LE GALLIENNE

le gallienne, richard (1866- ), english poet and critic, was born in liverpool on the 20th of january 1866. he started life in a business office in liverpool, but abandoned this to turn author. _my lady's sonnets_ appeared at liverpool in 1887, and in 1889 he became for a short time literary secretary to wilson barrett. in the same year he published _volumes in folio_, _the book bills_ of narcissus and _george meredith: some characteristics_ (new ed., 1900). he joined the staff of the _star_ in 1891, and wrote for various papers over the signature of "logroller." _english poems_ (1892), _r. l. stevenson and other poems_ (1895), a paraphrase (1897) of the _rubaiyat_ of omar khayyam, and _odes from the divan of hafiz_ (1903), contained some light, graceful verse, but he is best known by the fantastic prose essays and sketches of _prose fancies_ (2 series, 1894-1896), _sleeping beauty and other prose fancies_ (1900), _the religion of a literary man_ (1893), _the quest of the golden girl_ (1897), _the life romantic_ (1901), &c. his first wife, mildred lee, died in 1894, and in 1897 he married julie norregard, subsequently taking up his residence in the united states. in 1906 he translated, from the danish, peter nansen's _love's trilogy_. legare, hugh swinton (1797-1843), american lawyer and statesman, was born in charleston, south carolina, on the 2nd of january 1797, of huguenot and scotch stock. partly on account of his inability to share in the amusements of his fellows by reason of a deformity due to vaccine poisoning before he was five (the poison permanently arresting the growth and development of his legs), he was an eager student, and in 1814 he graduated at the college of south carolina with the highest rank in his class and with a reputation throughout the state for scholarship and eloquence. he studied law for three years in south carolina, and then spent two years abroad, studying french and italian in paris and jurisprudence at edinburgh. in 1820-1822 and in 1824-1830 he was a member of the south carolina legislature. in 1827, with stephen elliott (1771-1830), the naturalist, he founded the _southern review_, of which he was the sole editor after elliott's death until 1834, when it was discontinued, and to which he contributed articles on law, travel, and modern and classical literature. in 1830-1832 he was attorney-general of south carolina, and, although a state's rights man, he strongly opposed nullification. during his term of office he appeared in a case before the united states supreme court, where his knowledge of civil law so strongly impressed edward livingston, the secretary of state, who was himself an admirer of roman law, that he urged legare to devote himself to the study of this subject with the hope that he might influence american law toward the spirit and philosophy and even the forms and processes of roman jurisprudence. through livingston, legare was appointed american _charge d'affaires_ at brussels, where from 1833 to 1836 he perfected himself in civil law and in the german commentaries on civil law. in 1837-1839, as a union democrat, he was a member of the national house of representatives, and there ably opposed van buren's financial policy in spite of the enthusiasm in south carolina for the sub-treasury project. he supported harrison in the presidential campaign of 1840, and when the cabinet was reconstructed by tyler in 1841, legare was appointed attorney-general of the united states. on the 9th of may 1843 he was appointed secretary of state _ad interim_, after the resignation of daniel webster. on the 20th of june 1843 he died suddenly at boston. his great work, the forcing into common law of the principles of civil law, was unaccomplished; but story says "he seemed about to accomplish [it]; for his arguments before the supreme court were crowded with the principles of the roman law, wrought into the texture of the common law with great success." as attorney-general he argued the famous cases, the _united states_ v. _miranda_, _wood_ v. _the united states_, and _jewell_ v. _jewell_. see _the writings of hugh swinton legare_ (2 vols., charleston, s.c., 1846), edited by his sister, mrs mary bullen, who contributed a biographical sketch; and two articles by b. j. ramage in _the sewanee review_, vol. x. (new york, 1902).