe factory, and brick-works. The city has a supply of natural gas. The government, under a revised charter of 1882, is vested in a mayor, biennially elected, and a city council, with administrative oflicials. appointed as a rule by the executive. The water-works are owned and operated by the municipality. East Liver- pool was settled as early as 170.5. and was in- corporated in 1834. Population, in ISnO. 10.0.50; in moo. 16.485.

EAST LONDON. A seaport town of Cape Colony, situatfd nt the mouth of the BnfTalo River, on the eastern coast of the colony (Map: Cape Colony, L 8). It has a number of banks, a library, and several consular representatives. There is a spacious landing at the mouth of the river, accessible even for heavy vessels. The town is one of the most important ports of Cape Colony, having an annual trade of about S20,000.000. The chief article of export is wool. Population, in 1891, 12,000.

EAST LOTHIAN, lO'THi-on. See Hadding- lOXSlIIUE.

EAST MAIN. A former portion of the Hud- son l!;iy Icrriluries, now incorporated as the Ungava District (q.v.), in the Dominion of Canada (Jlap: Camida, G .5). Tlie East "Main or Sla<le River crosses its southern section, entering Hudson Bay, here known as James Bay, about latitude 52° 15' N., after a course of 40fl miles.

EAST'MAN. A town and the county-seat of Dodge County, Ga., about 55 miles south by east of Macon, on the Southern Railway (Map:'Geor- gia, C 3). It is in an agricultural country, and carries on a considerable trade in lumber, resin, turpentine, cotton, etc. Population, in 1890, 1082: in 1900, 1235.

EASTMAN, Charles Gamage (1816-61). An American editor and poet. He was born at Fryeburg, Oxford County, Jle., and graduated at the University of Vermont in 1837. He founded the Spirit of the Age, published at Woodstock (1840), and in 1846 he became the proprietor of the Montpelier Patriot, which he edited for nearly fifteen years. In 1848 he piddished a volume of his poems, in which his delineations of the rural life of New England secured for him the title of the "Burns of the Green Moun- tains." His better-known verses include: "Come, Sing Jle the Song that You Sang Years Ago," "The Pauper's Burial," and "The Farmer Sat in His Easy Chair."

EASTMAN, Harvey Gridley (1832-78). An American educator, born in Marsliall, N. Y. He was the founder in 1859 of the Eastman Na- tional Business School at Poughkeepsie. N. Y. EASTMAN, M.4RY Henderson (1817—). An Anieriian :iullior, born in Warrcnton, Va. WTiile her husband, Capt. Seth Eastman, was stationed on the frontier, she made a careful study of Indian life, and wrote an interesting work, en- titled Dnhcotah, or Life and Legends of the Sioux (1849): and a Romance of Indian Life (1852). In 1852 she published Aunt PhilUs's Cabin, a reply to Mrs. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. She has also published the American Aboriginal Portfolio (1853), and Chicora and Other Regions of the Conquerors and the Con- quered (1854).

EASTMAN, Seth (1808-75). An American soldier. lie was born at Brunswick, Mo., and graduated at the United States Military Acad- emy, and assigned as lieutenant in the First In- fantrv in 1829. After servins on frontier duty at forts Crawford (1829) and Snelling {l.S:)0)", and on topographical duty from 1831 1o 1833, he was appointed assistant instructor in drawing at West Point (1833-40). From 18.50 to 1857, he was engaged in the Bureau of Indian .Affairs as illustrator of the national publication en- titled History, Condition, and Future Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the Vnited States. Tic was promoted throiigh successive grades to be .a lieutenant-colonel nf infantry, was retired in 1803, and hrevetted brigadier-general in 1800. He wrote a Treatise on Topoqraphieal Draicing (lS37t.

EASTON, c's'ton. A town and the county-seat of Talbot County, Md., 60 miles southeast of