The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . eek and Latin philosophy inthe College de France. Among his numerous writ-ings are a translation of the works of Aristotle,works on Buddha and Buddhism, studies in Alex-andrian and Baconian philosophv, and pious dis-cussions of the relation of religion to science. Hewas elected a member of the National Assembly in1848; was secretary to President Thiers, 1872-73,andin 1875 was made a Senatorfor life; Minister for For-eign Affairs in Ferrys cabinet, literary executor ofVictor Cousin, dean of the Institute of
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . eek and Latin philosophy inthe College de France. Among his numerous writ-ings are a translation of the works of Aristotle,works on Buddha and Buddhism, studies in Alex-andrian and Baconian philosophv, and pious dis-cussions of the relation of religion to science. Hewas elected a member of the National Assembly in1848; was secretary to President Thiers, 1872-73,andin 1875 was made a Senatorfor life; Minister for For-eign Affairs in Ferrys cabinet, literary executor ofVictor Cousin, dean of the Institute of France. BARTHOLDI, Frede-ric AuGUSTE, a Frenchsculptor, born in Colmar,in Alsace-Lorraine, April 2,1834. Hestudied paintingin Paris under Arv Schef-fer, but abandoned thisbranch of art to devotehimself to sculpture. He ^^exhibited some of his works ><7.:.in marble and bronze in ^1847. His bronze statueof Lafayette, made in frederic 1S72, was placed in Union bartholdi. Square, in New York City, in 1876, and in the sameyear he exhibited several works at the Centennial m. BARTHOLOMEW — BARTLETT .^73 Exhibition in Philadelphia, for which he received abronze niedal. In 1865 he was decorated with thecross of the Legion of Honor, and has since beenmade a comfliander of that order. His works arenumerous, and many of them occupy public placesin French cities, the last to be placed being thestatue of Washington and Lafayette, dedicated inParis in 1895, as the gift of the New York Worldto that city. The work on which his fame princi-pally rests is the colossal statue of Liberty Enligh/-ening the World, which was cast at a cost of morethan 1,000,000 francs, contributed by the people ofFrance, and not including any compensation for hisown ten years of labor. The statute was given to theUnited States as an expression of the fraternal feel-ing of France. July 4, 1880, the statue was formallydelivered to the American minister in Paris, andOct. 28, 1886, the dedication
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